2nd International Conference on Geotechnical Research and Engineering (ICGRE'17)
April 2 - 4, 2017 | Barcelona, Spain
The 2nd International Conference on Geotechnical Research and Engineering (ICGRE'17) held on April 2 - 4, 2017 in Barcelona, Spain. ICGRE 2017 has been completed with great success and this would not have been possible without the dedication and help of the organizers, the chairs and keynote speakers, scientific committee members, and all participants. Many thanks for their continuous support.
ICGRE'17 is part of the World Congress on Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering (CSEE'17). For more information about the congress, please visit the website here: www.2017.cseecongress.com.
Submissions
Submissions were in the form of extended abstracts, short papers, and full manuscripts.
- all submitted papers were peer-reviewed
- the conference proceedings were published under an ISSN and ISBN number
- each paper were assigned a unique DOI number by Crossref
- the conference proceedings were indexed by Google Scholar
- the proceedings were permanently archived in Portico (one of the largest community-supported digital archives in the world).
Conference Chair
Keynote Speakers
Scientific Committee Members
Dr. Rafaela Cardoso, Lisbon Technical University, Portugal
Dr. Rong-Her Chen, NTU, Taiwan
Dr. Safiye Feyza Çinicioglu, Istanbul University, Turkey
Dr. Johan Clausen, Aalborg University, Denmark
Dr. Misko Cubrinovski, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Dr. T. Matthew Evans, Oregon State University, USA
Dr. Johann Facciorusso, University of Florence, Italy
Dr. Chu Jian, NTU, Singapore
Dr. Cristina Jommi, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Dr. Charles W.W. Ng, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Dr. Maher Omar, University of Sharjah, UAE
Dr. Karel Pavelka, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
Dr. Ondra Sracek, Palacky University in Olomouc, Czech Republic
Dr. Megan Walske, Curtin University, Australia
Best Paper Awards
We would like to congratulate the following authors for winning the Best Paper Award:
- Hayder H. Abdullah
for the paper entitled: "Stabilisation of Clay with Fly-Ash Geopolymer Incorporating GGBFS" - Dr. Ahmed Fahmy
for the paper entitled: "Uplift and Lateral Performance of Tapered Helical Piles in Sand"
Venue
We are pleased to announce that the 2nd International Conference on Geotechnical Research and Engineering (ICGRE'17) will be held in Barcelona, Spain on April 3 - 4, 2017 at the Alimara Hotel Barcelona.
ICGRE'17 will be held at the Alimara Hotel Barcelona. Situated in the "iconic borough of Horta," the Alimara Hotel Barcelona is just 15 minutes from Barcelona's historical centre. The Hotel offers restaurants, garden, a fitness centre, internet Wi-Fi, laundry and ironing services and car parking.
For more information on the Alimara Hotel Barcelona, please visit:
This beautiful city is the second largest city in Spain with a population of 1.6 million within the city limits. Outside of the city limits, the population increases to approximately 5 million people, making it the sixth-most populous urban area within the European Union.
Barcelona is one of the most popular tourist vacation with its many attractions, such as Sagrada Familia by Antonio Gaudí, L'Aquarium de Barcelona, Barcelona FC Museum along with many others.
For more information on Barcelona, please visit: www.barcelonaturisme.com
Transporation methods
- A Taxi costs about 35 euros and takes 20-25 minutes. The taxi service in Barcelona are yellow and black cars. All taxis have licence number shown on the door and they need to use the taximeter at all time to calculate the fare rate. Rates are show on all taxis windows.
- The AEROBUS is a bus that departs from T1 or T2 and arrives at Catalunya Square, it takes about 20 minutes. Then take the green line metro to Mundet which takes about 10-15 minutes. The hotel is on the same street as the metro's stop. It costs 6 euros for the AEROBUS and 2.10 euros for the metro.
- Take the T2 train from the airport to Catalunya square or Sants station. From there, take the green line to Mundet. It costs 4 euros for the train and 2 euros for the metro.
ICGRE'17 Program
The Conference Program for the 2nd International Conference on Geotechnical Research and Engineering (ICGRE'17) is now available! Please follow the link below to access the program:
ICGRE'17 Sponsors
