Geo-Institute Website Changes
Rockman's Ramblings
ASCE G-I: Proposed “Journal of Geotechnical Engineering Practice”
Most geotechs are familiar with the Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (JGGE), one of the (if not the) premier journal in the industry. It’s published by the ASCE’s Geo-Institute (G-I) and accounts for about 20% of the revenue of the G-I organization.
The G-I’s President, Dr. Jean-Louis Briaud, convened a task force in early 2009 to investigate if the JGGE is “adequately serving as a venue for practice oriented papers.” According to the final report from the Proposed "Journal of Geotechnical Engineering Practice" Task Force, the reason for the task force is that:
Comings and Goings
Deadlines coming up for construction and geotechnical award nominees
From ASCE Smart Brief: With summer here, it’s time to develop your nominations for the following awards in the construction and geotechnical specialties. Let ASCE’s Honors and Awards Program know of someone you think may […]
Conferences
Video: 2014 GeoWall Competition
GeoWall is a competition for geotechnical engineering students where they build model mechanically stabilized earth retaining walls (MSE walls). The walls are then tested with a series of design loads and their score is a […]