The BOHOGS committee would like to offer a big congratulations to the recipient of this year’s Practitioner of the Year Award, Alison McQuillan.
The BOHOGS practitioner of the year award recognises a practicing Geotechnical professional who has significantly contributed to the discipline through their involvement in the following areas:
- Lead or involvement in projects of new slope stability modelling or stabilisation techniques and advancements in the field of geotechnical engineering.
- Presenting and attending BOHOGS events and the presentation of conference papers.
- Thesis supervision and ACARP monitors.
- Relevant awards, scholarships and certificates.
- Mentoring of young geotechnical professionals.
This year Alison completed her PhD on a new slope stability method SSAM which utilises case histories. For her PhD she was awarded the UNSW Dean’s Award recognising outstanding PhD theses. Alison is an advocate for 3D slope stability monitoring forming standard practice in open pit mines. She has presented at two BOHOGS events in 2020 including the third technical meeting and the UQ Geotech Q&A. She has been a member of the BOHOGS committee since its inception in 2012, this year as a general committee member and has stepped into the Secretary role for 2021. She mentors young geotechs, particularly in the development of their geotechnical analysis software skills and has given lectures at UNSW, UQ and the University of Newcastle.
Alison’s list of publication in 2019 and 2020 is extensive and she has many published works and presented at multiple conferences over the past two years.
Thank you Alison, and congratulations.
