Geo-Institute of ASCE

DEVELOPING STORY: The second summer Cross-USA Lecture happens in just a few hours on our Youtube channel! Richard Bathurst presents "Lessons Learned from Laboratory Full-Scale MSE Wall Testing." FREE registration at Eventbrite: eventbrite.com/e/2025-cross-u…

Be extremely prepared: register now for Geo-Extreme 2025 at geo-extreme.org! Meet colleagues & stakeholders focused on prevention, protection and mitigation. There's still time to inquire about being an exhibitor or a sponsor, too! @ASCETweets #geoextreme2025

With Summer School returning this week, for #SundayFunday we head back to one of last year's episodes with Bora Cetin of @MSU_EGR talking pavements! youtu.be/R3mgnzkJWCo

Our G-I Chapters are doing amazing things - conferences, student outreach, and more! Get involved with the G-I and advance in your profession - you can find your local Chapter at geoinstitute.org/chapters

Leaders of G-I Chapters from across the country are meeting here at G-I HQ to share and discuss resources and strategies. Drs Peck and Terzaghi in attendance as well! Find your local Chapter: geoinstitute.org/chapters Dr Peck: go.asce.org/StudentFund

We are proud to announce that the @ASCETweets 2025 Report Card for America's Infrastructure has received the ASAE 2025 Power of Associations Gold Award! Read more about the recognition here: asce.org/publications-a…

GET EXTREME: Registration for #GeoExtreme2025 is NOW OPEN. Be one of the first to get that early bird rate at geo-extreme.org ! Geotechnical Engineering for Extreme Events, Long Beach, CA, Nov. 2-5

BREAKING NEWS: Sebastian Lobo-Guerrero of AGES, Inc and Nick Hudyma of @BoiseStateCOEN have been nominated to serve 3 year terms on the G-I Board of Governors. Petition candidates have 45 days to submit their candidacy. Details at geoinstitute.org/news/hudyma-an…

Are you OG G-I? Have you been a member since the beginning? Our 30th anniversary is coming up and we want to hear from YOU. Look for details soon as we start to celebrate our 30th anniversary! #FeelTheTeal

Brand new on the Youtube channel this morning - it's Ray Krizek of @NorthwesternEng and his 2006 Terzaghi Lecture. Ray's lecture title was "Dredged Material: Friend or Foe?" Thanks to Jean-Louis Briaud for the recording! youtube.com/watch?v=h0mDrQ…

Books Rock! returns August 5 with Sam Bandimere, Joe Kelley, and Adam Paisley talking about ASCE 53 - the Compaction Grouting Guideline! Find out why it exists, what's in it, and how to get it - click the image below for FREE registration! eventbrite.com/e/books-rock-c…

DIGGS is awesome! Now: how do you implement it? In the lastest post on our #DIGGS blog, Nicholas Miller introduces the DIGGS DATA PROCESSING project, which takes you from spreadsheet to DIGGS (and from DIGGS to spreadsheet)! Read it now: geoinstitute.org/news/DIGGS-dat…

HUGE congratulations to Jared Green on his appointment as an at-large director on the @ASCETweets Board of Direction! Jared will serve a three year term starting in October 2025. We'll miss Jared on the G-I Board, but we're thrilled to have him working for G-I & ASCE on the BoD!

It is a big week at G-I! We have a Cross-USA live stream tomorrow, Summer School on Wednesday, DIGGS blog AND the 2006 Terzaghi Lecture on Thursday, Board meeting, TCC meeting, and Chapter Summit Thur-Sat... ARE YOU READY, PEOPLE OF G-I?

#OTD in 2020, we launched our first live stream series! The first episode of GEOSTRATA Extra featured Scott Anderson talking data management and spawned all the Youtube shows you know and love. Here's to years and years and years more G-I live streams! youtube.com/watch?v=Btowz2…

On #SundayFunday, we make you think with this Geo-PIT talk from #GeoCongress2024 in Vancouver! It's Alejandro Martinez of @ucdaviscee and his talk "Terzaghi Meets Darwin - How Animals and Plants Inspire Solutions for Engineering Challenges." youtube.com/watch?v=FbQNUW…

This week's Saturday classic heads back to 2014 and Geo-Legend Youssef Hashash of @CEEatIllinois giving the 16th Peck Lecture! Youssef's lecture was titled "Innovations in Modeling and Monitoring Technologies for Response of Deep Urban Excavations." youtu.be/luUIdMVkSqM

Nominate a colleague for an @ASCETweets /G-I award! Next deadline is Aug 15 and includes the Monismith Lecture - learn more and submit at geoinstitute.org/about-us/awards. For #FlashbackFriday, here's the first Monismith Lecture from 2012! youtu.be/I9pUPoes3-4