Boyd Ramsey lectures at Brisbane WMRR event.

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Boyd Ramsey lectures at Australian Waste Management event

In late March Boyd gave a set of three lectures at the Australian Landfill and Transfer Station conference held in Brisbane and sponsored by the Australian WMRR association. The talks covered advances in géomembrane barriers, new technologies in geosynthetic installation and a series of case histories, including his recent work on strain hardening as a predictor of geomembrane stress crack performance. All of the talks were well received and it was a very educational and useful conference.

Boyd Ramsey attends ASTM, Polyethylene Films-AMI and Geosynthetics 2019 conferences

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In January and February of 2019 Boyd attended three industry events in the United States. The winter meeting of ASTM D-35 was held in Houston. The annual AMI conference on Polyethylene Films was held at the Marriott Fort Lauderdale, FL Hotel and convention center and the IFAI/GMA sponsored Geosynthetics 2019 event was held in Houston at the Marriott Marquis convention center. All three events were well attended and presented advances and market information on geomembrane and polyethylene materials and usage. In Houston Boyd appeared in a panel discussion on geocomposite testing frequency, attended multiple IGS and GMA breakout meetings and Chaired a session on environmental geotechnics. In addition, I was able to reconnect with several longstanding colleagues, pictured here.

  • Boyd and Robert Yi
  • Boyd and Mark Harris

Boyd Ramsey delivers Geomembrane Market size presentation in Dusseldorf

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On November 6th, 2018 at the AMI Waterproof Membranes conference held in Dusseldorf, Boyd Ramsey delivered a presentation on the global size, scale and composition of the geomembrane marketplace.   Read more

Boyd Ramsey attends 11th ICG in Seoul Korea

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Boyd Ramsey attended the 11th International Congress on Geosynthetic held in Seoul, Korea in September.  The international conference, held every four years, was very well attended and also very busy.  In addition to the IGS Council meetings, Boyd presented two papers and chaired a technical session and the IGS Technical Committee on Barriers meeting.  At the IGS General Assembly, Boyd was re-elected to Chair the IGS Finance Committee. Read more

Ramsey delivers a series of lectures to the Australian market on geosynthetic drainage materials

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During the first week of August 2018 Boyd Ramsey presented a series of lectures on geosynthetic drainage materials. The lecture series was presented by Global Synthetics and included Richard Brachman of Queens University on geomembrane topics and Kent von Maubeuge discussing GCLs. Events were held in Perth, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. Read more

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Ramsey lectures at IGS GeoBarriers Workshop in Munich

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Boyd Ramsey was one of several lecturers and participants at the IGS GeoBarriers Workshop in Munich, Germany June 6 and 7, 2018.  Read more

Ramsey repeats at Ohio State Short Course

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On April 19th, Boyd Ramsey again lectured at The Ohio State University. This was as a portion of a repeat of the Flexible Geomembrane Institute Short Course. The event was very well attended, with approximately 65 engineers, regulators, students and installers. Read more

Boyd Ramsey attends GMA strategy session

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On February 20, 2018 Boyd Ramsey attended a GMA strategic planning session in his role as immediate past-chairman.  The goal of the session Read more

Boyd Ramsey lectures at Educate the Educators – Chennai, India

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On February 5th and 6th 2018, Boyd Ramsey lectured as a part of the IGS India Chapter Educate the Educators program. The program was held on the IIT Madras campus in Chennai, India and attended by over 40 professors and instructors in the India university system. Read more

Boyd Ramsey lectures at The Ohio State University

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On October 27th, Boyd Ramsey lectured at The Ohio State University.   This was as a portion of the Flexible Geomembrane Institute Short Course, the Geosynthetic Materials Association was a co-sponsor.  Read more