Plenary & Keynote Speakers
11th International Conference on Geotechnical Research and Engineering (ICGRE 2026)
We are pleased to announce our Plenary and Keynote Speakers for ICGRE 2026 :
Dr. Hai-Sui Yu
University of Leeds, UK
Professor Hai-Sui Yu is Professor of Geotechnical Engineering and Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Leeds, UK, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2011. Professor Yu worked at the University of Newcastle, Australia from 1990-2000 before taking up the foundation Professorship of Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Nottingham in 2001, where he founded the Nottingham Centre for Geomechanics (NCG). He also served as Head of the School of Civil Engineering, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, and Pro-Vice-Chancellor there. Professor Yu’s main research activities have focused on theoretical and computational geomechanics, constitutive modelling, in-situ soil testing, and pavement & railway geotechnics. Professor Yu is very active in professional activities and services and is the founding Editor-in-Chief of Geomechanics and Geoengineering. He has been awarded many prestigious international medals and prizes for his research work, which include the British Geotechnical Association Medal for 2015, the Outstanding Contributions Medal of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG) in 2014, the Chandra Desai Medal of IACMAG in 2008, the first James K Mitchell Lecture of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering in 2004, Shamsher Prakash Foundation’s Research Award in 2003, the Institution of Civil Engineers’ highest research paper award, the Telford Medal, in 2000, and Australian Geomechanics Society’s Trollope Medal in 1998.
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Dr. Mohamed Shahin
Curtin University, Australia
Professor Mohamed Shahin is a Professor of Geotechnical Engineering and Director of Geomechanics and Pavements at Curtin University, Australia. He received his BSc and MSc from Cairo University (Egypt) and his PhD from the University of Adelaide (Australia). He has over 30 years of academic and industrial experience with research interests spanning Computational Geomechanics, Ground Improvement and Transportation Geotechnics. Professor Shahin is an Elected Fellow Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and Engineers Australia. He serves as Editor and Associate Editor for several international Journals and is a Board Member of multiple international societies. Professor Shahin is recognized as a leading expert listed in the top 1% of Highly Cited Researchers in Engineering by Web of Science, top 2% of World Scientists by Stanford University Ranking, top 0.5% of the Worldwide Scholars by ScholarGPS and Oceania's top 100 Civil Engineering Scientists by AD Scientific Index. He received several prestigious research awards, including the Scientist Medal by the International Association of Advanced Materials, Fredlund Award by Canadian Science Publishing, Editor’s Choice Paper Award by Canadian Geotechnical Journal and Prix Quigley Award by Canadian Geotechnical Society.
Abstract Title:
Advancing Eco-friendly Ground Improvement for Sustainable and Resilient Civil Infrastructures
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Dr. Shideh Dashti
University of Colorado Boulder, USA
Dr. Shideh Dashti is an Associate Professor in the Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering Program at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her in geotechnical engineering and geomechanics, focuses on the influence of extreme climatic and seismic events on interacting soil-foundation-structure systems and geotechnical infrastructure. Dr. Dashti's goal is to help train engineers to be more globally-engaged in research and practice, through engaging them in internationally relevant projects and collaborating with experts in other countries and disciplines. She also currently serves as the Associate Chair for Administration in the department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering at the Univeristy of Colorado Boulder.
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