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elected were David Lacey from Australia and Gaston Quaglia
from Argentina.
It is important to note that two outstanding presentations
were selected by the Organising Committee to be presented at
the iYGEC Session of 18 ICSMGE - Paris 2013:
- Francesca Ceccato (Italy): Effect of wood degradation and
soil creep on the behavior of wooden pile foundation in Venice;
- Antonio Correia (Portugal): An innovative deep foundation
macro-element model for seismic analysis of pile/column
supports.
The performance of our two general reporters and the quality
of the two outstanding presentations were greatly appreciated by
the participants of Paris 2013 Conference. On behalf of the
Organizing Committee, I would like to renew our thanks to
David and Gaston for their excellent general report and our
congratulations to Francesca and Antonio for their success.
The main objective of the fifth iYGEC was to promote
exchanges. This objective was greatly achieved. Indeed, during
the whole Conference exchanges were everywhere, at the
sessions, during the coffee breaks and also during the banquet in
the famous Parisian restaurant “Le Procope”. Fig. 9 illustrates
these exchanges during breaks.
Figure 9. Exchanges during breaks
I would like to finish my report with the kind and
encouraging words from Professor Jean-Louis Briaud, our
former ISSMGE President:
Dear Yu-Jun,
You and your team deserve a lot of compliments for this
magnificent success. You had more young people participating
in this conference than any time in the history of ISSMGE. I
heard nothing but praise about the event and I wish I could find
a way to reward all of you for this devotion and unselfishness. I
am afraid that I do not have the right answer but you should
pride yourself to have made a difference, to have had an impact
on the future generation and to have created an unforgettable
moment in the mind of many. It is this kind of tremendously
successful effort with nothing but a hand shake or a pat on the
back at the end which makes life worth living and which allows
us to fall asleep at night with a smile on our face.
Happy dreams, Jean-Louis
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RAPPORT
Le cinquième Congrès International des Jeunes Ingénieurs
Géotechniciens - iYGEC 2013 a été organisé du 31 août au 1
er
septembre 2013 à l’Ecole des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC), sous les
auspices du Comité Français de Mécanique des Sols et de
Géotechnique (CFMS) et de la Société Internationale de
Mécanique des Sols et de Géotechnique (SIMSG). Le Comité
d’Organisation était composé de : Yu-Jun Cui (Président),
Fabrice Emeriault (Co-président), Séverine Beaunier, Fahd
Cuira, Siavash Ghabezloo, Jean-Michel Pereira, Hugo Ravel,
Michael Reboul et Anh Minh Tang. La contribution des
doctorants bénévoles suivants est très appréciée : Rawaz
Muhammed, Trong Vinh Duong, Hamza Menaceur, Sadok Feia,
Linh Quyen Dao, Simona Saba, Jean-François Bruchon and
Radja Elandaloussi. Sur la Fig. 1, quelques bénévoles peuvent
être identifiés, concentrés sur les inscriptions.
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