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Prof. Harianto Rahardjo

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Harianto Rahardjo is currently an Emeritus Professor at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He obtained his Ph.D. and M.Sc. degrees in Geotechnical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, and his B.Eng. degree in Civil Engineering from Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Bandung, Indonesia. He is a member of the Professional Engineers of Singapore and Saskatchewan, Canada. He is a Core Member of the TC106 Committee of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) on Unsaturated Soils and a Member of the JTC1 on Natural Slopes and Landslides, a Joint Technical Committee set up by the three sister societies ISSMGE, International Society of Rock Mechanics (ISRM), and International Association of Engineering Geology (IAEG). He has served as an engineering consultant and advisor to various international projects. His research interests are in the behavior of unsaturated soils, the effects of flux boundary conditions on geotechnical structures, rainfall-induced landslides (assessments and instrumentation), soil improvement for tree stability, laboratory soil testing for saturated and unsaturated soils, specialized soil testing techniques and their interpretation, and analytical techniques in geotechnical engineering.

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Harianto Rahardjo is currently an Emeritus Professor at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He obtained his Ph.D. and M.Sc. degrees in Geotechnical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, and his B.Eng. degree in Civil Engineering from Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Bandung, Indonesia. He is a member of the Professional Engineers of Singapore and Saskatchewan, Canada. He is a Core Member of the TC106 Committee of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) on Unsaturated Soils and a Member of the JTC1 on Natural Slopes and Landslides, a Joint Technical Committee set up by the three sister societies ISSMGE, International Society of Rock Mechanics (ISRM), and International Association of Engineering Geology (IAEG). He has served as an engineering consultant and advisor to various international projects. His research interests are in the behavior of unsaturated soils, the effects of flux boundary conditions on geotechnical structures, rainfall-induced landslides (assessments and instrumentation), soil improvement for tree stability, laboratory soil testing for saturated and unsaturated soils, specialized soil testing techniques and their interpretation, and analytical techniques in geotechnical engineering.