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Speargun Projectile Penetrometer
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Speargun Projectile Penetrometer – Yes Please!

August 29, 2024 rockman Comments Off on Speargun Projectile Penetrometer – Yes Please!

The “speargun projectile penetrometer” (SPP) is sure to be on every geotechnical engineer’s Christmas list! PhD student Junlin Rong and his advisor, Professor of Geotechnical Engineering Majid Nazem, both of RMIT University, were the lead […]

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An AI Chat with Terzaghi?

August 28, 2024 rockman Comments Off on An AI Chat with Terzaghi?

What would you ask Karl Terzaghi if you could talk to him? Maybe how he came up with his famous effective stress principles? What did he think of Ralph Peck? Duck Face or Kissy Face? […]

Chilcotin Landslide Dam 2024
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Landslide Dam and Breach in BC

August 25, 2024 rockman Comments Off on Landslide Dam and Breach in BC

A landslide blocked the Chilcotin River in BC, Canada about 285 km north of Vancouver on July 30, 2024 and subsequently breached on August 5, 2024. The landslide dam breach raised the level of the […]

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The Eagle Has Sunken Into the Lunar Surface

July 21, 2024 rockman Comments Off on The Eagle Has Sunken Into the Lunar Surface

Did you know there were geotechnical engineers evaluating the bearing capacity and settlement potential of the lunar surface for the Apollo 11 mission? There were some prominent scientists in NASA at the time that thought […]

Software Updates

GEO5 2024 Update Released

June 10, 2024 rockman Comments Off on GEO5 2024 Update Released

The geotechnical software program, GEO5, has recently been updated with a host of new features as part of their mid-year 2024 update. This includes a significant update to their Prefab Wall program for modeling modular […]

Harry Poulos
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Rocscience to Honor Harry Poulos

May 1, 2024 rockman Comments Off on Rocscience to Honor Harry Poulos

Geotechnical software company Rocscience will present Professor Harry Poulos with a Lifetime Achievement Award at their 2025 Conference in Sydney. The Rocscience International Conference 2025 (RIC2025) will be held April 6-8, 2025 and will be […]