News

18 Dec

TBM driver certification scheme

The ITACET Foundation, alongside the ITA-CET Committee is embarking on a new type of training session – with TBM simulators at the core of the training…

TBM training simulators have become increasingly popular recently, with various advanced models having been developed. The Simulators have the advantage of helping trainee TBM drivers to acquire the correct reflexes for dealing with a wide variety of situations that they may come across in real-life excavation.

12 Dec

Update from our scholarship recipient in England

Annisa Renaningtyas Tadiyana, from Indonesia, was awarded an ITACET scholarship for the academic year 2019-2020. She has just completed her first term at the Warwick University on the 'Tunnelling and Underground Space ' Masters course. Here she gives us an update on her studies so far:

09 Dec

ITACET scholarship recipient completes thesis on 3D numerical methods

Daniela Zapata Franco, student at INSA, Lyon and originally from Colombia, received the ITACET Foundation scholarship for the year 2018-2019. The Foundation followed Daniela throughout her Masters and were lucky enough to attend her thesis defence back in September. Here she gives us a summary of the what her work entailed:

24 Oct

Update from a previous scholarship recipient

Former Foundation scholarship recipient Rodrigo Winderholler lets us in on what he's been doing since finishing his Masters:

After completing the T&TBM's Master course in Turin in 2016, I have been working for a Finnish design company called Rockplan (https://www.rockplan.fi/) which is part of a consulting company network called Solwers.

23 Oct

The ITACET Foundation 'Private Area'

The Foundation’s ‘Private Area’ now boasts close to 300 presentations given at past ITACET training sessions! Covering a diverse range of topics, new presentations are added on a continual basis and we hope that the Private Area continues to develop.

09 Sep

Obituary - Sherif Wissa Agaiby

It is with great sadness that we learnt of the recent passing away of Dr Sherif Wissa Agaiby.

Dr Agaiby had a prolific career as Director of the Geotechnical and Heavy Civil Engineering Department at Dar Al-Handasah Consultants, as well as having worked extensively as a university faculty member at the University of Cairo where he taught and conducted research.

17 Jun