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ANNUAL GEOCONFERENCE
ANNUAL GEOCONFERENCE
MGS-GI's 71st Annual UMN Geotechnical Engineering Conference
Friday, February 24, 2023
2022-2023 MEETINGS
2022-2023 MEETINGS
- 09/14/22 September Social - More information here
- 10/12/22 6 pm at Crooked Pint, Maplewood
- Chad Underwood, Engineering Partners International, The Use of Piles and Tieback Anchors for Slope Stabilization
- 11/09/22 6 pm at Crooked Pint, Maplewood
- Carrie Jennings, Freshwater Society, Till: Spatially Variable, Complex and Dense!
- 12/14/22 6 pm at Crooked Pint, Maplewood
- Lola Moussey & Ryan Cummings, Nicholson Construction, I-35 Stormwater Project Case Study
- 01/18/23 6 pm at U Garden Restaurant and Event Center, Minneapolis
- Zach Boucias, Geo-Instruments, A Comparison of Earth Pressure and Settlement Data Collected from Two Long-Term Ground Improvement Monitoring Projects.
- 02/23/23 St. Paul Student Center, University of Minnesota (Joint ASCE-MN & MGS-GI Meeting)
- Ross W. Boulanger, PhD, PE, NAE
- 02/24/23 University of Minnesota 71st Geotechnical Engineering Conference
- 03/15/23 6 pm at Braun-Intertec, Bloomington
- Joint Panel Discussion with MnSEA (Geotech & Structures)
- 04/12/23 6 pm at American Engineering Testing, St. Paul
- Bill Kwasny, How to Write a Comprehensive Geotechnical Report
- 05/10/23 6 pm at Finnegan's Brewery (Ethics Presentation)
- Aaron Mann, Terracon, Lessons from the FIU Bridge Collapse
PAST MEETINGS
PAST MEETINGS
Recordings of our 2020-2021 meetings can be found on our YouTube page here.
2021 - 2022 Speakers:
- 08/11/21 September Social - More information here
- 10/13/21 11:30 am on Zoom
- Jason Roselle, WisDOT, Geotechnical Challenges of the Zoo Interchange
- Dr. Timothy Stark, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Modified Standard Penetration Test for Drilled Shaft Design in Weak Rocks/Shales
- 11/10/21 6 pm at Rosevine Hall
- Jeff Gebhard, Braun Intertec, Emerging Issues and Trends in Geotechnical Engineering: How Big Data, Machine Learning, and A.I. are Disrupting our Industry
- 12/08/21 11:30 am on Zoom
- Dr. Zhanping You, Michigan Technological University, Opportunity and Challenges of Scrap Tires for High-Quality Roads
- Dr. Alfonso Cerna-Díaz, AECOM, Advances in Geotechnical Evaluations Applied to Tailings Dams
- 01/19/22 6 pm at Rosevine Hall
- Lyle Simon, Subsurface Constructors, Vibro Ground Improvement for the St. Louis Ice Center & St. Louis Blues Practice Facility
- 02/17/22 6 pm at St. Paul Student Center, University of Minnesota (Joint ASCE-MN & MGS-GI Meeting)
- Dr. Vernon Schaefer, Iowa State University, Catastrophic Landslides: My Journey to Vaiont and Guinsaugan
- 02/18/22 University of Minnesota 70th Geotechnical Engineering Conference
- 03/09/22 6 pm at Rosevine Hall
- Alex Potter-Weight, Menard Group USA, Ground Improvement of the I-35 Flyover Bridge in Forrest Lake, MN
- 04/13/22 6 pm at Rosevine Hall
- Dr. Brian Albrecht, Barr Engineering, North Dakota State Highway 73 Landslide Repair
- 05/11/22 6 pm at Rosevine Hall
- Dr. Ken Bartlett, University of Minnesota, Strategies to Address Workforce Retention and Recruiting Challenges facing Minnesota Transportation Industry
2020-2021 Speakers:
- 10/01/20 Dr. Roman Makhnenko, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Geomechanical Aspects of Geological Carbon Storage
- 11/11/20 Dr. Harvey Thorleifson, Minnesota Geological Survey, Status of Minnesota Geological Survey Investigations
- 12/09/20 Jacob Hermann, Engineers Without Borders-UMN Chapter, Community Projects in Guatemala, Ethiopia, and Minneapolis-St. Paul
- 01/13/21 Andrea Blanchette, Terracon, Pavement Management & Forensics
- 02/10/21 Chris Woods, Densification, Inc., Is Dynamic Compaction an Option for My Site?
- 02/24/21 Joint MGS-GI & MNSEA Panel Discussion: "What Geotechs and Structurals Want from Each Other?"
- 03/10/21 Katie Zadrozny, American Engineering Testing, Inc., Minnesota’s ASCE Infrastructure Report Card
- 04/14/21 Colton Corcoran & David Peterson, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Shallow Foundation on Soft Clay with a Granular Trench
- 05/19/21 Dr. Kyle Rollins, Brigham Young University, Ground Improvement for Increased Lateral Pile Resistance