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First international conference on engineering geophysics
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First International Conference on Engineering Geophysics - E. Shaji, Department of Geology, University of Kerala
, Kariavattom campus, Trivandrum - 695 581
The first International Conference on Engineering Geophysics was held at UAE University, Al AIN, United Arab Emirates during December 11 to 14, 2011. Over 170 delegates from 24 countries attended the conference organized by the United Arab Emirates University and Al Ain City Municipality in association with European Association of Geoscientist and Engineers (EAGE). Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Chancellor of the UAE University HH Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan inaugurated the Conference. The inaugural speech was delivered by HH Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, who highly praised the conference and stressed the need for commitment to applying engineering geophysics in developmental activities. The key motivation for the conference was to access international knowledge and expertise in this field as well as getting acquainted with the latest technology and techniques in geophysics. The conference programme over four days made up of thirteen oral sessions and four poster presentations with key note speeches. Prof. Peter Styles, Keele University, UK delivered the first day keynote speech on
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Environmental geophysics and its role in
planning 21st century city. He opined that
classical engineering site investigation
techniques which rely heavily on proving
the ground by drilling and intrusive
investigations and then potentially
overengineering to protect by brute force, cannot
give enough information to give confidence
for developers and financiers to undertake
projects optimally. New integrated
environmental geophysical techniques like
microgravity, ground penetrating radar, seismic
microtremor, electrical tomographic
imaging can give enormous amounts of
information on the whole subsurface which
should be collected before the still essential
drilling is even planned. The first day
covered presentations from the Department
of Municipality Affairs, Abu Dhabi on New
building code and the newly established
seismology network in the Emirates. Also,
the guidelines for the new geotechnical
practice in the UAE were presented by
Emirates Standardization and Metrology
Authority.
The second day started with a keynote
speech on Geological disposal of
Radwaste: the role of environmental
geophysics. This was followed by sessions on
engineering geophysics, engineering
geology, shallow groundwater and
archeogeophysics. I presented a paper on Slope
Stability Analysis Along Adimali Munnar
Road in Idukki District, Kerala, India in
the engineering geology session.
The third day keynote address on
Geophysical project of Al Ain city was
presented by the representative of Al Ain
municipality. It was followed by four
different sessions on geotechnical
applications, environmental geophysics and
natural hazards, new approaches and data
processing geophysics.
Final day began with a keynote speech
on Ground Penetrating Radars:
interpretations beyond imaging followed
by sessions on engineering geophysics
methods. This was followed by a panel
discussion and conclusion of the
proceedings with number of suggestions and
recommendations about the future scope of
engineering geophysics.
This conference was highly beneficial
and we came to know about the role of
engineering geophysics in developmental
projects.
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