Speaker: Researcher Luís Nolasco Lamas

Institution: Principal Researcher at the Concrete Dams Department of LNEC

Lesson Title: Determining the state of stress in rock masses for the design of underground structures

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Lecturer: Professor Scott Burns

Institution: Emeritus Professor at Portland State University, USA/ California

Lesson Title: Climatic Warming – using the past to prepare for the future of increased landslide and other geological disaster activity

Lecturer: Engineer José Mateus de Brito

Institution: TPF

Lesson Title: Judgment in Geotechnical Engineering Practice

Lecturer: Prof. Giovanni Barla

Institution: Technical University of Torino, Italy

Lesson Title: Performance assessment of underground caverns during excavation in view of completion

Lecturer: Inv. Laura Caldeira

Institution: National Laboratory of Civil Engineering (LNEC)

Lesson Title: Internal Erosion and Dam Safety

Lecturer: Prof. Paul W. Mayne

Institution: Georgia Institute of Technology (USA)

Lesson Title: Stress History of Soils from Cone Penetration Tests

Lecturer: Prof. António Gomes Correia

Institution: University of Minho (UM)

Lesson Title: Development and Innovation in Geotechnics in Transportation

Lecturer: Prof. Ennio Marques Palmeira

Institution: University of Brasília (Brazil)

Lesson Title: Sustainability and Innovation in Geotechnology – The Contribution of Geosynthetics

Lecturer: Prof. António Silva Cardoso

Institution: Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP)

Lesson Title: Prospects for Geotechnical Development

Lecturer: Prof. Eduardo Alonso

Institution: Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Barcelona)

Lesson Title: Fracture Mechanics and Rockfill Dams

Lecturer: Eng. José Vieira de Lemos

Institution: National Laboratory of Civil Engineering (LNEC)

Lesson Title: Study of Rock Massifs Based on Discontinuous Medium Models

Lecturer: Prof. John Burland

Institution: Imperial College London (ICL)

Lesson Title: Tunneling Induced Ground Movements and Their Impact on Buildings

Lecturer: Prof. Luiz Gonzalez Vallejo

Institution: Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Lesson Title: Design With Geo-Hazards: The Engineering Geological Approach

Lecturer: Prof. Manuel de Matos Fernandes

Institution: Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP)

Lesson Title: Large Urban Excavations in Portugal – Practice, Project, Research and Perspectives

Lecturer: Prof. Heinz Brandl

Institution: Technical University of Vienna

Lesson Title: Structures and Retaining Measures in Unstable Slopes

Lecturer: Eng. António Pinto da Cunha

Institution: National Laboratory of Civil Engineering (LNEC)

Lesson Title: Behavior and Safety of Underground Structures

Lecturer: Prof. Kerry Rowe

Institution: Queen’s University, Canada

Lesson Title: Advances and Remaining Challenges for Geosynthetics in Geoenvironmental Enginnering Applications

Lecturer: Dr. António Gomes Coelho

Institution: National Laboratory of Civil Engineering (LNEC)

Lesson Title: The Problem of Active Failures in Civil Engineering

Lecturer: Prof. William Van Impe

Institution: University of Gent (President of ISSMGE)

Lesson Title: Considerations on the Relevance of Research based on Soil Parameters

Lecturer: Prof. José António Simões Cortês

Institution: Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP)

Lesson Title: From Ground Pressure to Geomechanics – Evolution of Rock Massifs

Lecturer: Prof. Paul Marinos

Institution: Technical University of Athens, Greece

Lesson Title: From the Geological to the Rock Mass Model – Synergy between Engineering Geology and Rock Mechanics

Lecturer: Eng. Rui Manuel Correia

Institution: National Laboratory of Civil Engineering (LNEC)

Lesson Title: Local Effects of Seismic Amplification by Soils

Lecturer: Prof. Mark F. Randolph

Institution: The University of Western, Australia

Lesson Title: Performance of Offshore Foundation and Anchoring Systems in Soft Sediments

Lecturer: Prof. Carlos Dinis da Gama

Institution: Instituto Superior Técnico (IST)

Lesson Title: Environmental Geotechnics – Perspectives and Applications

Lecturer: Dr. Delgado Rodrigues

Institution: National Laboratory of Civil Engineering (LNEC)

Lesson Title: Conservation of Monuments Technical and Methodological Aspects and its Focus on Stone Conservation

Lecturer: Prof. Michele Jamiolkowski

Institution: Technical University of Torino

Lesson Title: The Leaning Tower of Pisa. An Overview of the Problem

Lecturer: Mr. Fernando Peres Rodrigues

Institution: National Laboratory of Civil Engineering (LNEC)

Lesson Title: Burton’s Rheological Model Subject to a Cyclic Linear Voltage. Examples of Practical Cases

Lecturer: Prof. Peter Brian Attewell

Institution: University of Durham, UK

Lesson Title: Waste and Waste Management – Some Geotechnical Considerations

Lecturer: Prof. Emanuel Maranha das Neves

Institution: National Laboratory of Civil Engineering (LNEC)

Lesson Title: Safety and Limits in Geotechnics

Lecturer: Prof. Pierre Habib

Institution: Ecole Polytechnique, France

Lesson Title: Use of Roches Tendres et des Roches Dures pour l’Isolement des Déchets Radioactifs

Lecturer: Prof. Ricardo M. Oliveira

Institution: National Laboratory of Civil Engineering (LNEC)

Lesson Title: Geotechnics, Development and Environment

Lecturer: Prof. John L. Knill

Institution: Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), UK

Lesson Title: On the Nature and Engineering Significance of Rockhead

Lecturer: Prof. A. Correia Mineiro

Institution: University of Alberta, Canada

Lesson Title: Sizing of Earthquake Dams – New Safety Criteria

Lecturer: Prof. N. R. Morgenstern

Institution: Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL)

Lesson Title: Limitations of Stability Analysis in Geotechnical Practice

Lecturer: Eng. J. Laginha Serafim

Institution: National Laboratory of Civil Engineering (LNEC)

Title of Lesson: Dams Abóboda and its Foundations

Lecturer: Prof. Nicholas Barton

Institution: Norwegian Geotechnical Institute

Lesson Title: Predicting the Behavior of Underground Openings in Rock

Lecturer: Mr. José Folque

Institution: National Laboratory of Civil Engineering (LNEC)

Lesson Title: Soil Mechanics Research

Lecturer: Prof. Victor F. B. de Mello

Institution: Faculty of Engineering of the University of São Paulo

Lesson Title: Rockfall Slope Instability. Conceptual Reappraisal

Lecturer: Eng. Júlio Ferry Borges

Institution: National Laboratory of Civil Engineering (LNEC)

Title of Lesson: Quality and safety assurance in civil engineering