Volume 8 • Number 1 July 2003

NEWS J URNALINTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ROCK MECHANICS

S o c i é t é I n t e r n a t i o n a l e d e M é c a n i q u e d e s R o c h e s

I n t e r n a t i o n a l e G e s e l l s c h a f t f ü r F e l s m e c h a n i k

News from the ISRM Board and Secretariat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

National Group News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Report from the ISRM VP Australasia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Commissions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9The Application of Geophysics to Rock EngineeringThe Preservation of Natural Stone MonumentsTesting Methods

Candidates for the ISRM Board 2003–2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Vice President: Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America, & South America

Profiles of ISRM Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18E.T. Brown, Herbert Einstein, Charles Fairhurst, Richard Goodman, Satoshi Hibino, John A. Hudson, Peter Kaiser, Marek Kwasniewski, Paul G. Marinos, Yoshiaki Mizuta, Marc Panet, Manuel Romana, Shunsuke Sakurai, Koichi Sassa, Dick Stacey, Nielen van der Merwe, Walter K. Wittke

ARTICLES

ISRM Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

ISRM Educational Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Corporate Members . . . . . . . . . . inside cover

Coming Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . back cover

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

All Corporate Members of the ISRMare listed in every issue of the NewsJournal, under headings that describetheir main activities. If you wish to belisted under another category (or cate-gories) please contact the editor.

A—SUPPLIERS OF ROCK MECHANICS EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALSFATZER AG GEOBRUGG Romanshorn, SwitzerlandGEOKON INC. Lebanon, USAGEOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS AUSTRALIA PTY LTDBayswater, AustraliaGLÖTZL Rheinstetten, GermanyINTERFELS Bad Bentheim, GermanyLABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENGENHARIACIVIL (LNEC) Lisbon, PortugalMESY GEO-MESS SYSTEME GMBH Bochum, GermanyMTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION Eden Prairie, USAOYO CORPORATION Tokyo, JapanROCTEST LTD Montreal, CanadaSLOPE INDICATOR CO. Seattle, USASOL EXPERT INTERNATIONAL Nanterre, FranceSOLEXPERTS AG Schwerzenbach, SwitzerlandB—SUPPLIERS OF ROCK MECHANICS SERVICESATLAS COPCO ROCK DRILLS AB Orebro,SwedenCOYNE ET BELLIER Paris, FranceFATZER AG GEOBRUGG Romanshorn, SwitzerlandGEOSOLVE—SOLUÇOES DE ENGENHARIAGEOTECNIA E TOPOGRAFIA, LDALisboa, PortugalGEOSCIENCE LTD. Falmouth, UKINGENIEURSOZIETAT PROF. DR. KATZENBACH Frankfurt am Main, GermanyLABORATOIRE CENTRAL DES PONTS ETCHAUSSÉES Paris, FranceLABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENGENHARIACIVIL (LNEC) Lisbon, PortugalLEHRSTUHL FÜR INGENIEURGEOLOGIE UNDHYDROGEOLOGIE Aachen, GermanyMÉCASOL Paris, FranceMESY GEO-MESS SYSTEME GMBH, Bochum, GermanyOYO CORPORATION Tokyo, JapanROCK ENGINEERING PTY LTD Rosanna,AustraliaROCTEST LTD Montreal, CanadaSLOPE INDICATOR CO. Seattle, USASNOWY MOUNTAINS ENG. CORPORATIONCooma North, AustraliaSOL EXPERT INTERNATIONAL Nanterre, FranceSOLEXPERTS AG Schwerzenbach, SwitzerlandTOKYO CIVIL CONSULTANT, Tokyo, Japan

C—CONSULTANTSAMBERG INGENIEURBÜRO, Regensdorf-Watt, SwitzerlandCARL BRO TEKNIKKONSULT AB, Eskilstuna, SwedenCHUO KAIHATSU CORPORATIONTokyo, JapanCOYNE ET BELLIER Paris, FranceDIA CONSULTANTS CO. LTD Tokyo, JapanELECTRICIDADE DE PORTUGALLisbon, PortugalGEODATA SRL Torino, ItalyGEOSCIENCE LTD, Falmouth, UKGEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING OFFICE Kowloon, Hong KongGRIDPOINT FINLAND OY Espoo, FinlandHANSHIN CONSULTANTS CO. LTD.

Osaka, JapanHOKKAIDO ENGINEERING CONSULTANT CO.LTD Hokkaido, JapanHOKUDEN SANGYO CO. LTD Toyama, JapanIDOWR ENGINEERING CO. LTD. Tokyo, JapanINGENIEURSOZIETAT PROF. DR. KATZENBACH,Frankfurt am Main, GermanyITASCA CONSULTING GROUP INC. Minneapolis, USAKAWASAKI GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING Tokyo, JapanKISO-JIBAN CONSULTANTS CO. LTDTokyo, JapanLAHMEYER INTERNATIONAL GMBHFrankfurt am Main, GermanyLEHRSTUHL FÜR INGENIEURGEOLOGIE UNDHYDROGEOLOGIE Aachen, GermanyMÉCASOL Paris, FranceMEIJI CONSULTANTS CO. LTD Tokyo, JapanMESY GEO-MESS SYSTEME GMBH, Bochum, GermanyNEWJEC, Inc. Osaka, JapanNIPPON KOEI CO. LTD Tokyo, JapanNITRO CONSULT AB Stockholm, SwedenNOTEBY Oslo, NorwayPROF. DIPL. ING. H. QUICK, Darmstadt, GermanySIMECSOL Paris, FranceSLOPE INDICATOR CO. Seattle, USASNOWY MOUNTAINS ENG. CORPORATIONCooma North, AustraliaSOL EXPERT INTERNATIONAL Nanterre, FranceSOLEXPERTS AG Schwerzenbach, SwitzerlandSONDOTÉCNICA ENGENHARIA DE SOLOS S.A.Rio de Janeiro, BrazilSTEFFEN, ROBERTSON & KIRSTEN INC. Johannesburg, South AfricaSUMIKO CONSULTANTS CO. LTD Tokyo, JapanSUNCOH CONSULTANTS CO. LTD Tokyo, JapanTYRÉNS Sundbyberg, SwedenWEST JAPAN ENGINEERING CONSULTANTSINC. Fukuoka, JapanYACHIYO ENGINEERING CO. LTD Tokyo, Japan

D—CONTRACTORSBESAB BETONGSPRUTNINGS ABGöteborg, SwedenBESIX S.A. Brussells, BelgiumCETU CSE CO. Bron, FranceFUJITA CORPORATION Tokyo, JapanGEOSCIENCE LTD. Falmouth, UKHAZAMA-CORPORATION Ibaraki, JapanINDUBEL--INDUSTRIAS DE BETAO S.A. Lisbon, PortugalJAPAN UNDERGROUND OILS Tokyo, JapanKAJIMA CORPORATION Tokyo, JapanMAEDA CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD Tokyo, JapanMITSUI CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD Tokyo, JapanNISHIMATSU CONSTRUCTION CO. LTDTokyo, JapanNITTOC CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD Tokyo, JapanOBAYASHI CORP. Tokyo, JapanSATO KOGYO CO. LTD Tokyo, JapanSHIMIZU CORPORATION Tokyo, JapanSKANSKA AB Danderyd, SwedenSLOPE INDICATOR CO. Seattle, USASNCF Paris, FranceSOL EXPERT INTERNATIONAL Nanterre, FranceSOLEXPERTS AG,Schwerzenbach, SwitzerlandTAISEI CORPORATION Tokyo, JapanTHE ZENITAKA CORPORATION Osaka, JapanTOBISHIMA COPORATION Tokyo, JapanTODA CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. Tokyo, Japan

E—ELECTRICITY SUPPLY COMPANIESCHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO. INC.Hiroshima, JapanELECTRICIDADE DE PORTUGAL Lisbon,PortugalELECTRIC POWER DEVELOPMENT CO. LTDTokyo, JapanHOKURIKU ELECTRIC POWER CO. INC.Toyama, JapanKYUSHU ELECTRIC POWER CO. INC. Fukuoka, JapanPOWER REACTOR & NUCL. FUEL DEV. CO.Tokyo, JapanSHIKOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO. INC.Kagawa, JapanTHE CHUBU ELECTRIC POWER CO. INC. Nagoya, JapanTHE HOKKAIDO ELECTRIC POWER CO. INC. Sapporo, JapanTHE KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO. INC. Osaka, JapanTOHOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO. INC. Sendai, JapanTOKYO ELECTRIC POWER CO. INC. Tokyo,JapanTOKYO ELECTRIC POWER SERVICES CO. LTDTokyo, Japan

F—MINING COMPANIESCSIR MINING TECHNOLOGYAuckland Park, South AfricaLKAB Luleå, SwedenMINES DE POTASSE D’ALSACE Wittelsheim, FranceMITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO. LTD Tokyo, JapanNITTETSU MINING CO. LTD. Tokyo, JapanSOMINCOR Castro Verde, Portugal

G—EDITORSNIPPON PUB. ENG. CO. Tokyo, JapanSWETS & ZEITLINGER PUBLISHERSLisse, Netherlands

H—RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONSBHP STEEL Wollongong, AustraliaBIBLIOTHEEK KONINKLJKE SHELL Rijswijk, The NetherlandsCENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICPOWER INDUSTRY, Chiba, JapanCENTRO DE ESTUDO DE GEOLOGIA EGEOTECNIA DE SANTO ANDRE Santo Andre,PortugalCSIRO DIV. OF GEOMECHANICS Melbourne, AustraliaFGU Zurich, SwitzerlandLABORATOIRE CENTRAL DES PONTS ETCHAUSSÉES Paris, FranceLABORATÓRIO DE ENGENHARIA DE MACAULABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENGENHARIACIVIL (LNEC) Lisbon, PortugalLEMO Oeliras, PortugalMININGTEK Auckland Park, South AfricaNORWEGIAN ROAD RESEARCH LABORATORYOslo, NorwaySLOPE INDICATOR CO. Seattle, USASOLEXPERTS AG Schwerzenbach, SwitzerlandSWEDISH ROCK ENGINEERING RESEARCH —SVEBEFO Stockholm, Sweden

I—GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTSGEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING OFFICE Hong KongINSTITUT NATIONAL DE L’ENVIRONNEMENTINDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES (INERIS) Verneuil en Halatte, FranceLABORATÓRIO DE ENGENHARIA DE MACAULABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENGENHARIACIVIL (LNEC) Lisbon, PortugalPAT LABORATORIO GEOTECNICO SERVIZIOGEOLOGICO, Trento, Italy

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Volume 8, Number 1 — July 2003Senior Editor

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NEWS J URNALINTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ROCK MECHANICS

S o c i é t é I n t e r n a t i o n a l e d e M é c a n i q u e d e s R o c h e s

I n t e r n a t i o n a l e G e s e l l s c h a f t f ü r F e l s m e c h a n i k

Rocha MedalA Bronze Medal and cash prize has been awardedannually since 1982 by the ISRM to honour thememory of Past President Manuel Rocha and to rec-ognize outstanding young researchers in the fieldof Rock Mechanics.

The award shall be for an outstanding doctoralthesis in rock mechanics or rock engineering. Thethesis must have qualified the candidate for a doc-torate or the equivalent. To be considered for theaward, a candidate must be nominated within twoyears of the date of the official doctoral degree cer-tificate. The nomination should be submitted tothe appropriate ISRM Regional Vice-President byregistered letter, and may be presented by the nom-inee, the nominee’s National Group or some otherperson or organization acquainted with the nomi-nee’s work. The nomination should include the fol-lowing supporting information:� A one page curriculum vitae, including the

name, nationality, place and date of birth ofthe nominee; also position, address, telephoneand fax numbers;� A thesis summary in one of the official lan-

guages of the Society, preferably English, ofabout 5,000 words, detailed enough to conveythe full impact of the thesis, and accompaniedby selected tables and figures, with headingsand captions also in English;� One copy of the complete thesis and one copy of

the doctoral degree certificate;� A letter of copyright release, allowing the ISRM to

make copies for review & selection purposes only.

Nominations for the 2005 Rocha Medal must be received by 31 December 2003.

Supplementary details of the selection procedure, conferring ofthe award, etc., are provided in ISRM By-Law No. 7, found onpages 30–31 of the ISRM Directory for 2000. National Groups andCorresponding Members will be officially reminded by theSecretariat as the deadline approaches, but are encouraged to con-sider possible nominees and to recommend names to the appro-priate ISRM Regional Vice-President as early as possible.

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2002 ISRM Board Meetings

The ISRM Board met at the Madeira Tecnopoloon 23 November 2002. The meeting tookplace in conjunction with the ISRM

International Symposium “EUROCK 2002,” alsoheld in Madeira from 25 to 28 November.

The meeting chaired by the President of theISRM, Prof. Marc Panet, was attended by all theVice Presidents of the respective geographical areasexcept Vice President for Africa.

Matters as finances, budget for 2003, progress inthe organisation of the 10th Congress, to be held inSouth Africa in 2003, first steps for the organisationof the 11th Congress to be held in Portugal in 2007,selection of Symposia to be endorsed by the ISRM,activity of ISRM Commissions and of the InterestGroups, ISRM News Journal, as well as other mattersof interest to the Society, were dealt with. An actionplan for improving the ISRM activity and raisingmembership was considered, the idea of creating anew Website for the Society under a new concept ofa Communication Platform to be developed andimplemented so as to enable greater benefits andlower expenses having been introduced.

Rocha Medal 2003The Board, acting as the Rocha Award Committee,selected the prize-winning Ph.D. thesis for 2003from among the six outstanding shortlisted thesesfor that year. The thesis “A Relative Moment TensorInversion Technique Applied to Seismicity Inducedby Mining” by Dr. Lindsay Marguerite Andersenwas selected. This work, supervised by Dr. A.Cichowicz, was submitted in 2001, for the degree ofDoctor of Philosophy to the Faculty of Science,University of the Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg.The award will be conferred at the 10th ISRMInternational Congress to be held in South Africathis September.

News From The SecretariatNew ISRM Secretary GeneralDr. Luìs Lamas, LNEC’s research officer was appoint-ed as Secretary General of the Society due to Dr.José Delgado Rodrigues’ quittance of that charge.Dr. Lamas started his office in the beginning ofMay.

ISRM Council Meeting 2002The ISRM Council met in Madeira, Portugal onNovember 24. Twenty nine of the forty seven cur-rent ISRM National Groups were represented (twen-ty one in person and eight by proxy). Invitedobservers representing the ISRM Commissions andsister Societies also attended the Meeting. Besidesdiscussing other matters of relevant interest to theSociety, the Council took the following decisions:

Approvals Approved the Minutes of the ISRM Council Meeting2001, the Report of the ISRM Secretariat September2001–September 2002), the Report of the FinancialSituation of the Society (Running of 2001), and theBudget for 2003;

Muller AwardSelected Prof. Charles Fairhurst of USA as theRecipient for the 4th Muller Award;

2004 International SymposiumSelected the ISRM Symposium on Contribution ofRock Mechanics to the New Century, to be held inKyoto JAPAN in December 2004, as the ISRMInternational Symposium for that year;

2003 Board, Council & Commission MeetingsConfirmed the Sandton Convention Centre inSouth Africa as the venue for the 2003 Board;Council and Commission meetings to be held inconjunction with the 10th ISRM InternationalCongress in September.

ISRM Commission Meetings 2002The ISRM Commission on Information Technologyalso met in Madeira last November. The meetingwas chaired by the respective President, Prof. OveStephansson, and, at the Council meeting, thePresident of the Commission summarised the activ-ity since their last meeting. He presented a plan for achieving the proposedmain goals (stimulate interaction, attract members,offer additional benefits to members, make the pub-lication system cheaper, etc.) which would be per-formed through the ISRM Website under a newconcept of a communication platform to be devel-oped and implemented.

Farewell

It was a great privilege to have served as SecretaryGeneral of ISRM for about 13 years. During thistime, I could count with the collaboration of all

national groups and received the personal supportof many individual members. I had the utmost col-laboration of all the ISRM Boards and could countwith a permanent affability of the Council mem-bers.

It could be tempting to try to make a balance ofthis period but I will not do it. The achievementsbelong to the successive boards and councils andthese institutions are the ones that are in positionto make such a kind of long term balances. I triedto interpret correctly my role as Secretary General,and this short balance is what I would like to leaveas a farewell.

I would like to thank all the directorates ofnational groups for their kind acceptance of all oursmall or big daily life questions. I thank all theboards and commission members for their sympa-

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thy and collaborative attitude. Thanks are also dueto Laboratorio Nacional de Engenharia Civil forallowing me to spend part of my time with ISRM.Maria de Lurdes was a dedicated and careful collab-orator and without her my work would have beenmuch harder.

I remain available for all the ISRM members andbodies, should my opinion be requested. I wish allthe best to you all,

— José Delgado Rodrigues

New ISRM Secretary GeneralFollowing Dr. Delgado Rodrigues’s request to ceasefunctions, Dr. Luìs Lamas was appointed as the newSecretary General of the ISRM and started his officein May 2003.

Luìs Lamas wasborn in 1957, inLisbon, Portugal. Heobtained his BSc inCivil Engineering atthe University ofLisbon (1981), his MScin Engineering RockMechanics at theImperial College ofScience andTechnology, LondonUK (1986) and hisPh.D. at the Universityof London, UK (1993).

In 1981 he joinedthe Portuguese National Laboratory of CivilEngineering (LNEC), where he worked at theUnderground Construction Division. In 1994, whilekeeping his position of research officer of LNEC, hemoved to Macau to work at the Macau CivilEngineering Laboratory (LECM). From 1994 to 1997his work consisted of geotechnical consultancy forseveral large projects, such as the reclamation of theartificial island for the Macau International Airport.In 1997 he was appointed Chairman of the Boardof Directors of LECM and he kept this positionuntil February 2003. He then returned to LNECwhere he is currently a Senior Research Officer andthe Head of the Foundations and UndergroundWorks Division.

Dr. Lamas is a member of the ISRM since 1981and has had an active participation in many activi-ties of the Society, namely through the presentationof papers at ISRM sponsored symposia. He was amember of the Organising Committee of the 1993ISRM International Symposium, Eurock–93, held inLisbon, and of the Portuguese candidature to hostthe 2007 ISRM Congress.

Dr. Lamas is the author of a large number ofpublications dealing with rock engineering andother fields of civil engineering. His main researchinterests are in the hydromechanical behaviour ofrock masses, tunnelling in rock and dam founda-tions.

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Strength Index (BPI)” published in the IJRMMS,Volume 38, No. 8, December 2001.

The production of a new suite of ISRMSuggested Methods on Rock Stress Determinationis currently being arranged by Dr Francois Cornetand myself. These will appear in the IJRMMS in2003. They consist of five separate SMs:

Part I: Strategy for Rock Stress DeterminationPart II: Interpretation of Stress Indicators:

Geological Setting, Field Observations,Borehole Failure Processes.

Part III: Overcoring MethodsPart IV: Hydraulic Fracturing MethodsPart V: Quality Control and Presentation of

Rock Stress Information.As always, if anyone wishes to contribute to the

production of the SMs, either these rock stress onesor any others, please contact me. The next initia-tive will be a suite of SMs on rock fracture geome-try and mechanical properties.

— J. A. Hudson, October 2002,jah@rockeng.co.uk

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Iran

The Board of the Iranian Society for RockMechanics for the term of office 2002-2004 iscomposed of the following members: Dr.

Mojtaba Gharavi, President; Dr. Morteza Ahmadi,Secretary General; Mr. Mojtaba Kashfi, Treasurer; Dr.Abbas Majdi and Dr. Hossain Salari Rad, Members.

Israel

The Israel Rock Mechanics Association wasestablished in 2001 and the membership for2002 stands on 41 members from academia,

research institutions, and industry.The first professional meeting of IRMA took

place in April 23, 2002 in the Maagan resort on theshores of the Sea of Galilee. Two sessions were heldand 12 oral presentations were delivered by localexperts on various issues of rock mechanics androck engineering including: damage evolution inlaboratory tests, theoretical models for salt diapirand dike emplacements, numerical analysis and val-idation of existing numerical codes, rock slope sta-bility, and tunneling. The meeting took place dur-ing the annual meeting of Israel Geological Societyand was well attended by over 60 persons.

The big event for IRMA during 2002 was theorganization of ICADD-5, an ISRM RegionalConference, which was scheduled to take place atBen-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva in October. Dueto the sensitive situation in the region it was decid-ed to relocate the conference and to hold it inChina instead. The Yangtze River Scientific ResearchInstitute in Wuhan hosted the event which tookplace during 7-11 October, 2002 and was co-spon-sored by ARMA, IRMA and the Chinese Society forRock Mechanics and Engineering (CSRME) . Twodays of professional lectures in Wuhan were fol-lowed by a visit to the YRSRI, to the constructionsite of the Three Gorges Project, and to the com-pleted Gezhouba Dam.

Thirty three scientists and engineers attendedthe meeting, 17 of whom arrived from outsideChina. The proceedings, Stability of Rock Structures,(complete reference: Hatzor, Y. H. (Editor) 2002.Stability of Rock Structures. Proceedings of the 5thInternational Conference on Analysis ofDiscontinuous Deformation. Balkema Publishers ,Lisse, 239) were published by Balkema.

We thank our Chinese colleagues who respondedto the challenge and arranged an excellent meetingunder a very tight schedule. In particular ProfessorDehou Wang—President of YRSRI, ProfessorXuecheng Dong and Professor Wu Aiqing of theYRSRI are thanked for their kind hospitality andefficient organization. All attendants felt the meet-ing was a success and we all look forward toICADD-6 which is scheduled to take place inNorway next year.

— Yossef H. Hatzor, President, IRMA

Japan

The Japanese National Group of ISRM has elect-ed the following board of directors for theterm of office 2003-2005: President, Dr. Yuzo

Ohnishi; Chairman of secretarial board, Dr.Harushige Kusumi; Head of the committee of inter-national communication, Dr. Yujing Jiang.

Norway

The Executive Committee of the NorwegianGroup of Rock Mechanics (NBG) is as follows:Leader, Jan Rohde; Secretary, Therese Scheld;

Members, Arnstein Aarset, Helge Ruistuen, ElinHermanstad, and G. Gronneng.

In 2002 the Group organised the conference“Bergmekanikkdagen 2002” held November 22, andgathered 183 participants. The papers presented tothe Conference mainly described projects participat-ed by Norwegian engineering geologists and rockmechanics engineers. Technical meetings were alsoorganised dealing with:

i) Injection of tunnels and caverns; ii) Petroleum related to Rock Mechanics —

Current Challenges; iii) Anorthosite mines for production of A1; iv) Excursion to the Lunner tunnel; v) Use of the underground in Trondheim. The

participation has varied between 7-97 partici-pants at each meeting.

The activity plan for 2003 includes: 5 technicalmeetings and the conferences “Bergmekanikkdagen2003” and “The Sixth International Conference onAnalysis of Discontinuous Deformation,” ICCADD-6; Excursion to Switzerland; Commissioning of thepublication “User’s guide for Geophysical Methodswithin Engineering Geology and Rock Mechanics”;Participation in the 10th ISRM InternationalCongress in South Africa (3 papers from Norway).

The Group has a total of 229 ISRM Members,and the Secretariat contact is: Ms. Therese Scheldt(secretary), Norwegian University of Science andTechnology, Faculty of Applied Earth Sciences,Department of Geology and Mineral ResourcesEngineering, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway; Phone+47 73 59 11 72; E-mail: therese.scheldt@iku.sin-tef.no; Website: www.bergmekanikk.com.

Turkey

Anew Board of the ISRM National Group waselected for the term 2003-2004, which iscomposed of the following members:

President: Prof. Aydin Bilgin; Vice President: Prof.Candan Gokceoglu; Secretary General: Mr. HasanSisman; Treasurer: Mr. H. Sinan Inal; Member: Mr.Umit Erdem.

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� 23. Suggested Methods for the Quanti-tative Description of Discontinuities inRock Masses, 1977 October, $10.00

� 24. Suggested Methods for MonitoringRock Movements Using Borehole Exten-someters, 1977 November, $5.00

� 25. Suggested Methods for MonitoringRock Movements Using Inclinometers andTiltmeters, 1977 December, $5.00

� 26. Suggested Methods for DeterminingIn-situ Deformability of Rock, 1978 Sep-tember, $5.00

� 27. Suggested Methods for PressureMonitoring Using Hydraulic Cells, 1979December, $5.00

� 28. Suggested Methods for GeophysicalLogging of Boreholes,1981 February, $5.00

� 29. Suggested Methods for SurfaceMonitoring of Movements Across Disconti-nuities, 1984 October, $5.00

� 30. Suggested Methods for DeterminingPoint Load Strength, 1985 April, $5.00

� 31. Suggested Methods for Large-ScaleSampling and Triaxial Testing of JointedRock, 1989 October, $5.00

� 32. Suggested Methods for Rock Anchorage Testing, 1985 April$5.00

� 33. Suggested Methods for Deformabil-ity Determination Using a Large Flat JackTechnique, 1986 April, $5.00

� 34. Suggested Methods for Rock StressDetermination, 1987 February. $5.00

� 35. Suggested Methods for Deformabil-ity Determination Using a FlexibleDilatometer, 1987 April, $5.00

� 36. Suggested Methods for Determiningthe Fracture Toughness of Rock, 1988April, $5.00

� 37. Suggested Methods for Seismic Test-ing within and between Boreholes, 1988December, $5.00

� 38. Suggested Method for DeformabilityDetermination Using a Stiff Dilatometer,1996 October, $5.00

� 39. Suggested Method for Determiningthe Indentation Hardness Index of RockMaterials, 1998 September, $5.00

� 40. Suggested Method for In-situ StressMeasurement Using the Compact Conical-Ended Borehole Overcoring (CCBO)Technique, 1999 April

� 41. Suggested Method for the CompleteStress-Strain Curve for Intact Rock in Uni-axial Compression, 1999 February, $5.00

� 42. Suggested Methods for LaboratoryTesting of Swelling Rocks, 1999 April,$5.00

� 43. Supporting paper on a SuggestedImprovement to the Schmidt ReboundHardness ISRM Suggested Method withparticular Reference to Rock Machineabil-ity, 1993 October, FREE

� 44. Supporting Paper on Determinationof in situ Deformation Modulus: NewApproaches for Plate-Loading Tests, 1997December, $5.00

� 45. Dynamic Phenomena in Mines andthe Problem of Stability (133 pages), Dr.A.M. Linkov, $30.00

Educational MaterialsPublications, Edited By The Secretariat In LisbonDisclaimer: The Suggested Methods documents were originally published as articles in the International Journal of RockMechanics and Mining Sciences. Accordingly, the ISRM cannot supply the original documents (which are in the Journalissues). All the items below are supplied as xerox copies.

The following Commission documents are now available at the prices quoted in US dollars, plus air mail

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� 46. Curriculum Guide (compiled by J.Franklin) This can be downloaded from theISRM Commission on Education’s URL:http://www.polsl.gliwice.pl/~mak.

CD ROMsPhotographs — All 14 sets (20 photographs each) are availableon one CD for $35.

� 1. Geology and Rock Structure2. Exploration and Testing3. Rock Stress4. Excavating, Drilling & Boring Machines5. Blasting6. Monitoring7. Rockbolts and Anchors8. Rock Foundations9. Dams10. Quarrying and Stone11. Slope Stabilization & Rockfall Protec-tion12. Underground Space13. Tunnelling14. Underground Mining

� SWELLEX ‚ Swellex Rockbolts;Swellex Rock Reinforcement (Atlas CopcoRock Drills AB, Sweden) $20.00

Video Tapes�Müller Lecture 1991 “When is Designin Rock Engineering Acceptable?” by Dr.Evert Hoek, $45.00

�Müller Lecture 1995 “Why RockMechanics?” by Dr. Neville Cook, $29.00

� Geological Engineering (lessons by Dr.John Franklin) Tapes I and II—each tape,$50.00

� Advanced Geotechnologies: �Turning Dreams into Reality (13 min.)(Kajima Corporation, Japan), $ 20.00

� Highway Engineering: Mughsaylto Furious—High Road Project in Oman(17 min.) (Balfour Beatty ConstructionLtd, UK), $20.00

� Hydroelectric Power Projects:Indonesia Cirata Hydroelectric Power Pro-ject (Part I–31 min.; Part II–31 min.)(Taisei Corporation, Japan), $50.00

�Welcome to Kazunogawa Pumped Stor-age Power Plant (21 min.) (Tokyo ElectricPower Company, Japan), $20.00

� Tunneling: Chemical Foam Injec-tion ShieldTunneling Method (18 min.);Double-O-Tube (DOT) TunnelingMethod (9 min.) (Obayashi Corporation,Japan) $20.00

� Construction of Tate’s Cairn Tunnel(18 min.); The First Hard Rock TypeTBM in Hong Kong (17 min.) (Nishi-matsu Construction Company, Japan),$40.00

� Du Toits Kloof Tunnel—ExcavationPhase (30 min.); Softground (25 min.);$50.00

� Kei-Yo Line Daiba Tunnel (37 min.);Seikan Undersea Tunnel (31 min.) (JapanRailway Construction Public Corporation,Japan) $50.00

� Seikan-Undersea Tunnel (44 min.);Shield Cuts a New Path Underground—Construction of Subway Route No. 11 inTokyo (38 min.) (Hazama Corporation,Japan) $50.00

� The Excavation of Osaka Park BusinessPark Station using the Triple MF ShieldMethod (20 min.); Trans-Tokyo BayHighway Kawasaki Tunnel (20 min.)(Kajima Corporation, Japan), $40.00

� Swellex—Atlas Copco Rock Reinforce-ment (11 min.) (Atlas Copco Rock DrillsAB—Sweden), $20.00

� Underground Space Utiliza-tion: Rock Store—Underground Cavernsfor the Future (22 min.) (Taisei Corpora-tion, Japan)$20.00

� Underground Space Utilization—Takayama Space Art Museum (24 min.)(Tobishima Construction Co. Ltd, Japan),$20.00

Educational Software (only non-profes-

sional versions available)

� CLASSEX (Expert System for Q andRMR Rock Mass Classification, A.G. But-ler/J. Franklin), $50.00

� EZGraph (A charting program withRock Mechanics in mind), $50.00

�MSAP2D (finite element undergroundopenings, H.S. Mitri), $50.00

�MAP3D (boundary element under-ground openings, T. Wiles), $50.00

� PILLAR (limit equilibrium surfacecrown pillar stability above mine slope, E.Hoek), $50.00

� ROCKMASS (Marinoni and M.Alber), $50.00

� ROCKPACK (Rock Mechanics UtilityPack — Elop, Kurvit, Rocker and USR)$50.00

� SARMA (limit equilibrium slope stabil-ity, E. Hoek), $50.00

� SLOPEPACK (Rock Slope StabilityPack— Geoslide, Proslide and Disit),$50.00

� SOCKET (socketed piles, I. Johnston),$50.00

Please add 10 percent to yourorder to cover mailing costs. Payment should accompany yourorder (see page 5 for options).

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Commission on theApplication of Geophysicsto Rock Engineering(Report on Activities fromAugust 2001 to August 2002)from Commission PresidentProfessor Koichi Sassa

The Commission held the5th International Workshopon the Application of

Geophysics to Rock Engineeringon 7 July 2002 in Toronto,Canada, as part of NARMS-TAC2002. Ten excellent invitedpapers and also progress reportsof the two working groups werepresented and followed by excel-lent enthusiastic discussions. Thisworkshop was finished very suc-cessfully. The proceedings ofabout 80 papers were published.Full papers from this workshopcan be found at www.liv.ac.uk/seismic/news/narms/narms.html.

The Commission published anissue of the ISRM News Journalwith articles on the application ofgeophysics in rock engineering,including the effort for gettingadvertisements from some com-panies. This issue was publishedas Vol. 7, No. 1 December 2001.

The Commission published aspecial issue on the application ofgeophysics to rock engineering inthe International Journal of RockMechanics and Mining Sciences.The special issue was published asVolume 38, Number 6, September2001. The contents of this specialissue are mainly based on thestudies presented at the 1st &2nd International Workshops onthe Application of Geophysics toRock Engineering. All papers havebeen significantly expanded tocontain much new material andfurther considerations followingthe workshops.

As reported at the CouncilMeeting in Beijing, two workinggroups have been formed in theCommission. The proposed taskof the first one is to make a sug-gested method for geophysicalsurvey in rock engineering. Thatof the second one is to make a

suggested method for in-situstress measurement from rockcore using the Acoustic Emissiontechnique. The second workinggroup has already completed thefirst draft, and circulated it twicein the working group membersfor revision. The first draft of thissuggested method was presentedat the 5th Workshop in Toronto.It can be found atwww.liv.ac.uk/seismic/news/narms/narms.html

On the first working group,the first draft of a part of the sug-gested methods is now going tocirculate in the working groupmembers for revision. An exam-ple of the proposed suggestedmethod can be found atwww.liv.ac.uk/seismic/news/narms/narms.html

The proceedings of the 4thInternational Workshop on theApplication of Geophysics toRock Engineering held in Beijing,China on 10 September 2001,including three keynote lecturesfrom China, Japan and Korea.Thirteen papers (about 100 pages)were published. A CD-ROM con-taining all papers (some withcolour figures) presented at theWorkshop was made. The price ofthis CD-R is US$30. If you areinterested please contactProfessor Kunihisa Katsuyama:Department of Rural Engineering,Faculty of Agriculture, EhimeUniversity, 3-5-7 TarumiMatsuyama 790-8566 JAPAN.

Fax: +81 89 946 9923. E.mail:katuyama@agr.ehime-u.ac.jp.

The contents of the proceed-ings from this workshop can befound at http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/people/sassa/.

Commission onPreservation of NaturalStone MonumentsReport on Activities in 2002from Commission PresidentProfessor Chikaosa TanimotoObjective of the Commission:The purpose of this Commissionis to clarify the deterioration

progress and mechanism of nat-ural stone monuments as valu-able world heritages from therock mechanical point of view,and to suggest possible treat-ments for restoration and preser-vation through case studies andscientific publication through thefollowing Tasks: Task List

• Task 1: Collection of CaseHistories (Collect representa-tive case histories from Asia,Europe, Africa, Australasia,North America, and SouthAmerica; and classify com-mon symptoms)

• Task 2: Documentation ofRock Mechanical Features

• Task 3: Identification &Classification of Causes andResults

• Task 4: Available Tools forMeasurements & Monitoring

• Task 5:Restoration/PreservationWorks in the past

• Task 6: Mechanism andProgress of Deterioration(Classify the fundamentalmechanisms and progress ofdeterioration concerningrespective monuments)

• Task 7: Publicity/Publication(Workshops & Symposia in2001–2004)

Achievement in 1996-2002Collection case histories:

• Pyramids and Great Sphinxin Giza; Underground tombsand obelisks in Luxor; andSerapeum Cave in Saqquarah(Egypt/Africa)

• Bingling Temple, DunhuangMogao & Yulin Caves, andLongyou Caves (China/Asia)

• Angkor Thom(Cambodia/Asia)

• Mesa Verde National Park(USA/North America)

• Moai Statues in the EasterIsland (Chile/South America)

• Stonehenge (UK/Europe)• Cliff-scraped statues of

Buddha in Kyushu(Japan/Asia)

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• Masada Monument (Israel)Listing of publications concern-ing rock weathering/deteriora-tion in archaeological preserva-tion.

• Monitoring moisture contentaround/in caves & damagesof wall paintings in MogaoCaves, Dunhuang, China

• Geological survey and moni-toring structural instabilityof Longyou Caves, Zhejiang,China

• Commission meeting 2001:Beijing, September 10 & 14

• International Workshop onPreservation of natural StoneMonuments, Dunhuang,China, September 15-18,2001: A brief report is givenbelow.

Future Meetings• Field work and technical dis-

cussion at Dunhuang Cavesin June & October 2002.

• Field work and technical dis-cussion at Giza/Egypt inAugust 2003.

• Workshop on RockWeathering & Deteriorationin Kyoto, November 2003.

• International Symposium onPreservation of Natural StoneMonuments in Osaka/Nara,November 2004.

International WorkshopAn International Workshop wasorganized by the ISRMCommission on the Preservationof Natural Stone Monuments, theChinese Society for RockMechanics and Engineering, andthe Dunhuang Academy from15–18 September 2001 atDunhuang Academy,Mogao/Dunhuang.Opening SessionOpening Address by Prof. C.Tanimoto; Keynote Address byProf. Fan Jinshi — “A CentennialHistory of Mogao Caves andConservation Works”; KeynoteAddress by Prof. Li Zuixiong /“Conservation of Grottoes andRock Monuments along SilkRoad”

Keynote Address by Prof.Huang Kezhong / “The State ofPreservation of AncientMonuments and Sites in China”

Site Visit (1): Observed mag-nificent arts in caves; visit cavessubject to deterioration problem;visit to the top of the cliff; vege-tation & sand protecting area anddemonstration of monitoring.Third Day: September 17, 2001TECHNICAL SESSION (1): CaseHistory; “Stability of MasonryTower of Bayon, Angkor Thom,Cambodia” by Y. Iwasaki;“Reconstruction of Moai Statueson Easter Islands andConservation Works in Japan” byM. Sawada; “Conservation andRepair Works at Mogao Grottoes”by Wang Xudong; “Water Budgetand Slaking at the Sphinx Site,Egypt” by C. Tanimoto

Site Visit (2): Geology, salin-ization, tectonic movement, etc.around Mogao Caves. Visit toSanbei Mountains & Upstream ofDaquan River with the guidanceof geologists.Fourth Day: September 18, 2001Technical Session (2):Monitoring and InterpretationEnvironmental Monitoring:Reports from several sites: Mogaoby Dunhuang ConservationInstitute (DCI) and GettyConservation Institute (GCI);Sphinx in Egypt by GCI andTanimoto Mission; Angkor Thomby Iwasaki; Representative sites inChina by Huang; States of Rockweathering, environments, objec-tives of monitoring, principles ofmonitoring, instruments,obtained results, meanings ofresults, compatibility with her-itage sites and so on.Comprehensive Discussion:Review to respective cases; geot-echnical aspect; groundwaterbehavior; classify possible causesof deterioration; possible treat-ment against wind and sand ero-sion; etc.Technical Session (3):Discussion of geotechnicalpoints of view Roles of geotech-nical engineering; suggestion tomonitoring of deterioration andpreservation/conservation tech-niques, etc.Closing Session: Summarized theWorkshop; publication of proc-ceedings & discussion; futureactivity of the commission (e.g.

standardization weathering testonto rock specimens at differentheritage sites; filing of case histo-ries; collection of references, etc.);important interaction betweenarchaeology and rock mechanics

Three (3) keynote addresses; 4individual presentations; 1 fullday discussion; 2 half-day techni-cal visits; and 45 participants.

Prof. C. Tanimoto, Dept. ofGlobal Architecture, GraduateSchool of Engineering, OsakaUniversity, 2-1 Yamada-oka, SuitaCity, Osaka 565-0871, Japan Tel:+81 6 6879 7622; Fax: +81 6 68797617; E.mail:tanimoto@ga.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp

Isrm Commission onTesting MethodsReport on Activities fromCommission President Professor John A. HudsonThe main products of thisCommission are the SuggestedMethods (SM) documents whichthe ISRM generates in order toprovide guidance on the measure-ment of rock properties both inthe laboratory and on site. Thenew SMs are being produced viathe accelerated process which wasintroduced in 1998. In thismethod, the Draft SM is pro-duced quickly by the WorkingGroup Coordinators (one or twopeople as the authors of thedraft) and then published. Thisdraft SM is then available forcomment worldwide. WorkingGroup Members and others thencomment on this initial version,and the final SM is produced as arevised version of the Draft SMincorporating the review points.Also, the SMs now have specificauthorship, and hence can be ref-erenced in the same way aspapers, which is of benefit to theWorking Group Coordinators.

The ISRM Suggested Methodsare published in the InternationalJournal of Rock Mechanics andMining Sciences. The most recentSuggested Method was the “ISRMSuggested Method forDetermining Block Punch

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Candidate for ISRM VP Africa

Martin J. Pretorius — S AFRICA (nominated by the ISRM NG S AFRICA)

Statement

It is my belief that Africa is not only emerging asa more prominent provider of minerals and met-als to the international community, but that

Africa has the potential to offer greater technicalexpertise to the interna-tional community infuture. This aspect hasbeen identified by moreof the African Leadersand hence the establish-ment of a body likeNEPAD, an African ini-tiative for the sustain-able development of theAfrican Continent.Mining will play a veryprominent role in thisinitiative, and this wasconfirmed during theIndaba 2003 Investmentin Africa Conference, an annual international eventheld in Cape Town earlier this year.

Rock Engineering and Seismology are insepara-ble in the creation of a safe and production friendlymining environment. With this in mind, the role ofthe Rock Engineering Practitioner will therefore beparamount to safeguard the future of the miningindustry. It is my objective to foster and create anenvironment where the technical expertise andambitions of members of the ISRM can be com-bined with the objectives of the Leaders of this veryprecious continent to ensure a sustainable future. Iam confident that we as ISRM have the will, talentsand capacity to contribute towards the develop-ment of our continent.

ExperienceMartin J. Pretorius obtained his B.Sc. in MiningEngineering (cum laude) at the Univ. of Pretoria,Pretoria S AFRICA, his GDE in Rock Mechanics atthe Univ. of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg SAFRICA, and his M.Sc. in Engineering at the sameUniv. Currently, he is studying for his Ph.D. inEngineering at the Univ. of Pretoria.

During the past 20 years, he has been involvedin the field of rock engineering and strata control.His expertise includes problems related to riskassessment, with the objective to quantify the riskin monetary value, for various mining related deci-sions and/or projects (as, for instance, issues relatedto the shaft pillar extraction, mining of particularpillars, remnant mining, and mining methods); duediligence, pre-feasibility, and feasibility studies, for

mining projects in the gold, platinum, and dia-mond mining sectors; design and quantification ofstope support performance; mine design and minelayout; development and compilation of Codes ofPractice to Combat Rock Burst and Rock FallAccidents, in accordance with the guideline issuedby the Chief Inspector of Mines; and product devel-opment, with the emphasis on the lightweightcementitious stope support. Currently, he isDirector & Partner at SRK Consulting.

Mr Martin Pretorius is a member of the ISRM,through the South African National Institute ofRock Engineering (SANIRE) (the ISRM NG SouthAFRICA), and, currently, he is the President ofSANIRE. He is also a member of the South AfricanInst. of Mining and Mettalurgy, and a RegisteredProfessional Engineer, in South AFRICA.

Mr Pretorius is the author of a number of publi-cations dealing with rock engineering related topics.He was the recipient of an Awarded Merit Bursaryby General Mining (1979), of Academic HonoraryColours from the Pretoria Univ. (1983), of theSouth African Bureau of Standards Design Inst.Award (1994), of a Special Technical Award fromthe Potchefstroom Technical High School (1995),and of the Business Development Person of theYear, SRK Consulting (1999). His professional quali-fications include the Mine Manager's Certificate ofCompetency, and the Chamber of MinesCertificates in Rock Mechanics, and in AdvancedRock Engineering.

His specialisation is in the fields of rock engi-neering, strata control, mine design, mine layout,and risk assessment.

Candidate for ISRM VP Asia

Qian Qihu — CHINA (nominated by the ISRM NG CHINA)

Statement

Asia is a vast region with large population.Since the First Asian Rock MechanicsSymposium (1st ARMS) held in Seoul in

1997, Asian countries have been very active in thefield of rock mechanicsand rock engineering. In2001, China NG hostedthe 2nd Asian RockMechanics Symposium asISRM Annual Meeting;Japan NG hostedInternational Symposiumon Tunneling. In 2002,Korea hosted the ISRMRegional Symposiumóthe3rd Korea-Japan JointSymposium on RockMechanics. Moreover, China successfully organized

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two international conferences in the same year: onewas the 2nd International Symposium on NewDevelopment in Rock Mechanics and RockEngineering, and the other was the 5thInternational Conference on DiscontinuousDeformation Analysis of Rock. We believe thesemeetings will greatly contribute to the sustainabledevelopment of all Asian countries.

China is the largest developing country in theworld with steady economic growth over recentyears. The infrastructure construction is in fullswing. The Three Gorges Project is a major interna-tional event, but there are also other important pro-jects, such as the Mega Hydro-Projects for transfer-ring water from southern to northern China and soon both underway and contemplated which under-line the enormous challenges and opportunities inrock mechanics and rock engineering.

The Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics andEngineering (CSRME, China NG ISRM) with a totalmembership of near 13,000 individuals is an activemember of ISRM. Looking forward to the future, weare willing to make greater contribution to ISRM.

If I am elected as the ISRM Vice President forAsia, I would like to concentrate my efforts on fol-lowing issues:

• To continue the organization of more ISRMsponsored symposia in Asia

• To promote and expand ISRM activities to vari-ous Asian countries, especially to those ofdeveloping countries

• To promote joint symposia or workshopsamong Asian countries and other countries inthe world

• To enhance more collaboration with sisterSocieties.

I fully understand all the views related to thenomination of Vice-President ISRM from ISRMPresident-Elect, Prof. Neilen van der Merwe and willpledge my utmost effort in my position.

ExperienceQian Qihu was born in 1937, in Kunshan (Jiangsu)CHINA. He obtained his B.Sc. in Civil Engineeringat the Harbin Military Engineering Inst., HarbinCHINA (1960), and his Ph.D. in Technical Sciences(summa cum laude) at the Gubichev MilitaryEngineering Academy, USSR (1965).

He is Vice-Chairman of the EngineeringManagement Div., and has been Vice-Chairman ofthe Civil Engineering Div. (1994-2001), of theChinese Academy of Engineering. He is a memberof a consulting group of the State Council, andDirector for Asia of the International AssociatedResearch Center for the Urban Underground Space.Concurrently, he is Prof. of the Tsinghua Univ., theZhejiang Univ., and the Southeast Univ. He is alsoengineering adviser of the Nuclear Industry andGeology Bureau (Jiangxi).

Prof. Qian Qihu is a member of the ISRM,through the Chinese Society for Rock Mechanicsand Engineering (CSRME) (the ISRM NG CHINA),

and, currently, he is the President of the CSRME. Heis also Council member of the Chinese CivilEngineering Society, Chairman of the DefenseEngineering Society of China, and member of theEditorial Board of the Chinese Journal of RockMechanics & Engineering, of the EarthquakeEngineering & Vibration, and of the China CivilEngineering Journal.

Prof. Qian is the author of more than 100 scien-tific and technical papers, and 5 monographs, pub-lished in CHINA and abroad. He obtained severalnational technical science awards or prizes from theNational Congress on Sciences, and the NationalCommission on Science & Technology (StateCouncil of China), for outstanding contributions inthe fields of rock and soil mechanics, and relatedengineering. In 1990, he won the titles ofOutstanding young and middle aged specialist ofChina (approved by the State Council of China),and of Advanced scientist in the universities com-munity of China. Furthermore, he is HonoraryChairman of the Chinese Society for BlastingEngineering, of the Donghua Science & TechnologyInst., and of the Civil Engineering Inst. of theShandong Science & Technology Univ.

His research interests are rock mechanics andengineering, civil engineering, underground space,blasting engineering, and, professionally, he wasinvolved and took charge in many projects of rockand soil engineering, underwater tunnels, under-ground space utilization, blasting engineering, etc.

Candidate for ISRM VP Asia

Angamuthu Varadarajan — INDIA (nominated by the ISRM NG INDIA),

Statement

Many of the Asian countries are developinghydraulic and hydroelectric power pro-jects, infrastructure projects and mining

projects. These projects use underground structuresand foundations ofdams and deal withnatural and manmade slopes. Moreoften these arelocated in/on rockmasses.

Engineeringactivity involvingrock mass requireprimarily the fol-lowing in additionto mapping structur-al features such asfolds, faults andjoints.

a. Identificationand classification

b. Testing and characteristics of the behaviour c. Analysis and design

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d. Construction and performance monitoring The characteristics of the rock mass present in

various countries are generally unique.The experience of one country/region can be of

great use to another country/region. I propose thefollowing to facilitate interaction and exchange ofinformation among various groups.

i) Promote creation of databases of various engi-neering activity in various countries/region.

ii) Promote communication and exchange ofinformation through various tools of informa-tion technology.

iii) Promote sharing of testing equipments andexpertise among various groups.

iv) Promote exchange of visits by experts amongmember countries.

v) Promote organisation of symposium/work-shops on topics of current interest.

ExperienceAngamuthu Varadarajan was born in 1941 inINDIA. He obtained his B.E. in Civil Engineering atAnnamalai Univ., Annamalai Nagar INDIA (1964),his M.Sc. (Eng.) in Soil Mechanics and FoundationEngineering at University of Madras INDIA (1968)and his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at Indian Inst. ofTechnology, Kanpur INDIA (1973).

Since 1974, he is a faculty member of the CivilEngineering Dept, Indian Inst. of Technology, DelhiINDIA, and, currently, he is Dogra Chair Prof. Hehas been Visiting Prof. at the Univ. of Arizona, AZUSA (1985-7), and Visiting Academic at theImperial College of Science and Technology,London UK (1980), and the Univ. College ofSwansea, Swansea UK (1988).

Prof. Angamuthu Varadarajan is a member of theISRM, through the Indian National Group of theISRM (the ISRM NG INDIA), and, currently, he isthe President of that Group. He is a member of theBoard of Directors of the International Associationfor Computer Methods and Advances inGeomechanics (IACMAG) and of the EditorialAdvisory Board of the International Journal ofGeomechanics. He is also Fellow of the Institution ofEngineers (India), and of the Indian GeotechnicalSociety (where he is an elected member of theExecutive Committee).

Prof. Varadarajan has published more than 100technical papers in journals and conference pro-ceedings. He has guided 13 Ph.D. and 66 M.Sc. dis-sertations. He received several awards, including theAnnual Lecture Award by the Indian GeotechnicalSociety.

He has participated in a number of research andconsultancy projects in the areas of testing and con-stitutive modelling of rocks and rock-masses, analy-sis of underground structures and foundations ofdams using Finite Element Method, BoundaryElement Method and Distinct Element Method.

Candidate for ISRM VP Asia

Zhao Jian — SINGAPORE (nominated by the ISRM NG SINGAPORE)

Statement

As an established international learned society,ISRM aims to increase the profile of rockmechanics in various engineering disciplines

as an active and relevant subject in civil, mining,petroleum andhydropower engineer-ing. ISRM thereforehas an important roleof promoting educa-tion, research andapplication of rockmechanics in variousengineering disci-plines. The social andeconomic develop-ment in Asia will leadto extensive develop-ment related to ener-gy and resources,infrastructure andconstruction, and much of such development arerelated to rock mechanics and rock engineering.This also provides ISRM the opportunity to extendits actives in Asia through concerted promotion andexchange programs.

As a Vice President for Asia, my goal would be:• To promote rock mechanics and ISRM activities

in Asia, and promote exchanges of rockmechanics research and rock engineering expe-riences between Asia and the World.

• To increase the profile of ISRM in Asia as anactive and relevant learned society and toimprove the involvement of rock mechanics incivil, mining, petroleum and hydropower engi-neering activities in Asia and internationally.

• To encourage countries and regions in Asia par-ticipating ISRM activities and to support ISRMNational Groups in Asia in organizing confer-ences, exchange programs and technical activi-ties.

• To cooperate close with ISRM sister organisa-tions, such as ISSMFE, IAEG and ITA, in Asiaand internationally.

In practical terms, during the term as VP Asia, Iwill visit all the ISRM member nations and nationswish to be ISRM members in Asia, to support thenational groups in organizing conferences andexchange activities, and to promote ISRM member-ship in Asian countries and regions.

ExperienceZhao Jian was born in 1960. He obtained his B.Sc.in Civil Engineering at the Univ. of Leeds, UK(1983), and his Ph.D. in Rock Mechanics at theImperial College, London UK (1987).

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In 1990, he joined the Nanyang TechnologicalUniv. (NTU), SINGAPORE, as a faculty in the Schoolof Civil and Environmental Engineering, to initiaterock mechanics teaching and research. In 1995, heset up the rock mechanics and underground spaceresearch group, and, in 2001, he established theUnderground Technology and Rock Engineering(UTRE) Program in the NTU, as an integrated centrefor research and application of rock mechanics inthe underground space development. He has pio-neered the rock cavern development in SINGA-PORE, and has been a principal advisor toSingapore government agencies on undergroundspace developement. He has also been a consultantto local and international firms, on many rock tun-nelling and other rock engineering projects.Presently, he is Chair of the UTRE Program, and, inaddition, also a CKSP Distinguish Adjunct Prof. ofthe China Univ. of Mining and Technology, CHINA.

Prof. Zhao Jian is a member of the ISRM,through the ISRM Singapore National Group (theISRM NG SINGAPORE), having been its FoundingChairman. He has also been an Executive Councilmember of the ITA, the Founding HonorarySecretary of the Tunnelling and UndergroundConstruction Society (Singapore), and theChairman of the 30th World Tunnel Congress, andof the 4th Asian Rock Mechanics SymposiumAdvisory Committee. He is a Senior Editor of theTunnelling and Underground Space Technology interna-tional journal, and an Editorial Board member ofthe International Journal of Rock Mechanics andMining Sciences, the Chinese Journal of Rock Mechanicsand Engineering, the Chinese Journal of EngineeringGeology, and the SE Asia Geotechnical Society'sGeotechnical Engineering journal.

Prof. Zhao is the author or co-author of 1 book,3 monographs, and 180 papers (including morethan 60 papers in technical journals), and the edi-tor of 3 volumes. He received the Richard WoltersPrize of the IAEG (2000).

His recent research has been primarily in thefield of the stability and support of rock structuresunder dynamic loads, the behaviour of rock materi-al and rock masses under dynamic loading, rockdynamic testing methods, the effect of discontinu-ities on the shock wave propagation, discrete ele-ment modelling, the rock-TBM interaction in thetunnelling, and hydro-thermo-mechanical proper-ties of rock fractures.

Candidate for ISRM VP Australasia

John St George — NEW ZEALAND (nominated by the ISRM NG New ZEALAND)

Statement

The Australasian region of the ISRM has twovery active national groups, the AustralianGeomechanics Society and the New Zealand

Geotechnical Society, both of which also serve theISSMFE and IAEG. Thetwo groups worktogether closely andorganise a regional con-ference on geomechan-ics. The next ANZGeomechanicsConference is plannedfor Auckland, NewZealand in February2004. As VP for theregion, I will endeavourto promote the closeco-operation and involvement between the nationalgroups.

Within both groups there is a strong support forstudents and young professionals and I intend toencourage further support in this area.

Our region is dominated by the Australian mem-bership which has a strong affiliation with the min-ing industry. I believe coming from a mining back-ground will enable me to integrate with theAustralasian rock mechanics community andexpress their views to the Society. As an academic Ihave contacts in most of the major institutes in theregion concerned with rock mechanics. Thesewould be useful communication channels for dis-seminating.

ExperienceJohn St George obtained his B.Sc. in MiningEngineering at the Imperial College, London UK(1973), his M.Sc. in Rock Mechanics and ExcavationEngineering at the Univ. of Newcastle, UK (1976),and his Ph.D. on Probabilistic Methods Applied tothe Slope Stability at the Univ. of Auckland, NewZEALAND (1991).

After obtaining his B.Sc. degree, he worked inthe minerals industry, in ZAMBIA. Having receivedhis M.Sc. degree, he worked in consultancy, in theUK, and then took up an appointment at the Univ.of Otago, New ZEALAND, in the Dept of MineralTechnology. From there, he moved to the Univ. ofAuckland, currently being a Senior Lecturer in itsDept of Civil and Environmental Engineering,teaching courses in the geomechanics and environ-mental areas. He is also actively involved in con-sulting, on a wide range of projects.

Dr John St George is a member of the ISRM,through The N Zealand Geotechnical Society(NZGS) (the ISRM NG New ZEALAND).

Dr St George’s professional qualifications includeChartered Engineer, member of the IMMM, Fellow

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of the Australian Inst. of Mining and Metallurgy(AusIMM), and member of the International Societyof Explosives Engineers (ISEE).

Currently, his research interests are in the per-meability and strength of coal, subsidence andvibrations.

Candidate for ISRM VP Europe

Claus Erichsen — GERMANY(nominated by the ISRM NG GERMANY)

Statement

My goals as a member of the ISRM-Boardand ISRM-Vice-President for Europe wouldbe the following:

• to promote the exchange in rock mechanicsand rock engineering within the EuropeanCountries and the ISRM

• to increase the applica-tion of rock mechanicsin rock engineeringwith regard to a safeand economical con-struction in rock and toan assessment and aminimization of geot-echnical risks

• to integrate studentsand young engineerswithin the ISRM

• to promote the cooperation with sister societieslike ISSMFE, ITA, IAEG, ICOLD, IGS, SPE

ExperienceClaus Erichsen was born in 1956, in GERMANY, ismarried, and has three children. He obtained hisDipl.-Ing. in Civil Engineering at the TechnicalUniv. of Hanover, GERMANY (1983), and his Ph.D.in Rock Mechanics at the Inst. for FoundationEngineering, Soil Mechanics, Rock Mechanics, andWaterways Construction of the Technical Univ. ofAachen (RWTH), GERMANY (1987).

From 1983 to 1989, he worked, as a researchengineer (1983-7), and as a senior academic official(1987-9), at the Inst. for Foundation Engineering,Soil Mechanics, Rock Mechanics, and WaterwaysConstruction of the RWTH. In 1989, he joined theengineering firm Prof. Dr-Ing. W. Wittke ConsultingEngineers for Tunnelling and GeotechnicalEngineering (WBI), Aachen GERMANY, firstly asDirector of the branch in Stuttgart, GERMANY, and,since 1995, as Managing Director in the mainoffice, in Aachen.

Dr Claus Erichsen is a member of the ISRM,through the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geotechnike.V. (DGGT) (the ISRM NG GERMANY), and, since1991, he is a member of its Board, and Head of theRock Mechanics Section of the DGGT, as well asChairman of the ISRM NG GERMANY. He organizedthe EUROCK 2000 ISRM-Sponsored RegionalSymposium, 6 German Rock Mechanics Symposia,and a TBM-Tunnelling conference.

Dr Erichsen is the author or co-author of morethan 70 publications and lectures on rock mechan-ics and rock engineering.

He has extensive practical experience in rockengineering related to many projects in Germanyand abroad, concerning tunnelling, dam engineer-ing, foundations, construction pits, slope stability,landfills, and underground repositories. Currently,he is involved in the design and construction of farmore than 100 km of tunnels.

Candidate for ISRM VP North America

François E. Heuzé — USA (nominated by the ISRM NG USA)

Statement

As President of the American Rock MechanicsAssociation (ARMA) and ISRM Vice Presidentfor North America, I will promote continued

co-operation between Canada, Mexico, and theUnited States. ARMAhas already assumedthe task of organisingthe 2004 NorthAmerican RockMechanics Symposium(NARMS) after ourMexican Colleagueswere not able to per-form that duty. On theBoard of ISRM I willcontribute as much as Ican to the progress ofinformatic exchangeamong the memberscountries with empha-sis on electronic com-munications.

ExperienceFrançois E. Heuzé graduated in Mining Engineeringat the National School of Mines, FRANCE (1964),his M.Sc. in Civil Engineering at the Univ. ofCalifornia, Berkeley USA (1967), and his Ph.D. inCivil Engineering at the University of California,Berkeley (1970).

Since 1966, he has been responsible for numer-ous projects in the areas of mine design, tunnel vul-nerability, slope stability, rock and joint testing,rock fracture mechanics, underground nuclearwaste storage, explosion effects, cratering, projectilepenetration, hydrofracturing, mine seismicity,drilling, soil dynamics, and earthquake effects.Since 1970, he has provided expertise to over 20 USand overseas companies, on field testing, numericalmodelling, laboratory testing, and performanceassessment, in rock mechanics and rock engineer-ing. From 1972–90, he has also taught numerousshort courses on Geological Engineering and RockMechanics, in CA USA, CO USA, and WA USA, and,from 1975–9, he has been Associate Prof. in theCivil Engineering Dept of the Univ. of Colorado,

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Boulder CO USA. Since 1995, he is a member of theCorporate Advisory Board of the Colorado School ofMines, and currently he is Leader of the GeotechnicalPrograms, at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab.,Livermore CA USA

Prof. Heuzé is a member of the ISRM, and since2002 he is the President of the ISRM National Group,American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA). Alsosince 2002 he is Vice President at Large of the ISRM.He has been Co-Chairman of the 23rd US Symposiumon Rock Mechanics, Berkeley CA USA (1982) and amember of the Steering Group on Technology, of theAmerican Mining Congress (1992-94). He is also aRegistered Professional Civil Engineer, in CA USA andCO USA.

Prof. Heuzé obtained 2 Case Histories Awards fromthe USNC/RM (1986 and 1998), and a PublicationsBoard Award from the Society of Mining Engineers ofthe AIME (1982).

In the National Research Council of the USNational Academy of Sciences, he has been memberof the Geotechnical Board (1988-94), Chairman ofthe Panel on Tunnel Survivability (for the DefenseNuclear Agency) (1990-91), and member of the Boardon Energy and Environmental Systems (1994-97).

Candidate for ISRM VP South America

Eda Freitas de Quadros — BRAZIL (nominated by the ISRM NG BRAZIL)

Statement

One cannot discuss the main goals for theVice-President of South American in theISRM Board, without having

in mind the political and economi-cal situation of the region. In theselast 10 years, strong political andeconomical changes have occurredas a whole in the South Americancontinent, which affected almost allthe branches of professional activi-ties including those engineers work-ing in the field of rock mechanics.

This situation has had a stronginfluence on the development ofthe South American Groups ofISRM (ISRM-NGs). In the beginningof the nineties, some of the eightSouth American countries associat-ed to ISRM were very active pro-moting events like Regional or localSymposia, Congresses, Seminars,and so on. Following the proposalfrom Prof. Orestes Moretto and other prominentrock mechanics professionals at that time, the FirstSouth American Symposium was held on Colombiain the beginning of the eighties, followed by theIInd South American Symposium realized in Brazilin 1986. Venezuela held the IIIrd South AmericanSymposium of Rock Mechanics in 1991, in the pres-ence of Prof. John Franklin at that time President ofISRM, Prof. Dinis da Gama the Vice-President elect-

ed for South America and Prof. Tarcisio Celestino,Vice-President at Large.

Chile organized the IVth South AmericanSymposium with the participation of prominentprofessionals invited from all over the world in themeeting organized by Prof. Van Sint Jan in the pres-ence of the Vice-President for South America, OscarVardé—from Argentina. This was also a memorableevent for the rock mechanics development in thecontinent.

After the IVth Symposium in Chile, Peru shouldhave been the next host for the Vth SouthAmerican Symposium, but in the end it was Brazil,due to the political and economical situation inPeru and consequent decrease in rock mechanicsactivities. As there were also the difficulties inherentin organizing such a big event, Peru’s NG thereforepassed their rights to Brasil. Subsequently,Argentina was also experiencing a problematic timein their country. So the Vth South AmericanSymposium of Rock Mechanics — SAROCKS-98—chaired by Prof. Lineu A. Ayres da Silva from thePolytecnical School of São Paulo University, washeld in conjunction with the 2nd BrazilianSymposium of Rock Mechanics, in the presence ofProf. Van Sint Jan, Vice-President for South Americaat that time, and with a number of prominent lec-turers from overseas.

After all this history, one could really ask: shouldthe last South American Symposium be SAROCKS-98? The answer of course is certainly not!

So as a candidate for the South American Vice-President to the Board of ISRM in the next fouryears, I would strongly propose to our National

Groups that the main priority taskfor South America will be to restorethe activities of our NGs and toresume our country-to-country cir-culation of South AmericanSymposia. The regional Vice-President’s main role should be thecoordination of the proposed activ-ities by the NG’s, and the inter-change of information and ideaswith the Groups.

As a member of the ISRM Board,one of my roles with ISRM col-leagues can be helping the ISRMPresident to take decisions forincreasing and modernizing ourSociety. There will be other taskstoo, like encouraging the commu-nity to participate in the ISRMCommissions, to bring new mem-

bers to ISRM, increase publications, and so manyother things to try for the Society as a whole.

ExperienceEda Freitas de Quadros obtained her B.Sc. in CivilEngineering in 1968, and her M.Sc. at thePolytechnic School of the São Paulo Univ., S. PauloSP BRAZIL (1982). From 1982 August to 1984January, she stayed at the Lab. Nacional de

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Engenharia Civil (LNEC), Lisbon PORTUGAL, forrock hydraulics studies, having also visited theBureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières(BRGM), Orleans FRANCE (1983 March), and theImperial College of Science and Technology,London UK (1983 May). In 1991 October, shestayed for 1 month at the Inst. für Bodenmechanikund Felsmechanik of the Univ. of Karlsruhe,Karlsruhe GERMANY, and, in 1992, she obtainedher Ph.D. in Engineering at the Polytechnic Schoolof the São Paulo Univ. She has continued to visitresearch and technological centres, including theGrimsel Underground Lab., Grimsel SWITZERLAND(1993 July), the Norges Geotekniske Inst. (NGI),Oslo NORWAY (1997 and 1999 July), the YuccaMountain Office, Las Vegas NV USA (1997 October),the Univ. of Trondheim, Trondheim NORWAY(2000 August), and the Äspö Underground Lab. forRadioactive Waste Disposal, Äspö SWEDEN (2002August), as well as other European Inst. developingstudies related to flow.

In the period 1967-74, she worked in the field ofsoil mechanics and foundation engineering. In1975, she joined the Inst. de Pesquisas Tecnologicasdo Estado de São Paulo (Technological ResearchInst. of the State of São Paulo) (IPT), S. Paulo SPBRAZIL, where she has been Assistant Researcher,Coordinating Researcher, Head of the RockMechanics Lab. (1993-5), Senior Researcher (since1994), and Head of the Rock Engineering Dept(1995-8). Currently, she works in the Lab. of RockMechanics and Rock Hydraulics, of the IPT. She hastaught flow and rock mechanics in advanced cours-es at the IPT, short courses at the São Paulo Univ.,

and other Univ. and Inst. in BRAZIL, as well as post-graduation lectures. She participated in severalPh.D. and M.Sc. thesis juries, at some BrazilianUniv. During the last 5 years, she has taught inshort courses on Engineering and Flow in RockMasses (in collaboration with Dr Nick Barton) inAUSTRALIA, CHINA (Hong Kong, and Taiwan),PORTUGAL, and SINGAPORE.

Dr Eda de Quadros is a member of the ISRM,through the Comité Brasileiro de Mecanica dasRochas of the Associão Brasileira de Mecanica dosSolos (CBMR-ABMS) (the ISRM NG BRAZIL), and,since 1984, she has been successively elected asCounsellor on the Board of the CBMR. She is also amember of the IAEG, the ISSMGE, the ITA, and therespective Brazilian geotechnical societies (ABGE,ABMS, and CBT).

Dr Quadros is the author of 52 papers in interna-tional journals, symposia, and congresses.

Her professional experience involves theoretical,field, and lab. work to determine the rock mass per-meability related to engineering works; hydrauliccharacterization of fractured rock masses, in con-nection to the foundation and abutments of dams,tunnels, and mining works; analysis of flow prob-lems in fractured rock masses, based on a continu-ous and discontinuous approach, taking into con-sideration the geometrical characterization of thejoint sets, and the complexity of the joint network,related to the rock mass volume concerned in thespecific engineering work.

July 2003The reason for having a science like rock mechanics and its application, rock engineering, is mainlyprofit oriented, turning knowledge of rocks and steel to good use. The reason for having a societylike the ISRM, and the key to the successful application of rock mechanics, however, is people.

As scientists and engineers, we all rely on studying papers and books to obtain knowledge andinformation. We study the data and try to follow the mathematics. We argue, using cold logic tomake a point, to advance the science. The names of the authors become known to us — Barla,Fairhurst, Wittke, Sakurai, Salamon, so many more excellent ones, giants, all of them.

But behind each name is a person of flesh and blood, with hobbies, weaknesses, desires, and justordinary habits. Each one is just a neighbour to someone else in a city or town somewhere, someonewho also has to wash the car and mow the lawn, take out the garbage…

What do these people look like? What do they do when they have the time to do what they liketo do? This issue is devoted to some of the people of the ISRM. Most are famous in our circles. We have allstudied their work. In this issue, we present the person behind the maths, the guy who hangs pic-tures on the wall, who gets summoned to dinner when he is on the point of a breakthrough that willchange the world.

In future, we hope to bring a personality to each issue of the News Journal. As an introduction,the bulk of this volume is devoted to the people. We hope that you will get something out of it,something more than rock or moduli…

— Nielen Van der Merwe

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Born: 4 December 1938 inCastlemaine, Victoria, Australia

What made you interested inrock mechanics?I had a family mining back-ground and became fascinated bythe underground excavations ofthe Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme which were beingbuilt when I was a student. Butthe most important influence wasan inspirational undergraduateteacher and later research super-visor, Professor Hugh Trollope.

What is your speciality in rockmechanics?I’m a jack of all trades and masterof none. I currently have specialinterests in the design of under-ground excavations and the rockmechanics of block and panelcaving mines.

What is your favourite topic inrock mechanics?Rock mass strength

What hobbies do you have?Cricket and jazz

How do you spend your freetime?Going to the cricket, listening tojazz, reading (see below), watch-ing sport on TV, going out to din-ner and/or drinking wine withmy partner Dale, occasional visitsto the theatre and movies, and,in particular, enjoying our 12thfloor apartment overlooking theBrisbane River and the city, andour second apartment overlook-ing Coogee Beach in Sydney

Do you play sport?Not any more. In the distantpast, I was a poor but enthusiasticcricketer and distance runner,and a not quite so poor athleticscoach.

Do you watch any sport? Cricket, track and field athletics,Australian Rules Football, tennis,and when I’m in North America,baseball.

What is your favourite music?Jazz – I listen to no other music.

What is your favourite food?Grilled sea food and green salad(with a dry white wine)

What non-technical books doyou read?History of science and engineer-ing, biographies (including politi-cal biographies), books on jazzand jazz musicians, cricket, cur-rent affairs and Australian art,and novels (mainly thrillers thesedays). Recently, books on highereducation have been replaced bybooks on company Boards andthe roles of directors.

Are you married?Sort of—my partner, Dale, and Ihave been together since 21February 1975.

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If yes, what does your spousedo?Dale is a former English teacherand University lecturer in educa-tion. She has written 30 booksand now runs her own consultingcompany, Digital Style, whichspecialises in the use of digitaltechnologies in all levels of edu-cation and training.

How many children do youhave?None

Do you have any relatives inrock mechanics?No—but I do have a nephew whois a professional jazz musician!

If you could have one wishcome true, what would it be?To be able to play the piano likeKeith Jarrett or the tenor saxo-phone like Stan Getz. That wouldset me up well for my approach-ing old age.

Please add anything interestingabout yourself—e.g., a definingmoment in your life, a particu-lar incident you remember,etc.—not confined to rock

mechanics!I doubt that there’s anything atall interesting about me. I don’tthink my life has had any defin-ing moments, except perhaps mydiscovery of an exciting musiccalled jazz when I was a 15 yearold schoolboy. The career defin-ing moment for me, if there issuch a thing, came in December1974 when I was appointed tosucceed Evert Hoek as leader ofthe Imperial College RockMechanics group that he hadestablished so brilliantly. Movingto London in July 1975, gave meall sorts of opportunities that Iwouldn’t have had otherwise.

Perhaps a significant differ-ence between me and most otherISRM members who have hadacademic careers, is that foralmost 20 years at ImperialCollege and the University ofQueensland, I had Departmental,Faculty and then seniorUniversity management positionsand did my rock mechanics work“on the side”. No doubt manywill say that it showed! At theend of 2000, I retired from myposition as Senior Deputy Vice-

Chancellor of the University ofQueensland (a position like thatof the Vice-Rector of a Europeanuniversity or the Vice-Presidentfor Academic Affairs or Provost ofan American university). I nowwork part-time as a consultingengineer with Golder Associates,am involved with researchthrough the University ofQueensland’s Julius KruttschnittMineral Research Centre, and ama member of several Boards. I’m aDirector of the State owned rail-way company, Queensland Rail,and the Chairman of a rail freightcompany which is one of its sub-sidiaries. What other ISRM mem-ber has his own full-scale trainset?

I have two “distinctions” relat-ed to the ISRM of which I’m par-ticularly proud. I believe that Iremain the youngest person tohave been elected President ofour Society, and I suspect thatI’m one of a very few memberswho have attended every ISRMCongress held to date. I look for-ward to meeting up with anyothers in Johannesburg inSeptember.

Born: 31 January 1937 in Zürich,Switzerland

What made you interested inrock mechanics?Was something new and differentin the early 1960’s.

What is your speciality in rockmechanics?Fractures, Swelling Rock, Tunnels,Risk Analysis

What is your favourite topic inrock mechanics?Many

What hobbies do you have?Railroads, plus see below.

How do you spend your freetime?Read, walk, ride.

What is your favourite music?Opera

What is your favourite food?My wife’s cooking.

What non-technical books doyou read?History

Are you married?Yes

If yes, what does your spousedo?Artist

How many children do youhave?Two (2)

What do they do?Students

Do you have any relatives inrock mechanics?No

Herbert H. Einstein

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Born: August 5, 1929 in Widnes,England

What made you interested inrock mechanics?The need to understand groundcontrol in mines, and themechanics of impact drilling ofrock.

What is your speciality inrock mechanics?Application of Rock Mechanics inMining, Tunnelling and WasteIsolation

What is your favourite topic inrock mechanics?Underground Mining; Challengeof Nuclear Waste Isolation

What hobbies do you have?Reading; Study of World Politics;Walking

How do you spend your freetime?Watch detective and mysteryshows on television; visiting chil-dren and grandchildren

Do you play sport?Not now

Do you watch any sport?Rugby; Professional AmericanFootball. Tour de France.

What is your favourite music?Mozart; Vivaldi; Dixieland Jazz

What is your favourite food?Lamb; glass of wine; good cheese

What non-technical books doyou read?World War 2; Biographies ofPolitical Leaders; Mystery novels

Are you married?Yes

If yes, what does your spousedo?Former teacher; now runs homeand keeps in contact with family

How many children do youhave?Seven (3 daughters; 4 sons)

What do they do?Computer marketing; Well ser-vices company manager;Materials testing engineer/manag-er; Neurosciences research;Aircraft parts supply;Owner/Manager, EquipmentRental; Geologist/Crayfish farm-ing

Do you have any relatives inrock mechanics?Son, David is with SchlumbergerWell Services Division.Son, Charles is associated withMTS, major supplier of rock test-ing equipment.

Please add anything interestingabout yourself—e.g., a definingmoment in your life, a particu-lar incident you remember,etc.—not confined to rockmechanics!My life has been very rewarding,both professionally and personal-ly.

Being asked by ProfessorPfleider, in 1957, to establish arock mechanics programme atthe University of Minnesota wascertainly a major turning pointprofessionally.

Having the entire family ofchildren, spouses and grandchil-dren assemble for our 40th wed-ding anniversary was a very spe-cial family event.

Charles Fairhurst

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Born: 25 December, 1935 in NewYork City, New York, USA.

What made you interested inrock mechanics?My interest developed from ini-tial employment as a geologist. Ibecame fascinated with the prob-lem of how to formulate rockslope or foundation problemsmaking use of local geologicalstructure. This intensified withthe failure of Malpasset Dam in1959, during the time of my doc-toral studies.

What is your speciality in rockmechanics?The calculation and computationof rock behaviour, incorporatingreal modes of failure that reflectthe interplay of discontinuitiesand rock strength

What is your favourite topic inrock mechanics?Geological engineering, makinguse of rock mass mechanics forrock slopes and dam abutments

What hobbies do you have?Classical music as pianist andsinger. (I have performed 80 prin-cipal baritone roles in major andminor opera productions.)

How do you spend your freetime?Tennis, singing, playing piano,and writing

Do you play sport?Tennis

Do you watch any sport?No

What is your favouritemusic?Opera and classical art songs

What is your favourite food?Italian

What non-technical books doyou read?Biographies, historical novels,and historical non-fiction, aswell as literature in theGerman language.

Are you married?Yes

If yes, what does yourspouse do?She is a cellist.

How many children do youhave?Three

What do they do?Paula is an opera singer, now liv-ing in Europe; Holly is an ele-mentary school teacher, living inOregon. Lilly is a wildlife andplant ecologist, employed by theState of Alaska.

Do you have any relatives inrock mechanics? No. (But all the students I havehad the pleasure to supervise indoctoral work seem like close rel-atives.)

If you could have one wishcome true, what would it be?To see our culture evolve to onethat is less adversarial, committedto preserving the beauty andwildness of nature, and joined inuniversal pursuit of planetarywelfare.

Richard E. Goodman

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Born: August 13, 1938 in Japan

What made you interested inrock mechanics?Prof. Hiramatsu made me feelthinking was very interestingthrough his lecture on rockmechanics during my studentdays at Kyoto University.

What is your speciality in rockmechanics?Stability of large-scale cavern

What is your favourite topic inrock mechanics?Stress state and mechanical prop-erties of rock mass at near failureand anisotropic behaviour ofjointed rock mass around a large-scale cavern.

What hobbies do you have?Making potteries on a potter’swheel.

How do you spend your freetime?Enjoying gardening with mywife, making buckwheat noodles,taking photographs and travel-ling with my family.

Do you play sport? Skiing, Swimming.

Do you watch any sport?Sumou (Japanese wrestling)

What is your favourite music?Classical music (Bach)

What is your favourite food?Cheese, Sashimi (raw fish)

What non-technical books doyou read?Essay, Akutagawa awarded books(the award is given to a newhope) and miscellaneous

Are you married?Yes

If yes, what does your spousedo?Housewife

How many children do youhave?Three children

What do they do?My older son is a researcher of arailway technical research insti-tute and the other son is workingat a food company as a researcheras well. My daughter is workingat a TV production company inNew York.

Do you have any relatives inrock mechanics?None.

If you could have one wishcome true, what would it be?Life free from anxiety.

Please add anything interestingabout yourself — e.g., a defin-ing moment in your life, a par-ticular incident you remember,etc. — not confined to rockmechanics!During my student life I travelledto Shikoku-island with myfriends, where we found a veg-

etable that looked very delicious.After eating it a little bit, I suf-fered severe aches in my throat,gullet and stomach. It had poisonand I could not eat, or drink any-thing either for two to three daysand the pains continued for aweek. The name of the vegetablewas found later to be “Kuwazu-imo,” that meant “Unable toeat.”

Satoshi Hibino

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Born: 9 May 1940 in Wales, UK

What made you interested inrock mechanics?It combines my two favouritesubjects of geology and mathe-matics

What is your speciality in rockmechanics?Developing, communicating andimplementing the basic princi-ples and techniques of the sub-ject within the context of anoverall rock engineering systemsunderstanding

What is your favourite topic inrock mechanics?Site investigation

What hobbies do you have?Appreciating the British country-side and walking long distancecountry trails

How do you spend your freetime? (If you have any!)Lamenting that I either have timeor money, but never both

Do you play sport? Squash and jogging (slowly)

Do you watch any sport?Tennis, snooker

What is your favourite music?Hummel’s trumpet concerto

What is your favourite food?1. My wife’s cooking2. Chinese cooking, as cooked inChina

What non-technical books doyou read?Like to listen to audiobookseither written by Robert Goddardor read by Harriet Walter

Are you married?Yes

If yes, what does your spousedo?Formerly a dentist and oralpathologist, now Partner with mein Rock Engineering Consultants,and expert multi-tasker

How many children do youhave?Three (3)

What do they do?1. Physics teacher2. Free-lance creative computercommunications systems genera-tor3. Environmental engineer, stu-dent and mother

Do you have any relatives inrock mechanics?No

If you could have one wishcome true, what would it be?That I could understand more ofthe deeper realms of mathemat-ics.Please add anything interestingabout yourself — e.g., a defin-ing moment in your life, a par-ticular incident you remember,etc — not confined to rockmechanics!The defining moment in my lifewas in 1965 at the Heriot-WattUniversity in Edinburgh,Scotland, as I was finishing a BScdegree, when I saw an advertise-ment for a research associateposition at the University ofMinnesota in the USA studyingfor a rock mechanics Ph.D. underCharles Fairhurst. If that adver-tisement had not been sent to

the Heriot-Watt University, or if Ihad not seen it, I would probablyhave spent the last 38 years doingsomething completely different!

John A. Hudson

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Born: March 31, 1947 inSchaffhausen, Switzerland

What made you interested inrock mechanics?Need for Alpine transportationtunnelling

What is your speciality in rockmechanics?Rock support and ground controlin deep mining, rockbursting,tunnelling at depth, constructionaspects of underground works

What is your favourite topic inrock mechanics?brittle rock mass failure for stabil-ity assessment of pillars, tunnelsand cavernsWhat hobbies do youhave?wood work

How do you spend your freetime? (If you have any!)Hiking, swimming and canoeingin summer and skiing in winter;wood work and home renova-tion; photography

Do you play sport?See above

Do you watch any sport? Not much — hockey or curling

What is your favourite music?Classics and blues

What is your favourite food?Authentic Chinese food

What non-technical books doyou read?Recent history novels

Are you married?Yes

If yes, what does your spousedo?Artist, painter and sculptress

How many children do youhave?Two

What do they do?Daughter is financial analyst inbiomedical field and son is smallbusiness manager

Do you have any relatives inrock mechanics? (Specify)NO — not even the Kaiser effect!

If you could have one wishcome true, what would it be?That there were 100 hours in aday and 10 days in a week—andno forms to be filled in!

Please add anything interesting

about yourself — e.g., a defin-ing moment in your life, a par-ticular incident you remember,etc — not confined to rockmechanics!The day my father died at 12,when I got married to a lovingwife, and when I received aCanada Council scholarship tostudy in Canada, our futurehome, were the three most defin-ing moment of our lives.

Peter Kaiser

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Born: January 20, 1947 in Penley,Wales UK

What made you interested inrock mechanics?The greatest influence on my sci-entific interests were the profes-sors who taught me during myundergraduate, master and doc-toral studies at the Faculty ofMining Engineering of theStanislaw Staszic University ofMining and Metallurgy in Cracowbetween 1964-1973. I had theprivilege to study mining geome-chanics, strata control andground subsidence under theguidance of the most brilliant,dedicated and inspiring teachers.

Later, at the Silesian Universityof Technology in Gliwice, I foundexcellent conditions in which toset up my rock mechanics labora-tory.

What is your speciality in rockmechanics?My speciality in rock mechanicsis experimental rock deformation.

What is your favourite topic inrock mechanics?My favourite topic is microfrac-turing and the phenomenon ofdilatancy in rocks.

What hobbies do you have?My hobbies are: playing tennisand soccer, downhill skiing andreading.

How do you spend your freetime? (If you have any!)I devote my free time to cultivat-

ing my hob-bies. In sum-mer, I spendlots of time inmy gardengrowing flow-ers, mowingthe lawn, trim-ming shrubsand havingcookouts withmy family andfriends.

Do you play asport? I am an avidtennis playerand also a

member of a soccer team thatrepresents the Faculty of Miningand Geology in the SilesianUniversity of Technology's profes-sor soccer league. Downhill skiingis my favourite winter sport.

Do you watch any sport? Yes, I like watching figure skatingand ski jump competitions.

What is your favourite music?I enjoy jazz (Dixieland, swing,bebop) and classical music (Bach,Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Brahms).

What is your favourite food?I like dumplings of all sorts (e.g.,Polish ruskie pierogi and Chinesejiaozi) and all kinds of pastry,cakes and sweets.

What non-technical books doyou read?My favourite type of reading isepic novels like John Steinbeck'sEast of Eden, Mikhail Sholokhov’sQuiet Flows the Don and LeoTolstoi’s War and Peace.

Are you married?Yes, I am.

If yes, what does your spousedo?She, her mother and brother runtogether a family bakery and pas-try shops.

How many children do youhave?I have two daughters, Anna andMaya.

What do they do?Anna is about to complete her

university studies in the field ofphysiotherapy. She works in ahospital as a volunteer rehabilita-tion assistant.

Maya studies architecture atCracow University of Technology.

Do you have any relatives inrock mechanics? No, I don't.

If you could have one wishcome true, what would it be?I would like to be able to playviolin masterfully.

Please add anything interestingabout yourself—e.g., a definingmoment in your life, a particu-lar incident you remember,etc.—not confined to rockmechanics!Although my parents originatedfrom different parts of the coun-try, I spent all my childhood andearly youth in Upper Silesia, aland of hard-working, brave andingenious people. Upper Silesiastretches over a huge coal deposit,the Upper Silesian Coal Basin. Forcenturies, mining in Upper Silesiawas not only a profession but alsoa tradition and a style of life.Miners in Upper Silesia werealways regarded as the noblest ofthe nobles and no professioncould match theirs. Innumerablefamilies in big cities, small townsand villages lived from miningand for mining. This included myfather, a surgeon, who for decadesused to go every afternoon fromhis hospital to a nearby collierywhere he worked as the mine’smedical doctor. The region’s spe-cial atmosphere and admirationfor people struggling heroicallyagainst underground hazardsinspired me to stay in UpperSilesia forever. That is how Ibecame an adept of the miningprofession at the AndaluzjaColliery in 1964, immediatelyafter graduation from secondaryschool and, then, began my uni-versity studies in the field ofmining engineering.

Marek Kwasniewski

Born: January 1, 1944 in Athens,Greece

What made you interested inrock mechanics?Initial background as miningengineer

What is your speciality in rockmechanics?Geological engineering; weakrock masses

What is your favourite topic inrock mechanics?Tunnelling

What hobbies do you have?No more (unfortunately)

How do you spend your freetime? (if you have any!)Travelling, but on the occasion ofbusiness trips

Do you play sport?No more

What is your favourite music?The good music

What non-technical books doyou read?Yes, I read but no precise prefer-ence.

Are you married?Yes

If yes, what does your spouse do?Looking after us

How many children do youhave?Two

What do they do?George: archeologistVassilis: engineering geologist

Do you have any relatives inrock mechanics?No If you could have one wish

come true, what would it be?Achieve a zero residual risk inengineering construction

Paul G. Marinos

Yoshiaki Mizuta

Born: October 16, 1939 in Osaka,Japan

What made you interested inrock mechanics?Late Dr. Oka who was my Teacher

What is your speciality in rockmechanics?Rock Stress Measurement,Development of NumericalMethod by BEM

What is your favourite topic inrock mechanics?Development of new method forStress Measurement

What hobbies do you have?Playing Golf

How do you spend your freetime?Play Golf, Make firewood

Do you play sport?Golf

Do you watch any sport?Baseball

What is your favourite music?Popular song

What is your favourite food?Marine Products

What non-technical books doyou read?Detective story

Are you married?Yes

If yes, what does your spousedo?Partner for managing our PrivateCompany

How many children do youhave?Two

What do they do?Daughter: housewifeSon: Labourer of a Factory

Do you have any relatives inrock mechanics?No

If you could have one wishcome true, what would it be?My son establish himself

Please add anything interestingabout yourself — e.g., a defin-ing moment in your life, a par-ticular incident you remember,etc. — not confined to rockmechanics!I could build up my positionbecause of Prof. Yoshio Hiramatsuand Prof. Charles Fairhurst.

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Born: 8 September 1938 in Lyon,France

What made you interested inrock mechanics?The common interest inMechanics and Earth Sciences

What is your speciality in rockmechanics?Applied Rock Mechanics to CivilEngineering

What is your favourite topic inrock mechanics?Underground Works and SlopeStability

What hobbies do you have?Sports — Literature — Moviesand Theatre

How do you spend your freetime? (If you have any!)Practicing as much as possible myhobbies

Do you play sport? I don’t really practice sport anymore; I try to walk, run, swim, skias much as the age allows.

Do you watch any sport? Soccer, tennis, but nothing ismore exciting for me than a goodrugby game, especially when theFrench team beats an Anglo-saxon team — it happened andmay happen in the next WorldCup.

What is your favourite music?Bach and Charlie Parker

What is your favourite food?Oysters, caviar and a rare piece ofrumsteack

What non-technical books doyou read?French literature

Are you married?Yes

If yes, what does your spousedo?Doing her best for the happinessof our family

How many children do youhave?2 boys

What do they do?Telecommunication engineerBusiness management

Do you have any relatives inrock mechanics?No

Please add anything interestingabout yourself — e.g., a defin-ing moment in your life, a par-ticular incident you remember,etc. — not confined to rockmechanics!I kept memories of so manyunforgettable moments in myfamily life or in my professionalcarrers; it is too difficult to select;but the birth of my first grand-son, Matisse, was very moving.

Marc Panet

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Manuel RomanaBorn: 9 December 1934 inSevilla, Spain

What made you interested inrock mechanics?I became aware of rock mechan-ics when working as a construc-tion engineer for the foundationof an arch dam (Atazar)

What is your speciality in rockmechanics?Tunnelling/slopes

What is your favourite topic inrock mechanics?SMR geomechanical classificationfor slopes

What hobbies do you have?Many and no one too demand-ing. I like to go to painting ex.

How do you spend your freetime?With my family (spouse, chil-dren, grandchildren); Travellingas a tourist (with family); Readingand hearing music at home

Do you play sport? Golf, Swimming

Do you watch any sport? Not often

What is your favourite music?Classical, Soft pop

What is your favourite food?Salads, Fish

What non-technical books doyou read?Novels, essays, historics

Are you married?Yes

What does your spouse do?Administration manager of acompany

How many children do youhave?3 (1 boy, 2 girls)

What do they do?• Professor of Transportation at

Polytechnical University ofMadrid

• Professor of Translation atComillas University (Madrid)

• General Director ofEconomics Policy of SpanishGovernment

Do you have any relatives inrock mechanics? No

If you could have one wishcome true, what would it be?Better understanding betweenmen

Please add anything interestingabout yourself — e.g., a defin-ing moment in your life, a par-ticular incident you remember,etc. — not confined to rockmechanics!I remember three definingmoments for my technical/acade-mic work:

• 1950 — I took the decisionto become civil engineer (noprecedents in my family)

• 1975 — I took the decisionto enter an academic carreer.After working more than 15years in the constructionindustry (first construction,after, design)

• 1986 — in one day I had tofinish a report for the sup-port of a slope below a veryold castle (Denia, Spain). Igot depressed after hearingabout the death in a planecrash of one of my bestfriends. When working in avery depressed mood, I gotthe spark idea for the geome-chanical classification.

Born: April 30, 1933 in Kyoto,Japan

What made you interested inrock mechanics?Studies on the mechanism ofrock breakage by blasting.

What is your speciality in rockmechanics?Characterisation of in-situ rock.Blasting.

What is your favourite topic inrock mechanics?Application of Geophysics inRock Engineering. Mechanism ofrock breakage and ground motioncaused by blasting.

What hobbies do you have?How do you spend your freetime? (If you have any!)

Enjoy scenic beauties.

Do you watch any sport? Baseball

What is your favourite music?Country-and-western

What is your favourite food?Fresh seafood

What non-technical books doyou read?Are you married?Yes

What does your spouse do?Pediatrician

How many children do youhave?Two

What do they do?The one is working in a provin-

cial government. The other one isworking in a fuel gas supply com-pany.

Do you have any relatives inrock mechanics?My younger brother, Kyoji Sassa,is a professor at Kyoto University,and he is interested in landslide.

Koichi Sassa

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Born: 14 December 1935 inKofu, Yamanashi-ken, Japan

What made you interested inrock mechanics?I met Rock Mechanics in theresearch on “Radioactive wastedisposal in salt.” This researchmade me interested in rockmechanics.

What is your speciality in rockmechanics?Field measurements, Back analy-sis

What is your favourite topic inrock mechanics?Tunnels and slopes

What hobbies do you have?Art and music in undergroundspace

How do you spend your freetime?Reading books, listening music,appreciation of paintings, travel-ling, etc.

Do you play sport?No more, but I try to walk.

Do you watch any sport? Baseball

What is your favourite music?Classical music

What non-technical books doyou read?Ones related to art, psychology,history, etc.

Are you married?Yes

What does your spouse do?Clinical psychologist

How many children do youhave?Two (one daughter and one son)

What do they do?Junko: Interior DesignerYoshiki: Civil Engineer

Do you have any relatives inrock mechanics?Yes, my son If you could have one wishcome true, what would it be?Artist of modern art using CG

Please add anything interestingabout yourself— e.g., a defin-ing moment in your life, a par-ticular incident you remember,etc.—not confined to rock

mechanics!I have been making an effort oncreating new arts in undergroundspace together with artists, psy-chologists, architects, civil engi-neers, acoustic engineers, so on. Ihave a lot of good memories withthem in relation to the variousactivities in underground space.

Shunsuke Sakurai

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Born: 17 October 1943 inDurban, South Africa

What made you interested inrock mechanics?I was in the Strength of MaterialsDivision of the NationalMechanical Engineering ResearchInstitute of the CSIR and theDirector, Gunter Denkhaus (atone time a Vice-President forAfrica of the ISRM) said to me,“You would like to move intorock mechanics, wouldn’t you?”So, I did not choose my career,but I have never regretted themove. Even my subsequent careerhas “happened,” rather thancareer choices having been active-ly made.

What is your speciality in rockmechanics?Various: fracture, slope stability,shallow undermining

What is your favourite topic inrock mechanics?Hobbyhorse is extension (strain)

What hobbies do you have?None really, but I have “interests”that could turn into hobbieswhen I have time

How do you spend your freetime?With family, pottering about inthe house/garden (usually bynecessity to fix something, not bychoice)

Do you play sport? Tennis

Do you watch any sport? Cricket first, then come tennis,rugby, etc

What is your favourite music?Classical

What is your favourite food?Probably Italian

What non-technical books doyou read?Generally various non-fiction,but Tom Clancy fiction

Are you married?Yes

What does your spouse do?Housewife/Grandmother

How many children do youhave?Two

What do they do?1. Secretary/Organiser for Frenchcompany2. Computer Scientist (financial).Was previously hydrologist withconsulting engineer

Do you have any relatives inrock mechanics? No. Two great grandfathers weremine managers in Australia

If you could have one wishcome true, what would it be?Peace and harmony in the world

Please add anything interestingabout yourself — e.g., a defin-ing moment in your life, a par-ticular incident you remember,etc. — not confined to rockmechanics!Probably the most significantthing (apart from getting mar-ried) was selling our house at aprofit and spending the proceedson travelling, with family, for 3

months around Europe, beforespending a year at ImperialCollege, Royal School of Mines,as an Academic Visitor with JohnKnill in the Engineering GeologyDepartment. We returned toSouth Africa stony broke, buthave never regretted doing it andstill, 30 years later, have greatmemories of that time.

Dick Bieniawski was my bossfor 6 years, and a very good one.He was a very good motivatorand gave me a push to do a doc-torate. John Knill gave me thehonour of being an AcademicVisitor for a very memorable yearat Imperial College. I was veryfortunate to be able to work withmany superb colleagues atSteffen, Robertson and Kirsten(SRK) for 25 stimulating years.

Dick Stacey

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Born: 30 November 1947 inDannhauser, South Africa

What made you interested inrock mechanics?Mining injuries to friends, mis-placed youthful belief that Icould fix the problems veryquickly!

What is your speciality in rockmechanics?Coal mining

What is your favourite topic inrock mechanics?When will it happen?

What hobbies do you have?Photography

How do you spend your freetime?None now, I previously coachedrugby. I still cultivate chilies.Listen to opera in my car andwhile working. Once listened toVerdi’s Otello so intensely that Igot totally lost on my way to amine.

Do you play sport?Not any more, played rugby earlier

Do you watch any sport?Rugby

What is your favourite music?Italian opera

What is your favourite food?Barbeque

What non-technical books doyou read?John Steinbeck, ErnestHemingway are my favouriteauthors

Are you married?Yes

What does your spouse do?Pays my speeding fines and keepsthe family together

How many children do youhave?Three

What do they do?Melani teaches Art and English;Hein is an Advocate; Nielen is aNature Conservation student

Do you have any relatives inrock mechanics? No. My grandfather was a coalminer, all the others were in artis-tic or farming occupations

If you could have one wishcome true, what would it be?That we could all accept andrespect diversity in people andideas

Please add anything interestingabout yourself — e.g., a defin-ing moment in your life, a par-ticular incident you remember,etc, — not confined to rockmechanics!On the day that I handed in thevery final copy of my Ph.D. the-sis, I spent the evening clearingmy study, putting all the loosepapers and references into boxes.I was sad that it had come to anend. I counted all the pages I hadread and worked through andthought back on all the latenights and working weekends.

When I went to bed, I braggedto my wife that the total volumeof material I had worked throughwas equal to four volumes of theBible. She said I maybe I wouldhave been better off reading theBible four times and went back tosleep.

Nielen van der Merwe

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Born: March 28, 1934 inHamburg, Germany

What made you interested inrock mechanics?New branch of engineering sci-ence and Development of mod-els, methods of analysis, design

What is your speciality in rockmechanics?Modelling, numerical analysesand design

What is your favourite topic inrock mechanics?New developments, design andconstruction

What hobbies do you have?Music (piano, accordeon), Golf

How do you spend your freetime?1. With my family2. Golf3. Music

Do you play sport? Golf

Do you watch any sport? very little

What is your favourite music?Jazz and classics

What is your favourite food?Fish

What non-technical books doyou read?Historic novels (very few)

Are you married?Yes

What does your spouse do?Financial matters in WBI-company

How many children do youhave?Four

What do they do?Dr.-Ing. Bettina Wittke-Schmitt,Rock Mechanics; Dr.-Ing. PatriciaWittke-Gattermann, tunneling Dr.-Ing. Martin Wittke, WBI-com-pany; Dr.-rer. pol. CorneliaWittke-Kothe, Coworker of McKinsey & Company

Do you have any relatives inrock mechanics?my children, see aboveDr.-Ing. C. ErichsenDipl.-Ing. D. SchmittDr.-Ing. J. Gattermann

If you could have one wishcome true, what would it be?Long professionally active lifetogether with my wife and family

Walter K. Wittke

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2004 June 13-16, Kansas City MO USA — JuneCommittee Week of the American Society for Testingand Materials International (ASTM), Section D18 —Soil and Rock. Dr Jack Touseull, Rock Mechanics SubcommitteeD18.12, Chairperson, USA. EM: jtouseull@do.usbr.gov. D18 OfficeManager, Mr Robert J. Morgan, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, W. Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959, USA. TLP: 1/610/8329732; EM: rmorgan@astm.org

2004 June 21–24, GeoEng 2004,Theme: “GEO-Engineering forResource Development” Location: TELUS Convention Centre Calgary,Alberta, Canada, an international conference, organized on behalf of theISRM, the IAEG, and the ISSMGE. Overview Lectures: 1. EngineeringGeophysics (Resource Exploration to Evaluation); 2. Geomathematics andData Management; 3. Hydrogeology; 4. Horizontal Drilling forCharacterization, and in Geoenvironmental Applications. TechnicalSessions: Oil/Gas (1. Natural hazards. offshore hydrates; 2. Offshore struc-tures. foundations; 3. Site remediation, state of the practice, or case histo-ries; 4. Pipelines. route selection, soil-pipe interaction, use of horizontaldrilling for installation, etc.; 5. Oil sands development; 6. Geomechanicsin reservoir modelling; 7. Borehole stability; 8. Geological sequestration ofthe CO2; 9. Arctic development); Mining (1. Geomechanics of under-ground mining; 2. Geomechanics of surface mining; 3. Waste dumps, tail-ings management, including covers; 4. Restoration of a landscape dis-turbed by mining, and f soft tailings; 5. Acid mine drainage); Water (1.Dam safety programs; 2. Deterioration of dams; 3. Water conservation,and leakage from canals); Nuclear Waste (1. Geological and geophysicalcharacterization of repositories; 2. Update on technical issues, or on dis-posal schemes); New Energy Sources (1. Geotechnical issues related todevelopment); Forestry (1. Geotechnical issues related to extraction andreforestation). Prof. D.C. Sego, Chairman of the Organizing Committee,Room 303, Civil-Electrical Building, Dept of Civil & Environmental

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2004 November 30–December 2, Kyoto, JAPAN —International Symposium on Contribution of RockMechanics to the New Century (3rd ARMS 2004)

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2003 September 1–4, Prague, Czech Republic — 6thInternational Symposium & Exhibition onEnvironmental Contamination in Central & EasternEurope and the Commonwealth of Independent StatesFor more information: http://www.prague2003.fsu.edu

2003 September 8–12, Sandton (Gauteng—Johannesburg) S AFRICA — ISRM 10th InternationalCongress on Rock Mechanics, organized by the S AfricanNational Inst. of Rock Engineering (SANIRE) (the ISRM NG S AFRICA), andThe S African Inst. of Mining and Metallurgy. Theme: TechnologyRoadmap for Rock Mechanics. Topics: Behavior of rock masses under veryhigh stress to strength ratios; Design and stability of very deep open pits,and very high rock slopes; Deformation behavior of rocks and rock mass-es; Modeling of the fracture and failure of rocks and rock masses; Dynamiceffects; Remote excavation, mechanical excavation, including the tunneland raise boring; In situ tests, large scale tests, field tests, back analysis;Shallow and deep, large span excavations, civil excavations, caverns, etc.;Rock mass classification revisited—success stories, weaknesses, applica-tions, developments; Probability and risk; Petroleum rock engineering;Environmental rock engineering; Dams, foundations, rock as a construc-tion material; Fragmentation by blasting; Tunnels; Fundamental develop-ments in rock engineering; Rock engineering education. L: English;French, German (only for the abstracts). TS: Abstracts (submitted to therespective NG)—20020531; Acceptance—20020731; Papers (submitted tothe respective NG)—20030331; Papers (final submission)—20030701.Several workshops/mini symposia are planned. 1-day technical visits, dur-ing the conference, will be organized. Panel discussions and pre-congressworkshops shall be arranged. Post-Congress tours to the Lesotho high-lands, the Pilanesberg game reserve/Witwatersrand deep mines (4-days),and the Kruger national park/Palabora mine are foreseen. Fee: USD 600max. The 2003 ISRM Board, Council, and Commission Meetings will beheld on September 6-7, in conjunction with this Congress. Mrs KarenNorman, The Conference Co-Ordinator, Technology Roadmap for RockMechanics, P.O. Box 61127, ZA-2107 Marshalltown, S AFRICA. TLP:27/11/8341273, 8341277, 8338156(fax), or 8385923(fax). web site:www.isrm2003.co.za

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2003 September 10-12, Prague CZECH R — EFEE 2ndWorld Conference. European Federation of Explosives Engineers(EFEE) Secretariat, Hodroyd House, 637 Barnsley Rd, Wakefield, WF2 6QEWest Yorks, UK. TLP: 44/1924/253511 or 253535(fax); EM:alison@spand.biz

2003 September 15-18, Oslo, Norway — 6thInternational Symposium on Field Measurements inGeoMechanics, FMGM 2003. Symposium Themes: Case studiesabout the role of field measurements in problem solving, research, safetyassessment or improving the design of civil engineering structures andworks. State-of-the-art and trends in measurement technology, equipment,communication methods and data management and interpretation.Planning, administration and quality assurance of instrumentation sys-tems and monitoring programs. Pre-Symposium Workshops on:Instrumentation and testing for nuclear waste repositories.Instrumentation of piled raft foundations. Subsea monitoring systems.

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2003 September 22-24, Lyons, FRANCE — Behaviour ofSoils and Soft Rocks.

2003 October 6-8, Trondheim NORWAY — The 6thInternational Conference on Analysis ofDiscontinuous Deformation (ICADD-6) (Regional)

2003 October 13-15, Stockholm, SWEDEN —International Conference on Coupled T-H-M-CProcesses in Geosystems: Fundamentals, Modelling,Experiments and Applications (GeoProc 2003)(Regional)

2003 November 6-8, Lisboa, PORTUGAL — 2ndInternational Symposium on Building Pathology,Durability and Rehabilitation. Learning from Errorsand Defects in Buildings. The Symposium intends to take themaximum advantage of errors unfortunately committed during design,construction, maintenance, operation and rehabilitation of current build-ings and from the ensuing defects, in order to learn and to avoid repeat-ing the same mistakes in the future. Failures in building will beapproached in a straightforward and positive manner. Abstracts must besubmitted preferably by e-mail to: cib.lisboa03@lnec.pt , until January 31,2003, in English, referring in which symposium theme the paper might beincluded. Venue: LNEC Congress Center, Av. do Brasil - Lisboa - PORTU-GAL. The official languages of the Symposium will be Portuguese andEnglish. Simultaneous translation will be provided. Web site: http://www-ext.lnec.pt/cib_symposium_lisboa03/eng/main.htm

2003, Belgrade, YUGOSLAVIA — 31st IAH Congress.

2003, Marrakesh, MOROCCO—13th ISSMGE AfricanRegional Conference on Soil Mechanics andGeotechnical Engineering

2003, SINGAPORE—12th ISSMGE Asian Conference onSoil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.

2004 January 11-16, Tampa FL USA — JanuaryCommittee Week of the American Society for Testingand Materials International (ASTM), Section D18 - Soil andRock. Dr Jack Touseull, Rock Mechanics Subcommittee D18.12,Chairperson, USA. EM: jtouseull@do.usbr.gov D18 Office Manager, MrRobert J. Morgan, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, W. Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959, USA. TLP: 1/610/8329732; EM: rmorgan@astm.org

2004 February 23-25, Denver CO USA — AnnualMeeting of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, andExploration. SME, 8307 Shaffer Parkway, P.O. Box 625002, Littleton,CO 80162-5002, USA. TLP: 1/303/9739550 or 9793461(fax); EM: meet-ings@smenet.org or smenet@aol.com.

2004 May 18-21, Three Gorges Project Site, CHINA —International Symposium on Rock Mechanics on RockCharacterization, Modelling and Engineering DesignMethods (Sinorock-2004) (Regional) (to be approved by theBoard at the Sandton Board Meeting)

2004 May 22-27, Singapore — World Tunnel Congressand International Tunnelling Association GeneralAssembly, organized by the Tunnelling and UndergroundConstruction Society (Singapore) (TUCSS), Institution of EngineersSingapore (IES) and the International Tunnelling Association (ITA).Scheme: Underground space development in urban environment. Topics:planning and development of underground space and infrastructures, geo-logical and geotechnical investigations for underground projects, tun-nelling in soils, rocks and mixed ground, tunnel machine and mechanizedexcavations, design of tunnel lining and various underground supports,deep excavation and earth-sheltered structures, ground improvement andsettlement control, tunnel repair and maintenance, safety issues in tun-nelling and underground construction, social, political and environmental

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