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Cooling Prize 2015: Call for Entries

Young Geotechnical Engineers are invited to submit papers by 16th January 2015. Papers are to be of less than 2000 words. Entrants should be under 30 years of age on 31st December 2015. Following selection, the finalists will present their papers to a panel of three judges who will select the winner. Prizes include a cheque for £200, BGA sponsorship to the European Young
Geotechnical Engineers’ Conference (Durham, 2015), publication of the winning paper, a cut glass decanter and much more.
The evening’s proceedings will commence at 6.00pm and will include a guest lecture together with presentations from the finalists.

Call for papers for the prestigious 46th COOLING PRIZE COMPETITION to be held 3rd March 2015 at The University of Southampton hosted by The University of Southampton and the Southern Geotechnical Group.

Young Geotechnical Engineers are invited to submit papers by 16th January 2015. Papers are to be of less than 2000 words. Entrants should be under 30 years of age on 31st December 2015. Following selection, the finalists will present their papers to a panel of three judges who will select the winner. Prizes include a cheque for £200, BGA sponsorship to the European Young
Geotechnical Engineers’ Conference (Durham, 2015), publication of the winning paper, a cut glass decanter and much more.
The evening’s proceedings will commence at 6.00pm and will include a guest lecture together with presentations from the finalists.

Cooling Prize rules 2015

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