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Terzaghi Day returns with special guest John Burland – Oct. 2

September 27th, 2023

In 2016, the Geo-Institute (G-I) started observing Terzaghi Day, held every year on the birthday of Karl Terzaghi, the father (or grandfather, depending on who you’re talking to) of soil mechanics. Join us for Terzaghi Day 2023 on Monday, Oct 2 at 2 p.m. ET on the G-I Youtube channel. You can register here. The […]

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ASCE makes Rowe Terzaghi lecture available online

December 14th, 2017

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has made the 53rd Karl Terzaghi Lecture from 2017’s Geotechnical Frontiers conference available online. The lecture, presented by Dr. R. Kerry Rowe, is entitled “Protecting the Environment with Geosynthetics: Success and Challenges,” and was presented March 14, 2017, at the conference in Orlando, Fla. Rowe is professor and […]

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