ISC-4 (201) Recife Brazil




The 4th International Site Characterization (1SC-4) will be held 18-21 September 2012 near Recife, Brazil and hosted by Universidade de Pernambuco and the Brasilian Society on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.  The conference is a sequel and follows the successful ISC-1 (1998, Atlanta), ISC-2 (2004, Porto), and ISC-3 (2008, Taipei). 

Our host for ISC-4 is Professor Roberto Quental Coutinho.   For additional details, see:

   http://isc-4.com


KEYNOTE PRESENTERS

 •    Peter K. Robertson (Canada) – JKM Lecture:  "Interpretation of In-Situ Tests - Some Insights".

 •     Rodrigo Salgado (USA / Brazil) – “The Mechanics of Cone Penetration”

 •     Sebastiano Foti (Italy) – “Combined Use of Geophysical Surveys in Geotechnical Site Characterization"

 •     Barry Lehane (Australia) – “Foundation Capacity From the Cone Penetration Test"

 •     Joek Peuchen (The Netherlands) -  “Site Characterization in

Nearshore and Offshore Geotechnical Projects”

 •     Phoon Kok Kwang (Singapore) and Jianye Ching (China)  - “Beyond Coefficient of Variation for Statistical Characterization of Soil Parameters"

 •     Jason DeJong (USA) – “Geotechnical Investigations for

Characterization of Sedimentary Soils”.

 •    A special lecture by Mike Jamiolkowski (Italy)

Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

 


Professor Roberto Coutinho (our host for ISC-4) with Emeritus
Professor Jim Mitchell (USA) and Professor Antonio Viana da Fonseca
(Portugal) during the recent CPT'10.