How can Geo-Institute membership enhance your success?

1. Provide Numerous Networking Opportunities

Networking Events - Conferences, meetings, committee projects, and task forces entice professionals to exchange ideas with colleagues.
Technical Committees & Task Forces - Members of G-I's technical committees have a say in shaping the future of the industry and profession.
Leadership opportunities are possible at the national level.
Coalitions - Ties to related fields, like-minded organizations, and expanded resources are available through G-I coalitions that advance professional issues.

2. Provide Information and Education

Geo-Strata magazine - G-I's bi-monthly, practice-oriented magazine is free to members.
* ASCE/G-I members: Read Geo-Strata online. Click here to log in.
Publications - G-I members receive free periodicals and discounts on geotechnical publications.
www.geoinstitute.org - You keep current on industry news, coming events, calls for papers, and more.
Journal of Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering - A specialty publication that covers the entire technical field.
Civil Engineering Magazine and ASCE News - ASCE/Geo-Institute members receive these monthlies which focus often on key developments in geotechnical areas.
G-I monthly eUpdate - to keep you informed about relevant, timely news.
Special Historic Peck Lecture Videotape or CD
Special Publications, including Manuals of Practice - Some 20 academic and practical titles are published by G-I/ASCE each year.
G-I and ASCE Specialty Conferences- Conferences, specialty conferences, and meetings are held regularly, with G-I members invited to attend at greatly discounted rates. Conferences provide a forum for presenters and participants to share information.
Continuing Education Courses- Earn Continuing Education Units (CEUs) at G-I-sponsored courses. CEUs are becoming more important as state legislatures and registration boards implement mandatory further study for relicensure. Relevant, quality courses at significantly reduced rates are held throughout the United States, including at G-I conferences and ASCE events.
Awards Program- Members are eligible for several annual awards that recognize professional achievements and/or corporate volunteer involvement.
Terzaghi, Peck, and Seed Lectures - Members have the opportunity to hear eminent academics, honored with the opportunity to deliver prestigious lectures.

3. Additional Benefits

Member discounts and upgrades on services including insurance, car rental, no-annual-fee credit card, mortgages, and a resumé referral service at Career Connections .

Select Your Membership Category to Join the Geo-Institute

G-I Membership ($105 per year) is open to individuals engaged in geo-industry research, education, design, testing, manufacturing, construction, operations, and maintenance, with one or more of the following qualifications:

A baccalaureate degree in engineering, the physical sciences, the life sciences, or mathematics.
Two years of full-time-equivalent college or university study in any discipline, plus 5 years of geo-industry experience. Or 4 years of full-time-equivalent college or university study, plus 3 years of geo-industry experience.
Eight years of geo-industry experience.

Download the Geo-Institute Membership Application (.pdf)

Student Membership is free and is open to full-time students pursuing post-baccalaureate degrees in engineering, the physical sciences, the life sciences, or mathematics. Once you graduate, you can join ASCE at a reduced rate and select
Geo-Institute membership at no additional cost.

Download the Student Membership Application (.pdf)
Download the ASCE Membership Application (.pdf)

Already an ASCE Member? You can join one Institute at no additional cost. ASCE/G-I members receive the Geo-Strata magazine, membership in G-I, and all ASCE member benefits.

Download the ASCE Membership Application (.pdf)

Organizational Membership ($600 per year) is open to individual branches of for-profit companies or non-profit government agencies engaged in activities related to the geo-industry. A "branch" is defined as a group of geo-professionals practicing together in a physical location that is different from the physical location of the other geo-professional groups within the company or government agency. Organizational membership is also open to trade associations and professional societies engaged in activities related to the geo-industry.

Organizational Membership Benefits

One month of free corporate posting on the G-I home page at www.geoinstitute.org
One free month of Corporate Exposure in a Geo-Institute eUpdate (newsletter)
One coupon for 50% off registration (member price) to any national G-I event (specialty conference).
A link on the G-I website to your organization's website.
A listing in the G-I Organizational Membership materials.
Preference for conference exhibit space at G-I events.
An bi-monthly listing of the Organizational Members in Geo-Strata magazine.
One complimentary "G-I only" membership for an employee not eligible to join ASCE as a full member.
Special Organizational Member-Only recruitment opportunitites.
A special news section in Geo-Strata magazine for organizational news.
"Organizational Member" wall plaque.
Five complimentary copies of each issue of Geo-Strata magazine.
Reproducible G-I logos for use on letterhead and business cards.
Download the Organizational Membership Application (.pdf)