Three nominations for the 2011 Müller Award of the ISRM were received: Dr Nick Barton, Prof. Richard Goodman and Prof. Peter Kaiser. Selection took place during the ISRM Council meeting in New Delhi on 24 October 2010, and Dr Nick Barton, the member of editorial board of Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (JRMGE), was selected as the 6th Müller Award winner. He will receive the award and deliver the Müller lecture at the 12th ISRM Congress in Beijing, in October 2011.The Müller Award honours the memory of Prof. Leopold Müller, the founder of the ISRM, and is made every four years in recognition of distinguished contributions to the profession of rock mechanics and rock engineering.
In addition, Professor Shigang She, the executive editor-in-chief of JRMGE, attended this ISRM council meeting. During the meeting, he publicized the JRMGE widely and solicited papers from international experts, and also exchanged views with international friends on the developments of this new academic journal and other relevant issues. The journals were sent to participants for free in the council meeting, which evoked widespread and favorable responses.
