Geo-Institute Director’s Cut

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

June 18, 2025 42 mins

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 24 of Season 6, our guest is Krishna Kumar of University of Texas at Austin!

SHOW NOTES:

- Alphonso mangoes are the "King of Mangoes!" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonso_mango

- If you never played the origin...

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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 21 of Season 6, our guest is Erika Finan of Langan and the 2024-25 President of the Met Section (NYC) Geo-Institute Chapter!

SHOW NOTES:

- Some great images of the Greenpoint waterfront: https://greenpointlanding....

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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 21 of Season 6, our guest is Jackie Bronner of the City of Seattle and the 2025-26 President of the Seattle Geo-Institute Chapter!

SHOW NOTES:

- The City of Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections websi...

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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 20 of Season 6, our guest is Ramin Motamed of the University of Nevada-Reno!

SHOW NOTES:

- Info on the Monte Cristo Range earthquake: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Monte_Cristo_Range_earthquake

- And the GEE...

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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 19 of Season 6, our guest is Robert Thompson of Dan Brown and Associates!

SHOW NOTES:

- Kinda tough to find construction info on Riverwalk Stadium, but Wikipedia gets you started with general info: https://en.wiki...

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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 18 of Season 6, our guest is Gaby Vasquez of Black and Veatch and the brand new Austin G-I chapter!

SHOW NOTES:

- We don't have Gaby's dog waiting for a treat, but here's a random dog named Bailey. https://www.you...

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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 17 of Season 6, our guest is Kenichi Soga of the University of California Berkeley!

SHOW NOTES:

- I was recovering from a cold in this one - you can tell by my voice.

- Home page for the Center for Smart Infrastru...

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April 23, 2025 50 mins

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 6, our guest is Shana Carroll of D.W. Kozera!

SHOW NOTES:

- Here's where to start learning about Southern Magnolias: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnolia_grandiflora

- Info on the Sparrows Point co...

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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 15 of Season 6, our guest is Nick Chen of the University of Central Florida!

SHOW NOTES:

- Believe it or not, there's a Youtuber who's a surveyor and influencer. Here he is showing the application of UAVs on landf...

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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 14 of Season 6, our guest is Claudia Zapata of Arizona State University, the 2025 Carl L. Monismith Lecturer!

SHOW NOTES:

- Check out this guide to Colombian Spanish - Claudia mentioned some of these! https://gree...

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April 7, 2025 58 mins

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 6, our guest is Jeff Dunn, Associate Editor for GEOSTRATA, Berkeley grad, and consultant!

SHOW NOTES:

- Jeff has to be talking about Digger's Diner for the inferno omelette - but they're surprisingly ...

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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 11 of Season 6, our guest is Derrick Dasenbrock of the Minnesota Department of Transportation!

SHOW NOTES:

- We recorded this on St Patrick's Day, just in case that wasn't clear.

- Here's the home page for the Bal...

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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 10 of Season 6, our guest is Omid Ghasemi-Fare of the University of Louisville!

SHOW NOTES:

- Here's Omid's paper on using geothermal piles to deice bridge decks: https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/9780784485330....

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February 26, 2025 35 mins

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 6, our guest is Cesar Cespedez of Cal Poly Pomona, the winner of the 2025 Geo-Shirt design competition!

SHOW NOTES: 

- Want to learn more about pavements? Start with our Summer School episode from last...

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February 19, 2025 41 mins

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 6, our guest is Victoria Bennett of RPI!

SHOW NOTES: 

-Bad weather in VA when we recorded, and there were predictably network issues. We stitched it all together.

- Victoria's 2020 Geo-PIT talk from Mi...

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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 6 of Season 6, our guest is Geo-Legend Shobha Bhatia of Syracuse University, the 2025 Koerner Lecturer!

SHOW NOTES:

- The full text of a 2018 case study on the Geotechnical Women Faculty is available here: https:/...

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February 5, 2025 36 mins

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 6, our guest is Thierno Kane of Geosyntec, the current chair of the Geo-Institute Chicago chapter!

SHOW NOTES: 

- Just in case you've never heard Kenny Rogers' Lady: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq9...

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January 29, 2025 42 mins

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 6, our guest is Russell Green of Virginia Tech!

SHOW NOTES:

- Abrakebabra in Wellington, NZ. Home of the diablo kebab: https://www.kebabcentral.co.nz/

- El Yucateco is Russell's hot sauce recommendati...

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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 3 of Season 6, our guest is Adara Getsy of Nicholson Construction!

SHOW NOTES:

- Some info on the Iron-Air battery plant: https://formenergy.com/form-factory-1/

- Great place to start learning that Gen Z slang: h...

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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 2 of Season 6, our guest is Mike Gomez of the University of Washington! Mike is the 2025 Casagrande Award winner!

SHOW NOTES: 

- In case you want to buy Tiger Woods' book, you still can: https://www.amazon.com/How...

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