Prof. Enrique Romero, director of research (UPC·BarcelonaTech) and affiliated researcher (full research professor) at Geomechanics Group of CIMNE, was elected as the new Chair of TC106, the Technical Committee on Unsaturated Soils of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE). His appointment has been approved by the President of ISSMGE on January 06, 2022.