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EDITORIAL
Cross-USA Lecture Tour still
on the move
I
f you haven't had a chance to catch the Geo-Institute (G-I) of the American
Society of Civil Engineers 2022-2023 Cross-USA Lecture Tour, you still
have a few opportunities to do so. This ongoing program for local G-I chapters
and graduate student organizations is available to enhance the prestige of the
geoprofession. It allows the G-I and host groups to choose from one or more
lecture topics; each host jointly decides with the lecturer the final topic to be
presented at their location.
Timothy D. Stark, Ph.D., a professor of civil and environmental engineering at
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the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with an expertise in geotechnical
and geosynthetics engineering, was selected by the Local Involvement Committee
to be the 2022-2023 Cross-USA lecturer. Dr. Stark says all geoprofessionals are
invited and encouraged to attend because the lectures are geared toward practicing
geotechnical engineers and include recommendations for best practices as
well as some lessons learned. He has been involved in a number of projects on
these topics, which has facilitated the transfer of his research results to practice.
Dr. Stark says one of the highpoints of the tour for him has been " traveling to
many G-I chapters and meeting hundreds of practitioners, students, academicians,
contractors and other geoprofessionals. A couple of interesting developments
during the Cross-USA Tour included attracting 138 geoprofessionals
to the first in-person meeting of the Louisiana G-I chapter and selling out the
first post-COVID Geo-Connecticut Conference and giving two presentations. "
The Cross-USA Lecture Tour started on September 19, 2022, and will continue
through early 2024. Tour stops have included Blacksburg, Va.; Hershey,
Pittsburgh and Valley Forge, Pa.; San Diego, Calif.; Seattle, Wash.; metropolitan
New York, N.Y.; Atlanta, Ga.; Ames, Iowa; Jackson, Miss.; New Orleans and
Baton Rouge, La.; Columbus, Ohio; and Tampa, Fla.
During the tour, Dr. Stark has discussed case histories such as a toe excavation
and deep bedrock landslide, a 3D analysis of the Yeager Airport reinforced
soil slope failure, and the Oso, Wash. landslide: failure mechanism and runout
analyses. He has also covered technical topics including design geosynthetic
interface strengths for landfill stability, and behavior of textured geomembrane/
nonwoven geotextile interfaces.
Upcoming tour dates include a virtual September 7 national presentation
still to be determined, an October 9 stop in Smithfield, Va., for the Virginia G-I
chapter, and a February 9, 2024, stop in Omaha, Neb., for the Nebraska G-I
chapter where the topic will be the Port of Anchorage.
Keep these upcoming stops in mind, as Dr. Stark is looking forward to
meeting more practitioners, students, academicians, contractors and other
geoprofessionals during the remainder of the tour.
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