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2025 - 2026 MEETINGS
2025 - 2026 MEETINGS
- 09/10/25 September Social Event - 6 PM on Rooftop of the Barrel House
- 10/8/25 6 PM at Day Block Brewing
- 11/12/25 6 PM at Day Block Brewing
Eric Olson, PE (Solmax) - Moisture Management Geosynthetics - Path to the 100-year Pavement Foundation
- 12/10/25 6 PM at Day Block Brewing
John M. Allen, P.E. and Ryan Petermeier (Master Builders Solutions) - Geotechnical Grout & Concrete and Communication with the Concrete Ready-Mix Industry
- 01/14/26 6 PM at Day Block Brewing
Christopher Larson, PE (Stanley Consultants) - Texas A&M University Stormwater System Improvements Project: Brazos Riverbank Slope Protection
- 02/26/26 6 PM Joint MGS/ASCE Meeting at the University of Minnesota
- 02/27/26 University of Minnesota 74th Geotechnical Engineering Conference
- 03/11/26 6 PM at Day Block Brewing
Ivan Contreras and Dafar N. Obeidat (Barr Engineering) - The Role of Field Vane Shear Test in Geotechnical Engineering and Recent Advancements
- 04/8/26 6 PM at Day Block Brewing
TBD
- 05/13/26 6 PM at Day Block Brewing
TBD
ANNUAL GEOCONFERENCE
ANNUAL GEOCONFERENCE
74th Annual UMN Geotechnical Engineering Conference
February 26-27, 2026
CALENDAR
CALENDAR
The Calendar below contains all planned event details & registration information
The Calendar below contains all planned event details & registration information
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PAST MEETINGS
PAST MEETINGS
Recordings of our meetings can be found on our YouTube page here.
2024 - 2025 Speakers:
2024 - 2025 Speakers:
- 09/11/23 September Social Event - 6 PM on Itasca Rooftop
- 10/9/24 6 PM at Day Block Brewing
Chris Thielsen, Itasca Consulting Group - A methodology for supplementing rock strength information, using machine learning and point load testing
- 11/13/24 6 PM at Day Block Brewing
Ren Keyport, Omnidots - Construction Vibration Damage - The Real Threat
- 12/11/24 6 PM at Day Block Brewing
Rob Kramer, Terracon - Innovative Geophysical Testing for Site Exploration and Characterization
- 1/8/25 6 PM at Day Block Brewing
Joshua Zimmerman, Brierly Associates - Evaluating and mitigating the risks pertaining from collapsing underground mines and subsidence
- 2/21/25 University of Minnesota 73rd Geotechnical Engineering Conference
- 3/12/25 6 PM at Day Block Brewing
Craig Ekdahl, CNA Engineers - Central City Tunnel
- 4/9/25 6 PM at Day Block Brewing
Van Komurka, GRL Engineers - The Incremental Rigidity method
- 5/14/24 6 PM at Day Block Brewing
Derrick Dasenbrock, MNDOT - New Developments in Transportation Geotechnics: Digital Geotechnical Tools, Processes, and Workflow
2023 - 2024 Speakers:
2023 - 2024 Speakers:
- 09/13/23 September Social Event - More information here
- 10/11/23 6 pm at Day Block Brewing Company
- James Buzzell & Lisa Vieau, GoliathTech, Helical Pile Course
- 11/08/23 6 pm at Day Block Brewing Company
- Zhangwei Ning, PhD, Sixense, State-of-the-Practice and Recent Developments in Geotechnical Instrumentation and Monitoring
- 12/13/23 6 pm at Day Block Brewing Company
- Jeff Segar, P.E., S.E., GSI, Landslide Repair on Top of a Bluff: Riverview Dr.
- 01/17/24 6 pm at Day Block Brewing Company
- Kurt Breitenbucher, P.E., Brierley, Tunnel Project Case Study in Dubuque Iowa
- 02/22/24 St. Paul Student Center, University of Minnesota (Joint ASCE-MN & MGS-GI Meeting)
- Edward Kavazanjian Jr., PhD, P.E., D.GE., Dist.M.ASCE, NAE, Michels, Fugitive Dust Generation from Iron Ore Tailings Treated Using EICP Subject to Freeze-Thaw Cycles
- 02/23/24 University of Minnesota 72nd Geotechnical Engineering Conference
- 03/13/24 6 pm at Day Block Brewing Company
- Braun Intertec
- 04/10/24 6 pm at Day Block Brewing Company
- Transportation Panel Discussion, moderated by Christopher Dedene, PhD, P.E. and sponsored by Geokon
- 05/08/24 6 pm at Day Block Brewing Company
- Robert B. Gilbert, PhD, P.E., D.GE., NAE, The University of Texas at Austin, Case Histories in Forensic Geotechnical Engineering
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