The current volume of the Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering includes the following papers authored by distinguished leaders in the profession.

A Device for Extracting Large Intact Soil Samples

by Ian Coker and Roger Flores
Air-Scan, Germany and DFID/SRI/UMSS Hillsides Project, UK and Bolivia

Evaluation of Consolidation Settlement Using the Sublayer Method

by Jennifer McPhail, et al.
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA

Model Tests of a Reinforced Unpaved Road over Organic Soil

by Mahmood, Zakaria and Ahmad
Civil Engineer, Quebec, Canada, and Professors, School of Civil Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Perak Branch Campus, Perak, Malaysia

A Study on the Coefficient of Friction of Soil/Geotextile Interfaces

by Mahmood and Zakaria
Civil Engineer, Quebec, Canada, and Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Perak Branch Campus, Perak, Malaysia

Spatial Variability of Rock Strength and Its Impact on Slope Stability

by Wenhui Tan et al.
Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Determination of Pre-consolidation Pressure with a New Method: "Strain Energy-Log Stress" Method

by A. Senol and A. Saglamer
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey

Geomorphological Investigation of Drainage Networks

by O. Manoliadis and K. Sachpazis
Department of Geotechnology and Environmental Engineering, TEI, Kozani, Greece

Studies on Geotextile / Soil Interface Shear Behavior

by Mahmood and Zakaria, and Ahmad
Civil Engineer, Quebec, Canada, and Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Perak Branch Campus, Perak, Malaysia

Model Double Footing Tests

by Mahmood and Zakaria
Civil Engineer, Quebec, Canada, and Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Perak Branch Campus, Perak, Malaysia

Lateral Load-Deflection Response of Single Piles in Sand

by S. Kumar, M. Alizadeh, and L. Lalvani
Department of Civil Engineering, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois and Geotechnology, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Influence of the Rice Husk Ash and Lime on Engineering Properties of Clayey Subgrade

by Agus Setyo Muntohar
Department of Civil Engineering, Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Lime Stabilization Effects on Geotechnical Properties of Expansive Soils in Amman, Jordan

by Emad Akawwi and Atef Al-Kharabsheh
Geotechnical Engineer, Natural Resources Authority, Amman, Jordan and Associate Professor, Al-Balqa' Applied University, Al-Salt, Jordan