Interviews with the Industry

Join the DFI Podcast team as they travel to Colombia for the four-day Segundo Seminario Internacional de Geotecnia. Hosts Sebastian Lobo-Guerrero, Ph. D., P.E., BC.GE, American Geotechnical & Environmental Services, and Matt Glisson, P.E., DFI, recap the seminar’s highlights from Bogotá and Cali, including more than eight specialized short courses, keynote presentations, expert panel discussio...

Episode 11 Interviews with the Industry of kicks off in Pennsylvania where Host Sebastian Lobo-Guerrero, Ph. D., P.E., BC.GE, AGES, covers a 12-hour creep tension test on hollow bar micropiles — providing a clear, practical walkthrough of the setup, equipment and the critical acceptance criteria that determine success in the field.   Then, Host Lucky Nagarajan of Geocomp heads to India to speak wi...

This episode of Interviews with the Industry delivers a two-part deep dive into innovation and real-world application. Host Sebastian Lobo-Guerrero, Ph. D., P.E., BC.GE, AGES, walks through new methods in scale testing for augured cast-in-place piles. Then, Host Lucky Nagarajan of Geocomp takes a dive into the Seattle Beacon Hill Station project with Andrew Drabick of HDR.

In this episode of Interviews with the Industry, host Tim Siegel, P.E., G.E., BC.GE, of Dan Brown and Associates, and guest Anne Lemnitzer, Ph. D., University of California, Irvine, complete their deep dive into piles — what every geotechnical engineer needs to know about lateral analysis of piles, p-y curves, shear spikes at the rock surface and (covered in this part) the rate of advancement of t...

In this episode of Interviews with the Industry. Host Tim Siegel, P.E., G.E., BC.GE, of Dan Brown and Associates, and guest Anne Lemnitzer, Ph. D., University of California, Irvine, take a deep dive into piles — what every geotechnical engineer needs to know about lateral analysis of piles, p-y curves and shear spikes at the rock surface.  Lemnitzer is also co-editor in chief of the DFI Journal, v...

Welcome to Interviews with the Industry, DFI’s current affairs podcast, bringing you up-to-date industry news and insights. In this first episode of 2025 join Sebastian Lobo-Guerrero as he travels through: Miami FL to explore bi-directional testing. York PA, where he explores Driven Piles in Karst.  Then, through 2 locations in Colombia, Bogotá and Medellín where explores load testing.  Series Spo...

Welcome to Interviews with the Industry, DFI’s current affairs podcast, bringing you up-to-date industry news and insights. In this final episode for 2024, hosts Lucky Nagarajan of Geocomp; Timothy Siegel, P.E., of Dan Brown and Associates; and Sebastian Lobo-Guerrero, Ph. D., P.E., BC.GE, of American Geotechnical & Environmental Services, interview a dynamic group of deep foundation professio...

Welcome to Interviews with the Industry, DFI’s current affairs podcast, bringing you up-to-date industry news and insights. In the second part of this Deep Dive special presentation, host Timothy Siegel, P.E. (DBA), and guest Tayler Day (UES) discuss the Modulus of Subgrade Reaction. References are as below: - Terzaghi (1955): https://geotechpedia.com/PUBLICATION/SHOW/3386/EVALUATION-OF-COEFFICIEN...

Welcome to Interviews with the Industry, DFI’s current affairs podcast, bringing you up-to-date industry news and insights. In this episode, hosts Timothy Siegel, P.E., of Dan Brown and Associates and Lucky Nagarajan of Geocomp interview a dynamic group of deep foundation professionals: - Mary Nodine (FHWA)– Geo Poem - Luigi Rosa (Amtrak) and Lucky interview - Tian Dong (Malcolm drilling) & Ti...

Welcome to Interviews with the Industry, DFI’s current affairs podcast, bringing you up-to-date industry news and insights. In this episode, host Timothy Siegel, P.E., and Tayler Day (UES) discuss the Modulus of Subgrade Reaction, in the first part of this special presentation Deep Dive episode. On behalf of DFI, we hope you enjoy this presentation. The views, information or opinions expressed dur...

Welcome to Interviews with the Industry, DFI's current affairs podcast, aimed at bringing you up to date industry news and insights.  In this episode, hosts Timothy Siegel of Dan Brown and Associates, Lucky Nagarajan of Geocomp, and Sebastian Lobo-Guerrero of American Geotechnical & Environmental Services, interview a dynamic group of deep professionals: - Adam Blazejowski - DBA - Silas Nichol...

In this episode, hosts Timothy Siegel of Dan Brown and Associates, Lucky Nagarajan of Geocomp, and Sebastian Lobo-Guerrero of American Geotechnical & Environmental Services, interview a dynamic group of deep professionals: Bernardo Jimenez, H Solís Cassie Rutherford, Ph. D., and Yuderka Trinidad, Ph. D., Iowa State University  Rick Ford, Suffolk Anahita Modiriasari, P.Eng., WSP Canada In addit...