Geo-Institute Director’s Cut

SHOW NOTES:
- Not surprisingly, the Large Carnivore Management Association says cheetahs are NOT good pets. https://cheetah.org/press-releases/large-carnivore-management-association-says-cheetahs-are-not-pets
- Here's info on the Indian River Inlet project: https://www.nap.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Indian-River-Inlet/
- Need a good cheesesteak in Philadelphia? Here's Dalessandro's: https://dalessandros.com/
- As we get closer to Halloween, here's the info on Eastern State Penitentiary: https://easternstate.org/halloween
- Find a G-I chapter near you - there's definitely one nearby! https://www.geoinstitute.org/chapters/find-a-chapter
- Some intel on Philadelphia English so you can speak like a native: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_English
- Stick around at the end for a Haitian Salade Russe recipe! Here's one variety: https://www.caribbeangreenliving.com/haitian-salad-russe-recipe/
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 30 of Season 6, our guest is Juan Pestana of Geosyntec!
SHOW NOTES:
- Want to archive your emails like Juan? Here's one way: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/archive-in-outlook-for-windows-25f75777-3cdc-4c77-9783-5929c7b47028
- The ASCE Katrina report is here (paywall): https://ascelibrary.org/doi/book/10.1061/9780784408933
- Here's our Younger Member Committee session on getting your P.E. license: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZgJaPclEps
- We couldn't use Genesis or Phil Collins for Juan's episode, because they haven't given Youtube a blanket license!
- Here's a great starter talk on geotechnical numerical modeling from Katerina Ziotopoulou: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxuNISfAoCk
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 24 of Season 5, our first of two special Father's Day episodes, our guests are Geo-Legend Peter Robertson and his daughter Kelly Cabal of ConeTec!
SHOW NOTES: 
- Their combo short course isn't on the web (that I can find), but Peter has a Youtube channel with ALL KINDS of great technical content! https://www.youtube.com/@RobertsonCPTWebinars
- For those unfamiliar with engine block heaters, here's some intel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_heater
- Do you want a conehead "hat?" They're surprisingly easy to find! You too can be a conehead! https://www.amazon.com/Conehead-Headpiece-Freaks-Coneheads-Costume/dp/B00RC0DUK8
- Learn more about CalGeo here: https://www.calgeo.org/
- Enjoy Peter's Geo-Legends interview here: https://www.readgeo.com/geostrata/october_november_2023/MobilePagedArticle.action?articleId=1919268
- Happy Father's Day to everyone in the geotech community! We'll be back with a bonus Father's Day episode later this week! 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 29 of Season 6, our guest is Jonathan Hubler of VIllanova University, one of G-I's Program Committee members for ASCE2027!
SHOW NOTES:
- This is the fourth and final episode of our 2025 Labor Day Director's Cut Extravaganza!
- There's an audio glitch! It didn't fade out at the beginning!
- Here's a Car and Driver piece on rejected custom plates: https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a42512651/best-worst-of-rejected-vanity-plate-names-of-2022/
- The Geotechnical Extreme Event Reconnaissance (GEER) Team that went to Yellowstone has their report here: https://www.geerassociation.org/?view=geerreports&id=106&layout=default
- Find your local chapter here: https://www.geoinstitute.org/chapters
- Look for a special Director's Cut with memories of Bob Koerner soon! - Check out the ASCE2027 website at http://experience.asce.org - we're thrilled to have Jonathan on the G-I team for that event!
- Stick around at the end for a special story about Jonathan's days as a prospective student tour guide at Drexel!
- Special bonus: see if you can tell the moment that Kristin Sample-Lord did the Carlton dance in front of Jonathan's office window to distract him from this very important interview.
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 28 of Season 6, our guest is Hannah Hiscott of North Carolina State University!
SHOW NOTES:
- This is the third of four episodes in our annual Labor Day week Extravaganza! Check out the others on the channel!
- This abstract (from NIH!) is a great summary of Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation (MICP): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10131530/
- Read the NC State GSO's feedback on Geo-Congress 2024 - this is just ONE THING they've done over the years: https://www.geoinstitute.org/news/geo-congress-2024-highlights-ncsu-perspective
- Learn about Falls Church here: https://www.fallschurchva.gov/
- If you're in town, definitely order from Lazy Mike's: https://lazymikesdeli.com/
- And get your cupcakes from Bakeshop: https://www.bakeshopva.com/
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 27 of Season 6, our guest is Lori Simpson of Langan!
SHOW NOTES:
- It's the second episode of our Labor Day Extravaganza! Check out Tyler Oathes' from yesterday and then we have two more this week!
- Here's a good place to start learning about the Mission Rock project: https://missionrock.com/
- Check out what happens when you search "bay mud" in the ASCE Library: https://ascelibrary.org/action/doSearch?AllField=bay+mud&SeriesKey=ajgeb6
- And Wikipedia gets you started learning about the ukulele: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukulele
- Here's Paint it Black on ukulele - you could even learn it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7tLAJA4zfI
- ASCE has so many resources for younger members! Start here to learn more: https://www.asce.org/communities/younger-members
- Here's the info about the DFI Board of Trustees: https://dfi.org/about/board/
- This has been an especially cool summer in San Francisco: https://www.sfgate.com/weather/article/bay-area-summer-temperatures-coldest-20763265.php
- Here's Lori's episode of Morgan's Mentors - it's a great watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FOTKhWjums
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 26 of Season 6, our guest is Tyler Oathes of Rutgers University!
SHOW NOTES:
- Yes, this is the first episode back after summer break 2025. I don't think we're rusty at all, do you?
- You can (and should) learn more about Rutgers' University Transportation Research Center (UTC) here: https://cait.rutgers.edu/
- You can watch a very poorly encoded version of "A Million to Juan" on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ukUsHfETCc
- The "perimeter theory" of grocery shopping seems to be pretty true: https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-health/speaking-of-health/grocery-store-tour-shopping-the-perimeter
- You can learn more about dredged material in the NYC metro area (and the plan to deal with it) at the USACE website: https://www.nan.usace.army.mil/Missions/Navigation/Dredged-Material-Management-Plan
- I believe this is the golf course Tyler speaks about in North Jersey, and it's in Jersey City: https://www.skywaygolfcourse.com
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 28 of Season 5, our guest is Geo-Legend Priscilla Nelson of Colorado School of Mines, the 2000 Geo-Institute President!
SHOW NOTES:
- First off, here's Priscilla's 2023 Geo-Legends interview. Watch Director's Cut, and then watch this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxObyn-2bAI
- Does this count as the Rochester fight song? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk-c0a-otbI
- The Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) is a FASCINATING story. Start here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconducting_Super_Collider
- How about this - a listing of 90+ geology field camps! https://geology.com/field-camp.shtml
- Need a definition for asymptotic? I kind of did: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/asymptotic
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 30 of Season 5, our guest is Joel Dellaria of Keller, Program Committee member of Geo-Structures 2024!
SHOW NOTES:
- Info on the McDonald's #1 store museum, which (sadly) no longer exists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald%27s_No._1_Store_Museum
- This gets you going on the great deep dish vs thin crust debate: https://explore.visitoakpark.com/info/true-chicago-pizza
- Jordan switching hands in the 91 Finals was an iconic moment for the NBA: https://www.nba.com/news/history-finals-moments-michael-jordan-layup-1991-finals
- From the University of Illinois library, here's a Ralph Peck paper? monograph? book? on Chicago subsoils! https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/items/5183
- To get more information on Geo-Structures and register, visit http://geo-structures.asce.org!
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 32 of Season 5, our guest is Bob Bachus of Geosyntec!
SHOW NOTES: 
- Check out Bob's lecture on coal ash impoundments from 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shMs3jiLi7M
- Still working on info on the ASCE journals "clippings." Here's what we do now: https://www.asce.org/membership/yearly-article-pack
- You be the judge on the fight song debate. CO School of Mines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeXA1rV6PX8, and GA Tech: https://traditions.gatech.edu/gtsongs.html
- And the climate change Cross-USA Lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=-elKof_jMTo
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.