Karst Conference 2008

11th Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst: Integrating Science and Engineering to Solve Karst Problems

Online Registration Now Open

www.karstconference.org

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IFCEE '09

Hosted by G-I, ADSC, PDCA
March 15-19, 2009
Buena Vista Palace
Lake Buena Vista, FL

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Organizational Members
of the Month

• Kleinfelder, Inc
  
  
• STS Consultants, Ltd.
  
  

• TerraTech, LLC
  

Thank you
for your extended support in helping the G-I
to advance our profession.

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Jorj O. Osterberg, Ph.D., P.E., Hon.M.ASCE January 18, 1915 – May 31, 2008 With great sadness, we announce the passing of Jorj. O. Osterberg on May 31. Dr. Osterberg is widely recognized as one of the early pioneers of geotechnical engineering.  He was honored as a Hero by the Geo-Institute at its Geo-Denver conference in 2007; received the Karl Terzaghi Award in 1993, and presented ASCE’s Karl Terzaghi Lecture in 1985. "An engineer's engineer": An Appreciation by Ray Krizek

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ASCE/G-I Members:
Vote in the 2009 Elections

Cast your vote for ASCE's national and local level leadership. Information about the election, including candidate bios, is up on the ASCE website. Former G-I President Ron Smith, P.E., Ph.D., is one of the candidates for Technical Region Director.

Voting ends August 13. 

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Serve Your Profession in a Different Way.

Are you fluent in Russian?  The G-I is working on a project with the Russian Geotechnical Association to exchange magazine articles, and needs a translator fluent in Russian to translate technical articles on geo-professional subjects.  If you are interested in assisting your professional organization, please contact Carol W. Bowers, P.G., CAE, G-I Director.

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May/June 2008
Geo-Strata: Condition Assessments is available online for members. Log in to read; issues date back to 2004. 

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• William (Billy) Camp Nominated for
  G-I Board. See resume.  Review the Nominations and Petitions Process for G-I Governor
  

• News about ASCE's 8th Institute:
  Engineering Mechanics Institute
  
  
• Download the Groundbreaking Final Report and review G-I Actions from the Workshop on Trends Affecting the Geo-Community
  

• LSU Wins GeoCongress 2008 MSE Wall Competition
  
  
• Read the Technical Region Director's Current Report
  
  
• G-I & EWRI Endorse Shrink-Swell Soils Short Course