Ingeokring has established a prize for the best thesis (MSc, ir. or drs.) in the field of Engineering Geology submitted to a Dutch University or Institute of higher education. The prize consists of a sum of € 500 and a certificate, to be handed out at the annual symposium of the Ingeokring in the autumn of 2011.

The thesis must be a contribution to the application of earth scientific knowledge to the solution of problems in civil engineering, mining engineering or environmental engineering.

The Award Committee will pay special attention to:
-       Relevance for earth sciences and engineering
-       Scientific quality
-       Originality of approach
-       Quality of presentation

We invite the submission of theses produced in the academic years 2008, 2009 and 2010 (thesis defended in the period September 2007 - December 2010). Individuals can send in their own thesis or the thesis of others. Membership of Ingeokring is not required. A CD-Rom of the thesis or three complete hard copies of the thesis (including figures, photographs, and annexes) have to be submitted by April 30, 2011 to the secretary of the Award Committee.

The Award committee for 2008-2010 consists of:
-       Dr. Marco Huisman (Bluewater Energy Services B.V., Hoofddorp)
-       Ir. Sallo van der Woude (Van Hattum en Blankevoort bv, Woerden)
-       Dr. Roland Bekendam (GeoControl, Maastricht)

Secretary:
Dr. Dominique Ngan-Tillard
TU Delft, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences
Geo-engineering Section
PO Box 5048
2600 GA Delft

Tel.: 015-2783325
E-mail: d.j.m.ngan-tillard@tudelft.nl

Past student awards:

1996: A study of the variation in properties of crushed rock aggregate - Ir. J.K. Haasnoot (TU Delft)

1997: Geometrical and hydro-mechanical characterization of discontinuities - Ir. M.V. Vincente Silvestre (TU Delft/LNEC/ITC)

1998: A Three-Dimensional Production Estimation System - Geotechnical aspects of dredging production estimation in the context of the Øresund Link Tunnel Trench Dredging Project - Ir. M.H.A. Brugman (TU Delft/ITC/Ballast Nedam)

1999: Decay of geotechnical properties of slope materials within engineering life time - K. Woldeaegay M.Sc. (ITC)

2003/2004: A method to automate the identification and characterisation of rock mass discontinuity sets using 3D terrestrial laser scanning data - Ir. B. van Knapen (ITC/TU Delft)

2006/2007: The Behaviour of Soils during Static Liquefaction - Ir. R. de Jager (Boskalis/TU Delft)