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New board of directors, GeoAmericas 2024

April 1st, 2023

IGS North America (IGS-NA) held its biennial elections in January 2023 and elected, continued or co-opted the next cycle of leadership, which runs February 2023–February 2025. Here is the new board of directors: President: Ben Leshchinsky, Ph.D. (Oregon State University) President-Elect: Kristin Sample-Lord, Ph.D., P.E. (Villanova University) Past President: John Allen, P.E. (MBCC Group) Treasurer: […]

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GSI honors Scalia with Landreth award

November 9th, 2021

The Geosynthetic Institute (GSI) established the Robert and Mitchell Landreth “Steward of the Environment” award in honor of Robert E. Landreth (1939–2021) and his wife, Mitchell. The award is bestowed in recognition of “distinguished engineering achievement” by a young faculty member, graduate student or post-doctorate working with geosynthetics. Only one such award is given annually […]

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