Keverling Buisman prize 2009
Description
Day in, day out, we live, live, build, work, walk, drive on and over soil, but few are aware of the special properties soil has as a building material. To change this, Deltares and KIVI NIRIA Geotechnology are awarding a prize for the best publication of the past year in the field of geoengineering, the Keverling Buisman Prize*. The prize has three categories:
- Scientific publications (articles by Dutch and Belgian authors in the international scientific literature in the past year),
- Geo-engineering for a wide audience (popular scientific articles in Dutch national newspapers and the popular press),
- Young talent best graduating students at TUs and HBO institutions.
COMPOSITION OF THE JURY
The jury of the 2009 Keverling Buisman Prize consists of
* Ir. Mandy Korff (Deltares, chairman)
* Prof. Louis de Quelerij (TU Delft)
* Ir. William van Niekerk (KIVI Geotechniek)
* Ir. Paul Cools (RWS Bouwdienst)
* Ir. Geerhard Hannink (Gemeentewerken Rotterdam)
* Ir. Hans Ramler (BAM Infra)
* Ir. Monika de Vos (WTCB Belgium).
The jury nominated the following:
SCI PUBLICATIONS:
* Piet Meijers, Maarten de Groot, Piet Lubking and René Thijssen - Behaviour of sand under cyclic loading
* Hans Teunissen - Shear Band Analysis in the bi-axial test
* Meindert Van, Cor Zwanenburg, John van Esch, Michael Sharp and Reed Mosher - Horizontal Translational Failures of Levees due to water filled gaps
GEO-ENGINEERING FOR A WIDE PUBLIC
* Henk Leenaers - Bosatlas van de ondergrond, noordhoff publishers publication
* Ad Tissink - Series on the foundations of the city in Het Parool
* Han Vrijling - Lost in a sea of beautiful plans, Published in Trouw, 13 September 2008
JONG TALENT
* Bart Jan van Eijk and Marnix Gallegos Ruiz - Grondkering tbv sluitvoeg bouwkuip Voorplein met afzinktunnel Amsterdam CS
* Leen van Belen and Patrick de Gier - Kademuur Brammenterminal
The winners will be announced at the geotechnical day on 5 November 2009 at the Citrusveiling in Rotterdam. The three final prize winners will be awarded a cheque for €1,000.
PROF.IR. A.S. KEVERLING BUISMAN
Keverling Buisman is considered the founder of soil mechanics in the Netherlands. He was the founder of the Laboratorium voor Grondmechnica in Delft (later GeoDelft and now found at Deltares) in 1934 (exactly 75 years ago in 2009). Keverling Buisman co-developed the first Dutch cell tests, the CPT and the Begemann borehole. Already at the first Congress of International Soil Mechanics (then SMFE, now ISSMGE) in 1936, Prof Ir Keverling Buisman made a significant contribution to publications. His 1940 book "Grondmechanica" occupies an important place in the history of Dutch soil mechanics.
* Until 2008, this publication prize was
Location
Citrus auction, Rotterdam
Organiser
Geotechnics
Deltares
Name and contact details for information
More information on the nominees and their publications can be found at www.geonet.nl and www.deltares.nl.
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