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. In Episode 35 of Season 4, Brad speaks with John Grillo of Keller - the IFCEE 2024 General Chair! SHOW NOTES: - Light poles are indeed greased in Philadelphia when big sporting moments are...

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 25 of Season 7, our guest is Ripon Chandra Malo of the University of Utah, the 2026 DIGGS Hackathon champion! SHOW NOTES: - Show notes coming soon! The Geo-Institute is a technic...

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 32 of Season 4, Brad speaks with Matt Glisson of the Deep Foundations Institute! SHOW NOTES: - This video is slightly ridiculous, but it might teach you to tie a bowtie. https://...

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 26 of Season 7, our guest is Navneet Garg of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the 2026 Carl Monismith Lecturer! SHOW NOTES: -Show notes coming soon! - This is the final...

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 36 of Season 4, Brad speaks with Daniel Alzamora of FHWA - the Geotechnical Frontiers 2025 General Chair! SHOW NOTES: - Learn about FHWA's Resource Center and everything they can...

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 7, our guest is Mojdeh Pajouh of Texas State University! SHOW NOTES: - We talk about the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility several times: https://mwrsf.unl.edu/ - Her...

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 5, our guest is Ashly Cabas of North Carolina State University! SHOW NOTES: - A nice starter guide on Venezuelan food: https://theplanetd.com/traditional-venezuelan-f...

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 23 of Season 7, our guest is Amalesh Jana of Montana State University! SHOW NOTES: - Here's why bitter melon is so good for you: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/bitter-melon...

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 37 of Season 4, Brad speaks with Andrew Whittle of MIT - the 2024 Terzaghi Lecturer! SHOW NOTES: - I was actually in 7th grade when construction on the Big Dig started! https://e...

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 22 of Season 7, our guest is Erik Loehr of the University of Missouri! SHOW NOTES: - Here's the 2017 version of FHWA GEC-5 on Geotechnical Site Characterization: https://highways...

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 7, our guest is Hannah Iezzoni of Keller! SHOW NOTES: - More audio and video glitches - they're only during the intro, I promise! Keep watching! - Here's Hannah's Di...

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 7, our guest is Jorge Fuentes of Menard, the past chair of the Boston Geo-Institute chapter! SHOW NOTES: - Here are all the details about the Revere HS project: http...

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 38 of Season 4, Brad speaks with Rod Salgado of Purdue University! SHOW NOTES: - Jim MItchell gave a Geo-PIT talk at Geo-Congress 2019 in Philadelphia that covered some of his lu...

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 7, our guest is Beatrice Torres of Caltrans, and the current chair of the Los Angeles Geo-Institute chapter! SHOW NOTES: - Here's a way to "pair" carbohydrates so yo...

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 39 of Season 4, Brad speaks with Marsia Geldert-Murphey of the Lochmuller Group! SHOW NOTES: - The mic was behind the poster board in my costume, so things are a little muffled,...

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 7, our guest is Alexandra Schueller of the University of Applied Sciences in Koblenz, Germany! SHOW NOTES: - More info on the ASCE2027 conference at http://experienc...

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 40 of Season 4, Brad speaks with Inthuorn Sasanakul of the University of South Carolina! SHOW NOTES: - There are a lot of NASA Goddard centrifuge videos. This is the big one: htt...

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 7, our guest is K.K. Phoon of the Singapore University of Technology and Design! SHOW NOTES: - I recorded this while I was at the Central PA Geotechnical Conference...

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 7, our guest is Jewels Stover of Trevi Icos! SHOW NOTES: - Jewels' celebratory post when she received her Operator Certification: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jewe...

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 41 of Season 4, Brad speaks with Pegah Ghasemi of North Carolina State University! SHOW NOTES: - You can watch the Oregon State flumes and the wave basin live - literally ALL 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 15 of Season 7, our guests are Caley Barnett, Ben Noirot, Braden Sapp, and Naomi Wertz of the University of Akron, the 2026 winners of the Geo-Wall competition! SHOW NOTES: - Thi...

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 42 of Season 4, Brad speaks with Nick Machairas of Haley and Aldrich! SHOW NOTES: - If you have resistance bands in your house, start here for some tips! https://greatist.com/fit...

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 7, our guest is Ken Mika of TetraTech, the 2025-26 ASCE Board of Direction Assistant Treasurer! SHOW NOTES: - It was really windy the day we recorded, and the wind s...

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 43 of Season 4, it's our annual Thanksgiving episode! Brad speaks with Eric Backlund of Campos and Kolleen Backlund of American Electric Power! SHOW NOTES: - Do not, in fact, dri...

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 7, our guest is Don DeGroot of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst! SHOW NOTES: - Start learning more about NGI here: https://www.ngi.no/en/ - And you should mee...