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3rd International Workshop of Young Doctors in Geomechanics

Paris, November 19 - 21, 2008

Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Champs-sur-Marne, France


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Scope
Organization
Partners & Sponsors
Session Coordinators & Keynote Lecturers




Contributions
Programme & Proceedings
Workshop Coordinators
Location & Accommodation





Scope
Following the previous workshops W(H)YDOC 02 (Paris, December 2002) and W(H)YDOC 05 (Paris, November 2005), the scope of W(H)YDOC 08 is to bring together young geotechnical doctors within an informal three days invited Workshop, to allow for the presentation of ongoing researches carried out during their PhD thesis. Students completing their last PhD year are also welcomed. Several senior researchers from various  Universities will act as discussion leaders during the sessions. The Workshop is aimed at favouring informal and constructive exchanges about recent research results and ideas. 
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Organization
No specific research topics are suggested, in order to highlight the variety of the researches presently carried out in the invited universities. The number of contributions has been limited so as to allow for individual presentations and discussions of all contributions. The official language is English.

Six sessions have been foreseen on the three days workshop, each day workshop will be opened by an invited keynote lecture held by an eminent geotechnical scientist. Sessions will be coordinated and animated by a discussion leader (professor) and a secretary (young doctor). Scheduled time for the presentations is 35 minutes, each session will be followed by 20 minutes of discussion.  

The participation to the workshop is free, it includes coffee breaks and workshop proceedings. The participation to the workshop does not include lunches. The latter will be covered by the organization for all contributors and discussion leaders.

 

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Partners
The universities that agreed up to now to participate to W(H)YDOC 05 are listed below: 
Cairo University
Egypt		Institut Français du Pétrole
France		 Université Joseph Fourier - L3S
France
Cardiff University
UK		 Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées
France		 University of Glasgow
UK
CEA Grenoble
France		 National Technical University of Athens
Greece		 University of Innsbruck
Austria
CEDEX Madrid
Spain		 Politecnico di Milano
Italy		University of Strathclyde
UK
Ecole des Ponts ParisTech
France
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Switzerland		 Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Spain
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
 Switzerland		 Tufts University
USA
Instituto Superior Técnico
Portugal		 University College of London
UK
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Sponsors


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Ecole des Ponts ParistechMUSE
Mechanics of Unsaturated Soils
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Fédération Nationale des Travaux Publics		SNCFInstitut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire


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Session Coordinators
Prof. Olivier Coussy
Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, France
Prof. Cristina Jommi
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Prof. Marcelo Sanchez
University of Strathclyde, UK
Prof. David Toll
Durham University, UK

Keynote lectures
Prof. Eduardo Alonso
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Prof. Kenichi Soga
University of Cambridge, UK
Prof. Carlo Viggiani
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
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Contributions


The content of each contribution presented at the workshop is summarized in a four pages abstract (including figures and references) provided by the authors. A volume containing all the abstracts will be edited by the organizers and distributed on the day of the workshop.

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Programme & Proceedings
Download the final programme (pdf, 22 kb)

Download the proceedings of the workshop (pdf, 3.2 Mb)

Workshop Coordinators
Vincenzo De Gennaro - Jean-Michel Pereira - Pierre Delage

 Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, UR Navier - CERMES - Paris (France)

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Location & Accommodation 

The workshop will be held at Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Marne-la-Vallée, in the east of Paris. To get a map of the area click here.

Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
 6-8 Av. Blaise Pascal, Cité Descartes Champs-sur-Marne 
77455 Marne-la-Vallée Cedex 2
UR Navier -  CERMES (Group of Geotechnical Engineering)
 Tel.: +33 1 64 15 35 43
 Fax: +33 1 64 15 35 62



ENPC can be easily reached by RER A train from the center of Paris. Existing links between ENPC site ("Noisy-Champs" RER A station), airports, "Gare du Nord" railway station (Eurostar train) and "Gare de Lyon" railway station  are available here

Travel from ENPC to Charles de Gaulle (CDG) or Orly (ORY) airports by RER A + RER B takes about 1hour 15'.
Maximum taxi fares are about 40 euros (CDG-ENPC) and 50 euros (ORY-ENPC). Note that during rush hour (8-10 AM and 5-8 PM) travelling by taxi can take up to 2 hours.

Local accommodation in Paris for people attending the Workshop: click here (please note that this list is not exhaustive). Accommodations in Champs-sur-Marne, close to the ENPC are also available at hotel IBIS and Formule 1 (among others).


Accommodation for Discussion Leaders and Contributors:

DISCUSSION LEADERS

Rooms are in charge of the organisation and have been booked in a Parisian hotel. 

CONTRIBUTORS

Rooms are in charge of the organisation and have been bocked near the conference location (hotel IBIS).


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