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The 33rd Spencer J. Buchanan Lecture: "From Civil Engineering to Politics", presented by Andrew Card on November 7, 2025.

Also presented: “Soil Models for Geotechnical Design, Prediction, and Problem Solving” the 2024 Terzaghi Lecture, presented by Terzaghi Lecturer Andrew J. Whittle, Sc.D., P.E., P.Eng, NAE, FICE, F.ASCE.

6:48 Jean-Louis Briaud introduces Andrew Whittle
1:08:21 Jean-Louis Briaud introduces Andrew Card

Lecture program available at https://briaud.engr.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/196/2025/11/2025-33rd-Buchanan-lecture-booklet.pdf

The Spencer J. Buchanan Lecture Series is presented by the Geo-Institute of ASCE, courtesy of the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University (ZDCE-TAMU). For more information about the Buchanan Lecture:

https://briaud.engr.tamu.edu/buchananlecture/

Dr. Whittle's Terzaghi Lecture, originally presented at Geo-Congress 2024:
youtube.com/watch?v=bPyojupXtvw

Want to learn more about the Geo-Institute? We're a technical society with about 12,000 members - mostly geotechnical engineers and geologists. Visit geoinstitute.org to get to know us!

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