The Calendar below contains all planned event details & registration information

• 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 7 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 7 pm at Rosevine Hall
  • • • • • Subsurface Constructors, Case Study

• 02/17/22 Speaker: TBD. Location: UMN Continuing Education Center

• 02/18/22 University of Minnesota 70th Geotechnical Engineering Conference

• 03/09/22 7 pm at Rosevine Hall
  • • • • • Alex Potter-Weight, Menard Group USA, Ground Improvement of the I-35 Forrest Lake, MN Flyover Bridge

• 04/13/22 7 pm at Rosevine Hall
  • • • • • Barr Engineering, Case Study

• 05/11/22 7 pm at Rosevine Hall
  • • • • • Dr. Ken Bartlett, University of Minnesota, Strategies to Address Workforce Retention and Recruiting Challenges facing Minnesota Transportation Industry

Recordings of our 2020-2021 meetings can be found on our YouTube page here.

2020-2021 Speakers:

• 10/1/20 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