Geo-Institute of ASCE

06/18/2026

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06/18/2026

Geo-Congress 2027 will be at ASCE 2027 in Philadelphia, PA! Join us March 1-5, 2027, and connect with all of ASCE's 9 institutes and the Center for Technical Advancement!

06/17/2026

New preview just dropped! "Dan's Damn Dam" is an honorable mention video in the competition held at Geo-Congress 2026 . Find out what happens to Dan and his design at https://youtu.be/A-mVqsCXw0g?si=RJjUl4qClLGvNzuD !

"Dan's Damn Dam" was created by Shanza Asif, Kate Bariahtris, Andrew Manni, and Ashley McElroy from Lafayette College . Their advisor was Mike McGuire.

06/17/2026

NEW DIRECTOR'S CUT IS POSTED! For Episode 25 of Season 7, our guest is Ripon Chandra Malo of the University of Utah, the 2026 DIGGS Hackathon champion!

Watch the full interview NOW! https://youtu.be/T4YTkPcxGho

06/17/2026

This week's Director's Cut features the winner of our first DIGGS Hackathon, Ripon Chandra Malo of University of Utah, John and Marcia Price College of Engineering! Ripon talks about AI, his favorite cheap food, how he won the Hackathon, and more!

On Director's Cut, Geo-Institute Director Brad Keelor interviews G-...

06/16/2026

Enjoy a sneak preview of this video from the team at Cal Poly Pomona!
"AI and Landslides" took Honorable Mention at the student Geo-Video competition at Geo-Congress 2026.
Watch the whole thing on our YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/H4fKh11cNkM?si=vBrJueTUKueKbnjJ

06/16/2026

Every year, the students at Lafayette College come up with something good for the Geo-Video competition. This year's entry was called "Dan's Damn Dam," and it was an honorable mention entry at !

The objective of the Geo-Video competition is to develop short vide...

06/15/2026

June's Editor's Choice papers have been announced - FREE for registered ASCE library users at https://ascelibrary.org/editors_choice_papers!

Here are this Month's Geotechnical Papers:

"Upper-Bound Limit Analysis of Bearing Capacity and Failure Mode of Strip Footings Considering Cohesion and Friction Anisotropy" from the International Journal of Geomechanics

AND

"Factors Influencing the Liquefaction Resistance of Saturated Gravelly Wide-Graded Coral Soils" from the Journal of Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering

06/14/2026

It would not be a week, dear readers, without a post from the Geo-Institute! With the 2026 Monismith Lecture coming up at the end of the month, we bring you the 2023 lecture today - Imad L. Al-Qadi of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at the University of Illinois! His lecture title was "Safe, Resilient, and Zero-emission Pavements."

Imad Al-Qadi of the University of Illinois delivered the 2023 Carl ...

06/13/2026

Our Saturday classic heads back to 2012 and Geo-Legend David Daniel delivering the 48th Terzaghi Lecture! His lecture was titled "Geoenvironmental Engineering: Problems Solved and Challenges Remaining." Spend a lazy Saturday watching on our Youtube channel!

The 48th Terzaghi Lecture was delivered by David Daniel of the Univ...