So Cal Inland Empire GeoInstitute
MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN
The San Bernardino and Riverside Counties Branch of ASCE was created in 1953 within the Los Angeles Section. This branch covers more than 27,000 miles, which is the largest geographical coverage in Southern California. Currently about 1,000 civil engineers are members of the Branch. The idea of starting a geotechnical committee within the Branch, was first discussed at the February 5, 2010 Board meeting and I was assigned by the Board to move forward and advance all of the necessary activities to establish the Geotechnical Committee.
Since 2010, we have been able to gather a core of interested professionals with the participation of a limited number of geotechnical engineers, and in late 2010 we were able to elect and appoint five people as the committee’s board members.
Since the Geotechnical Committee of Inland Empire was founded, the members have been able to arrange several meetings and discuss the future path for the committee. Since 2010 we have been able to arrange and hold three dinner gathering events, resulting in a good turn out and a considerable number of local geotechnical engineers have attended.
To move forward toward success, the involvement of more geotechnical engineers within the geographic area of the inland Empire is a key. The committee board members are planning to hold an election next year, and we will have new personnel joining the board, and elections will occur every year. The committee’s goal is to promote the overall objectives of the San Bernardino and Riverside Counties Branch, and enhance the knowledge in technical fields related to geotechnical engineering between the members, as well as to facilitate the professional application of this knowledge to the solution of engineering problems. In this regard, we are thinking of other ways to solicit and obtain your collaboration.
We welcome any ideas that may help and contribute to the promotion of the civil engineering society in general and within the area of our activities, specifically.
Hans Tolksdorf, PE, GE
Chairman – Geotechnical Committee
ASCE Inland Empire Branch
ABOUT GEO-INSTITUTE
The Geo-Institute (G-I) is a specialty membership organization focused on geo-professionals and the geo-industry.
It is one of the American Society of Civil Engineer’s eight specialty Institutes.
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AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
Los Angeles Geo-Institute Chapter [2019 SCHOLARSHIP]
The Los Angeles Geo-Institute chapter of ASCE is pleased to offer two scholarships directed to undergraduate seniors planning to enroll in a graduate-level geotechnical program in Fall 2019 and continuing graduate students. The scholarships are intended to recognize past achievement and career growth potential of students interested in pursuing a career in geotechnical engineering.
ELIGIBILITY
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- Senior standing in an ABET accredited Civil Engineering program in California, with plans to apply to one or more graduate geotechnical engineering programs (preferably in Southern California) and enroll no later than Fall 2019.
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- Enrollment in a Master- or Doctoral-level geotechnical engineering program at a California university (preferably in Southern California). Preference will be given to students who will graduate no earlier than Spring 2020.
Past Events
ASCE GI IE February 7, 2018 Wednesday Dinner Presentation
Thank you to those who attended the presentation by Jorge F. Meneses, PhD, PE, GE, D.GE, F.ASCE
If you’d like to download a copy of the Presentation please click on the following link Dinner Presentation
Reports
► Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
► GEO Institute (ASCE Main Page)
