Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering : the academia & practice of geotechnical engineering : 5-9 October 2009, Alexandria, Egypt = Comptes rendus du 17ème Congrès International de Méchanique des Sols et d'ingénierie Géotechnique : Le monde universitaire et la pratique en géotechnique : 5-9 Octobre 2009, Alexandrie, Egypte /

The 17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering convened on 5-9 October 2009 at the international award-winning Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria, Egypt to explore the future of our profession under the conference's main theme: "The Academia and Practice of Geotechnical Engineering." Volumes 1, 2 and 3 of these proceedings contain the accepted papers addressing these five topics: 1) Material Behavior and Testing; 2) Analysis and Design; 3) Prediction, Monitoring and valuation of Performance; 4) Construction Process; 5) Management, Training and Education Volume 4 of the proceedings contains the State-of-the-Art lectures on the five topics, as well as the Terzaghi Oration, Heritage Lecture, Great Project Lecture, and 6 general reports that present an overview of the accepted papers for each of the 15 technical sessions. Post-conference Volume 5, which will include the Practitioners/Academia Forum and a summary of the 4th International Young Geotechnical Engineers Cnference, will be distributed after the conference to participating delegates. Excerpted from Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering: The Academia and Practice of Geotechnical Engineering All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.