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21 March 2015
Public Defense of Dissertations at MPI
A public defense of three PhD dissertations approved for the defense by Dissertation Council D 003.0250 will take place at MPI on 21 and 22 April 2015. The defense is scheduled as follows:
April 21, 09:00 am - Anna Kut, MPI, “Eolian Periglacial Landforms (Tukulans) in Central Yakutia: Structure, Origin, Age, and Distribution” (Dissertation Abstract)
April 21, 02:00 pm - Lyudmila Vasyutich, Transbaikal State University, “Effect of Urbanization on the Structure and Properties of the Geocryological Environment in Central Trans-Baikal: A Case Study of the City of Chita” (Dissertation Abstract).
April 22, 09:00 am - Andrey Melnikov, Neryungri Technical Institute, Northeastern Federal University, “Effect of Frost Weathering on Railroad Embankment Failures: A Case Study of the Tommot to Kerdem Section of the Amur-Yakutsk Railroad” (Dissertation Abstract).
For more information on Dissertation Council D 003.0250 click here.
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23 November 2014
Fourth Forum for Young Permafrost Scientists Announced
The MPI Young Researchers Council announces that the Fourth Forum for Young Permafrost Scientists will be held from 29 June - 12 July 2015 in Yakutsk, Russia, immediately following the XXI Conference on Groundwater in Siberia and Far East. Young researchers - including undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows - are invited to attend. Previous forums were hosted by MPI in 2013, 2010, and 2008.
The 2015 forum will include a geocryological conference held in Yakutsk from 25-28 June 2015 and a field trip along the Federal Road M-56 Yakutsk to Never from 30 June to 10 July 2015. The conference themes include: Regional and historical geocryology; Permafrost geothermics and thermal physics; Periglacial processes and forms; Landscape dynamics in permafrost regions; Permafrost geochemistry; Permafrost hydrology and hydrogeology; Climate change and permafrost evolution; Greenhouse gases and gas hydrates; Permafrost microbiology; Remote sensing of permafrost; and Stability of engineering structures on permafrost. The field trip will focus specifically on road – permafrost interaction.
Click here for more information.
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30 October 2014
Conference Announcement
The XXI Conference on Groundwater in Siberia and Far East will be held in Yakutsk, Russia from 22-26 June 2015. Organizers invite those interested in attending the conference to pre-register before 31 December 2014.
The topics for the conference are as follows:
- Groundwater in permafrost: state of knowledge, exploration, and use
- Evolution of groundwater systems related to climatic change and human activities
- Interaction of groundwater with soils, rocks and surface water
- Petroleum hydrogeology
- Groundwater use and protection
- Evolution of groundwater systems related to climatic change and human activities
- Interaction of groundwater with soils, rocks and surface water
- Petroleum hydrogeology
- Groundwater use and protection
- Modeling and GIS technologies in hydrogeology
- Hydrogeology education
- Regional hydrogeology
For more information on the conference, please go to:
http://mpi.ysn.ru/index.php/en/xxi-gw-2015.html
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6 October 2014
Heilongjiang Researchers Visit MPI for Training Courses
From 2 to 16 October 2014, a group of Heilongjiang Institute of Cold Region Engineering (Harbin, China) researchers, is visiting the MPI to take training courses on Hazard Protection and Mitigation Measures for Buildings and Infrastructure. The courses are intended to share knowledge in geotechnical investigation, design, construction and maintenance of civil, industrial and linear structures on permafrost, as well as in effective thermal insulation of buildings in cold environments. The group led by Dr.Xia Yun, Director of the Building Material Testing Lab, includes Zhu Lei, Head of the Building Codes Unit, Li Dongwen, Head of the Geotechnical Investigations Unit, Chen Jianhua, Deputy Head of the Building Design Unit, and Li Huiyu, interpreter.
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Leonid Neradovsky presents his concept of cost-effective, non-destructive geophysical investigations for permafrost engineering. |
Igor Syromyatnikov introduces to the borehole temperature monitoring network established by MPI in Yakutsk. |
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1 September 2014
10th International Symposium on Permafrost Engineering
A delegation of 21 MPI scientists led by Director, Dr. Mikhail Zhelezniak, attended the 10th International Symposium on Permafrost Engineering in Harbin, China, 22-24 August. The International Symposium on
Permafrost Engineering (ISPE) is organized by the Melnikov Permafrost Institute (Yakutsk, Russia), the Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute (Lanzhou, China), and the Heilongjiang Institute of Cold Region Engineering (Harbin, China) to provide a forum for discussion of permafrost engineering issues, as well as for exchange of practical experience in construction and maintenance of infrastructure on frozen ground. Since the first meeting in Chita in 1993, the symposiums have been held once every two or three years alternately in Russia and China. The local organizer of the 10th Symposium, the Heilongjiang
University, brought together over 300 researchers and practitioners to report their latest research advances and findings in frozen soil mechanics, engineering construction in permafrost regions, frost-resistant technology in hydraulic engineering, and permafrost, ice and snow monitoring.
After the Symposium, the MPI delegation visited the Heilongjiang Institute of Cold Region Engineering and the Heilongjiang University, which resulted in signing of bilateral MOUs on scientific cooperation. By invitation of Prof. Wei Ma, Mikhail Zhelezniak and his assistant for international relations, Lilia Prokopieva, visited the CAREERI Institute in Lanzhou to discuss opportunities for further collaboration. The parties agreed to explore the possibility for joint projects and to conclude a MOU during this September.
For more information on the ISPE series, click here.