Patterns in Geomechanics 2019

The Sydney Centre in Geomechanics and Mining Materials was delighted to host the 2019 Patterns in Geomechanics (PIG2019) Workshop. This was a 3 day event in Sydney, NSW, that brought together researchers in the field of pattern formation in geomechanics. The workshop was held from 29 January to 1 February 2019.

Photo album

You can add photos to the album or download individual photos here.

Program

  • The program of the workshop can be downloaded here.
  • The full proceedings can also be downloaded here.

Speakers

  • Edward Ando, University of Grenoble Alps, France
  • Jose Andrade, Caltech, USA
  • Ha Bui, Monash University, Australia
  • Francesca Casini, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
  • Daniel Dias-da-Costa, University of Sydney, Australia
  • Arcady Dyskin, University of Western Australia, Australia
  • Thierry Faug, IRSTEA, France
  • Eirik Flekkøy, University of Oslo, Norway
  • Eleni Gerolymatou, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
  • Stephen Hall, Lund University, Sweden
  • Jayantha Kodikara, Monash University, Australia
  • Stefan Luding, University of Twente, Netherlands
  • Takashi Matsushima, Tsukuba University, Japan
  • Knut Jørgen Måløy, University of Oslo, Norway
  • Ben Nadler, University of Victoria, Canada
  • Guillermo Narsilio, University of Melbourne, Australia
  • Giang Nguyen, University of Adelaide, Australia
  • Elena Pasternak, University of Western Australia, Australia
  • Jean-Michel Pereira, École des Ponts ParisTech, France
  • Alexander Puzrin, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
  • Pierre Rognon, University of Sydney, Australia
  • Adrian Russell, UNSW, Australia
  • Mohammad Saadatfar, ANU, Australia
  • Alexander Scheuermann, University of Queensland, Australia
  • Ioannis Stefanou, École des Ponts ParisTech, France
  • Anthony Thornton, University of Twente, Netherlands
  • Julio Valdes, San Diego State University, USA
  • Cino Viggiani, University of Grenoble Alps, France
  • Kun Xue, Beijing Institute of Technology, China

Competition

Submit a piece of art that captures a pattern found around Q Station (e.g. experimental demonstration, photo, movie, sculpture, rock sample). This should be supplemented with a two sentence explanation of the mechanism controlling this pattern. This will be judged by an expert panel on:

  1. Creativity
  2. Pattern-ness
  3. Geomechanical relevance

Click here to see the competition submissions.

Venue

Most visitors to Australia need to apply in advance for a visa. Please see here for more details.

The workshop will be held at Q Station in Sydney. This is a lovely private location near Manly Beach. The venue can be accessed by car, bus or ferry. We highly recommend the ferry. The monthly average temperatures in Sydney in February are maximums of 26℃ and minimums of 19℃.

Registration

Please click here to register. Registration fees cover all lunches and dinners, plus workshop attendance. The rates are:

  • Standard registration – $600
  • Student registration – $300
  • Partner (Dinners only) – $200

Accommodation

You can book directly with the venue here. Please keep in mind that these rooms are no longer reserved exclusively for us, and may get booked out. Whilst we highly recommend staying with the rest of the attendees, there are also many hotels and apartments nearby.

Funding

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the NSW Government Department of Industry, the Faculty of Engineering and IT and the School of Civil Engineering at The University of Sydney.