Josephine Morgenroth won the 2023 Doug Stead PhD Thesis Award. For more information on the award, please refer to the CARMA Website.
RMD, in collaboration with CIM’s Rock Engineering Society, will launch a new Webinar series covering rock mechanics, rock engineering, and practical case studies. The first webinar will be held on September 29th. Details of the webinar and link to registration will follow shortly.
The Annual General Assembly will be held during GeoSaskatoon. Details on how to join online will be shared via the E-News and updated on the website at a later time.
Project and initiatives
A number of projects and initiatives are underway. Below is a list of ongoing work and initiatives with RMD:
The Rock Mechanics Division is affiliated with the Canadian Rock Mechanics Association (CARMA). CARMA is the Canadian representative of the International Society of Rock Mechanics (ISRM). Becoming a member of the CGS Rock Mechanics Division automatically makes you a member of CARMA and the ISRM. CARMA members have access to past conference proceedings and other material through the CARMA website. Benefits given to ISRM members include:
If you are a CGS Rock Mechanics member and have not received your access information from CARMA and the ISRM, please contact admin@cgs.ca
For more information about CARMA, refer to the website http://www.carma-rocks.ca/
Established in 1993, the Award honours the past President of the International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM), John A. Franklin, for his outstanding contributions to the Canadian and international rock mechanics community, and to the Canadian Geotechnical Society.
The award recognizes an individual who has recently made an outstanding and published technical contribution in the fields of rock mechanics or rock engineering in Canada and/or internationally. The eligibility for the award is restricted to either CGS members (need not be resident in Canada) or other individuals, resident in Canada, who have provided an outstanding service to the Canadian geotechnical community.
John A. Franklin Award presented in odd-numbered years.
1994 P.K. Kaiser
1996 Derek Martin
1998 Maurice Dusseault
1999 Michel Aubertin
2001 John Hadjigeorgiou
2003 Jean Hutchinson
2005 R. Paul Young
2007 Mark S. Diederichs
2009 Douglas Stead
2011 Peter F. Stacey
2013 Erik Eberhardt
2015 Hani Mitri
2017 Ming Cai
2019 Giovanni Grasselli
2021 Rick Chalaturnyk
The Division Executive Committee met on June 7, 2021 to prepare for the Spring 2021 Membership Meeting on June 9th, 2021.
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