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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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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
MGS-GI's 73nd Annual UMN Geotechnical Engineering Conference
TBD
PAST MEETINGS
PAST MEETINGS
Recordings of our meetings can be found on our YouTube page here.
2024-2025 Speakers:
09/11/24 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, Itasca
11/13/24 6 PM at Day Block Brewing
Construction Vibration Damage - The Real Threat by Ren Keyport, Vice President, Omnidots
12/11/24 6 PM at Day Block Brewing
Innovative Geophysical Testing for Site Exploration and Characterization by Rob Kramer, Terracon
1/8/25 6 PM at Day Block Brewing
Evaluating and mitigating the risks pertaining from collapsing underground mines and subsidence by Joshua Zimmerman, Brierly Associates
3/12/25 6 PM at Day Block Brewing
Central City Tunnel by Craig Ekdahl, CNA Engineers
4/9/25 6 PM at Day Block Brewing
The Incremental Rigidity method, an innovative approach to converting measured strains to calculated internal forces (load-transfer response) in a static load test by Van Komurka, GRL Engineers
5/14/25 6 PM at Day Block Brewing
New Developments in Transportation Geotechnics: Digital Geotechnical Tools, Processes, and Workflow by Derrick Dasenbrock, Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDOT)
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
2022-2023 Speakers:
- 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
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