Friday Apr 10, 2026

S04 E41 - Pegah Ghasemi (NC State)

On Director's Cut, Geo-Institute Director Brad Keelor interviews G-I members about anything and everything. You might hear about their favorite geotechnical project, their favorite music, or their favorite pie. In Episode 41 of Season 4, Brad speaks with Pegah Ghasemi of North Carolina State University! SHOW NOTES:

- You can watch the Oregon State flumes and the wave basin live - literally ALL THE TIME. https://engineering.oregonstate.edu/wave-lab/facilities/live-views-oh-hinsdale-wave-research-laboratory

- Here's a cool article about the science fact checking on the Big Bang Theory: https://www.wired.com/2011/09/tv-fact-checker-big-bang-theory/

- National Chemistry Olympiad info: https://www.acs.org/education/students/highschool/olympiad.html

- All things GSOs! Start one at your campus! https://www.geoinstitute.org/students/graduate-student-organizations

- Info on the Geo-Challenge - our student competitions! https://www.geoinstitute.org/students/geochallenge

- All about the Collingwood Prize (and a list of the 128 previous winners!): https://www.asce.org/career-growth/awards-and-honors/collingwood-prize

The Geo-Institute is a technical society with about 12,000 geotechnical engineers and geologists as members. Find out more or join at http://www.geoinstitute.org.

Music courtesy of very cool Seattle band Head Like A Kite. Song is Director's Cut from the 2010 album Dreams Suspend Night. Check them out at http://www.headlikeakite.com.

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