Category: Nieuws

Friday 24 November 2023

Time: 13:30-16:30 h

Location: TU Delft, Faculty CiTG, CEG Hall B

Are you curious about the challenges of engineering in or with salt? Then attend and register here: google forms

Program/Speakers:

13.00-13.30 Welcome coffee/tea

13.30-13.35 Introduction (Ingeokring)

13.45-14.15 Heijn van Gent (State Supervision of Mines)
Underground Hydrogen storage in salt – view and lessons from a mining authority

14.15-14.35 Els Wijermars (Nobian)
Applied Rock Mechanics in Salt solution mining

14.35-14.55 Brecht Wassing (TNO)
Fingerprints of salt creep around caverns

14.55-15.30 Break

15.30-16.00 Anna Ramon Tarragona (Polytechnic University of Catalonia)
The threat of anhydritic formations to civil infrastructures

16.00-16.20 Jelle van der Zon (Royal HaskoningDHV)
Salt tailings – deriving geotechnical parameters

16.20-16.30 Closing remarks (Ingeokring)

16:30-19:00 Snacks and drinks in the exposition room next to the MV office (1st floor)

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Friday 29 September 2023

Time: 16:00-19:00 h

Location: Fugro, Prismastraat 4 Nootdorp
Please bring your PPE: hard hat and safety shoes!

Please register for this event here:
https://forms.gle/jT7Rm3m89QremLLf7

Several engineering geologists, geophysicists and geotechnical engineers working for Fugro will show and tell you all about what they are currently working on. This could be data acquisition, analysis, and engineering on projects such as the Dutch Offshore Wind Farm IJmuiden Ver and the Antwerpen Oosterweel Rail Link, but also developing new innovative tools and equipment. You will be offered an unique opportunity to see and experience first hand what they do at Fugro.

Programme:

15.45-16.00: Walk-in
16.00-16.05: Welcome
16.05-16.25: SI for offshore wind farms in the Dutch Sector of the North Sea
16.25-16.50: RVO offshore wind farm “IJmuiden Ver”
16.50-17.30: Tour of the transducer dept. and mechanical workshop
17.30-17.45: Geodata acquisition by Magnetic Resonance
17.45-17.55: Innovation – thermal CPT’s
17.55-18.15: Oosterweel Link Antwerp
18.15-18.20: Closure
18.20-19.00: Drinks and snacks

Dear members of Ingeokring,

In this Ingeokring theme year “Salt of the Earth”, we will visit the salt mines in central Germany. The mines are now in use as storage location of nuclear waste. Along the way we will also visit a Mock-up mine in the Harz area and some other interesting geological sites.

Preliminary program:

• Saturday 7 October 2023:
  • Travel to the Quedlinburg-area (ca. 500km / 6 hrs)
  • Own transport (we will try to combine if desired)
  • Possibility for some interesting stop along the way (tbd)
  • Stay in hotel in Quedlinburg, diner
• Sunday 8 October 2023:
  • Visit to the Schaubergwerk Buchenberg (or other)
  • Visit a number of geological spots, a.o. Teufelsmauer
  • Touristic stop in Quedlinburg (if desired)
  • Return to hotel in Quedlinburg, diner + presentation Asse II
• Monday 9 October 2023:
  • Underground visit to Morsleben salt mine
  • Travel back home (after 14:30)

The Morsleben salt mine is a storage of low to medium radioactive waste. This mine is currently being prepared for final storage, and it is a stable mine in the current state. There is a nearby storage facility, the Asse II mine, which was also filled with nuclear waste in the 60’s to 90’s of the previous century. It is currently under investigation as it was found not stable and retrieval of the waste is being prepared. Hans Roest will give a well-informed presentation on the problems encountered at the Asse II mine on the evening before our visit to the Morsleben mine.

Further background information can be found here: https://www.einblicke.de/morsleben/

There is a maximum of 14 people that can go underground. We intend to give priority to Ingeokring members for the slots of the underground visit. For other (co)-visitors or for those who prefer to stay above ground, there is the possibility to do a 3D Virtual tour of the mine at the same time.

All costs for travel and lodging (room + food) will be for the individual participants. A preliminary estimate is 300 Euros pp for a single room incl. breakfast/diner, and 230 Euros pp for a double room incl. breakfast/diner. Travel costs are additional.

REGISTRATION
Please use the google form below to register: https://forms.gle/DDf7NpiaVVVe9Uak7
Please register before 1 June 1 July 2023!

Save the date! On Friday 18 November 2022

The Ingeokring organises the Autumn Symposium “From Rock to Opera”.

This symposium is dedicated to Robert Hack who has committed a great part of his working life to research and education in the field of Engineering Geology.

The symposium is hosted by TU Delft, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, takes place in Hall E (the most southern lecture hall in the building), and starts at 13.00 hrs.

Please register here!

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A new date, hopefully covid free, has been selected for Wim Verwaal’s farewell symposium co-organized by the Ingeokring and TU Delft.

When: 20th May 2022, 13:00 – 16:45 + Drinks *⁾

Where: TU Delft, Civil Engineering Building, Hall B

The Ingeokring Symposium 2021 has a very interesting program on the occasion of celebrating the retirement of Wim Verwaal after 40 years of excellent contribution to the education of Engineering Geology in the Netherlands and beyond.

The symposium will be followed by a food and drinks event from 16:45. Please see below the programme of the day

*⁾ To facilitate our logistic, we would like that that you register to the event by sending an e-mail to Ingeokring secretariat (secretaris@ingeokring.nl) stating your choice of the following:

1. Both symposium and food & drinks.
2. Only the symposium.

Continue reading “Ingeokring Symposium 2022 in honour of the retirement of Wim Verwaal”

Dear Ingeokring members,

We invited you to Wim Verwaal’s farewell symposium and reception on 26 November 2021. Unfortunately, we must postpone the event because of the current COVID situation.

Thank you for your understanding. We are looking forward to the time when this event can be held again in a safe manner.

Dominique Ngan-Tillard & John Adrichem

Organizers of the Ingeokring/ TU Delft Autumn symposium on behalf of the Ingeokring board

Please save the date for the upcoming Ingeokring Autumn Symposium 2021 with a very interesting program on the occasion of celebrating the retirement of Wim Verwaal after 40 years of excellent contribution to the education of Engineering Geology in the Netherlands.

What: Ingeokring Autumn Symposium 2021

When: 26th November, 13:00 – 17:30

Where: TU Delft, Civil Engineering Building, Hall B

Program to follow in due course.

With kind regards,

The board of the Ingeokring.

NB. In 2022, Autumn symposium, the retirement of Dr. Robert Hack will be celebrated.