Celebrating Professor John Burland’s 90th birthday: Saturated/unsaturated soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering
A half-day seminar at Imperial College followed by Rankine lecture at 17:30

Session 13:15 – 14:35
13:15 – 13:35 Professor John Burland: a tribute – Robert Mair, University of Cambridge, UK
13:35 – 13:55 Contributions to unsaturated soil mechanics – Tiago Gaspar, Imperial College London, UK
13:55 – 14:15  Saturated soil mechanics: MCC and small-strain stiffness – Sasha Puzrin, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
14:15 – 14:35 Discussion / reflections moderated by Jamie Standing, Imperial College London
14:35 – 15:10 Coffee break
Session 2 15:10 – 16:30
15:10 – 15:30 Ground and building response to tunnelling and deep excavations – Jessica Yu, Buro Happold, UK
15:30 – 15:50 Foundations: BRE days and practice – Hugh St John, Geotechnical Consulting Group, UK
15:50 – 16:10 Leaning Tower of Pisa – Carlo Viggiani, University of Napoli Federico II, Italy
16:10 – 16:30 Discussion moderated by Jamie Standing, Imperial College London

17:30-19:15 Rankine Lecture

All welcome, registration not required