September 2018 Vol. 1

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Huesker Develops Active Geosynthetic Composites for Subaqueous Capping
https://www.huesker.co.uk/fileadmin/Media/Scientific_Revised_Paper/IT/2017_Thimm__Simini-RemTech-Active_Geosynthetic_Composites_for_subaqueouscapping.pdf

New Landfill Closure Cover System Awarded US Patent
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/10058904.pdf

New Book ‘Advances in Geosynthetics Engineering’ by. M. Meguid, E.Guler and J .P. Giroud,
https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783030019433#aboutAuthors

Importance of Using Fully-Formulated Resins for Quality HDPE Geomembrane Manufacture
https://cloud.excelplas.com/index.php/s/GGoRihbgNnqNOrl/download

Civil Engineer wins Geosynthetics Research Grant for Geotextile Tube Technology
https://news.psu.edu/story/534291/2018/08/30/academics/civil-engineerings-sheikh-wins-geosynthetics-research-grant

Coastal Protection Project in Israel uses Geotextile Tubes Filled with Sand to Form a Series of Breakwaters
https://www.dredgingtoday.com/2018/08/30/damen-unconventional-coastal-protection-project-in-israel/

Lawsuit Against TenCate Moves Forward
https://www.albanyherald.com/news/local/flint-riverkeeper-lawsuit-against-tencate-moves-forward/article_b6f88cfe-d84e-522a-aad8-f88f1d5e15bb.html

Coastal Dunes with Geotextile Resistant Cores (New Research)
https://cloud.excelplas.com/index.php/s/hL0BiUMZFH3OZpg/download

Indian Company Designing Geotextile Geo-tube Seawalls
https://www.samudraconsultants.com/protection-measures-for-the-coast/

Alberta Government Publishes List of Approved Geosynthetics
http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/PlanningTools/GMS/ProductList/Geosynthetics.pdf

Tencate Geosynthetics Hiring Sales Manager for Mediterranean 
https://gr.linkedin.com/jobs/view/sales-manager-for-greece-and-cyprus-at-tencate-geosynthetics-emea-819789757

Geosynthetics in Road Construction (Review)
https://constructionreviewonline.com/2018/05/geo-synthetics-in-road-construction/

Japanese Geosynthetics Business Seeking Foreign Partners
http://www.geo-tanaka.co.jp/en/publics/index/174/

New Geomembrane-Enveloped Concrete Structure (New Technology)
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781351241564/chapters/10.1201%2F9781351241571-30

Effect of Orientation on In-isolation and In-soil Geosynthetic Properties
https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/bitstream/handle/2152/68166/AHMED-THESIS-2018.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Evaluation of Load Transfer Mechanisms Between Soil and Geogrid Using Transparent Soil
https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/bitstream/handle/2152/68140/PENG-DISSERTATION-2017.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

An Efficient and Encasement of Stone column with Geogrid in Clayey Soils
https://pen2print.org/index.php/ijr/article/view/9739/9410

Application of Geo-Electrical Tomography Coupled in Hydro-mechanical-Chemical Investigations in Geomembrane Heap Leaching
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10230-018-0557-6


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