Newsletter Volume 9, Issue 4 December 2024
ICPE 2024 Award Ceremony Report
IPA Awards Committee
The Award Ceremony was held on 3 July 2024, the first day of the International Conference on Press-in Engineering (ICPE2024). The IPA has a total of five award categories, with awards presented for the year 2024. The award categories are:
- ICPE Best Paper
- Outstanding Project
- Distinguished Research
- Life-long Contribution
- Early Career Engineer (New Program)
ICPE2024 Best paper Award
The ICPE Scientific Committee, chaired by Dr. Tiong Guan Ng, divided all the papers into two categories: Research Papers and Project Papers. Then, the Committee reviewed and rated each paper based on the evaluation criteria listed below and nominated 4 research papers and 3 project papers. Nominated papers were evaluated by the Awards Committee with the collaboration of the Scientific Committee, resulting in 4 best research papers and 3 best project papers.
lICPE2024 Best Research Papers
The winners for the best research papers were selected based on the five viewpoints: (1) Reliability, (2) Practicality, (3) Novelty/Originality, (4) Impact on development and promotion of press-in technology, (5) Quality of text, perfection
· R. Shikakura, H. Nishioka, Y. Yamakuri, Y. Arai and M. Hirano: Experimental study on the effect of penetration length and eccentricity of sheet pile foundation on bearing capacity
· S M Shafi and J. Takemura: Short- and long-term behaviours of cantilever-type large-diameter steel tubular pile wall embedded in soft rock against various loadings
· K. Nakai, T. Noda, T. Yoshikawa and T. Takaine: Deformation suppression effect of double steel sheet pile method for river levee on soft ground against mega earthquake
· K. Toda, A. Mori, Y. Ishihara, M. Eguchi, H. H. Tamboura, S. M. K. Pasha, S. K. Haigh and A. Burakowski:
Investigation into geotechnical parameters of liquefied sand by static pile load tests, cone penetration tests, and pressuremeter tests
lICPE2024 Best Project Papers
The winners for the best project papers were selected based on the five viewpoints: (1) Innovativeness of the project, (2) Difficulty of the project, (3) Economic advantage of the project, (4) Impact on development and promotion of press-in technology, (5) Quality of text, perfection and readability
· K. Matsuzawa, T. Hayashi and K. Shirasaki: Construction of retaining walls on a steep slope by Gyropress Method
· K. Mandal, S. Lin, S. Kamei, K. Watanabe and T. Matsumoto: Rapid load test on a press-in steel pipe pile with Gyropress Method for confirmation of design bearing capacity
· T. Yamazaki and O. Kusakabe: Reuse of removed electric PC pole to ground reinforcing member
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| Certificate of ICPE2024 Best Paper Award | ||
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| ICPE2024 Best papers Award Winners |
Outstanding Project Award
| Title | AI 2018-0423 Amsterdam Quay Walls Innovation Partnership |
| Winners | City of Amsterdam |
| G-Kracht |
Distinguished Research Award
* The titles and affiliations of the winners are based on their status at the time of submission
| Title | Use of press-in piling data for estimating subsurface information and pile performance | |
| Winners | Yukihiro Ishihara | GIKEN LTD. |
| Source | Doctoral Thesis, University of Tokyo, 421p, 2023. | |
| Title | Bearing characteristics of model piled raft foundations supported by sheet piles | |
| Winners | Xi Xiong | Kanazawa University |
| Wentao Guo | Datang Carera Investment Co., Ltd | |
| Tatsunori Matsumoto | Kanazawa University | |
| Yukihiro Ishihara | GIKEN LTD. | |
| Source | International Journal of Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, Volume 24 Issue 1, pp. 38-53, January, 2024 | |
| Title | Deflection and failure of high-stiffness cantilever retaining wall embedded in soft rock | |
| Winners | Vijayakanthan Kunasegaram | The University of Western Australia |
| Jiro Takemura | Tokyo Institute of Technology | |
| Source | International Journal of Physical Modelling in Geotechnics Vol.21, No.3, P.114–134, 2021 | |
Life-long Contribution Award
- Dr. Osamu Kusakabe, Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Prof. Tatsunori Matsumoto, Emeritus Professor, Kanazawa University
Professor Tatsunori Matsumoto has made significant contributions to pile foundation engineering and geotechnical research. He joined IPA in 2012, serving on the Board of Directors and served as Vice President from 2019 to 2023. He chaired the Research Committee from 2017 to 2018 and, as Chair of the Organizing Committee, led the Second International Conference on Press-in Engineering in 2021, which attracted 59 papers and 430 participants. He also published Case History Volume I in 2019, showcasing global press-in piling projects. Through his lectures and mentorship, Professor Matsumoto has disseminated Press-in Piling Technology and nurtured young geotechnical engineers, significantly advanced the field and contributed to the growth and influence of the IPA.
Early Career Engineer Award
| Title | Case Studies of Ultimate Compressive Capacity Prediction for Precast Jacked Piles Installed in the Philippines | |
| Winners | Benjamin Bautista Buensuceso III |
BRB Solution Inc. University of the Philippines Diliman – Institute of Civil Engineering
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| Title | Challenge to clarify Effectiveness and Failure Mode of Levee Reinforced with Steel Sheet Piles against Overtopping and Scouring | |
| Winners | Yusuke Mochida |
NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
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| Winners of IPA Awards Other Than the ICPE Best Paper |
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