Geo-on-the-Go

DFI: Super Pile '09

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:04:16 -0400

June 4-6, 2009
San Francisco, CA

Link at http://content.geoinstitute.org/events/events.html#allied

Parallel sessions on the subjects of Driven Piles, Augered Cast-in-Place Piles, Micropiles and Drilled Shafts, as well as QC/QA, Testing, Seismic Considerations and Marine Applications for each giving the attendees the option to choose which presentations are of interest to them.

Upcoming Events Page updated

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:18:45 -0400

Added: Table of Contents, Lymon Reese Distinguished Lecture, and more.

Event Announcements

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:20:46 -0500

On our Chapters and Groups page:

The ASCE Met Section Geotechnical Group has opened registration for the 34th Annual Kapp Lecture and 5th Annual Meet & Greet Dinner, to be held January 15, 2009. The topic is "Design of Foundations for the World's Tallest Structures" by Clyde N. Baker, Jr., PE, SE, Hon.M.ASCE. Details posted on the Geo-Institute website.

Coming events

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:22:04 -0500

On our GI Local Chapters page:
     San Antonio Geo-Institute: Geo-San Antonio 2009
     "State-of-the-Practice" Drilled Shaft Topics
     January 9, 2009
     San Antonio, TX

On our GI International Events page:
     III South-America Conference of Young Geotechnical Engineers
     Argentinean Society of Geotechnical Engineering
     March 30 - April 1, 2009
     Cordoba, Argentina

Upcoming events: Buchanan Lecture, MUT Conference

Thu, 6 Nov 2008 10:50:46 -0500

Posted on our Upcoming Events page:

2008 Buchanan Lecture
Prof. Kenneth Stokoe: "The Increasing Role of Seismic Measurements in Geotechnical Engineering"
and 2007 Terzaghi Lecture
Prof. George Goble: "Applications of Dynamic Methods to the Design and Installation of Piles."
Reception to follow
November 14, 2008
College Station, Texas

First International Conference on Underground Multi-System Utility Tunnels
March 11-12, 2009
Technicon-Israel Institute of Technology
Haifa, Israel

For details on these and other events, please visit our Upcoming Events page.

Technical Lecture 10/22 -- ASCE Met Section Geotechnical Group

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:43:38 -0400

The ASCE Met Section Geotechnical Group will be holding its first Technical Lecture of the season on Thursday October 23, 2008, 5:30 PM at the General Society for Mechanics and Tradesmen located at 20 West 44th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues). The topic is "Excavation and Underpinning Practices" by Timothy D. Lynch, Chief Engineer, New York City Department of Buildings, Excavation Unit and Major Renovations Unit.

Details are posted on the G-I website on our Chapters and Local Geotechnical Groups page.

ADSC's November Drilled Shaft & Anchored Earth Retention Seminars

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:28:24 -0400

The Geo-Institute will be a Cooperating Organization for ADSC's November seminars, to be held November 19 and 20 in Atlanta, Georgia. For more details, check out our Coming Events page.

GI Boston Chapter: 12th Arthur Casagrande Memorial Lecture, September 11, 2008

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:51:14 -0400

On our Geo-Institute Chapter Events Page:

12th Annual Arthur Casagrande Memorial Lecture:
"An Updated View of Predictions in Geotechnical Engineering"
presented by Professor T. William Lambe, Sc.D.

September 11, 2008
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

Events: May Meeting, Geotechnical Executive Committee of ASCE Nat'l Capital Section

Wed, 7 May 2008 11:44:55 -0400

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

Reminder: GEEDS IV registration deadlines -- it's not too late to save!

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:25:16 -0400

Save up to $150 -- Early Bird registration has been extended to Thursday, April 24, 2008.

Register online at www.geesd.org; click "Registration"
Register by mail: ASCE/GEESD 2008, P.O. Box 79668, Baltimore, MD 21279-0688
Register by fax: 703-295-6144, ATTN: ASCE Customer Service
Register by telephone: 800-548-2723 (U.S.); 703-295-6300 (International)

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 .

Events: DVGI update; Reese Lecture update; "Manhattan on the Rocks" (with Exhibitor/Sponsor opportunity)

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:17:17 -0400

On our G-I Chapters and Local Groups Page:

Updated information for the Delaware Valley Geo-Institute Chapter's April Dinner Meeting
April 28, 2008 (this is a date change)
Speaker: Professor Imad L. Al-Qadi, "Reflective Cracking Mechanism in Pavement and Mitigation Techniques"
Updated information for the 2008 Lymon C. Reese Distinguished Lecture on May 8, 2008 in Austin, Texas. The Lecturer is Robert D. Holtz, P.E., Ph.D., Hon.M.ASCE, who serves on the Geo-Institute Board of Governors as International Secretary.
Newly Posted: "A Specialty Seminar: Manhattan on the Rocks", presented by ASCE Metropolitan Section Geotechnical Group on May 8, 2008 in New York, New York. We've posted links to the Seminar Flyer and to the Exhibitor and Sponsor Form.

Events: DVGI Dinner; Distinguished Lecture Series

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:25:21 -0400

New events posted on our G-I Chapters and Local Groups page:

Delaware Valley Geo-Institute Chapter April Dinner Meeting
April 28, 2008 (this is a date change)
Speaker: Professor Imad L. Al-Qadi, "Reflective Cracking Mechanism in Pavement and Mitigation Techniques"
26th Annual Geo-Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series
May 9, 2008
University of California, Berkely

GEESD IV: May 18-22, Sacramento, CA

Thu, 3 Apr 2008 10:42:07 -0400

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!

Learn more about GEESD IV
Register for GEEDS IV. Save $150 -- register by April 16, 2008!

Upcoming Events: GeoHunan, ARMA Short Courses

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:49:45 -0400

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

Events: White Lecture in Geographical Sciences; Feb. 27, 2008; Washington, D.C.

Thu, 7 Feb 2008 09:42:14 -0500

"Managing American Water Resources: Recognizing the Realities of Geography"
Given by Gerald Galloway, University of Maryland

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.