Geosynthetics wins gold award

February 1, 2007  |  News

Geosynthetics magazine was recently cited with a Gold Award/Best Technical Article for the story and graphics in the June/July 2006 issue titled “Back to the beach in Mexico.” “Back to the beach in Mexico: Shoreline restored with geotextile tubes as submerged breakwaters” was…
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Thanks and thanks again!

February 1, 2007  |  News

To the editor: I just read the October/November 2006 edition of Geosynthetics. Thanks for your coverage of the recent U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/Steve Stockton presentation to your Geosynthetic Materials Association Executive Council. Also, thanks for GMA’s support of the Water Resources Dev…
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GMA-Mexico offers classes

February 1, 2007  |  News

The Mexico office of the Geosynthetic Materials Association designed and delivered two courses last fall. One was for the Mexican Army’s Departament of Engineering; the other with open enrollment for civilian engineers and academics. The military engineers were very receptive last September to…
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New officers for ASCE

February 1, 2007  |  News

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) installed newly elected officers to its board last October. The new board representatives include: William F. Marcuson III, Ph.D., P.E., Hon.M.ASCE, director emeritus of the Geotechnical Laboratory at the Waterways Experiment Station in Vicksburg, Miss.…
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‘Design Squad’ TV show coming on PBS

February 1, 2007  |  News

“Design Squad,” a PBS live-action series, will debut this year. Produced as an educational initiative, its goal is to excite kids about engineering while making it engaging and fun at the same time. “Design Squad” is a new reality competition show consisting of two teams of high-school stude…
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GMA members see, hear about Army Corps’ progress in New Orleans

February 1, 2007  |  News

By Andrew Aho Last October, I accompanied a GMA delegation that traveled to New Orleans to meet with members of the New Orleans District office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Our discussion included about a dozen engineers at their just-reopened facility in the city. I was struck by the sense …
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Credit where credit is due

October 1, 2006  |  News

To the editor: While I am honored to receive credit for the development of the geocomposite temporary parking surface (TemPark) described in Andrew Aho’s “Ground Rules” article (Geosynthetics, Volume 24, Number 3), that honor rightly and unquestionably belongs with Basil Polivka Jr…
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Good job, Dov!

October 1, 2006  |  News

To the editor: I am writing a quick note to say that I enjoyed Dov Leshchinsky’s article in the August/September issue of Geosynthetics. I think it is quite clear and demonstrative. I have my students reading it for my “Ground Improvement and Geosynthetics” course this fall. J. Tan…
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GSE cited by IGS

October 1, 2006  |  News

The International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) Awards Committee, at its meeting held in June in Cardiff, Wales, voted unanimously to award GSE Lining Technology with an IGS Award for the submission: “Comprehensive design guidance for geosynthetic materials.” The award was presented to com…
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