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 5, our guest is Soheil Nazarian of the University of Texas at El Paso, the 2024 Carl L. Monismith Lecturer!

SHOW NOTES:

- Here's the Ken Stokoe Geo-Legends episode with the story about the same flight! Starts at 49:21! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUsxd-buzKk

- Here's info on the ERC on infrastructure electrification: https://erc-assoc.org/content/erc-advancing-sustainability-through-powered-infrastructure-roadway-electrification

- UTEP even has a page about the geography of the El Paso region! https://www.utep.edu/onewater/our-region/geographic-focus.html

- ASCE Student Membership is, and always has been, FREE! https://www.asce.org/communities/student-members

- Info on the Southern Plains Transportation Center - UTEP is a part of it: https://www.sptc.org/

- Watch Soheil's 2024 Monismith Lecture here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqkUL2ltHl8

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.