Richard J. Bathurst, Professor of Civil Engineering at the Royal Military College of Canada and Queen’s University in Kingston, began his 2013-2014 term as President of the Canadian Geotechnical Society. He was also awarded the 2014 Giroud Lecture by the International Geosynthetics Society which will be delivered at the opening session of the 10th International Geosynthetics Conference to be held in Berlin in 2014. Professor Bathurst also recently received the ASTM 2013 Hogentogler Award.
