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 6 of Season 6, our guest is Geo-Legend Shobha Bhatia of Syracuse University, the 2025 Koerner Lecturer!
SHOW NOTES:
- The full text of a 2018 case study on the Geotechnical Women Faculty is available here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325608557_Geotechnical_Women_Faculty_from_1989-2017_A_US_Case_Study
- A great article about a book on Vancouver in the 70s: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-in-the-70s-chronicle-of-city-s-formative-years-1.3796443
- To get info and register for Geotechnical Frontiers, visit http://www.geotechnicalfrontiers.com!
- For more information on past Koerner Lectures and some recordings, visit https://geosyntheticsmagazine.com/2024/04/01/reflecting-on-the-robert-m-koerner-lectures/
- I messed up the name of GMA. Here's the Geosynthetic Materials Associaton: https://geosynthetics.textiles.org/
- Watch Roman Hryciw's Director's Cut and get the full Bob Koerner story: https://youtu.be/0fZHxQy3WEw
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 5 of Season 6, our guest is Thierno Kane of Geosyntec, the current chair of the Geo-Institute Chicago chapter!
SHOW NOTES: 
- Just in case you've never heard Kenny Rogers' Lady: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq96IgKLf_k
- Here's some stuff on the Toronto Waterfront project: https://www.geosyntec.com/projects/item/7317-river-channel-risk-management-design-and-construction-support
- The history of Civil Engineering at the University of Illinois: https://cee.illinois.edu/about/history
- You can read Thierno's Unsung Heroes article here: https://isasce.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Spring-2024-Newsletter-final.pdf
- There are SO MANY Black History Month things you can read, especially with engineering connections!
- Special bonus - wanna learn more about Wolof? Start here! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolof_language
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 4 of Season 6, our guest is Russell Green of Virginia Tech!
SHOW NOTES:
- Abrakebabra in Wellington, NZ. Home of the diablo kebab: https://www.kebabcentral.co.nz/
- El Yucateco is Russell's hot sauce recommendation! https://www.elyucateco.com/usa
- We remembered Tom Zimmie in the OCtober/November 2023 issue of GEOSTRATA. https://www.readgeo.com/geostrata/october_november_2023/MobilePagedArticle.action?articleId=1919280
- Take your favorite vehicle on the Blue Ridge Parkway: https://www.nps.gov/blri/index.htm
- No team can lose year after year without a good curse story. Here's the Lions. https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2024/01/13/curse-of-bobby-layne-explanation-detroit-lions-is-it-real/72194149007/
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.