It's true! The Geo-Institute YouTube channel turns 10 years old this week. You've enjoyed award lectures, student videos, Director's Cut, and more since August 2013. Now you can share in...

The three Geo-Institute named lecturers for 2018 have been named. The Terzaghi, Seed, and Peck Lectures will be given at IFCEE 2018 in Orlando, Florida in March 2018. For a...

The registration for the 6th Annual Web Conference is going up after Friday, November 19, 2021. So, do not miss this opportunity and register today for the Technical Sessions and...

The Geotechnical Frontiers 2017 Program Committee has been announced, and the website has gone live. So mark your calendars for March 12-17, 2017, and start planning now to attend the third edition of this popular conference combining the annual Geosynthetics and Geo-Congress events.

All ASCE members can vote now for the 2018 President-Elect, Technical Region Director, and Regional Directors.

Founded by ASCE, Civil Engineering Certification is the only professional credential by engineering, for engineering. It recognizes civil engineers who have demonstrated advanced knowledge and skills in a specific specialty...

The University of Virginia has announced that Craig H. Benson, PhD, PE, D.GE, NAE, F.ASCE, has been selected as the 13th dean of the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science. Dr. Benson’s appointment is effective July 1, 2015.

GEOSTRATA, 2015, May/June, 68 In March, Seattle Tunnel Partners began to hoist “Bertha” – the tunnel-boring machine (TBM) on the Alaskan Way Viaduct project – to the surface to begin...

The theme of Geotechnical Frontiers 2017 is “Innovation and Collaboration in Technology and Practice.” The conference will feature four days of technical programming, including short courses, panel discussions and papers. The objective of the event is to share new developments in geotechnical engineering technologies.

Get ready for the first G-I social network!

A DIGGS ( Data Interchange for Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists ) Developer Workshop was held September 25-26, 2017, in Atlanta, GA. The Workshop provided an opportunity for those intimately involved...

With the completion of the Ohio DOT's research project funding for DIGGS, support for the project now transitions to the Geo-Institute (ASCE). This important milestone means that DIGGS is now...

Be part of the future of geotechnical data! Become a DIGGS Supporing Member today! Become a DIGGS Supporting Member and demonstrate your support for this open standard for data transfer....

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...

This is a new production release of DIGGS, with many enhancements to the schema as compared to v. 2.5.a. Legacy instance documents should verify under v. 2.6, but new instances...

Director's Cut launched just over a year ago, on October 7, 2020. To celebrate the 50th episode, we're having a Scavenger Hunt! Find the answers to these 10 questions by...

Susan E. Burns, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE is a Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Associate Chair for Administration and Finance at the Georgia Institute of Technology...

The Geo-Institute Board of Governors has nominated Sissy Nikolaou, Ph.D, P.E., F.ASCE to join the G-I Board for a term beginning in October 2017. Dr. Nikolaou is currently Principal in the Geotechnical & Tunneling Technical Excellence Center of WSP USA. She has more than 20 years of worldwide experience, and her technical capabilities range from geotechnical to structural engineering, with emphasis on performance-based design, soil-structure interaction, liquefaction assessment and mitigation, and risk evaluation.

ENGEO Incorporated, a firm of more than 200 engineers, geologists, environmental scientists, hydrologists, and field representatives, announces the promotion of 10 leaders to higher levels of service.

Theresa Engler, executive director of the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI), has been named a board member of the Academy of Geo- Professionals (AGP). She is the first female AGP Board member.

Hayward Baker Inc. (HB), North America’s leader in geotechnical construction, is pleased to announce the appointment of a new president, along with several other senior leadership staff appointments. Eric Drooff has been named the company’s sixth president.

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

Donate to this campaign and have your donation matched, help secure the future of G-I student programs, and receive great G-I thank-you gifts!

GEOSTRATA, 2015, May/June, 64-67 Gannett Fleming’s Pittsburgh, PA, office has moved to a new building within the Foster Plaza office park. The move accommodates the firm’s growing staff and provides...

GEOSTRATA, 2015, May/June, 64-67 Trent L. Dreese, PE, M.ASCE , has been named the earth science and hydraulics practice leader for Gannett Fleming. Based in the corporate headquarters in Harrisburg,...

GEOSTRATA, 2015, May/June, 64-67 Michael A. Knight, PG , was named a vice president of Gannett Fleming. Based in the firm’s corporate headquarters in Harrisburg, PA, Knight will serve as...

The Geoprofessional Business Association (GBA) has announced that the new President of the GBA is Gordon M. Matheson, Ph.D., P.E., P.G., D.GE, M.ASCE, of Schnabel Engineering, Inc.

On February 19, 2015, G-I member and president of the Kazakhstan Geotechnical Society, Professor Askar Zhussupbekov, received the title of “Honorary Doctor of the St. Petersburg State Architectural and Civil Engineering University.”

International Secretary Position Description The Board of Governors (BoG) of the Geo-Institute (G-I) is seeking nominations for the position of International Secretary. The International Secretary serves as the formal liaison...

Get ready for summer with Geopalooza! You are right in the middle of tons of great content from the Geo-Institute! Geo-PIT, Director's Cut, Keller Seismic Series, and so much more!...