Awards

 

Rudolph Glossop (1902 - 1993) is credited with bringing together academics and practitioners in engineering geology in the UK; he was involved in setting up the Engineering Group in 1964 and, in 1966, the Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology, having previously also help set up the Geotechnical Society and the journal Geotechnique in 1948.

 

Glossop was the eighth Rankine Lecturer in 1967; he was also Chairman of the Engineering Group (1965-68) and Vice President of the Geological Society (1969). Glossop’s contribution to engineering geology is recognised by the Engineering Group of the Geological Society through the prestigious Glossop Lecture and Glossop Award, established in 1997.

 

Glossop Lecture

 

The Glossop Lecture was initiated as the most prestigious lecture of the Engineering Group of the Geological Society, to be presented by an invited eminent engineering geologist. The requirement for the presentation is that it should highlight the contribution made in the application of engineering geology to civil engineering. This may be achieved by utilizing a subject that illustrates a particular expertise or summarizes a significant contribution to the science by the invitee. The Glossop Medal Nomination Guidance Notes outline the process and requirements for nominating someone for the Glossop Medal Lecture.

 

Nominations are now accepted for the Glossop Lecture and Medal from Academia and Professional practice for candidates who are:

 

considered technical experts in their field of Engineering Geology;

are actively engaged with the Engineering Geology community; and

have made a significant contribution to advancing the cause and science of Engineering Geology.

 

Candidates are likely to be a 'senior' academic or industry figure with greater than 30 years' experience, although nominations will be considered for candidates with less experience who can demonstrate their credentials in the above criteria.

 

The Glossop Medal Nomination Guidance Notes linked outline the process and requirements for nomiating someone for the Glossop Medal Lecture.

 

 

Previous Winners of the Glossop Medal

 

(With link to video of lecture and paper)

 

1st Glossop Medal Lecture: Professor Peter Fookes (1997) Geology for Engineers: the Geological Model, Prediction and Performance

 

2nd Glossop Medal Lecture: Dr Evert Hoek (1998) Putting numbers to geology – an engineer’s viewpoint

 

3rd Glossop Medal Lecture: Professor Richard Chandler (1999) Clay Sediments in Depositional Basins: the Geotechnical Cycle

 

4th Glossop Medal Lecture: Professor John Hutchinson (2000) Reading the Ground: Morphology and Geology in Site Appraisal

 

5th Glossop Medal Lecture: Professor Denys Brunsden (2001) Geomorphological roulette for engineers and planners: some insights into an old game

 

6th Glossop Medal Lecture: Professor Paul Marinos (2002) Ongoing challenges in engineering geology for tunnelling in difficult ground

 

7th Glossop Medal Lecture: Professor Martin Culshaw (2004) From concept towards reality: developing the attributed 3D geological model of the shallow subsurface

 

8th Glossop Medal Lecture: Professor Robin Fell (2006) Rapid Landslides: the importance of understanding mechanisms and rupture surface mechanics

 

9th Glossop Medal Lecture: Professor Mike de Freitas (2008) Geology; its principles, practice and potential for Geotechnics

 

10th Glossop Medal Lecture: Professor Paul Nathanail (2009) Engineering geology of sustainable risk based land quality management

 

11th Glossop Medal Lecture: Professor Rory N. Mortimore (2010) Making sense of chalk: A total rock approach in Engineering Geology

 

12th Glossop Medal Lecture: Professor Edward N. Bromhead (2011) Reflections on the residual strength of clays with special reference to bedding-controlled landslides

 

13th Glossop Medal Lecture by Ruth Allington (2012) Engineering geology and geomorphology in the design, operation and rehabilitation of quarries: forms and processes, models and cycles, roles and responsibilities

 

14th Glossop Medal Lecture: Professor Jim Griffiths (2013) Feet on the Ground - Engineering Geology, Past, Present and Future

 

15th Glossop Medal Lecture: Mike Sweeney (2014) Terrain and Geohazard Challenges for Onshore Pipelines in Remote Regions

 

16th Glossop Medal Lecture: Tony Waltham (2015) Control the Drainage: The Gospel Accorded to Sinkholes

 

17th Glossop Medal Lecture: Professor David Norbury (2016) Standards and Quality in Ground Investigation – squaring the circle https://doi.org/10.1144/qjegh2017-011

 

18th Glossop Medal lecture: Dr Jackie Skipper (2017) Variability and ground hazards: how does the ground get to be unexpected?

 

19th Glossop Medal lecture: Dr Kevin Privett (2018) The lines of evidence approach to challenges faced in engineering geological practice https://doi.org/10.1144/qjegh2018-131