Research

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• CEDEX Spain. Multidisciplinary, government funded research and development institute providing support to the civil engineering and construction industry, through technology transfer, education and training activities, and technical and scientific publications. English and Spanish.
• SGI. Swedish Geotechnical Institute Government agency, involved in geotechnical research, information and consultancy services. On-line software demos. Calendar of events. Literature database. Links to related sites. English and Swedish.
• NGI. Norwegian Geotechnical Institute Norway. Geotechnical research, development, and advisory services in such fields as microtunnelling, auger and guided boring, and directional drilling. Library of technical articles. Job opportunities. English and Norwegian.
• Imperial College Geotechnics Information on the postgraduate courses, short-courses, research and state-of-the-art analysis that is undertaken at Imperial College, London, UK.
• Sageos Geosynthetics Technology Center Canada. Independent organization, devoted to the development and understanding of new technologies of geosynthetics. Applied and academic research. Complete range of laboratory testing services. Training and information facilities. English and French.
• United States Universities Council on Geotechnical Engineering Research Information on several aspects of geotechnical engineering including books and software of interest to engineers.
• Deep Foundations Institute USA. Non-profit institute for professionals involved in deep foundation construction and earth retention systems technologies, focused on information and technology transfer, and the organization of conferences, seminars and workshops. Members directory. Lists of publications and trade shows. Links to related sites.
• ELGIP. European Large Geotechnical Institute Platform The Netherlands. Organization of the principal geotechnical research institutes in the European Community, aiming to establish a common European research and development policy. List of member organizations.
• Cambridge University's Geotechnical Research Group The homepage of the soil mechanics, geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering research section at Cambridge University, UK.
• GRC. Geofoam Research Center USA. Research facility at the Syracuse University, dedicated to research of geofoam properties, development of innovative geotechnical applications, dissemination of technical information and technology transfer through education. Case histories. Technical FAQ. Links to related sites.
• Achilleas Papadimitriou Research engineer and consultant on geotechnical and civil engineering. Also, publisher of scientific papers, software and course material in the University of Thessaly Greece
• Turner-Fairbank's Highway Research Center Descriptions of concluded and on-going geosynthetics research projects, conducted in cooperation with commercial contractors. Includes related publications.