Invited Lectures, Honours and Awards

2013

  • Keynote address "Case studies of underground development." Joint Conference of American Society of Civil Engineers and British Institution of Civil Engineers, Hong Kong.
  • Lecture at Hong Kong University, hosted by Y.K. Cheung and Choi Kim Chung (Fellowships).
  • Lecture at Shanghai Jiao Tung University.

2012

  • Lecture at Three Gorges University, Yichang, China.

2011

  • The R.M. Hardy Address "The effects of deep excavation in soils and rock on adjacent structures." 2011 Pan-Am CGS Geotechnical Conference, Toronto.
  • 2010 Casimir Gzowski Medal at the 2011 CSCE Annual General Meeting and Conference for paper "Influence of exsolved gases on slope performance at the Sarnia approach cut to the St. Clair Tunnel." Also recognized at the 2011 Toronto Pan-Am CGS Conference with an Honourable Mention for the 2011 R.M. Quigley Award as a runner-up to the best paper in the Canadian Geotechnical Journal in 2010, with J.P. Dittrich, R.K. Rowe and D.E. Becker.

2007

  • Lectures hosted by Three Gorges Commission and Three Gorges University in China.
  • Lecture tour in Hong Kong China, Three Gorges University and Sichuan University.Received and reviewed the progress of Three Gorges Project, hosted by Three Gorge Commission. Received Honorary Professorship from China Three Gorges University.

2006

  • Keynote Address, "Stability analysis accounting for macroscopic and microscopic structures in clays." Fourth International Conference on Soft Soil Engineering, Vancouver, Canada.

2002

  • Chung Bin Fellowship Lecture, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, University of Hong Kong.
  • Hyundai Institute of Construction Technology, Seoul, South Korea, Invited Lectures.

1997

  • K.Y. Lo Medal was established by the Engineering Institute of Canada to be awarded to Canadian Engineers for outstanding contributions in any discipline of engineering.

1996

  • Choi Kin Chung Fellowship Lectures, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, University of Hong Kong

1994

  • Awarded the Keefer Medal by the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers.  Keefer Medal for paper "Electrical strengthening of clays by dielectrophoresis," by K.Y. Lo, J.Q. Shang and I.I. Inculet. Canadian Society for Civil Engineering.

1993-2007

  • Editor, Journal of Canadian Tunnelling.

1992

  • Elected Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada.

1990-1997

  • Member, Scientific Review Group, Nuclear Fuel Waste Management, Federal Environmental Assessment Office.

1989-1993

  • Elected President, Canadian Tunnelling Association.

1989

  • Awarded the R.F. Legget Medal, highest award of Canadian Geotechnical Society.

1987

  • Best Paper Award, Canadian Geotechnical Society with R.M.C. Ng and R.K. Rowe.
  • Invited Lecture by the Institute of Geology, Academica Sinica (Chinese Academy of Science) China - lectures were given in cities of Beijing, Xian, Chengdu and Hangchow.

1983

  • Canadian Geotechnical Society Prize for best paper in the Canadian Geotechnical Journal (with R.K. Rowe and G.J. Kack).
  • Cross Canada Lecture Tour, Canadian Geotechnical Society.

1982

  • Best paper Award, Canadian Geotechnical Society with C.M.K. Yuen.

1976

  • A series of lectures to ASCE Metropolitan New York Division, New York.

1973

  • Lectures at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.

1973-1974

  • Delivered series of twelve research seminars, Purdue University.

1972

  • Lecture at Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, "Analysis of Progressive Failure in Clay and Rock Slopes."

1970

  • Lecture at Karlsruhe University and Stuttgart University, Germany.

1966

  • University of California at Berkeley. Four lectures to graduate students.
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