Workshops

A core element of the GEOLAB project is the exchange and dissemination of knowledge through targeted workshops and events. This theme includes a series of workshops, gatherings, and innovation-focused sessions, each designed to foster collaboration, share critical findings, and strengthen the skills and insights of geotechnical engineering professionals and researchers. The workshops cover a wide range of topics—from resilience in critical infrastructure to foresight studies on future challenges—ensuring that cutting-edge research and best practices are communicated effectively across the research community.

D04.01 Outcome NG Researcher Workshops W1

D04.02 Outcome NG Researcher Workshops W2

D04.03 Outcome NG Researcher Workshops W3

D05.01 Outcome themed workshop T1

D05.02 Outcome themed workshop T2

D05.03 Outcome themed workshop T3

D06.01 Outcome workshop Foresight Study Gathering F1

D06.02 Outcome workshop Foresight Study Gathering F1

D07.01 - Outcomes innovation workshop I1

D07.02 - Outcomes innovation workshop I2

D07.03 Outcomes innovation workshop I3

D08.02 Workshop Materials

D08.04 Webinar Materials

D08.05 Outcomes of Advanced Workshop J1

D08.06 Outcomes of Advanced Workshop J2

D08.07 Outcomes of Advanced Workshop J3

First Call for Proposals

GEOLAB provides a comprehensive suite of 11 complementary installations equipping the users from academia and industry with renowned tools for excellent research for the energy, water, urban and transport infrastructure sector.

The installations were specifically selected to ensure a wide range of capabilities to address problems across experiment scales, disciplinary boundaries and Technology Readiness Levels (TRL).

The research infrastructure installations are used to study the following:

Ground stability related issues, e.g. consolidation, seepage, liquefaction, (coastal) erosion and slope stability.
Water-soil-structure interaction, e.g. for roads, railways, tunnels, bridges, dams, foundations, buildings and buried cables & pipelines.
Interaction of infrastructure systems with the environment, e.g. impact of climate change, extreme weather events, geo-hazards, static & dynamic loading and aging.

This First Call for Proposals is an invitation to all eligible organisations to submit a proposal for an experiment to be hosted in one of the above mentioned facilities. The theme of the present call is: ‘Experiments that prove innovative solutions to enhance the resilience of Critical Infrastructure (CI) in Europe’.

The deadline for proposals is October 10th, 2021, 23.59 CET. Proposals received after this time cannot be considered.
Proposals are reviewed by a group of independent experts (the User Selection Panel), of which the outcome is expected in December 2021.

The GEOLAB project provides User Groups access free of charge to the facilities for their research project and covers travel and subsistence costs (within prescribed limits) as well. State-of-the-art measuring instruments, data-acquisition and processing systems will be available, as well as modern support facilities, such as library, computers, and internet access. Furthermore, visiting researchers are offered a scientific and intellectual environment, with assistance and guidance from experts at the host institute.