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We would like to extend an invitation to our upcoming seminar from the Geomaterials and Infrastructure Systems Research Group (GeoSI). The seminar serves as a platform for dissemination where we share topics of interest to the academic and professional environment in Civil Engineering. The second seminar of the semester will be held next Thursday, March …

Continue reading “GeoSI Seminar: Regolith Simulant of the Mars Insight Landing  Site”

On Friday, May 12th, from 11:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m., the seminar of the Geomaterials and Infrastructure Systems Research Group (GeoSI) at Universidad de los Andes will take place. This seminar will be given by Álvaro Andrés González Vaccarezza, PhD, who is an Associate Professor in the School of Civil Construction at the Catholic University …

Continue reading “GeoSI Seminar: Maintenance and Evaluation of Asphalt Pavements Using Microwave Technology”

On Friday, April 28th, from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm, the Seminar of the Geomaterials and Infrastructure Systems Research Group (GeoSI) at Universidad de los Andes will take place. This time, the seminar will be conducted by three members of the SRK Consulting Colombia team (a company dedicated to mining and environmental geotechnics), who will …

Continue reading “GeoSI Seminar: Corporate presentation by RK Consulting Colombia (Mining and Environmental Geotechnics)”

On Friday, March 10th, from 11:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m., the Geomaterials and Infrastructure Systems (GeoSI) research group at Universidad de los Andes will hold a seminar. The seminar will be given by Fausto Molina Gómez, who is currently a doctoral researcher at the CONSTRUCT-Geo center at the University of Porto (FEUP). Fausto holds a …

Continue reading “Seminar “Partial Saturation Induction for Improving Liquefaction Resistance: An Interpretation Using Seismic Waves.””

Next Thursday, November 24, from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm, a new seminar of the 2022-II semester of the GeoSI group of the Universidad de los Andes will be held. This seminar will be given by Sebastian Lobo-Guerrero, PhD, geotechnical and laboratory manager of American Geotechnical & Environmental Services, Inc. Sebastian is a graduate of …

Continue reading “Seminar “Caissons and Pre-Excavated Piles in Rock”.”

The course provides strategic training for the legal, technical and financial management of infrastructure projects in Colombia.
Registration open until November 4, 2022.

This Thursday, September 15, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 a.m., the first seminar of the 2022-II semester of the GeoSI group of the Universidad de los Andes will be held. This seminar will be led by Julián Rivera, assistant director of the LEMaC Road Research Center at the National Technological University – La Plata Regional …

Continue reading “Seminar: “Determination of asphalt irrigation allocations for the rehabilitation of milled flexible pavements””

On Friday, February 11, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m., the GeoSI group seminars in 2022 began. Find here the schedule of the seminars for this first semester of 2022, along with their registration links.  We look forward to your participation. 

This paper summarizes the recent advances made at the Universidad de los Andes on the phenomenon of surface soil desiccation (soil-water interaction). atmosphere) versus dry climates using a climate chamber and an empirical model to estimate soil evaporation.  Registration for this seminar must be done through the following link:  Register Here

On Friday, February 11, from 11:00 to 12:00 am, the seminars of the GeoSI group of the Universidad de los Andes will begin.  The first seminar will be led by Jaime Granados, doctoral student at the Universidad de los Andes, under the supervision of Prof. Bernardo Caicedo.