... and geo-engineering education are not immune from these trends. The keynote lecture describes this fundamental dilemma, and discusses the influence on geo-engineering education from the different sub-disciplines, the curricula, the teaching language and methods. Furthermore, the impact from the challenges...

... in conflict with the requirements of the quality delivery of Geoengineering education. INTRODUCTION Australian academics are being subjected to increasing pressures that challenge their capacity and their ability to teach effectively. Although there is no study to support the contention...

... ABSTRACT: As time proceeds the use of computer aided learning (CAL) in undergraduate courses is becoming a more widespread and accepted form of teaching. This paper presents the CAL resources currently available in geotechnical engineering and engineering and environmental geology...

... educational institutions in London having teachers recognized by the University Senate. In the 70 years since its establishment, Imperial College has become internationally recognized as a leading centre for engineering teaching and research. The College has been very much a pioneer, in the United Kingdom...

...THE TEACHING AND PRACTICE OF GEOnCHNICAL ENGINEERING HANKA S. CHRYSSAFOPOULOS, Senior Eng., Dames amd Moore, USA NICHOLAS CHRYSSAFOPOULOS, Partner, Dames and Moore, USA. SUMMARY Teaching and research in engineering must take into ac- count the needs of developing nations so that the differences...

...ORGANIZATION OF TEACHING AND RESEARCH IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING IN INDIA T. RAMAMURTHY, Prof., Ph.D., Civ. Eng. Dept., Indian Inst. of Technology, N. Delhi 11029, India. SUMMARY This paper briefly describes the organisation of teaching and research in the two main aspects...

... of providing manpower and technical knowledge for solving problems of design and con- struction. Design weaknesses and construction blunders and their associated cost over-runs are the result. The reason for the shortcomings in education and research lie in the teaching, administrative and economic weaknesses...