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CALENDAR

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2024-2025 MEETINGS

  • 09/11/23 September Social Event - 6 PM on Itasca Rooftop

  • 10/9/24 6 PM at Day Block Brewing

A methodology for supplementing rock strength information, using machine learning and point load testing  by Chris Thielsen 6-8:30 PM at Day Block Brewing

  • 11/13/24 6 PM at Day Block Brewing

Construction Vibration Damage - The Real Threat
Ren Keyport, Vice President, Omnidots
  • 12/11/24 6 PM at Day Block Brewing 

Innovative Geophysical Testing for Site Exploration and Characteriazation
Rob Kramer, Terracon
  • 1/4/25 6 PM at Day Block Brewing

Evaluating and mitigating the risks pertaining from collapsing underground mines and subsidence

Joshua Zimmerman, Brierly Associates
  • 3/12/25 6 PM at Day Block Brewing 

Central City Tunnel
Craig Ekdahl, CNA Engineers
  • 4/9/25 6 PM at Day Block Brewing

Topic TBD
Derrick Dasenbrock, Federal Highway Administration
  • 5/14/24 6 PM at Day Block Brewing

Topic TBD
Van Komurka, GRL Engineers



ANNUAL GEOCONFERENCE

MGS-GI's 73nd Annual UMN Geotechnical Engineering Conference


TBD

PAST MEETINGS

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

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


  • 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

2022-2023 Speakers:


  • 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 


  • 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