Dr. A.P.S. Selvadurai obtained his PhD degree in Theoretical Mechanics from the University of Nottingham for research in the area of “Non-linear Elasticity”. He joined the Department of Civil Engineering at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada in 1975 as Assistant Professor, became Professor in 1981 and Head of the Department from 1982 to 1991. In 1993, he was invited by McGill University to become Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics, a position he held till 1997. He is currently William Scott Professor and James McGill Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics. Find the lecture video here

Dr. Lacasse obtained her Ph.D. in 1976. She was Lecturer at Ecole Polytechnique of Montréal (1973-1975), and at MIT (1975-1982). She was also Head of the Geotechnical Laboratory at MIT.
Dr. Lacasse became a permanent employee of the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) in 1980, where she combined her position at NGI with visiting lectureship at MIT. She became NGI's Managing Director in 1991 after 10 years as a Senior Engineer for NGI. She holds a number of positions on the Board of private companies and research organisations in Norway and abroad.

Dr. Cundall performed his doctoral work at Imperial College , London , where he originated the Distinct Element Method for modeling jointed rock and granular material. In addition to being an independent consultant for several years, he worked for Dames and Moore for five years, was a faculty member at the University of Minnesota for seven years, and is now Principal at Itasca Consulting Group in Minneapolis and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Minnesota.