Individual & Organizational Membership Information

How Can the Geo-Institute Enhance Your Success?

1. Provide Numerous Networking Opportunities

• Networking Events - Conferences, meetings, and committee projects 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

• 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.
  
  
• 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-on.
  
  
• Journal of Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering - A specialty publication that covers the entire technical field.
  
  
• Civil Engineering Magazine and ASCE News - Members receive special issues of 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.
  
  
• Terzaghi, Peck, and Seed Lectures - Each year, members have the opportunity to hear directly from three eminent academics, honored with the opportunity to deliver prestigious international 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

1.  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 Membership Application in PDF format.

2.  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.

• Download the Membership Application in PDF format.

3.  Not an ASCE Member? As 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. Join today by going to the ASCE membership page.

OR: 

• One month of free corporate posting on the G-I home page at www.geoinstitute.org
• One 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 on the G-I Organizational Membership materials.
• Preference for conference exhibit space at G-I events.
• An annual listing of the corporate members in a special issue of Geo-Strata magazine.
• Five complimentary copies of each issue of 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.
• Reproducible G-I logos for use on letterhead and business cards.

• Download the  Organizational Membership Application in PDF format.

Graduate Student Organizations

Graduate students at any U. S. college or university, who are also individual student members of the Geo-Institute, are encouraged to form a Graduate Student Organization (GSO) at their university.

Members of GSOs must be active student members of the Geo-Institute. There are no dues requirements for GSOs. The GSO is, however, permitted to engage in appropriate activities to raise funds to support its activities.

Each GSO faculty advisor receives a certificate certifying membership as a GSO suitable for display and an appointment letter, signed by the President of the Geo-Institute. The Geo-Institute Board, or its designated representative committee, may organize activities for student organizations at specialty conferences, ASCE annual conventions, or elsewhere, that involve paper competitions, professional education and similar activities. The Geo-Institute will have a link from its homepage to the GSO's homepage.

The function of local GSOs is the enhancement of the education of students who are preparing to become geo-professionals. These organizations engage in activities of their choice as long as such activities do not violate the code of ethics of the Geo-Institute.

Graduate Student Application