S06 E24 - Krishna Kumar (University of Texas at Austin)

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 24 of Season 6, our guest is Krishna Kumar of University of Texas at Austin!

SHOW NOTES:

- Alphonso mangoes are the "King of Mangoes!" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonso_mango

- If you never played the original SimCity, you should. Here's a review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv6-ipF8Tf4

- For info on G-I Grad Student Organizations, start here! https://www.geoinstitute.org/students/graduate-student-organizations

- Krishna wrote a paper on teaching using murder mysteries! https://www.jotse.org/index.php/jotse/article/view/2014/743

- Still wondering about high performance computing and engineering? Let DesignSafe show you what you can do! https://tacc.utexas.edu/research/tacc-research/designsafe/

- Stick around at the end for a special performance and remembrance of Golu, one of Krishna's cockatiels.

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.