Terms of Reference
The goal of TC202 is to apply broad engineering to bridge the gap between Pavement/Railway/Coastal Engineering and Geotechnical Engineering through the co-operation and exchange of information and knowledge about the geotechnical aspects in design, construction, maintenance, monitoring and upgrading of roads, railways, airfields, waterways, and harbour facilities for sustainable and resilient infrastructure.
Task Forces (TF1–TF10)
TF1 – Alternative, non-traditional geomaterials (recycled, lightweight, by-products)
Leader: Jennifer Nicks (C), Bernardo Caicedo, Buddihima Indraratna, Mike Winter .
TF2 – Stabilization & reinforcement of geomaterials (mechanical/chemical/biological)
Leaders: Erol Tutumluer (C), Seong-Wan Park, Andreas Loizos, Buddihima Indraratna,
Xuecheng Bian.
TF3 – Traditional & intelligent sensing; digitalization; big-data/ML (construction & condition assessment, digital twins)
Leaders: Anand Puppala (C), António Gomes Correia, Andreas Loizos, Soheil Nazarian,
Bernardo Caicedo.
TF4 – Rail track substructures & transportation geodynamics (transition zones, optical-fiber sensing, geosynthetics)
Leaders: William Powrie (C), Xuecheng Bian, Buddhima Indraratna, António Gomes
Correia .
TF5 – Harbour geotechnics (port geotechnical behaviour, climate impacts, new vessel challenges, back-area restraints)
Leader: Alexandre Pinto (C), William Powrie, Yoichi Watabe.
TF6 – Climatic effects on geomaterial behaviour (unsaturated foundations, climate resilience)
Leaders: Yujun Cui (C), Tatsuya Ishikawa, Bernardo Caicedo, Seong-Wan Park.
TF7 – Geotechnical asset management & geohazard risk (hazard, risk, vulnerability; climate change; resilience & adaptation)
Leaders: Mike Winter (C), Tatsuya Ishikawa, Bernardo Caicedo, William Powrie.
TF8 – Conferences, workshops & webinars (ICTG series, Proctor Lecture, YTGE, short courses)
Leads: Chair / Vice Chair / Secretary / ex-Chairs / 5ICTG Chair / 6ICTG Chair.
TF9 – Transportation Geotechnics (Elsevier)
Editors-in-Chief: António Gomes Correia; Xuecheng Bian; Erol Tutumluer.
TF10 – Recruiting early- & mid-career members (broadening participation & diversity)
Leader: Jennifer Nicks (C); supported by the Executive Group.