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Preface The Young
Transportations Geotechnics Engineers (YTGE) network
was proposed by Prof. A. Gomes Correia in the framework of the 3rd
International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics 2016 (3rd ICTG
2016), to be held in Guimarães, Portugal. The main
goal of this network is to increase the attractiveness of transportation geotechnics for younger generations of engineers (less
than 35 years old), whilst contributing to strengthen the role of young
engineers in society. The network will be responsible for organizing several
initiatives for the young community in the field of transportation geotechnics. The 1st
International Meeting of the Young Transportations Geotechnics
Engineers of the ISSMGE (1st YTGE meeting), associated with the 3rd
ICTG 2016, aims to provide an international forum for doctoral and
post-doctoral students as well as research engineers and engineers involved
in innovation in transportation geotechnics, to
present and discuss their main research results and to identify future
research and engineering practice needs. The 1st
YTGE meeting, held in Guimarães, Portugal, on
September 4, 2016, intended to create a knowledge exchange network and
compile what the best and most advanced practices worldwide in the transportation
geotechnics field are, either in academic or in
industrial domains. It was covered all the disciplines in transportation geotechnics (roads, highways, bridges, airports,
railways, waterways, canals and terminals- harbors)
under the umbrella of ISSMGE - TC 202. A total of twenty contributions were
submitted from all over the world (covering ten different countries).
Moreover, the 1st YTGE meeting was attended by thirty eight
participants from seventeen different countries. We would
like to thank all authors for their contributions. The 1st YTGE
meeting would not have been a success without the dedicated work of the
organizing committee. Special thanks go to Prof. Roger Frank (President of
ISSMGE) that delivered the Inaugural Lecture "The future of geotechnical engineering - Some thoughts", as
well as to Mr. Christopher Greenwell (Elsevier Publishing Director for
Engineering) that delivered the Invited Lecture “Journal Publishing and the Basket of Metrics”. It is
hoped that the 1st YTGE meeting will be a solid ‘foundation’ for
subsequent international events through the YTGE network. On behalf
of the Organising Committee, I wish you a fruitful and enjoyable stay in the
City of Guimarães, UNESCO World Heritage, and an
unforgettable 1st YTGE meeting (September 4, 2016).
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