Student poster competition winners cited

April 23, 2013  |  News

Judging and awards presented at Geosynthetics 2013 Graduate and undergraduate students were invited to submit technical themed posters involving geosynthetic topics for the Geosynthetics 2013 student competition. Students presented their posters to a team of industry judges and the first- and second…
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Geosynthetics 2015 in Portland with IECA

April 22, 2013  |  News

IFAI’s biennial geosynthetics conference dates and location Fresh on the heels of its well-complimented Geosynthetics 2013 event in Long Beach, Calif., the Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI) has announced that the Geosynthetics 2015 conference will be held Feb. 15–18, 20…
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Geosynthetics 2013: A record-breaking event

April 19, 2013  |  News

Biennial conference lauded for attendance, exhibits, education The Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI) organized and hosted the Geosynthetics 2013 conference and trade show April 1-4, 2013, in Long Beach Calif. An April 15 IFAI press release noted that this biennial event—title…
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Cooley Group expands senior leadership team

April 17, 2013  |  News

Steve Siener now VP of business development The Rhode Island-based Cooley Group, a developer and manufacturer of sustainable, engineered membranes and other high-performance solutions, announced in an April 16 press release changes to its executive leadership team. The changes take effect immediatel…
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IFAI, Clarion sign event collaboration agreement

April 16, 2013  |  News

Trade association/publisher to have large presence at ExpoProducción The Industrial Fabrics Association International announced in an April 15 press release that it has signed a collaborative agreement with Clarion Events North America regarding Clarion’s annual ExpoProducción ev…
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CETCO announces internal merger

April 10, 2013  |  News

New Environmental Products Group realignment and sales team Illinois-based CETCO announced in an April 9 press release the merging of its Lining Technologies Group and Remediation Technologies Group. The release said that the merging of the remediation and lining product lines will allow the company…
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Christopher Neumann named IECA’s ‘Presenter of the Year’

April 3, 2013  |  News

Lawyer/engineer selected by attendees at 2013 Environmental Connection The International Erosion Control Association (IECA) announced in a recent press release that Christopher Neumann, shareholder with the international law firm, Greenberg Traurig LLP, was selected the Environmental Connection 2013…
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Michigan P.E. makes a good catch RE: sg

April 1, 2013  |  News

To the editor: Great issue (February/March 2013), read it from cover to cover. One thing I noticed though, on page 40 it states: “..were made of polypropylene, which has a specific gravity greater than 1,…” is incorrect. Typically polypropylene has a sg of 0.905 and that is why it…
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Measuring pore size distribution (PSD) with the use of capillary flow porometry

April 1, 2013  |  News

By Trent Smith and Melissa Medlin An ASTM D35 Committee Workshop on Pore Size Distribution was conducted on Jan. 30, 2013, in Jacksonville, Fla. The current industry standard for measuring a geotextile’s particle retention characteristics—ASTM D4751, Test Method for Determining Apparent …
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Cal Poly Pomona captures student competition prize at 2013 GeoCongress

April 1, 2013  |  News

By Prof. Bill Kitch I’m really proud of this group of students. The competition was really tough this year—especially with the addition of the dynamic loading. Not only did they have a great design, but they came together as a team under the strong leadership of their captain, Petrina Ze…
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