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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).

 

Professor António Gomes Correia

Chair of the 3rd ICTG 2016, University of Minho

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Dr. Joaquim Tinoco

Chair of the 1st YTGE meeting, University of Minho

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Dr. André Paixão

Co-Chair of the 1st YTGE meeting, LNEC

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Dra. Cristina Alves Ribeiro

Co-Chair of the 1st YTGE meeting, University of Porto

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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