February 23, 2025, Filed Under: Reese Lecture2025 Reese Lecture by Donald A. Bruce Date and location: Friday, 25 April 2025, at the Avaya Auditorium, Peter O’Donnell Jr. Building at the University of Texas (main campus), Austin, TX. The UT Geotechnical group is pleased to announce that Dr. Donald A. Bruce will be delivering the 2025 Lymon C. Reese Distinguished Lecture on “What Quality Means in Specialty Geotechnical Construction.” Dr. Donald A. Bruce is the President of Geosystems, LP, in Venetia, PA. We thank Fugro for the generous sponsorship of the 2025 Reese Lecture, which makes it possible to offer the full program free of charge (including the Career Expo and Reception). Individual Registration to attend the 2025 Reese Lecture Activities (Lecture, Reception, Golf)Register your company to participate in the Career Expo Subscribe to our email list to receive updates (Once you sign up on the page you will receive a confirmation email, please click on the link to confirm subscription.) … read more
January 13, 2024, Filed Under: Reese Lecture2024 Reese Lecture by Prof Rudolph Bonaparte Date and location: Friday April 12th, 2024 at the Mulva Auditorium, Engineering Education and Research Center at UT Austin. The UT Geotechnical group is pleased to announce Dr. Rudolph Bonaparte will be delivering the 2024 Lymon C. Reese Distinguished Lecture on “Geoprofessionals as Leaders in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation”. Dr. Rudolph Bonaparte is Chairman and a Senior Principal at Geosyntec Consultants, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia and Professor-of-the-Practice, Georgia Institute of Technology. We thank Fugro for the generous sponsorship of the 2024 Reese Lecture, which makes it possible to offer the full program free of charge (including the Career Expo and Reception). Register to attend the 2024 Reese Lecture Activities (Expo, Lecture, Golf) Subscribe to our email list to receive updates (Once you sign up on the page you will receive a confirmation email, please click on the link to confirm subscription.) … read more
March 9, 2023, Filed Under: Reese Lecture2023 Reese Lecture by Prof Craig H. Benson The UT Geotechnical group is pleased to announce Prof Craig H. Benson will be delivering the 2023 Lymon C. Reese Distinguished Lecture on “Performance of Waste Containment Systems for Long-Lived Waste Forms: Lessons Learned from the Field“. Prof. Craig H. Benson is the Hamilton Endowed Chair in Engineering at the University of Virginia. Please see the speaker bio and Wiki for more information. Watch the 2023 Reese Lecture … read more
April 13, 2022, Filed Under: AwardsProf Rathje earns the 2022 Ralph B. Peck award The Ralph B. Peck award was established in 1999 by the Geo-Institute of the Society in honor of Ralph B. Peck, Dist.M.ASCE. Prof. Rathje was awarded the Peck award for advancements to seismic site response analysis through case histories, development of case histories to inform regional seismic assessments, and leadership promoting the electronic publishing of case history data. … read more
February 15, 2022, Filed Under: Reese Lecture2022 Reese Lecture by Prof Sarah Springman Date and location: Friday April 1st, 2022 at the Mulva Auditorium (Ground Floor), Engineering Education and Research (EER) Center in the main campus at UT Austin. The UT Geotechnical group is pleased to announce Prof Sarah Springman will be delivering the 2022 Lymon C. Reese Distinguished Lecture on “Rainfall-induced slope processes and failures“. Prof. Sarah Springman is Emeritus Rector of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich). Please see the speaker bio and Wiki for more information. We will be also offering a live streaming of the event. Please register to receive a live streaming link. Watch Recording … read more
November 1, 2021, Filed Under: CohortsHappy Halloween UT Geotech Halloween celebration on Friday 29th October 2021
September 9, 2021, Filed Under: CohortsWelcome 2021 UT Geotechs! We are excited to welcome the new cohorts of UT CAEE Geotechs starting fall 2021! Our graduate students come from across the globe from 5 different continents. Most of our graduates will be doing a Ph.D. degree, and six students will be pursuing a Master’s degree. Working closely with our faculty, the Ph.D. graduate students will be investigating diverse topics, from analyzing ground motion characteristics in Texas to dynamic testing of soil and rocks to in-situ jet grouting. We are excited to support three Ph.D. students with Multi-Year International Scholarships and several masters and Ph.D. students on GRA and TA positions. We look forward to exploring new frontiers in Geotech with y’all. Hook ’em horns!
