2014 Chandra S. Desai Medal

CIES member Professor Nasser Khalili was among the three recipients of the Chandra S Desai Medal awarded by the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG) at its 14th conference, held recently in Kyoto, Japan.

The Chandra S Desai medal is the most prestigious medal awarded every three years by the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG). The award felicitates individuals who have made seminal contributions to research in geomechanics, particularly in computational modelling, advanced laboratory and field testing, computer methods and applications in geotechnical practice.

Professor Desai, Regents’ Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Arizona, USA, is regarded as the pioneer of the modern day analytical and numerical methods in geomechanics, and the inventor of the Disturbed State Concept applied for yielding materials and interfaces.

“It is truly a humbling experience for one’s work to be recognized in this way” says Professor Khalili. “Indeed, this recognition would not have been possible without the contributions of my PhD students and many stimulating discussions that I have had with my peers nationally and internationally over the years.  Naturally, this medal should be shared with them all”.

The citation received by Professor Khalili was for his “outstanding contributions to experimental, constitutive and numerical modelling of unsaturated soils”.

Many congratulations to Professor Khalili for this tremendous achievement.