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, Filed Under: Reese Lecture

2023 Reese Lecture by Prof Craig H. Benson

Date and location: Friday April 14th, 2023 at the AT&T Hotel and Conference Center at UT Austin.

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.

We thank Fugro for the generous sponsorship of the 2023 Reese Lecture, which makes it possible to offer the full program free of charge (including the Career Expo and Reception).

Register to attend the 2023 Reese Lecture

Join livestream on Zoom on April 14th at 4 PM CST

https://utexas.zoom.us/j/99731077128

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Friday 04/14

1:00 – 4:30 PM: Check-in desk open (Room 103 Or Hallway outside Room 103)

2:30 – 4:00 PM: Career Expo (Room 103)

4:30 – 6:00 PM: Reese Lecture (Amphitheater, Room 204)

6:00 – 8:00 PM: Reception (Amphitheater Patio)

Saturday 04/15

7:00 AM               Practice/Driving range included in the registration

8:00 AM               Reese Memorial Golf Open Tee Time

, Filed Under: Awards

Prof 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.

For more information about the award visit the ASCE News page.

, Filed Under: Reese Lecture

2022 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.

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Reese Lecture Program

Friday, 1st April 2022

  • 2:30 – 4:00pm: Career Expo (EER 0.804, next to the Mulva Auditorium)
  • 4:30 – 6:00pm: 2022 Reese Distinguished Lecture (Mulva Auditorium, EER 0.904)
  • 6:00 – 7:30pm: Reception (EER 0.700, next to the Mulva Auditorium)

Saturday, 2nd April 2022

  • Reese Memorial Golf Tournament (Deadline for registration is Monday 28th March at 2PM). Venue: Falconhead Golf Club, 15201 Falcon Head Blvd, Austin, TX 78738

For more information on the Golf Tournament checkout the flyer.

We thank Fugro for the generous sponsorship of the 2022 Reese Lecture, which makes it possible to offer the full program free of charge (including the Career Expo and Reception). 

For additional information, please contact Prof. Jorge Zornberg zornberg@mail.utexas.edu.

Parking: We recommend parking at the San Jacinto Garage, which is across the street from EER

, Filed Under: Cohorts

Happy Halloween

UT Geotech Halloween celebration on Friday 29th October 2021

, Filed Under: Cohorts

Welcome 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!

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