New Frontiers in Sustainable Geotechnics

Dear Colleagues,

With increasing ecological awareness, the idea of balanced development has become commonly used. Meeting the socio-economic needs of humans in the context of maintaining the ecological balance is incredibly important. Geotechnical engineers are also faced with this difficult task. Currently, their work is focused on three wide areas: sustainable ground improvement, sustainable foundation engineering and sustainable geotechnical design.

Please share with other researchers your experiences in the fields of (1) the use of alternate, environmentally friendly materials in geotechnical constructions like embankments, slopes, dams, and reuse of waste materials like rubber waste, fly ash, natural or artificial fibers for soils improvement and stabilisation, (2) innovative and energy efficient ground improvement techniques, (3) bio-slope engineering, (4) efficient use of geosysnthetics, (5) retrofitting and reuse of foundations, and foundations for energy extraction (e.g. termopile), (6) use of underground space for storage of energy, (7) mining of shallow and deep geothermal energy, (8) making geo-structures reliable and resilient in the case of natural or man-made hazards, (9) design and modeling on the basis of geotechnical parameters derived, (10) experiences with solving geotechnical challenges in marine engineering (such as predicting seabed liquefaction, designing marine foundations and anchors).

Prof. Dr. Małgorzata Jastrzębska
Prof. Dr. Krystyna Kazimierowicz-Frankowska
Prof. Dr. Gabriele Chiaro
Dr. Jaroslaw Rybak 
Guest Editors

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