BOUNDARIES OF ROCK MECHANICS

By Y. LIUNY

CONTENTS THE ROLE OF GEOTECHNICS IN ADDRESSING NEW WORLD PROBLEMS ADVANCES IN GEOTECHNICAL SENSORS AND MONITORING SOIL PROPERTIES: PHYSICS INSPIRED, DATA DRIVEN LINKING SOIL WATER ADSORPTION TO GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING PROPERTIES MULTISCALE AND MULTIPHYSICS MODELING OF SOILS FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH ON GEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE GEOSYSTEMS BIO-MEDIATED AND BIO-INSPIRED GEOTECHNICS FUNDAMENTAL CHALLENGES IN UNSATURATED SOIL MECHANICS RESEARCH CHALLENGES INVOLVING COUPLED FLOWS IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING EMERGING THERMAL ISSUES IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING THE ROLE OF ROCK MECHANICS IN THE 21ST CENTURY THE ROLE OF GEOTECHNICS IN ADDRESSING NEW WORLD PROBLEMS ABSTRACT THERE ARE MANY “NEW WORLD”, OR RECENTLY EMERGENT, GLOBAL CHALLENGES WHOSE SOLUTIONS REQUIRE GEOTECHNICAL INPUTS INCLUDED AMONG THESE CHALLENGES ARE CLIMATE CHANGE, ENHANCEMENT OF URBAN SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE, ENERGY AND MATERIALS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, AND MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES FUNDAMENTAL ADVANCES IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF SOIL AND ROCK PROPERTIES AND BEHAVIOR, COUPLED WITH ADVANCES IN SENSING, MONITORING AND MODELING OF GEO-SYSTEMS, ARE NEEDED FOR SOLU- TIONS TO BE FOUND OR IMPLEMENTED SATISFACTORILY IN EACH OF THESE FOUR AREAS IN ADDITION, THERE IS NEED FOR FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH THAT CAN IMPROVE THE SUBSURFACE CHARACTERIZA- TION AND MONITORING OF COMPLEX GEO-MATERIAL BEHAVIOR, THE HANDLING OF MULTI-FACETED, MULTI-SCALE GEOTECHNICAL AND GEO-ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES, THE INTEGRATION OF “BIG- DATA” AND DATA-SCIENCE METHODS INTO GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH AND PRACTICE, AND THE MANAGEMENT OF UNCERTAINTY AND RISK IN ADDITION TO ADVANCING FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH IN GEOTECHNICS, GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERS ALSO NEED TO LEND EXPERTISE AND LEAD- ERSHIP TO THE INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO ENSURING OUR SUSTAINABLE FUTURE KEYWORDS GEOTECHNICS CLIMATE CHANGE URBAN SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE ENERGY AND MATERIALS SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER WATER RESOURCES SUBSURFACE CHARACTERIZATION MULTI-SCALE PROCESSES BIG-DATA UNCERTAINTY AND RISK