Geo-Institute Director’s Cut

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 47 of Season 4, our guest is Morgan NeSmith of Berkel & Company - he's also the host of Morgan's Mentors on the DFI podcast network!
SHOW NOTES:
- Here's the Iron Maiden album: https://open.spotify.com/album/07iqoQdTfocUoUbQ8wWoae
- And Bad Religion: https://open.spotify.com/album/0s3sN3oXA5etbsIBXnMIBl
- Check our the work of DFI's Augered Cast-in-Place Piles Committee: https://www.dfi.org/communities/technologies-and-methods/acip-dd/
- We mention Morgan's hosting duties for DFI, and we mention the Morgan's Mentors episode with Wayne Clough. Now go watch! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-0FjmFYa9w
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.

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 46 of Season 4, our guest is Giovanna Biscontin of the National Science Foundation!
SHOW NOTES:
- Here's the story of Post-its, and no, Romy and Michelle DID NOT invent them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-it_note
- You likely want to learn more about the part of NSF that Giovanna calls her professional home. https://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=CMMI
- Get more info about the G-I Student Leadership Committee at their website! https://sites.google.com/site/gigslc/home
- Loads of great images and video at the National Science Foundation multimedia gallery! https://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/index.jsp
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.
 

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 45 of Season 4, our guest is Navid Jafari of Louisiana State University, the 2024 Arthur Casagrande Professional Development Award winner!
SHOW NOTES:
- Some info on the fake "Angels with Filthy Souls" movie in Home Alone: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/angels-with-filthy-souls-turns-82-kind-of-4095371
- And it's a Google ad with Macauley Culkin, not Walmart! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqiYSrwj9mc
- Today's Grad Student Leadership Council does a lot for G-I, not the least of which is coordinating the student program at Geo-Congress!
- Some additional info from the National Hurricane Center on Hurricane Delta! https://www.weather.gov/lch/2020Delta
- Of course you want to read up on the Casagrande Award! https://www.asce.org/career-growth/awards-and-honors/arthur-casagrande-professional-development-award
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.
 

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 43 of Season 4, it's our annual Thanksgiving episode! Brad speaks with Eric Backlund of Campos and Kolleen Backlund of American Electric Power!
SHOW NOTES:
- Do not, in fact, drink pool water. https://www.geisinger.org/health-and-wellness/wellness-articles/2017/06/20/20/26/gulp-dont-drink-the-pool-water
- Can't get enough electrical transmission? ASCE does an Electrical Transmission Structures conference every 3 years! https://www.etsconference.org/
- For more tales of student transportation, watch Jack Lawrence and Robert Wiggins on Director's Cut earlier this year! https://youtu.be/fNo6fTdoeIA
- Find your local G-I chapter and get involved! It might change your life like it did for the Backlunds! https://www.geoinstitute.org/chapters/find-a-chapter
- Happy Thanksgiving from the Geo-Institute to all our viewers!
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.
 

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 42 of Season 4, Brad speaks with Nick Machairas of Haley and Aldrich!
SHOW NOTES:
- If you have resistance bands in your house, start here for some tips! https://greatist.com/fitness/resistance-band-exercises
- We made a few references to Nick's Geo-PIT talk on AI from Geo-Congress 2023. Here it is! https://youtu.be/FX_vD2Oytaw
- There are a lot of pages devoted to Greek olives - this is just one: https://mories.org/the-different-types-of-greek-olives
- Here's where to start learning about DIGGS: http://www.diggsml.org
- Philotemo is as complex as Nick says it is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philotimo
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.
 

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.

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 40 of Season 4, Brad speaks with Inthuorn Sasanakul of the University of South Carolina!
SHOW NOTES:
- There are a lot of NASA Goddard centrifuge videos. This is the big one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nego9h0WP6A
- Still working on the original location for Inthuorn's centrifuge at U of South Carolina!
- Want another reminder of how far phones have come? This is from the 2000 holiday season. That's my second cellphone ever in the ad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp0buXpObQQ
- There are A LOT of articles about Thai food from the country's South. Start here: https://theculturetrip.com/asia/thailand/articles/the-best-dishes-from-southern-thailand
- We (and Inthuorn) would love to see you at Geo-Carolinas in February! https://www.carolinasgeoinstitute.org/events
- Tom Zimmie had an amazing life and career. RPI has been raising funds to support civil engineering students through a fund named for Tom: https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1225/lg22/form.aspx?sid=1225&gid=1&pgid=6795&cid=15861&dids=243&bledit=1&sort=1
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.

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 39 of Season 4, Brad speaks with Marsia Geldert-Murphey of the Lochmuller Group!
SHOW NOTES:
- The mic was behind the poster board in my costume, so things are a little muffled, but otherwise OK.
- Here are the G.O.A.T. chips if you want to spice up your life: https://buythegoat.com
- Get started learning about inductive pavements: https://www.acpa.org/magazine/innovations-inductive-charging-in-pavement
- All about Chucks! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Taylor_All-Stars
- This will take you to the Geo-Institute St Louis chapter website where you can register for GeoStructures Confluence: https://www.ascestl.org/gi
- Marsia's welcome address as new ASCE President: https://youtu.be/vFV-JTJfmmk?t=4589
- Pi Pizza for St Louis style pizza: https://www.pi-pizza.com and Lombardo's for toasted ravioli: https://www.lombardosrestaurants.com
- Get involved with ASCE mentoring: https://collaborate.asce.org/mentoring/home
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.
 

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 38 of Season 4, Brad speaks with Rod Salgado of Purdue University!
SHOW NOTES:
- Jim MItchell gave a Geo-PIT talk at Geo-Congress 2019 in Philadelphia that covered some of his lunar CPT work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07fwCwFMO_M
- There are so many Spanish vs Portuguese language websites - we'll just start with Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Portuguese_and_Spanish
- Two great Purdue traditions in one video: the marching band at the Indy 500 AND the Golden Girl! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aTXGDMTWXI
- More info on Monster, the Big Bass Drum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purdue_Big_Bass_Drum
- More on Itaimbezinho Canyon: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g1205059-d2039500-Reviews-Itaimbezinho_Canyon-Cambara_do_Sul_State_of_Rio_Grande_do_Sul.html
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.

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 37 of Season 4, Brad speaks with Andrew Whittle of MIT - the 2024 Terzaghi Lecturer!
SHOW NOTES:
- I was actually in 7th grade when construction on the Big Dig started! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Dig
- Here's a great video primer on the Big Dig: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF5aUClwJ9w
- Squatter is "The Australian Wool Game." Get your hands on a copy today! https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2970/squatter
- Here's The Treeline book that Andrew mentions: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/56268809
- Still need to mark the MIT-connected lecturers, but here are all the past Terzaghi Lecturers: https://www.asce.org/career-growth/awards-and-honors/karl-terzaghi-lecture/karl-terzaghi-lecture-past-award-winners
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.