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 25 of Season 4, Brad speaks with Dan Brown of Dan Brown and Associates!
SHOW NOTES:
- Let's start with Sequatchie. It DOES have its own Wikipedia page and ZIP code. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequatchie,_Tennessee
- Start learning about the Gordie Howe Bridge at the official site: https://www.gordiehoweinternationalbridge.com/en
- Of course you can always check out the ASCE Infrastructure Report Card: https://infrastructurereportcard.org/
- Here's the FHWA Drilled Shafts manual Dan references (and co-wrote): https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/engineering/geotech/nhi18024.pdf
- Info on the Tennessee Knockout here: https://tennesseeknockoutenduro.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 26 of Season 7, our guest is Navneet Garg of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the 2026 Carl Monismith Lecturer!
SHOW NOTES:
-Show notes coming soon!
- This is the final episode of the first half of Season 7 of Director's Cut! We'll be back in September with new guests!
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 25 of Season 7, our guest is Ripon Chandra Malo of the University of Utah, the 2026 DIGGS Hackathon champion!
SHOW NOTES:
- Show notes coming soon!
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 7, our guest is Mojdeh Pajouh of Texas State University!
SHOW NOTES:
- We talk about the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility several times: https://mwrsf.unl.edu/
- Here's some history on female crash dummies: https://www.npr.org/2025/11/21/nx-s1-5616284/female-crash-test-dummy-design-approval
- Here's all the info you need to start a Geo-Institute Graduate Student Organization: https://www.geoinstitute.org/students/graduate-student-organizations
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 23 of Season 7, our guest is Amalesh Jana of Montana State University!
SHOW NOTES:
- Here's why bitter melon is so good for you: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/bitter-melon
- There's always a G-I chapter near you. Get in the van and head to an event! https://www.geoinstitute.org/chapters/find-a-chapter
- Here's info on wildlife you might see in the Lamar Valley in Yellowstone National Park: https://www.nps.gov/places/000/lamar-valley-wildlife-watching.htm
- Here's the page for the Subzero Lab in case you need to get REALLY cold: https://www.montana.edu/subzero/
- The T. Rex is legendary. LEGENDARY. Here's a great article about it. https://www.carscoops.com/2022/09/this-gargantuan-truck-is-called-the-t-rex-and-it-makes-earthquakes/
- Congratulations again to all the graduates this year!
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 22 of Season 7, our guest is Erik Loehr of the University of Missouri!
SHOW NOTES:
- Here's the 2017 version of FHWA GEC-5 on Geotechnical Site Characterization: https://highways.dot.gov/sites/fhwa.dot.gov/files/FHWA-NHI-16-072.pdf
- This is John Wolosick's first episode of Field Trips - it's a great one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSM2GXey6Ng
- Here's your basic info page about the Superconducting Super Collider: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconducting_Super_Collider
- There are a million web pages about Texas town names - here's one: https://www.myhighplains.com/news/texas/the-strangest-texas-town-names-how-to-say-them-and-how-they-got-there/
- Here's what Texans call kolaches: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klob%C3%A1sn%C3%ADk
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 21 of Season 7, our guest is Hannah Iezzoni of Keller!
SHOW NOTES:
- More audio and video glitches - they're only during the intro, I promise! Keep watching!
- Here's Hannah's Director's Cut Short from Summer 2022! https://youtu.be/mZOtJZCRNag
- New York City has a great East Side Coastal Resiliency page! https://www.nyc.gov/site/escr/index.page
- Here's the page for the 2026 ASCE Student Championships: https://www.asce.org/communities/student-members/conferences/asce-civil-engineering-student-championships
- The history of The Rock at Northwestern is here: https://www.northwestern.edu/about/history/the-rock.html
- Northwestern's history at Wrigley is not exactly as I remember it: https://dailynorthwestern.com/2021/11/19/lateststories/football-northwesterns-sports-history-at-wrigley-field/
- All the ASCE2027 info you could possibly want at https://experience.asce.org - join us in Philadelphia!
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 20 of Season 7, our guest is Jorge Fuentes of Menard, the past chair of the Boston Geo-Institute chapter!
SHOW NOTES:
- Here are all the details about the Revere HS project: https://rhsconstructionproject.com/
- Naturalia was on TV for 19 years! Here's the intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qt_oYseQbs
- Find your local G-I chapter - there's probably one near you! https://www.geoinstitute.org/chapters/find-a-chapter
- Here's the story of the Green Line Extension, which was first proposed in the 1920s! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Line_Extension
- Be sure to stick around til the end for an amazing story about why Jorge started learning English!
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 19 of Season 7, our guest is Beatrice Torres of Caltrans, and the current chair of the Los Angeles Geo-Institute chapter!
SHOW NOTES:
- Here's a way to "pair" carbohydrates so you can have two at a time and it's OK?!? https://simplexhealth.com/carbohydrate-pairing-can-you-game-the-system/
- Some info about the LAX North Airfield project: https://www.appliedpavement.com/lax-improvement-plan
- San Bernardino County is the largest in the US - larger than Delaware, New Jersey, and Rhode Island combined! https://main.sbcounty.gov/
- Info on Caltrans District 8: https://dot.ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/district-8
- Here's the home page for the LA chapter, who put on the amazing Queen Mary event! https://lageoinstitute.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 18 of Season 7, our guest is Alexandra Schueller of the University of Applied Sciences in Koblenz, Germany!
SHOW NOTES:
- More info on the ASCE2027 conference at http://experience.asce.org
- Find out about all the ASCE Institutes! https://www.asce.org/communities/institutes-and-technical-groups
- Just in case you're unclear, here's a dirndl: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirndl
- And here are lederhosen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lederhosen
- Here's an obatzda (beer cheese) dip recipe: https://dirndlkitchen.com/oktoberfest-recipes-part-2-obatzda
- Start at the Koblenz tourism site for more info about that beautiful part of Germany! https://www.visit-koblenz.de/en
- And some more info on Carneval, or Fasching, as it's called in Germany: https://www.hilltopviewsonline.com/8496/viewpoints-voices-abroad/koblenz-karneval-culture-in-rheinland
- More info on Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance, their work, and the organization that makes it happen at https://www.geerassociation.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.