"I wanted to provide some updates on “A Geotechnical Adventure” (working title) ahead of the public demo currently scheduled for beta in March (will likely need to push this back, again). "

First post in our new Geotechnical History blog, and part 1 of a series on the 1889 Johnstown Flood. In this post: The why, when, and how of the construction of the dam that eventually became known as the South Fork Dam.

It has been well over two decades since I last wrote you, and I must apologize for neglecting this annual communique. I think I’ve been a pretty good engineer this year....

It’s Career Day. Can you convince a room full of fourth graders to become geotechnical engineers in ten minutes or less?

Sixty students will be selected by the GeoInstitute to receive a $300 travel grant to attend the 2023 Geo-Congress and participate in the OM Career Fair, "speed-dating" style, during the...

Some projects seem scary. For us, it’s just another day on the job.

The Geo-Congress 2024 Call for Abstracts is now open! Abstracts must be submitted via the online CATALYST Submission Management System . Abstracts are due February 3, 2023 at 11:59 PM...

These 5 tips will help you achieve stability and strength against the shear forces of daily life!

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...

By James Press, EIT, Geotechnical Engineering Associate, Aterra Solutions Hello, Geo-Institute faithful! I’m very excited to present the first edition of a new column: More Pressing Matters . I’ll be...

Event: 7th Annual Structural and Geo-Confluence, Nov. 2, 2022 Abstracts sought for 30- to 60-minute presentations focused on structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, or geo-environmental topics preference given to topics that...

Webinar Announcement EPA DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT About the Webinar The NSF SUstainable Material Management Extreme Events Reconnaissance (SUMMEER) organization ( https://www.summeer.org ), in collaboration with the U.S....

At the ISSMGE Council meeting on May 1 in Sydney, Australia, G-I Board member Marc Ballouz was elected President of ISSMGE.His term begins immediately and will run through the 21st...

Happy Valentine's Day from the Geo-Institute! We have cards for you to print or email and give to your Geo-Valentine

Looking for a way to excite students in your geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering courses? Geoengineer.org just released its “Captivating Geotechnical Engineering News in 2021" video! You can find it here:...

Write for GEOSTRATA! GEOSTRATA's editorial board is seeking potential authors for 2022 articles and commentaries. This is your chance to contribute to the geotechnical community's collective body of knowledge while...

Alejandro Martinez was awarded the 2022 Arthur Casagrande Professional Development Award (nominated by the soil properties and modeling committee) for pioneering research using multi-scale interdisciplinary techniques that have advanced the...

Researchers and investigators are invited to submit contributions to the special issue in Acta Geotechnica on the topic of Bio-inspired Geotechnics. This special issue will accept original research papers, short...

The Soil Properties and Modeling committee will have the winter teleconference on Monday, Dec. 20, 2021 at 2:00 pm CST. Zoom link: https://uark.zoom.us/j/89706315480?pwd=S0ErV1l6ZHdWaitYY0FoRWZXbUNRZz09

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 Geo-Institute Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering Technical Committee will live-stream the session "Recent Advances in Sustainable Approaches to Geotechnical Engineering Works" on Friday, December 10 at 11 AM EST. The...

The Geo-Institute Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics Technical Committee will live-stream the session "Practical Implications of Recent Advances in Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics" on Wednesday, December 8 at 11...

The Geo-Institute Geoenvironmental Engineering Technical Committee will live-stream on Monday, December 6 at 2 PM EST. The topics include: "Impact of Electromagnetic Waves on Clay Properties," Arvin Farid , Ph.D.,...

The Geo-Institute Earth Retaining Structures Technical Committee will live-stream on Friday, December 10 at 2 PM EST. The topics include: "Choreographing Deconstruction of Existing Basement Structure and Construction of SOE...

The Geo-Institute Deep Foundations Technical Committee will live-stream on Tuesday, December 7 at 2 PM EST. The topics include: "Geotechnical Design and Construction on Design Build Projects", Ravi Vedantham ,...

The Geo-Institute Computational Geotechnics Technical Committee will live-stream the session "Computational Geotechnics and Insights into Soil Behavior" on Tuesday, December 7 at 11 AM EST. The topics include: "Insight on...

The Geo-Institute Embankments Dams and Slopes Technical Committee will live-stream the following sessions on 6th Annual Live Streaming Web Conference: Monday, December 6 at 11 AM EST: Extreme Events on...

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...

The Embankments, Dams & Slopes technical committee has new Twitter and Instagram accounts. Follow them at https://twitter.com/EdsCommittee @EdsCommittee on Twitter and https://www.instagram.com/eds_committee/ EDS_Committee on Instagram.

The 3rd International Symposium on Coupled Phenomena in Environmental Geotechnics (CPEG2020), organized by the Japanese Geotechnical Society and the Kyoto University with the support of TC215 Environmental Geotechnics Technical Committee...