Books Rock! Episode 7: Essex on Baseline Geotechnical Reports @GeoInstituteASCE

Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Books Rock! is a series celebrating the publications of ASCE and the Geo-Institute - you might learn more about our standards, a book on dams, or anything in between! Each episode will feature an in-depth interview with one of our authors so you can go behind the publication!

The February episode will feature an interview with Randy Essex of Mott MacDonald, the author of Geotechnical Baseline Reports: Suggested Guidelines. Hear about the contents of the book, what the author left out, how it can help your work, and a lot more!

For more information on this title, visit ascelibrary.org/doi/book/10.1061/9780784416082

The Geo-Institute is a technical society with about 12,000 geotechnical engineers and geologists as members. Find out more or join at http://www.geoinstitute.org.

#civilengineering #geotechnicalengineering #geotech #booksrock

Books Rock! Episode 7: Essex on Baseline Geotechnical Reports

Books Rock! Episode 8: Doré on Frost Action in Soils

Geo-PIT 2026: Kimberly Martin: How We Made Sustainability Hard To Love

Field Trips S04 E09: Helen Robinson: Halloween Edition!

$2026 Reese Lecture: Carlos Santamarina: The Enduring Legacy of Lymon C Reese Professor Lymon C. Reese had a 33-year career at UT Austin, conducting pioneering work in performing field studies with instrumented piles and drilled shafts. Elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1975, he developed analytical methods now widely used in the design of deep foundations. Professor Reese was the ASCE Karl Terzaghi lecturer in 1976. Please join us in celebrating his lifetime of achievement and service. The 2026 Reese Lecturer was Carlos Santamarina of Georgia Tech. The full title of his lecture was Building on Insight: The Enduring Legacy of Lymon C. Reese. Lymon Reese’s seminal contributions, documented through his research papers and the two classical FHWA manuals, have established a foundational body of knowledge that continues to shape geotechnical engineering practice today. This presentation revisits key aspects of his work and explores their enduring impact in our field and beyond, with a focus on: drilling muds (weight, invasion, filter cake, and sensing muds); offshore foundations (sediment properties, characterization, and observation); sediment response to repetitive loading (mechanical, thermal, and moisture cycles); load distribution and downdrag effects; non-destructive evaluation of deep foundations; corrosion; and grouting techniques, including annular and internal repair applications. Together, these topics highlight Reese’s lasting influence on both research and engineering practice. J. Carlos Santamarina is Professor and Clough Chair at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He earned his undergraduate degree from the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba and completed his graduate studies at the University of Maryland and Purdue University. He has held faculty positions at NYU Polytechnic, the University of Waterloo (Canada), KAUST (Saudi Arabia), and Georgia Tech. Santamarina’s research integrates experimental and numerical approaches to investigate the behavior of geomaterials, including sediments, fractured rocks and complex fluids, with applications in geotechnical engineering and energy geotechnology. A frequent keynote speaker, he has delivered the Terzaghi, Casagrande, and Bishop Lectures. He is a member of both Argentine National Academies and has received numerous honors, including ASTM’s Hogentogler Award, the Korean Geotechnical Society Award, and Saudi Arabia’s Tarek Al-Qasabi Award. The Geo-Institute is a technical society with about 12,000 geotechnical engineers and geologists as members. Find out more or join at http://www.geoinstitute.org. #geotechnicalengineering #geotech #civilengineering #universityoftexas$

Preview: Books Rock! with Tim Stark and Abedalqader Idries #asce #slopestability #geotechnical

Directors Cut S06 E41 - Taylor Laramore and Emily Parks

Directors Cut Preview: Ken Mika! Follow the link for the whole interview

Directors Cut: Meet Erol Tutumluer! Follow the link for the whole interview!

Geo-Congress 2026: Shamsher Prakash Lecture: Domniki Asimaki

Directors Cut S07 E25 - Ripon Chandra Malo