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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
IGS North America update:
Two honors, two websites
I
GS North America (IGS-NA) has a couple of website updates to promote:
We've relaunched our chapter website at igs-na.org. This update is a few years
overdue-which feels like a very long time online. We will be using the new site to further
promote the achievements of our members and our chapter benefactors. There is even
a chapter benefactor map to identify where our key corporate support comes from. We
invite members of all levels-students, individuals and benefactors-to share your news
with the chapter manager (info@igs-na.org) so we can share it on the site and in social.
We've launched the website for the 13th International Conference on Geosynthetics
(13 ICG)! IGS North America's leadership promoted 13 ICG (13icg-montreal.org) in
Rome, Italy, in September at 12 ICG. We congratulate the 12 ICG organizing committee
in Italy on staging a magnificent event, and our Canada/U.S.-led team looks forward
to staging a highly successful ICG in Montreal, Que., Canada, September 13-17, 2026.
Two honors to announce
During the February 2023 IGS North America General Assembly at the Geosynthetics
Conference (Kansas City, Mo.), former IGS-NA president Bob Mackey encouraged the
chapter to relight its awards program. With Mackey's help, the board welcomed the idea
and created an awards subcommittee. Two awards immediately came out of the first
post-conference board meeting.
We are proud to announce that Dr. Jorge Zornberg, P.E., and Dr. Richard Bathurst,
P.Eng, have been awarded honorary member status in the chapter.
Both members have impeccable records in the field and have contributed substanBen
Leshchinsky is the
president of IGS-NA.
tially to civil engineering and the IGS. Both are past presidents of the IGS and both
have been honored with IGS lectures named in their honor. They continue to build
their careers, and with regards to IGS-NA's upcoming events, Dr. Zornberg is serving as
advisory chair for GeoAmericas 2024 (geoamericas2024.org) in Toronto, Ont., Canada,
and Dr. Bathurst is an advisory chair for 13 ICG 2026 in Montreal.
Dr. Zornberg and Dr. Bathurst are only the fourth and fifth members to receive this
recognition in IGS-NA's 35-year history. They join Dr. Kerry Rowe, Dr. Ian Peggs and
Robert Carroll on the chapter's roster of honorary members.
Thank you for being part of our engineering community! G
By Ben Leshchinsky
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GeosyntheticsMagazine.com.
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