For the 24th ISRM Online Lecture the ISRM invited Professor Claudio Olalla, from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain. The title of the lecture is "Computing Foundations with Hoek and Brown Failure Criteria". It will be broadcast on Thursday, 13 December, at 10 AM GMT and will remain available in the online lectures dedicated webpage.

Claudio Olalla is Full Professor at the "Civil Engineering School" of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain) at the Ground Engineering Department. During more than 30 years has been member of the prestigious "Laboratory of Geotechnics" of CEDEX.

He has nearly 45 years of experience as geotechnical engineer related to all kinds of civil works, such as dams, foundations, slopes, tunnels, earthworks, hydraulic and maritime facilities. He formed part of various technical commissions who elaborated different geotechnical regulations and manuals in Spain He has published multiple articles in journals and international congresses related to rock and soil mechanics, particularly at the "International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences", "Geotechnique" and "Canadian Geotechnical Journal". 

He was President of the "Spanish Society of Rock Mechanics" from 2006 to 2012 . He is member of the Board of the "Spanish Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering" and member of the Spanish Committee on Large Dams (SPANCOLD).