Smart Geotechnics for Smart Societies contains the contributions presented at the 17th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (17^th ARC, Astana, Kazakhstan, 14-18 August, 2023). The topics covered include:

• Geomaterials for soil improvement


• Tunneling and rock engineering


• Slope, embankments and dams


• Shallow and deep foundations


• Soil dynamics and geotechnical earthquake engineering


• Geoenvironmental engineering and frost geotechnics


• Investigation of foundations of historical structures and monitoring


• Offshore, harbor geotechnics and GeoEnergy


• Megaprojects and transportation geotechnics

Smart Geotechnics for Smart Societies will be of interest to academics and engineers interested or involved in geotechnical engineering.

Professor Askar Zhussupbekov is affiliated to the Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan. He received his Diploma of Civil Engineering (1977) from Saint-Petersburg State Architectural and Civil Engineering University (SPBGASU), Saint-Petersburg, Russia, his Dr. Ph. Degree (1985) from SPBGASU, and his Doctor of Science Degree (1996). His main research interests are in the areas of geotechnical engineering (piling and deep foundations), geomonitoring, undermining soil ground, disaster prevention and reduction, in situ testing. He is currently Chairman of ISSMGE TC305 'Geotechnical Infrastructure for Megacities and New Capitals' and President of the Kazakhstan Geotechnical Society.

Dr. Assel Sarsembayeva works at the L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan. Her main research interests include freezing soils, engineering geology, geotechnical engineering, rock mechanics, soil mechanics, slope stabilty, and soil analysis.

Victor N. Kaliakin, a Liberty University Research Affiliate, is a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Delaware and a member of the Geotechnical research group. His main research interests include computational geomechanics, the development and implementation of constitutive models for cohesive soils, and the development of robust constitutive models for polymeric reinforcement. He has authored two textbooks as well as numerous chapters in edited books, refereed journal papers, and papers appearing in conference proceedings. Victor Kaliakin is member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), a charter member of the Engineering Mechanics Institute (ASCE), member of the Geo-Institute (ASCE), the American Academy of Mechanics, the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, and the Kazakhstan Geotechnical Society (KGS).

(1) Soil characteristics and properties
(2) Underground space and deep excavations
(3) Tunneling
(4) Slope, debris flow and embankments
(5) Dams
(6) Shallow and deep foundations
(7) Soil dynamics and geotechnical earthquake engineering
(8) Soil improvement
(9) Geoenvironmental engineering
(10) Geotechnical reliability, risk assessment and management
(11) Geosynthetics and Geoproducts
(12) Engineering geology and rock engineering
(13) Forensic engineering
(14) Offshore and harbor geotechnics
(15) Geotechnical training and education
(16) In- situ testing and monitoring
(17) GeoEnergy
(18) Case History
(19) Investigation of foundations of historical structures, buildings and monuments
(20) Numerical analysis of soil-structure interaction
(21) Geotechnical Infrastructures
(22) Marine Geotechnics
(23) Mining and Geotechnics
(24) Design and Modeling
(25) Transportation Geotechnics, Engineering and Technology
(26) Piling foundations, technologies and testing
(27) Press-in piling technology
(28) Trenchless technology in underground constructions
(29) Pipelines on problematical soil ground
(30) Frost geotechnics
(31) BIM technology and geotechnical engineering
(32) Megaprojects and Megastructures on difficulty soil grounds