International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment

The International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment (), formerly International Association for Engineering Geology, also known as IAEG (), is an international scientific society which was founded in 1964. It is affiliated with the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) and has 3,798 members and 59 national groups all over the world.

The association aims to promote and encourage the advancement of engineering geology through technological activities and research. At the same time it strives to improve teaching and training in engineering geology, and to collect, evaluate and disseminate the results of engineering geological activities. Together with Springer Science+Business Media, it publishes the ''Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment''.

The first president of the IAEG was Asher Shadmon, who held the office from 1964 to 1968. The current president is Rafig Azzam from Aachen University of Technology.

Every two years, the IAEG awards the ''Hans Cloos'' medal to an engineering geologist of outstanding merit. Every four years, the IAEG organizes an international congress, during which a general meeting of the association takes place and the board for the subsequent four years is also elected. The ''XII IAEG Congress'' was held in Turin (Italy) in September 2014. The ''XIII IAEG Congress'' will be held in San Francisco (California, USA), in September 2018, and will also serve as the 61st annual meeting of the Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists.

IAEG is a member of the Federation of International Geo-Engineering Societies (FedIGS). Provided by Wikipedia