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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: […]
GSI’s annual Landreth “Steward of the Environment” award
October 1st, 2022
The Robert and Mitchell Landreth “Steward of the Environment” award was established in 2021. It is in honor of Robert Landreth (1939–2021) and his wife, Mitchell. The annual award is bestowed by the Geosynthetic Institute (GSI) in recognition of “distinguished engineering achievement related to the environment” by a college faculty member, graduate student or post […]
GeoDallas Watch: 2018 GeoDallas schedule announced
June 1st, 2018
June World Environmental & Water Resources Congress June 3–7 | Minneapolis, Minn. Hosted by the Environmental & Water Resources Institute (EWRI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the World Environmental & Water Resources Congress brings together the top environmental and water resources infrastructure professionals. Topics include erosion and sediment control, numerical modeling, hydraulic […]
IGS-NA news
April 1st, 2018
The following are highlights of the many initiatives of IGS-NA over the last few months. IGS-NA supports Geosynthetics 2019 The North American Chapter of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS-NA) is proud to support the Geosynthetics 2019 conference, which is organized by the Geosynthetic Materials Association, to be held Feb. 10–13, 2019, at the Marriott Marquis […]
DFI and EFFC announce keynote lecturers and invited speakers for the International Conference on Deep Foundations and Ground Improvement in Rome
March 14th, 2018
On March 14, 2018, the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) and the European Federation of Foundation Contractors (EFFC) announced the keynote lecturers and the invited speakers for the 2018 DFI-EFFC International Conference on Deep Foundations and Ground Improvement at Sapienza University in Rome, Italy, June 5–8, 2018. Eight […]
Geotechnical Frontiers presents: GeoCharlotte 2016
August 22nd, 2016
Join us in Charlotte, N.C. on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016, and earn up to 7 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) Short Courses Geosynthetics in Drainage and Filtration Applications: Design Principals and Practices Instructor: Barry R. Christopher, Ph.D., P.E. Knowledge for Better Design of Geosynthetic Reinforced MSE Structures Instructor: Michael Simac, Earth Improvement Technologies Business and Ethics […]