Our group hosted Professor Mazen El Ghoule, Associate Professor Shadi Najjar and Professor Salah Sadek from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. The visit was an excellent opportunity to discuss collaboration opportunities and to strengthen the ties between our two universities. The two day visit included presentations from group members and seminars from our guests. The titles of their seminar presentations are listed below:
· The Reaction-Diffusion Framework: Making Material Far From Equilibrium: Professor Mazen El Ghoule
· A Reliability-Based Decision Framework for Designing Pile-Load Test Programs: Associate Professor Shadi Najjar
· Experimental Exploration of the Static and Cyclic Response of Soft Clays Reinforced with Granular Columns: Professor Salah Sadek.
