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Month: March 2018
Old News #3: NU Career Day for Girls
We had a blast at the annual Career Day for Girls at Northwestern University on February 24. We ran three different thirty-minute demonstrations to groups of students, each with with around 10 girls ranging from middle school to high school. Here is what the girls signed up for: Explore the world beneath your feet in the […]
Old News #2: Featured in Popular Science article on Montecito Mudslides
Here is an excerpt from the article “The Montecito mudslide is a tragic reminder to respect our soil,” by Eleanor Cummins, in Popular Science: Geoengineers are similarly skeptical of whether mudslide prevention will ever truly be possible. James Hambleton, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Northwestern University, says that saying no to […]
Old News #1: Best Paper Award and Plenary Lecture, iYCEC6 and 19th ICSMGE, Seoul, Korea
Here is one from the archives–one that belongs in our archives! http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/civil-environmental/news/articles/2016/hambleton-best-paper.html Here are the details for the paper, which is also listed among Publications and in our Research profile: Hambleton, J.P. (2017). Earthmoving through the lens of geotechnical engineering. Proc. 6th International Young Geotechnical Engineers’ Conference (iYGEC6), Seoul, Korea, Sept. 17-22, (iYGEC6 Best Paper Award). engrXiv:10.17605/OSF.IO/6JCD7
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