On our Local Chapters and Groups page:
May Meeting -- ASCE National Capital Section, Geotechnical Executive Committee
Guest Speaker: John Sankey, P.E., V.P. of Engineering, The Reinforced Earth Company
"Engineers without Borders—Project by the Chesapeake Chapter"
May 21, 2008, 11:30 – 1:30 PM
Tyson's Corner, Virginia
Save up to $150 -- Early Bird registration has been extended to Thursday, April 24, 2008.
Save on your hotel: Book your reservation by Monday, April 28 to qualify for special conference rates. Visit the conference website for rates and more hotel information.
It's not too late to exhibit at GEEDS 2008! View the Exhibitor Prospectus, or contact jsandersen@asce.org for more information.
For information on Technical Tours and Short Courses, visit www.geesd.org .
On our G-I Chapters and Local Groups Page:
New events posted on our G-I Chapters and Local Groups page:
Join the broad community of geo-professionals working on earthquake engineering and soil dynamics problems for this comprehensive decennial examination of our technical challenges.
GEESD IV includes technical workshops and short courses, plenary sessions, tutorials, a poster session, networking events, and more!
Check the Geo-Institute Coming Events page for more information on...
GeoHunan 2009: "Challenges and Recent Advantages in Pavement Technologies and Transportation Geotechnics".
August 3-6, 2009, Hunan, China
Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering: A Short Course of the American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA)
April 21-25, 2008, Emeryville, CA
February 27, 2008
Keck Center of the National Academies
Washington, D.C.
Please RSVP by February 13, 2008
About the speaker:
Gerald E. Galloway Jr., P.E., Ph.D.
Gerry Galloway is a Glenn L Martin Institute Professor of Engineering and Affiliate Professor of Public Policy at the University of Maryland. He is also Maas-White Scholar at the US Army Corps of Engineers Institute of Water Resources. Active in water resources research and analysis, he recently chaired an Interagency Levee Policy Review Committee for FEMA. He was a Presidential appointee to the Mississippi River Commission and in 1993-1994, led a White House study of the causes of the 1993 Mississippi River Flood. During a 38-year career in the military, he served in various assignments in the U.S. and overseas, retiring in 1995 as a brigadier general and Dean of Academics at the U.S. Military Academy. He is 2007 President of the American Water Resources Association. He is a graduate of the Military Academy and holds Masters Degrees from Princeton and Pennsylvania State Universities and the US Army Command and General Staff College, and a doctorate in Geography from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a registered professional engineer and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
Delaware Valley G-I Chapter:
February 2008 Dinner Meeting, Tuesday, February 19, Villanova, PA
Keynote Speaker: George R. Koerner Ph.D., P.E. & CQA
Maryland Geo-Institute Chapter
Earthquake Engineering in the Central and Eastern US Engineering Shortcourse
Thursday, February 28th, 2008, Baltimore, MD
R.S.V.P. by February 13th
Local Geotechnical Group Events:
32nd Annual ASCE Geotechnical Conference
February 21, 2008
Marriott Conference Center
Coralville, Iowa
On the Geo-Institute website: added links to...
International Foundation Congress & Equipment Expo '09, hosted by The Geo-Institute,
ADSC: The International Association of Foundation Drilling, and The Pile Driving Contractors Association (PDCA); March 15-19, 2009, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
41st Symposium on Engineering Geology and Geotechnical Engineering, April 9 - 11, 2008, Boise, Idaho.
Deep Foundations Institute Specialty Seminar: Practical Deep Foundations Design and Construction for Seismic and Lateral Loads
April 11, 2008
Mc-Graw Hill, New York, New York
co-sponsored by the Geo-Institute
