Educate the Educators on Geosynthetics, Chile
The IGS’ Chilean Chapter ran its inaugural ETE program in October 2021, using the online format successfully trialled by other Chapters, notably in Brazil and South Africa, and adapted to run over five days between 4 and 15 October. As an innovation the Chilean Chapter secured the attendance of a number of regulators, who are key stakeholders for the industry.
Key facts:
- location: Chile, online
- 30 participants received instruction
- lecturers: Jorge Zornberg (University of Texas at Austin), Augusto Alza (Peru PUC University) and Rosemberg Reyes (Mexico UDLAP University)
- key topics for this audience were: types and functions of geosynthetics; properties and testing; designing soil structures with geosynthetics; highways applications; mining applications
- participants also shared ideas on how best to introduce these topics into their university course materials
- gold sponsors: Chilean Chamber of Construction, Progama Construcción Academia, SOCHIGA
- silver sponsors: Emaresa, Membrantech, Novatech, Sealing Check, Solmax, TDM
Find out more: http://www.igschile.org/educando-educadores/