This document announces a course on tunnel characterization, design, and construction that will take place from July 3-19, 2012 in Bogota, Colombia. The course will be taught in English by four guest professors: John Hudson from the UK, Xia-Ting Feng from China, Walter Wittke and Bettina Wittke-Schmitt from Germany. It will consist of three modules: characterization of rock masses and geomechanical parameter determination, tunnel design, and tunnel construction. The course is being organized by the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and aims to provide engineers with knowledge on current tunneling topics and challenges in Colombia.

1. Julio 3 al 19 de
2012
Caracterización, Diseño y Construcción de Túneles
(CHARACTERIZATION, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF TUNNELS)
(3 al 19 de Julio) – Curso DICTADO en idioma inglés

2. Caracterización, Diseño y Construcción de Túneles
(CHARACTERIZATION, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF TUNNELS)
(3 al 19 de Julio)
Los retos actuales que enfrenta Colombia para el desarrollo de su infraestructura de
transporte, minera y de generación eléctrica, entre otros, hacen que los proyectos que
involucren el diseño y la construcción de túneles estén dentro de las prioridades
estratégicas del País y esto sin duda requiere de la participación de muchos ingenieros con
sólidos conocimientos en el tema.
El propósito de esta cátedra es brindar un panorama amplio, claro y actualizado sobre la
temática de los túneles en aspectos como métodos de caracterización de los macizos
rocosos, criterios de diseño según las condiciones del terreno y del proyecto, diferentes
procesos constructivos, aspectos ambientales, seguimiento y evaluación del
comportamiento de túneles, etc.

3. Caracterización, Diseño y Construcción de Túneles
(CHARACTERIZATION, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF TUNNELS)
(3 al 19 de Julio)
COORDINADOR: Dr. Mario Camilo Torres Suárez
Departamento de Ingeniería Civil y Agrícola
PROFESORES INVITADOS:
Prof. John A. Hudson Prof. Walter Wittke
Past President of ISRM – Past President of ISRM,
2007-2011 1979 – 1983
United Kingdom Germany
Prof. Xia-Ting Feng Dr.-Ing. Bettina Wittke-
President, ISRM – Schmitt
2011-2015 Germany
China

4. John A Hudson, BSc, PhD, DSc, FREng, obtained his BSc degree in Mining
Engineering from the Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1965
and his PhD in rock mechanics from the University of Minnesota, USA, in
1970. After a further two-year period of post-doctoral study at the
University of Minnesota, from 1972-1977 he worked in the Tunnels Division
at the Transport and Road Research Laboratory, UK. Then, from 1977-1979
at the Department of Strategic Research Operations in the Department of the Environment,
UK, from 1979-1980 as a Visiting Professor at the University of Wisconsin, USA, and from
1980-1983 at the Building Research Station, UK. During this latter period, he was awarded
the DSc degree by the Heriot-Watt University. From 1983 to the present, he has been
affiliated as Reader and then Professor in the Department of Earth Science and Engineering
at the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London, UK. He
was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1998. Also and since 1985,
Professor Hudson has acted as an independent consultant on more than 100 projects.

5. Xia-Ting Feng, BSc, PhD, obtained his BSc degree in Mining Engineering
from the Northeast University of Science and Technology in Shenyang,
China, in 1986 and his PhD in rock mechanics from the Northeastern
University, China, in 1992. Then he has been affiliated as Lecturer, Associate
Professor (from 1993-1996) and Professor (from 1996-2001) at the same
university, from September 1995 to March 1996 as a Visiting Researcher and
from December 1996 to November 1997 as a ITIT Special Research Officer at
National Institute for Resource and Environment, Tsukuba, Japan, and from
May to November 1996 as a Research
Officer at Department of Mining Engineering, the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.
As a Professor of Hundred Talent Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, he moved to
Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1998, from 2001-
2003 as Vice Director in Charge and from 2003-2005 as Director of this institute, from 2001-
present as Director of Key Laboratory of Rock and Soil Mechanics, the Chinese Academy of
Sciences. He worked in Imperial College, UK, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, and Lille
University of Science and Technology, France, as a Visiting Professor or Academic Visitor in
short term.

6. Prof. Walter Wittke, born in 1934, in Hamburg Germany, got his diploma in
Civil Engineering in the University of Hannover in 1960; his doctoral thesis on
“Shear Strength of Cohesionless Soil” was approved by the University of
Karlsruhe in 1963, and after a stay at the University of California, Berkeley,
and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in Denver, was appointed in 1965 as Lecturer
for Soil and Rock Mechanics at the University of Karlsruhe. In 1970 he was
appointed as Professor at the same University and in 1974 to 2000, as
Professor and Director of the Institute for Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Engineering at the University of Aachen.
Prof. Wittke has published over 300 publications, delivered more than 100 lectures, has been referee
for Ph.D. theses, was Chairman of the 7th ISRM International Congress in 1991, of International
Symposia in 1970, 1974, 1982, and of numerous National Symposia, all held in Aachen.
Prof. Wittke was Chairman of the ISRM German National Group, and, besides being a Fellow Member
of ISRM, he is Member of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
(ISSMGE), of the International Association of Engineering Geology (IAEG), of the National Committee
of International Tunneling Association (ITA), of the National Committee of the International
Committee on Large Dams (ICOLD), Chairman of various Commissions, Consultant on numerous
projects in Rock Mechanics and Foundation Engineering in Germany and abroad.

7. Dr.-Ing. Bettina Wittke-Schmitt Germany
1988: Abitur (high school final examination)
1988-1990: Student of civil engineering, Aachen Technical University (RWTH
Aachen), pre-diploma.
1990-1994: Student of civil engineering (hydraulic, water supply and sanitation
engineering), University of Hannover. Practical work in Germany and foreign
countries.
1994: Master thesis at the Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg,
Virginia, USA.
1994-1996: Referendarin (candidate for higher civil service) for the Federal Administration for
Waterways and Navigation (Wasser- und Schiffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes), Second State
Examination.
since 1997: Employee of the engineering firm WBI, Prof. Dr.-Ing. W. Wittke Consulting Engineers for
Tunneling and Geotechnical Engineering GmbH, Aachen.
1999: Doktor-Ingenieur (Ph.D. degree) of the Aachen Technical University (RWTH Aachen)
2001: Proxy of the engineering firm Prof. Dr.-Ing. W. Wittke Consulting Engineers for Tunneling and
Geotechnical Engineering, WBI GmbH, Aachen
since 2004: Managing partner of the engineering firm WBI, Prof. Dr.-Ing. W. Wittke Consulting
Engineers for Tunneling and Geotechnical Engineering GmbH, Aachen

8. Caracterización, Diseño y Construcción de Túneles
(CHARACTERIZATION, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF TUNNELS)
(3 al 19 de Julio)
Módulo 1:
Caracterización de Macizos Rocosos y Determinación de
Parámetros Geomecánicos para Túneles.
Prof. John A. Hudson, Reino Unido
Martes 3 a Viernes 6 de Julio de 2012 de 8 a.m. a 12 m.

9. Caracterización, Diseño y Construcción de Túneles
(CHARACTERIZATION, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF TUNNELS)
(3 al 19 de Julio)
Módulo 2:
Diseño de Túneles
Prof. Xia-Ting Feng, China
Lunes 9 a Jueves 12 de Julio de 2012 de 8 a.m. a 12 m.

10. Caracterización, Diseño y Construcción de Túneles
(CHARACTERIZATION, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF TUNNELS)
(3 al 19 de Julio)
Módulo 3:
Construcción de Túneles
Prof. Walter Wittke y Dr. Ing. Bettina Wittke-Schmitt, Alemania
Lunes 16 a Jueves 19 de Julio de 2012 de 8 a.m. a 12 m.

11. Caracterización, Diseño y Construcción de Túneles
(CHARACTERIZATION, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF TUNNELS)
(3 al 19 de Julio)
Equipo Organizador
• Coordinador del Curso: Mario Camilo Torres Suárez, IC, Dr. Ing. - Profesor Asistente
Presidente de la Sociedad Colombiana de Geotecnia (camilogeotecnia@gmail.com;
mctorress@unal.edu.co; Tel 57-1-3165000- Ext. 13309, Of. 205, Ed. 406 – IEI)
• Contacto y Apoyo Internacional: Álvaro Jaime González García, IC, MSc., DIC -
Profesor Asociado
• Coordinador del Posgrado: Guillermo Eduardo Ávila Álvarez, IC, Dr. Ing. - Profesor
Asistente
• Monitor Encargado: David Alejandro Aponte Rojas, Estudiante de Ingeniería Civil,
Universidad Nacional (daaapontero@unal.edu.co) Curso en Idioma Inglés
sin traducción

12. Caracterización, Diseño y Construcción de Túneles
(CHARACTERIZATION, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF TUNNELS)
(3 al 19 de Julio)
Apoyo Institucional
Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sociedad Colombiana de Geotecnia
Grupo de Investigación en Geotecnia Semillero de Investigación en Rocas

13. Mayor Información e Inscripciones:
http://www.ing.unal.edu.co/catedra/
Tél: 3165000 Ext.10724 – 10719- 10721
E-mail: cinternac_fibog@unal.edu.co
Límite de cupos 50 – Sin pago no se garantiza el cupo
Estudiantes UNAL pueden inscribir la asignatura como libre
elección (Código SIA 2025410) – 3 créditos evaluables
Haber cursado Geotecnia y preferiblemente Mecánica de Rocas

14. Curso en Idioma Inglés
sin traducción
Inversión
• Estudiantes pregrado : $200.000
• Estudiantes postgrado : $500.000
• Profesionales : $900.000
• Costo por Módulo : $350.000
Los estudiantes de la UNAL tienen 50% de descuento
Egresados UNAL tienen 20% de descuento
Miembros activos de la SCG tienen 10% de descuento
Un cupo por cada cinco inscritos de una misma entidad / empresa
Beneficios no acumulables – Todos deben presentar carnet vigente
o Carta de afiliación al momento de formalizar su inscripción