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Australian Geomechanics Society

Australian Geomechanics Society

Careers in geotechnical engineering

The following pages have been primarily assembled to provide students considering careers as geotechnical engineers with some information on the roles, responsibilities and motivations of practicing geotechnical engineers, and to show how these evolve over time.

The pages are arranged in order of length of experience which varies from 2 years to over 25 years.

Nick Poriters 2 years
William Beohm 3 years
Renu Steggles 4 years
Yuffery Huang 4 years
Samantha Knox 4 years
Craig Curnow 10 years
Roberta Lindbeck 10 years
Damika Wickremesinghe 25 years
Patrick Wong 25 years

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