R. Kerry Rowe Lecture

TC 215 Honour Lecture - R. Kerry Rowe Lecture.

In 2012 the ISSMGE and TC 215 established the "R. Kerry Rowe Lecture" in recognition of Professor Rowe's impact in the field of Environmental Geotechnics and excellence in scholarly achievements. The lecture is to be given at the opening plenary session of the International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics (ICEG), and the International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ICSMGE) held every 4 years. It is also published in the Canadian Geotechnical Journal.

Lecturers:

1st R. Kerry Rowe Lecturer: Prof. Charles D. Shackelford, who delivered his lecture on "The Role of Diffusion in Environmental Geotechnics" at the 18th ICSMGE that was held in Paris, France, September 2013 (paper), and at the 7th ICEG that was held in Melbourne, Australia, November 2014. The Lecture has been published in the Canadian Geotechnical Journal: Shackelford, C.D. (2014). The ISSMGE Kerry Rowe Lecture: The role of diffusion in environmental geotechnics, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 51(11), 1219-1242, 10.1139/cgj-2013-0277.

2nd R. Kerry Rowe Lecturer: Prof. Mario Manassero, who delivered his lecture "On the Fabric and State Parameters of Active Clays for Contaminant Control" at the 19th ICSMGE that was held in Seoul, Korea, September 2017 (paper) and at the 8th ICEG that was held in Hangzhou, China, 28th October - 1st November 2018. The Lecture has been published in open access in the Canadian Geotechnical Journal: Manassero, M. (2020). Second ISSMGE R. Kerry Rowe Lecture: On the intrinsic, state, and fabric parameters of active clays for contaminant control, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 57(3), 1219-1242, 10.1139/cgj-2019-0033. The paper was the recipient of the 2021 R.M. Quigley Award, which is given out each year to the best paper published in the Canadian Geotechnical Journal (CGJ) in the previous year.

3rd R. Kerry Rowe Lecturer: Prof. Abdelmalek Bouazza, who delivered his lecture at the 20th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering that was held in Sydney, Australia, 1-5 May 2022. The Lecture will also be presented at the 9th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics (9ICEG) to be held in Chania, Greece, in June 2023.