GeoU 2023

Tuesday, Nov 7, 2023 at 3:00 PM to Friday, Nov 10, 2023 at 12:00 PM CST

12525 Bee Cave Parkway, Austin, Texas, 78733, United States

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Nov 7 - Central Texas Infrastructure Summit Partial Approval - $95.00

** INCLUDES RECEPTION immediately afterwards on-site ** **INCLUDED WITH all short course registrations.** COME ENGAGE leaders in sustainability and infrastructure on engineering issues affecting Central Texas and communities around the country. This lively panel discussion will be followed an on-site Sustainable Infrastructure Reception to which all Central Texas Infrastructure Summit and GeoU 2023 Short Course Attendees are invited. MEET practitioners from around the country who influence decisions in landfill design and construction, transportation, stormwater management, and other civil engineering sectors. SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE, ADVANCE YOUR UNDERSTANDING.

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Geosynthetics CQA Course - NOV 8 & 9 Partial Approval - $800.00

Includes: Construction QA/QC For Geosynthetic Installations (Nov 8) and Construction QA/QC For Compacted Clay Liner and GCL Installation (Nov 9). LEARN MORE in the daily sessions schedule on the registration site.

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An Overview of the Current State of Practice for the Design and Construction of Containment Liner Systems - NOV 8 & 9 Partial Approval - $800.00

Richard Thiel, PE presents a two-day course (NOV 8 & 9) that reflects his 35 years of practice engaged in the permitting, design, and construction observation of landfills, heap leach pad, reservoirs, lined concrete tanks, and secondary containment facilities for tank farms. Presentation includes Q&A discussions. ** The curriculum assumes that attendees already have some experience and familiarity with the materials, functions, and construction/installation of containment liner systems. ** LEARN MORE in the daily sessions schedule on the registration site.

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Sales & Marketing of Geosynthetics in Infrastructure - Nov 10 Partial Approval - $350.00

Half-day course on the morning of Nov 10

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GCI-ICP Exams -- Proctoring Fee ONLY Partial Approval - $100.00

This fee is only to take the exam at GeoU 2023. All exam-takers must be pre-approved by the Geosynthetic Institute (GSI), which requires completion of GSI's application and payment of an additional GCI-ICP certification fee. Contact GSI at +1 610.522.8440 for details.

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Geosynthetic Design for Sustainable Transportation Assets Partial Approval - $400.00

Retaining Structures, Roads, Erosion Control and Water Management. ** This wide-focus course features numerous expert instructors and significant interaction with attendees. The two-day (Nov 8 & 9) course focuses on three primary areas of civil engineering: Resilient and Sustainable Reinforced Soil Structures (Walls and Steep Slopes); Longer-Lasting Paved and Unpaved Roads; and Erosion and Sediment Control, Drainage, and Water Storage. LEARN MORE in the daily sessions schedule on the registration site.

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EXHIBITOR (Table Top) Partial Approval - $3,000.00

6 ft. table immediately outside of the classrooms ** Recognition online, on event signage ** INCLUDES 1 full registration, 1 podcast interview (15 min) and 25% off additional registrations (CONTACT ckelsey@geosynthetica.com for Details).

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SPONSOR - Opening Reception Partial Approval - $2,000.00

Welcome the attendees to Austin as well as the local engineering attendees who will be gathering for an affiliated event just prior to GeoU's opening reception. Includes two full registrations, on-site signage recognition, online promotion, and a podcast interview (15 min).

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SPONSOR - Lunch (Nov 8) Partial Approval - $2,000.00

Our attendees are working hard and learning, so let's feed them well. Be recognized for your support of high-end professional development by sponsoring our event lunch on Wednesday, November 8. This shared sponsorship (up to 3 sponsors) includes 1 full registration, recognition on on-site signage and online, PPT slide recognition in November 8 sessions, and a podcast interview (15 min).

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SPONSOR - Sustainability Lunch Lecture (November 9) Partial Approval - $2,000.00

Be recognized for your support of sustainability by sponsoring UK-based engineer David Shercliff's Thursday, November 9 lunch lecture on "Sustainability Initiatives from Around the World". This shared sponsorship includes 1 full registration, recognition on on-site signage and online, PPT slide recognition before November 9 lecture, and a podcast interview (15 min).

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SPONSOR - Happy Hour, November 9 Partial Approval - $2,000.00

Give the attendees a final thank you for their time and creating community by sponsoring the November 9 happy hour that celebrates the close of our two-day courses. Sponsorship includes 1 full registration, recognition on on-site signage and online, PPT slide recognition at November 9 sessions, and a podcast interview (15 min).

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Tuesday, Nov 7, 2023 at 3:00 PM to Friday, Nov 10, 2023 at 12:00 PM CST

Sonesta Bee Cave Austin Hotel, 12525 Bee Cave Parkway, Austin, Texas, 78733, United States.

November 7

  • Central Texas Sustainable Infrastructure Summit - Supported by IGS North America (3:00 - 5:00 pm)
  • Sustainable Infrastructure Reception
    (5:00 - 7:00 pm)

November 8 - 9
Courses

  • Geosynthetics & GCL/Compacted Clay Liner CQA Course
  • An Overview of the Current State of Practice for the Design & Construction of Containment Liner Systems
  • Geosynthetic Design for Sustainable Transportation Assets

November 8 - 9
Networking & Further Knowledge

  • Geotechnical Laboratory Tour (Nov 8, 5:30 pm)
  • Texas BBQ Bash (Nov 8, 6:30 pm)
  • GeoU Happy Hour (Nov 9, 5:30 pm)

November 10 (Morning)
Courses

  • CERTIFICATION: GCI-ICP Exams
  • CLASS: Sales & Marketing of Geosynthetics in Infastructure

About GeoU 2023
Geosynthetics are used in every major sector of civil engineering but are seldom taught in engineering programs. Engineers generally learn in the field. GeoU 2023 provides
high-level geotechnical professional development on geosynthetics in infrastructure while fostering meaningful, face-to-face networking. This smaller, dynamic event is focused on building community and delivering state-of-the-art and state-of-practice solutions in landfill engineering, sustainability, stormwater management, and reinforced soil applications in transportation.

GEOU 2023 PAYMENT TERMS & CONDITIONS
Individual Registrations • Credit Card payment is required for all registrations unless permission to pay by another method is requested in writing and granted. • Bank Transfers and Checks are accepted forms of payments for government personnel. • Payment must be received within 30 days of invoice for transfers and checks. The educators reserve the right to cancel bookings or withhold Certificates of Course Completion if payments are not completed in a timely manner. • Cancellations for any registration must be sent to the GeoU 2023 manager in writing, ckelsey@minervatri.com.

 

TRI Environmental is a full-service independent laboratory and education provider that serves a variety of polymer-centric industries around the world. At our core is a deep understanding of polymeric materials and the characteristics critical to performance. TRI tests, certifies, performs research, develops equipment, and provides consulting on plastic materials used in civil, environmental and geotechnical engineering.

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IGS North America
Nonprofit Engineering Organization
International Geosynthetics Society

IGS North America is a 501c6 not-for-profit chapter of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS). IGS-NA represents infrastructure professionals in the US and Canada and serves an educational mission (practicing professionals and students). Through in-person and online events, fellowships, and other activities, IGS-NA provides leadership in advancing the appropriate use of geosynthetics in environmentally and economically sustainable infrastructure.

https://www.igs-na.org

About IGS North America

Nonprofit Engineering Organization
International Geosynthetics Society
Eli Cuelho
Senior Engineer
TRI Environmental

Mr. Cuelho has been involved with geosynthetic research and testing for more than 25 years. His project experience covers a wide variety of topics such as: geotechnical engineering, geosynthetic design, full-scale testing of roadway applications, pavement maintenance, and remote sensing and data acquisition. Eli is also directly involved in developing new test procedures for geosynthetics used in pavement and reinforcement applications. He currently serves as the chair of the TRB Geosynthetics committee.

https://www.tri-environmental.com

About Eli Cuelho

Senior Engineer
TRI Environmental
Jorge Zornberg
Professor
University of Texas at Austin

Prof. Zornberg has over 30 years’ experience in practice and research in geotechnical and geosynthetics engineering. As an engineering consultant, he has been involved in the design of civil, transportation, mining and waste containment infrastructure. He has also served as expert witness in numerous litigation cases and forensic investigations. As a researcher, his focus has been on soil reinforcement interaction, geosynthetics, earth retaining structures, roadways, urban and mining waste containment, unsaturated soils, and numerical and physical (centrifuge) modeling of geotechnical systems. From 2010 to 2014, Prof. Zornberg served as president of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS). He has also served in leadership roles with the ASCE Geo-Institute, currently chairing the Geosynthetics Technical Committee. He has authored over 400 technical publications, edited a number of proceedings and book chapters, and been awarded three patents. Prof. Zornberg has been invited to deliver keynote lectures in numerous events around the world. He has also received many prestigious awards, including the Mercer Lecture, ASCE’s Croes Medal, IGS’ Award, ASCE’s Collingwood Prize, and IGS’ Young Member Award, as well as the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) awarded by the President of the US.

https://sites.utexas.edu/zornberg/

About Jorge Zornberg

Professor
University of Texas at Austin
Mike Arellano
Austin District Deputy District Engineer
TxDOT

Mike Arellano, P.E. is the Austin District Deputy District Engineer at Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). Mike received the 2023 America’s Transportation Award for Quality of Life/Community Development Issued by the Western Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (WASHTO). The award recognizes transportation projects that have significantly benefited the community in which they exist, especially in the form of economic growth and well-being of citizens, and focuses on how the project made the community stronger and better.

https://www.txdot.gov/

About Mike Arellano

Austin District Deputy District Engineer
TxDOT
Jay Banner
F. M. Bullard Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences
University of Texas at Austin

Prof. Jay Banner is the F. M. Bullard Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences in the Jackson School of Geosciences, and Director of the Environmental Science Institute. His research interests center on climate and hydrologic processes, how they are preserved in the geologic record, and how human activity affects the sustainability of water resources.

https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/banner/

About Jay Banner

F. M. Bullard Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences
University of Texas at Austin
David Shercliff
Chief Engineer
ABG

David Shercliff is a UK-based, Chartered Civil and Waste Engineer who has offered innovative geosynthetic solutions internationally across four decades. His background includes work highway and water treatment installations, waste management, and coastal designs. Currently, he is Chief Engineer for a drainage geocomposite manufacturer (ABG). David acts as an industry expert on international standards committees such as ISO and CEN. He has more recently been heavily involved in the Institution of Civil Engineers and International Geosynthetics Society Sustainability Committees contributing presentations including carbon calculations comparisons for a wide range of geosynthetic applications.

https://www.abg-geosynthetics.com/

About David Shercliff

Chief Engineer
ABG
Richard Thiel
Engineer
Thiel Engineering

Mr. Thiel is an engineer with over 30 years experience specializing in containment design applications for geotechnical projects, waste containment, secondary containment of fuel, and leach mining applications. He has participated extensively in the feasibility evaluation, permitting, design, and construction of waste facilities and surface impoundments. He is experienced at being an expert witness, performing design peer reviews, economic evaluations, failure analyses, design of liner systems with soils and geosynthetics, leachate management systems including pipelines an pump stations, geotechnical site reconnaissance and resource inves­tigation programs, construction quality assurance (CQA), and assistance in developing state solid waste regulations.

https://www.rthiel.com/

About Richard Thiel

Engineer
Thiel Engineering
Mark Sieracke, PE
Principal
Weaver Consultants Group

Mark Sieracke, P.E. is an industry-recognized expert in the fields of landfill design and CQA. Mark serves as a Principal and Solid Waste Practice Area Manager for Weaver Consultants Group. Mark has served as a Technical Reviewer of the US EPA Technical Guidance Document: Quality Assurance and Quality Control for Waste Containment Facilities (EPA/600/R- 93/182, Sept. 1993). He has served as a hands-on CQA practitioner, certifying engineer, and consultant for 1000+ acres of geosynthetic installations. He contributes routinely to landfill failure investigations and constructability reviews for design engineers. Mark serves on the Waste Management Inc. (WMI) Geosynthetic Task Force, creating the corporate standards for CQA.

https://wcgrp.com/

About Mark Sieracke, PE

Principal
Weaver Consultants Group
Tamara Tuttle
President
Atlas international Consulting

Tamara Tuttle is a business consultant devoted to helping companies tell their story and increase their reach and profits, so they can grow healthy and give back to their communities. She has an international background and extensive experience in science and technical products sales, including geosynthetics for environmental applications like waste containment, water management, erosion control, and mining. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, her consulting focuses on business development and international strategy. Her business work in market development, sales, research, intelligence, and cultural strategy has been conducted in more than 100 countries.

https://www.atlasintco.com

About Tamara Tuttle

President
Atlas international Consulting
Jeffrey Kuhn, Ph.D., PE
Director
TRI Environmental

Dr. Jeffrey Kuhn, P.E., is the Geotechnical Laboratory Director for TRI/Environmental, Inc. His doctoral work principally focused on alternative/evapotraspirative cover design and evaluation for the EPA, and he performed research with expansive clays for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). Prior to joining TRI, he served as a consulting engineer, where he worked on the design and installation of the Circuit of the Americas Formula One Race Track over expansive clays with tight differential movement criteria. Since 2012, he’s led the expansion of TRI’s geotechnical laboratory capabilities and reach within the geotechnical community.

https://www.tri-environmental.com

About Jeffrey Kuhn, Ph.D., PE

Director
TRI Environmental
Sam Allen
Vice President
TRI Environmental

Sam Allen is the Vice President of Texas Research International‘s (TRI) Geosynthetics Services Division. He has served as Chairman of ASTM Committee D35 on Geosynthetics and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Geosynthetic Institute (GSI). He is the elected President of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS).

https://www.tri-environmental.com

About Sam Allen

Vice President
TRI Environmental
Matt Skinner
National Sales Manager
Profile Products

Matt Skinner, MBA, CPESC, CESCL has over 20 years of experience with Erosion Control, Soil Remediation and Geosynthetics. His consulting designs have been successfully applied at hundreds of Superfund sites, mining reclamations, landfills & reservoirs. Matt also works to develop innovative water management solutions for site-runoff and overland flow challenges frequently faced in high-rain areas.

https://www.profileproducts.com/

About Matt Skinner

National Sales Manager
Profile Products
Eric Gonzales
Business Development Manager
GeoSolutions Inc.

Eric Gonzales holds a degree in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University. Over the last 12 years, Eric has worked on a wide range of projects varying from municipal jobs, to TxDOT schematics, to large private developments. The past 5 years he has specialized in providing stormwater management and BMP solutions to engineers and developers, and has come up with custom designs in order to meet their detention and treatment requirements.

https://www.geosolutionsinc.com/

About Eric Gonzales

Business Development Manager
GeoSolutions Inc.
Dave Frazier
Vice President of Engineered Solutions
GeoSolutions Inc.

Dave Frazier is the Vice President of Engineered Solutions with GeoSolutions, with a degree in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M. Over the last 22 years Dave has become one of the leading professionals in the design and use of geosynthetics for site civil applications. His vast experience relative to erosion control design, available materials, and up-and-coming methodologies contributes heavily to his knowledge of this industry. As a consultant it is imperative that he stay abreast of the changing market trends in order to remain ahead of the demand and specification requirement curves.

https://www.geosolutionsinc.com/

About Dave Frazier

Vice President of Engineered Solutions
GeoSolutions Inc.
Steve Williams
Regional Manager - Northeastern US
ABT Inc.

Steve Williams works for ABT, Inc., a leading manufacturer of water management systems. For the last nine years, he has served as the Director of Environmental Products, consulting with design professionals on effective stormwater management solutions with an emphasis on water conservation, green infrastructure and sustainability.

https://abtdrains.com/

About Steve Williams

Regional Manager - Northeastern US
ABT Inc.

About TRI Environmental

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Sessions on Nov 07, 2023

03:00 PM

Sustainable Infrastructure Summit

03:00 PM - 05:00 PMSonesta Bee Cave Austin Hotel
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  • David Shercliff

    Chief Engineer

    ABG

05:00 PM

Sustainable Infrastructure Reception - Included

05:00 PM - 07:00 PMSonesta Bee Cave Austin Hotel

Sessions on Nov 08, 2023

07:00 AM

Breakfast - Included

07:00 AM - 08:00 AMSonesta Bee Cave Austin Hotel
08:00 AM

CQA Course Day 1

08:00 AM - 05:00 PMSonesta Bee Cave Austin Hotel
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  • Sam Allen

    Vice President

    TRI Environmental

Geosynthetic Design for Sustainable Transportation Assets (Day 1): Retaining Structures, Roads

08:00 AM - 05:00 PMSonesta Bee Cave Austin Hotel
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  • Eli Cuelho

    Senior Engineer

    TRI Environmental

Containment System Design - Day 1

08:00 AM - 05:00 PMSonesta Bee Cave Austin Hotel
  • Richard Thiel

    Engineer

    Thiel Engineering

10:00 AM

Morning Break

10:00 AM - 10:15 AMSonesta Bee Cave Austin Hotel
12:00 PM

Lunch - Included

12:00 PM - 01:00 PMSonesta Bee Cave Austin Hotel
03:00 PM

Afternoon Break

03:00 PM - 03:15 PMSonesta Bee Cave Austin Hotel
05:30 PM

Technical Tour - Geotechnical & Geosynthetics Labs at TRI

05:30 PM - 06:30 PMTRI Environmental
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    Vice President

    TRI Environmental

Sessions on Nov 09, 2023

07:00 AM

Breakfast - Included

07:00 AM - 08:00 AMSonesta Bee Cave Austin Hotel
08:00 AM

CQA Course Day 2

08:00 AM - 05:00 PMSonesta Bee Cave Austin Hotel
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  • Sam Allen

    Vice President

    TRI Environmental

Geosynthetic Design for Sustainable Transportation Assets (Day 2): Erosion Control and Water Management

08:00 AM - 05:00 PMSonesta Bee Cave Austin Hotel
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  • Matt Skinner

    National Sales Manager

    Profile Products

Containment System Design - Day 2

08:00 AM - 05:00 PMSonesta Bee Cave Austin Hotel
  • Richard Thiel

    Engineer

    Thiel Engineering

10:00 AM

Morning Break

10:00 AM - 10:15 AMSonesta Bee Cave Austin Hotel
12:00 PM

Lunch Lecture - Sustainability Initiatives from Around the World

12:00 PM - 01:30 PMSonesta Bee Cave Austin Hotel
  • David Shercliff

    Chief Engineer

    ABG

03:00 PM

Afternoon Break

03:00 PM - 03:15 PMSonesta Bee Cave Austin Hotel
05:00 PM

GeoU 2023 Class Completion Happy Hour

05:00 PM - 06:00 PMSonesta Bee Cave Austin Hotel

Sessions on Nov 10, 2023

07:00 AM

Breakfast - Included

07:00 AM - 08:00 AMSonesta Bee Cave Austin Hotel
08:00 AM

Sales & Marketing of Geosynthetics in Infrastructure

08:00 AM - 12:00 PMSonesta Bee Cave Austin Hotel
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  • Tamara Tuttle

    President

    Atlas international Consulting

08:00 AM

GCI-ICP Exams

08:00 AM - 11:30 AMSonesta Bee Cave Austin Hotel