Geo-Institute Director’s Cut
On Director’s Cut, Geo-Institute Director Brad Keelor interviews G-I members about anything and everything. You might hear about their favorite geotechnical project, their favorite music, or their favorite pie.
Episodes
On Director's Cut, Geo-Institute Director Brad Keelor interviews G-I members about anything and everything. You might hear about their favorite geotechnical project, their favorite music, or their favorite pie. In Episode 6 of Season 5, our guest is Ozgun Numanoglu of Schnabel Engineering!
SHOW NOTES:
- A fantastic geotechnical history at Illinois page: https://geotech.cee.illinois.edu/history/
On Director's Cut, Geo-Institute Director Brad Keelor interviews G-I members about anything and everything. You might hear about their favorite geotechnical project, their favorite music, or their favorite pie. In Episode 6 of Season 7, our guest is Kayla Nelson of Schnabel Engineering, a 2025 ASCE New Face of Civil Engineering and a member of the G-I program committee for ASCE2027!
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On Director's Cut, Geo-Institute Director Brad Keelor interviews G-I members about anything and everything. You might hear about their favorite geotechnical project, their favorite music, or their favorite pie. In Episode 7 of Season 5, our guest is Jorge Zornberg of University of Texas at Austin, the 2024 Peck Lecturer!
SHOW NOTES:
- More info on the International Geosynthetics Society here: https://www.geosyntheticssociety.org
...On Director's Cut, Geo-Institute Director Brad Keelor interviews G-I members about anything and everything. You might hear about their favorite geotechnical project, their favorite music, or their favorite pie. In Episode 5 of Season 7, our guest is Erol Tutumluer of the University of Illinois, the 2021 Monismith Lecturer and a 2025 ASCE Distinguished Member!
SHOW NOTES:
- Check out this video showing the same rail journey Erol too...
On Director's Cut, Geo-Institute Director Brad Keelor interviews G-I members about anything and everything. You might hear about their favorite geotechnical project, their favorite music, or their favorite pie. In Episode 8 of Season 5, our guest is JoAnna Shafer of the University of Akron, the 2024 Geo-Shirt competition winner!
SHOW NOTES:
- Just in case you're curious about the highest point in Ohio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
On Director's Cut, Geo-Institute Director Brad Keelor interviews G-I members about anything and everything. You might hear about their favorite geotechnical project, their favorite music, or their favorite pie. In Episode 10 of Season 5, our guest is Susan Chang of the City of Seattle and the Geo-Congress 2024 program committee!
SHOW NOTES:
- A partial list of bands with multiple keyboard players: https://www.harmonycentral.com/for...
On Director's Cut, Geo-Institute Director Brad Keelor interviews G-I members about anything and everything. You might hear about their favorite geotechnical project, their favorite music, or their favorite pie. In Episode 4 of Season 7, our guest is Rozbeh Moghaddam of RBM Industries and the 2026 Kapp Foundation Engineering Award winner!
SHOW NOTES:
- Show notes coming soon!
The Geo-Institute is a technical society with about 12,00...
On Director's Cut, Geo-Institute Director Brad Keelor interviews G-I members about anything and everything. You might hear about their favorite geotechnical project, their favorite music, or their favorite pie. In Episode 11 of Season 5, our guest is Mike McGuire of Lafayette College!
SHOW NOTES:
- Learn about the haunted rock of the Lehigh Valley here: https://sauconsource.com/2020/10/30/haunted-lehigh-valley-of-hexenkopf-rock-wit...
On Director's Cut, Geo-Institute Director Brad Keelor interviews G-I members about anything and everything. You might hear about their favorite geotechnical project, their favorite music, or their favorite pie. In Episode 12 of Season 5, our guest is Sara Khoshnevisan of the University of Cincinnati and the Geotechnical Frontiers 2025 program committee!
SHOW NOTES:
- There are SO MANY websites abour Covid and microchips. SO MANY. h...
On Director's Cut, Geo-Institute Director Brad Keelor interviews G-I members about anything and everything. You might hear about their favorite geotechnical project, their favorite music, or their favorite pie. In Episode 2 of Season 7, our guest is Gwen Sollenberger of Bunnell-Lammons Engineering and the 2025-26 ASCE South Carolina Section President!
SHOW NOTES:
- Some info on the Greenville sewer tunnel project: https://www.bleco...
On Director's Cut, Geo-Institute Director Brad Keelor interviews G-I members about anything and everything. You might hear about their favorite geotechnical project, their favorite music, or their favorite pie. In Episode 2 of Season 7, our guest is Surya Congress of Michigan State University, the 2026 Arthur Casagrande Professional Development Award winner!
SHOW NOTES:
- Start learning about dosas here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...
On Director's Cut, Geo-Institute Director Brad Keelor interviews G-I members about anything and everything. You might hear about their favorite geotechnical project, their favorite music, or their favorite pie. In Episode 1 of Season 7, Brad picks the Best of Director's Cut from 2025!
SHOW NOTES:
- Russell Green complete episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsIqbhzMTCg
- Jon Stewart complete episode: https://www.youtube.com/wa...
On Director's Cut, Geo-Institute Director Brad Keelor interviews G-I members about anything and everything. You might hear about their favorite geotechnical project, their favorite music, or their favorite pie. In Episode 13 of Season 5, our guest is Carlos Santamaria of Georgia Tech, the 2014 Terzaghi Lecturer!
SHOW NOTES:
- First up, here's Wayne Clough's Geo-Legends episode, the namesake of Carlos' professorship! https://www.you...
On Director's Cut, Geo-Institute Director Brad Keelor interviews G-I members about anything and everything. You might hear about their favorite geotechnical project, their favorite music, or their favorite pie. In Episode 14 of Season 5, our guest is Diane Moug of Portland State University. Diane is also on the program committees for Geo-EnvironMeet and IFCEE 2024!
SHOW NOTES:
- Yes, this has been the coldest, darkest spring in the...
On Director's Cut, Geo-Institute Director Brad Keelor interviews G-I members about anything and everything. You might hear about their favorite geotechnical project, their favorite music, or their favorite pie. In Episode 47 of Season 6, our guest is Beth Gross of Geosyntec, the 2018-2019 Geo-Institute President!
SHOW NOTES:
- How about this recipe for hot chocolate to get you started? https://celebratingsweets.com/homemade-hot-cho...
On Director's Cut, Geo-Institute Director Brad Keelor interviews G-I members about anything and everything. You might hear about their favorite geotechnical project, their favorite music, or their favorite pie. In Episode 15 of Season 5, our guests are Kelvin Arana, Daniel Santa Maria, Archaela Tadiosa, and Alex Trujillo of Cal State Fullerton. This is the first place team in the 2024 Geo-Wall competition from Geo-Congress 2024 in ...
On Director's Cut, Geo-Institute Director Brad Keelor interviews G-I members about anything and everything. You might hear about their favorite geotechnical project, their favorite music, or their favorite pie. In Episode 46 of Season 6, our guest is Jon Stewart of UCLA!
SHOW NOTES:
- Find out more about Geotechnical Extreme Event Reconnaissance (GEER) and their reports and work at http://www.geerassociation.org
On Director's Cut, Geo-Institute Director Brad Keelor interviews G-I members about anything and everything. You might hear about their favorite geotechnical project, their favorite music, or their favorite pie. In Episode 45 of Season 6, our guest is Kam Ng of the University of Wyoming and the Geo-Congress 2026 program committee!
SHOW NOTES:
- Here's Kam's startup - Carbonado Tech: https://www.carbonadotec.com/
On Director's Cut, Geo-Institute Director Brad Keelor interviews G-I members about anything and everything. You might hear about their favorite geotechnical project, their favorite music, or their favorite pie. In Episode 44 of Season 6, our guest is Clint Wood of the University of Arkansas and the current chair of the G-I Geophysical Engineering Technical Committee!
SHOW NOTES:
- Teams is fickle. Yes, I know something happened wit...
On Director's Cut, Geo-Institute Director Brad Keelor interviews G-I members about anything and everything. You might hear about their favorite geotechnical project, their favorite music, or their favorite pie. In Episode 16 of Season 5, our guest is Lisheng Shao of Malcolm Drilling!
SHOW NOTES:
- AI could help you not text and text while driving! https://www.carscoops.com/2024/01/googles-android-auto-gets-ai-to-answer-texts-while-...
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