New in-person dates are November 7-10 , 2021 which coincides with the Savannah Wine and Food Festival!! This will be the first in-person Geo-Institute event after the pandemic. We hope...

The Soil Properties and Modeling Committee meeting was successfully held virtually. It was great to see everyone! If you missed the meeting on March 17, 2021, you can watch the...

If you missed the Embankments, Dams, and Slope committee meeting on April 9, 2021, you can watch the recording. Videos of the meeting are stored on ASCE Collaborate. https://collaborate.asce.org/home Once...

The ASCE G-I Geosynthetics Technical Committee is excited to announce a recent partnership between the US Air Force Academy and ASCE G-I in support of continued updates to GeoTech Tools...

All Geo-Institute Council's and Committees will meet during the month of March. Due to the current pandemic situation and travel limitations this year, the meetings will be held virtually. If...

Geoenvironmental research-to-practice videos are live now on the Geo-Institute Youtube channel! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXHjEGSzGOPMbb0nfixYyc-heIzlv7go8 To bridge disconnects between research and practice, GEC members have created a series of 10-minute videos that summarize...

Join these FREE weekly webinars from expert speakers on a wide range of current and emerging geoenvironmental engineering topics. Contact organizer Professor Krishna Reddy at University of Illinois at Chicago...

Due to the uncertainty for all of us and an abundance of caution during this time of global pandemic, the Geo-Institute (G-I) has made the decision to host the Organizational...

The Geo-Challenge Directors and the Geo-Institute have made the difficult decision to cancel the 2021 National GeoWall Competition to be held during the ICFEE 2021 conference in May. This decision...

Dr. Culligan, Ph.D., C.Eng., F.ASCE has been selected by ASCE's Geo-Institute to receive the 2021 H. Bolton Seed Medal for her "contributions to teaching, research, and the practice of geotechnical...

The Geoenvironmental TC is organizing on December 8 th 2020, as part of the 5 th annual Live Streaming Geo-Institute Web conference , a one day event with the following...

We are pleased to announce the 2021 winners of the prestigious Geo-Institute awards. The 2021 Wallace Hayward Baker Award Vernon R. Schaefer, P.E., M.ASCE , Iowa State University . “For...

Marc Ballouz, Ph.D., C.Eng, M.ASCE Joins G-I Board of Governors Marc Ballouz will be serving a one year term on the G-I Board of Governors as the ASCE President’s appointee....

Dr. Culligan, Ph.D., C.Eng., F.ASCE has been selected by ASCE’s Geo-Institute to receive the 2021 H. Bolton Seed Medal for “contributions to teaching, research, and the practice of geotechnical engineering...

Dr.Benson, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE, NAE, F.ASCE has been selected by ASCE’s Geo-Institute to receive the 2021 Karl Terzaghi Award for “contributions to design, construction, performance assessment and performance monitoring of...

Jie Han, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE Joins G-I Board of Governors Dr. Jie Han is the Glenn L. Parker Professor of Geotechnical Engineering in the Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering Department...

Ed Kavazanjian will match up to $125,000 in contributions to the G-I Student Participation Fund

The Soil Properties and Modeling Committee hosted a YouTube live event on July 27 to facilitate a discussion about our community’s teaching experiences following last semester’s nation-wide transition to remote...

Effective June 1, ASCE recommends that decisions on whether to hold in-person meetings, events, or other activities should be made on a case-by-case basis by the Institute volunteer and staff...

SALT LAKE CITY, UT., April 30, 2020 - The University of Utah and Utah Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) are pleased to announce FORGE Solicitation 2020-1. This...

Authors submit draft papers for consideration by July 17, 2020. Draft papers must be formatted according to ASCE guidelines. A sample document that may be used as a template is...

The next Geoenvironmental Technical Committee meeting will be held during Geocongress 2020 in Minneapolis, MN. Meeting Time: Thursday, February 27, 1:30 – 3:30 pm CST Meeting Location: All meetings will...

With the holidays rapidly approaching it is time again to make plans for TRB 2020. In the past year, DIGGS has seen some significant advances in implementation with ODOT completion...

The Geo-Institute wants to recognize our Chapter’s accomplishments towards the community and its members. The winning Chapter will be receiving a Local Involvement Committee Sponsored visit from a nationally recognized...

Call for Presentations Abstract Deadline has been extended to Friday, December 20, 2019 When: April 15, 2020 W here: Tyson’s Corner Marriott, 8028 Leesburg Pike, Tysons Corner, VA 22182 This...

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Abstracts due December 13, 2019 DFI 4 5 th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations October 13- 16, 2020 National Harbor, Maryland DFI is accepting abstracts for original technical papers and...

You are invited to submit an abstract to any of the technical tracks: TRACK A/ Piles, Shafts, and Load-Bearing Elements TRACK B/ Deep Foundations TRACK C/ Earth Retention and Support...

Dear G-I members, As part of the “Digital G-I” initiative of the Geo-Institute, we are pleased to announce that the Geo-Institute website https://www.geoinstitute.org/ has now the capability to support sub-websites...

The 8th ICEG was held in Hangzhou, China, on October 28th to November 1st. A number of members of the US Geoenvironmental Technical Committee attended. Below is a photo of...