News and Articles
- 6.27.11: More Dangerous Than Nuclear Power: The Floods Caused by Aging Dams (Video, Scientific America)
- Up Close with Wayne Clough : Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute provided these interesting personal facts and opinions
in a brief e-mail interview.
- 6.13.11: When Nature Moves in Slow Motion (NY Times, June 13, 2011)
- 5.18.11: Searching for Clues in Quake-Maddened Seas
- 12.10: Work on Leaning Tower of Pisa Completed
An Interview with T. William Lambe, Sc.D., P.E., NAE, Dist.M.ASCE
- 2010 FHWA Drilled Shaft Manual
- 12.10:: The Engineers Joint Contract Documents Committee Issues New Geotechnical Services Agreements
- 11.5.10: Giant Sinkhole Swallows Street
- 8.18.10: Jerry Yamamuro tribute by Poul V. Lade.
- Dr Wayne D Pennington: "Seismological Aspects of the Haiti Earthquake-- What We Knew, What We Know Now, and How We Can Improve" 50-min. video.
- Participation of Women in Geoscience Occupations, from American Geological Institute
- Extreme geotechnical action from landslides in Italy. View video
- "The Height of Sustainability": Transforming the Empire State Building into a landmark of energy efficiency
- "A Quarter Century of Geotechnical Research", by Al DeMillo. Summarizes FHWA geotechnical research and development over the last 25 years.
- "Arctic Could Face Warmer and Ice-Free Conditions": USGS
- November 2009: Project Lead the Way Announces $10 Million Grant from Kern Family Foundation
- 11.17.2009: "The Business Value of BIM": Free Downloadable Report
- 11.13.2009: State Geological Surveys to Play Key Role in Geothermal Energy Search
- 11.11.2009: New Army Corps Policy Forces Project Designers to Consider Rising Seas
- 10.27.2009: State Dam Safety Officials Present Annual Awards
- 10.09.09: US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee holds confirmation hearings for Dr Marcia McNutt, nominated for director of USGS (webcast)
- 10.04.2009: Briaud elected ISSMGE president
- 09.23.2009: Earth Science Week Resources Now Available
- 07.29.2009: Mount Rushmore to Get Laser Treatment
- 05.12.2009: Federal Government Evaluates Seismic Safety of Oregon Dam
- 03.02.2009: AGI completes report: "Status of the Geoscience Workforce"
- 02.15.2009: GEER Reconnaissance Report on Hurricane Gustav
- 01.15.2009: Employment Trends of New Geoscience Ph.D. Recipients
- 12.17.2008: Smithsonian Institution's online exhibition "The Secrets of Soil"
- 11.25.2008: Geoscience Degree Completion Rates, 1973-2007
- 11.19.2008: International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG) presents IACMAG AWARDS-2008.
- 11.11.2008: Soil stablizer supports FIFA stadium construction in Durban, S. Africa.
- 09.22.2008: Professor works to create earthquake-proof structure
- 09.16.2008:AGI examines trends in federal funding for geoscience research.
- 09.15.2008: First USGS Coalition Leadership Award to be presented to Rep. Norman Dicks (D-WA) and Rep. Ralph Regula (R-OH).
- 07.2008: Geoscience Faculty Age Distribution, 2008
- 07.2008: Female Participation in the Academic Geoscience Community
- 07.2008: USGS Coalition House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee Recommends 4.8% Increase in USGS Budget
- 05.22.2008: The Boeing Company's 2008 Environment Report released
- 05.15.2008: Important information on New NYC Building Code —
Special Inspections replace Controlled Inspections on July 1, 2008.
- 4.09.2008: NGI Inc. Announces Project Engineer positions in Houston,TX.
- 2.20.2008: "Mississippi Delta Both Spongy and Stable" (Science Daily; Nature Geoscience)
- 2.18.2008: Ralph B. Peck, Ph.D., P.E., Hon.M.ASCE passes away
- 2.13.2008: President's FY 2009 Budget Request for NOAA, NIST
- 2.07.2008: Sinkhole closes I-25 near Denver
- 2.04.2008: President's FY 2009 Budget Request for USGS
- 1.28.2008: "Earth's Soils Bear Unmistakable Footprints of Humans"
- 11.25.2007: "Bridge Funds Go To Pet Projects"
- 9.17.2007: U.S. Office of Science and Technology Releases Strategy to Support Water Availability and Quality
- 8.15.2007: Preliminary report of the geotechnical reconnaissance of August 15, 2007 Pasco earthquake
- 10.16.2006: Africa dust may hamper hurricanes
- 8.05.2006: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's 2005 Field Sampling Procedures Manual.
- 6.21.2006: Expert believes Los Angeles area at risk for massive earthquake
- 5.30.2006: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program. Did you feel it?
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