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IGS-NA NEWS
IGS NORTH
AMERICA
The mission of IGS North
America is to provide
leadership in advancing
the education and research
of geosynthetics, in strong
cooperation with IGS, via:
» Organization of and
participation in technical
conferences, seminars
and workshops
» Development and
dissemination of tools for
geosynthetics education
» Recognition of technical
contributions and innovations
regarding geosynthetics
» Stimulation of geosynthetics
research and their applications
through the IGS-NA Awards of
Excellence Program
New board of directors,
GeoAmericas 2024
I
GS North America (IGS-NA) held its biennial elections in January 2023 and elected,
continued or co-opted the next cycle of leadership, which runs February 2023-
February 2025.
Here is the new board of directors:
* President: Ben Leshchinsky, Ph.D. (Oregon State University)
* President-Elect: Kristin Sample-Lord, Ph.D., P.E. (Villanova University)
* Past President: John Allen, P.E. (MBCC Group)
* Treasurer: Marco Isola, Ph.D., P.E. (WSP)
* Secretary: Eric Blond, P.Eng (Eric Blond Consultant)
* Vice President-Technical: John Lostumbo, P.E. (Solmax)
* Vice President-Communications: Lilma Schimmel, MSCE, P.E. (AECOM)
* Vice President-University Outreach: Fady Abdelaal, Ph.D., P.Eng (Queen's
University-Kingston)
* Vice President-Events: Joseph Scalia IV, Ph.D., P.E. (Colorado State University)
The official passing of the board of directors' leadership gavel took place at a wellattended,
in-person general assembly at Geosynthetics Conference 2023 in Kansas City,
Mo. The chapter thanks John McCartney, Ph.D., P.E. (University of California-San Diego)
and Kate Patterson, P.Eng (Klohn Crippen Berger) for their numerous years of service
to the board. And we thank them for continuing to support the chapter through their
leadership roles in the upcoming GeoAmericas 2024, geoamerica2024.org.
Ben Leshchinsky is the
president of IGS-NA.
GeoAmericas 2024
IGS North America will host the 5th Pan-American Conference on Geosynthetics April
28-May 1, 2024 at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, Toronto, Ont., Canada. Major
topics include sustainability, energy, mining and transportation infrastructure.
The event will include the 40th anniversary of the IGS journal Geotextiles &
Geomembranes, the 30th anniversary of the IGS Journal Geosynthetics International,
the 40th anniversary of ASTM International Committee D35 on Geosynthetics, and a
" GeoJeopardy " competition for university teams.
Get involved! Learn more at geoamericas2024.org.
Thank you for being part of this engineering community! Your work is important. G
>> For more, search IGS-NA at
GeosyntheticsMagazine.com.
A chapter of the International
Geosynthetics Society
By Ben Leshchinsky
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