Podcast: Latin American Infrastructure and Geosynthetic Opportunities
The Latin American infrastructure market is as diverse as the region's people and terrain. In this first episode of the third season of GeoTalk recordings, new co-host Tamara Tuttle...
GeoTalk Podcast Returns in June!
Geosynthetica's GeoTalk podcast is returning in June with new episodes hosted by Geosynthetica's Chris Kelsey and international consultant Tamara Tuttle. Episodes will be posted on Geosynthetica, linked to from...
PODCAST: Fully Biodegradable Materials Mimic Geosynthetics
Geosynthetic materials are renowned for their sustainability qualities. One of the ways in which the geosynthetics field really excels here is through constant innovation in the manufacturing process. It's that...
Geosynthetics and Aquaculture on the AGRU Podcast
AGRU America’s podcast series explores geosynthetic applications and polymeric material advances that beneficially influence the performance of infrastructure. The latest episode finds Cody Miles discussing geosynthetics in aquaculture. (Listen...
Jorge Zornberg on Siamak’s Geosynthetics Podcast
Our good friend Siamak Paulson, an Australia-based engineer, continues his series of interviews with not just Australian geosynthetics experts but luminaries from around the world. The latest video podcast...
Warren Hornsey on Siamak’s Geosynthetics Podcast
Australia-based engineer Siamak Paulson (ADE Consulting Group Pty Ltd) has published the latest episode of his eponymously named podcast series: Siamak’s Geosynthetics Podcast. This time out, he checks in...
Rob Mcilwraith and an International Life in Geosynthetics
What started as a very occasional podcast has quickly turned into a regular series from Australia-based engineer Siamak Paulson (ADE Consulting Group Pty Ltd). Siamak’s Geosynthetics Podcast, which features...
Composite Materials Are Changing Conversations in Geosynthetics
Geosynthetica editor Chris Kelsey checks in with Lilma Schimmel, Head of Engineering for HUESKER North America. The company has a long history with geosynthetic composites. Market interest in enhancing...
3-Minute Podcast Update: Virtual Events
Geosynthetica's editor Chris Kelsey checks in on the growth of virtual events. This is the GeoUpdate from GeoTalk for May 27.
With the spread of the COVID virus around the...
Siamak Paulson Checks in with Kent von Maubeuge
Australia-based engineer Siamak Paulson (ADE Consulting Group Pty Ltd) hosts a podcast on geosynthetics. In the latest episode, he interviews industry veteran Kent von Maubeuge (NAUE). Other episodes available...
INTERVIEW: Kent von Maubeuge on Multi-Component GCLs
While geosynthetic clay liners (GCLs) are composite materials by design, the newer wave of multi-component GCLs are enhancing the performance of GCLs in a range of applications in a...
Siamak Paulson’s Podcast Checks In with Boyd Ramsey
Over the past four months, Australia-based engineer Siamak Paulson (ADE Consulting Group Pty Ltd) has hosted an occasional podcast, the eponymously named Siamak’s Geosynthetics Podcast. Siamak interviews experts in...
Phil McGoldrick on Value Engineered Systems and Tripling Production
Geosynthetica second season of the GeoTalk pocast series has begun! Editor-in-Chief Chris Kelsey sits down with globe-trotting industry veteran Phil McGoldrick. With Strata Geosystems, he has been a key...
PODCAST: Disturbed Land Reclamation with Tom Williams
In this episode of GeoTalk, we check in with Tom Williams, a 40-year veteran of disturbed land reclamation work, much of which has been in connection with mining.
Mining activities...
PODCAST: The Rise of ClosureTurf® in Final Cover Systems
Landfill engineering has advanced significantly over the past 35 years. Geosynthetic lining, capping, and final cover systems have had a lot to do with the tremendous success landfill operators...
PODCAST: The Coming Wave of Biogeotechnical Engineering
Biogeotechnical engineering is adding enzymes, microbes, and much more to the engineer's toolbox
Geosynthetics have achieved some remarkable levels of performance in infrastructure. They play a big role, but they...
PODCAST: The Push towards Reinvention in Geomembranes
Many infrastructure applications rely upon geosynthetic barriers. Over time, we’ve seen the specification of 40 or 60-mil black high-density polyethylene geomembranes become so common that black HDPE can feel...
How RUSLE2 Benefits Ag, Mining, Urban Design, and Other Sectors
As Nearly 80 years of erosion data in the United States informs the massive RUSLE2 database, led by the US Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service. In this...
Enhanced Wicking Geotextile Emerges from an Engineering Challenge
The Alaska Department of Transportation brought a specific engineering challenge to TenCate Geosynthetics: the need to enhance lateral drainage from roadway subgrades to minimize frost boils. The company came...
PODCAST: Improving Waterways and Coasts with Geosynthetics
Waterway health and coastal resiliency are some of the most highly debated topics in infrastructure, as work or lack of addressing an issue in one locality can greatly impact...
PODCAST: Creating Strong Environmental Programs
Infrastructure projects often shape our futures for the better, but they can also be tremendous sources of pollution—especially without proper attention to erosion and sediment control—and lead to poor...
PODCAST: Proper Drainage and Venting of Geosynthetic Barrier Systems
The field of geosynthetics has seen a strong increase geomembrane performance debate. The topics have looked roundly at performance in exposed environments, in buried service conditions (e.g., landfill lining),...
PODCAST: Bob Mackey on the State of Geosynthetics Education
A few years ago, the International Geosynthetics Society revived its Educate the Educators program. The initiative was developed in the early 1990s to help educate engineers, regulators, and academics...
PODCAST: Perspectives on Puncture Protection for Landfill Lining Systems
The field of geosynthetics has often been defined by how these materials improve the performance and economics of a particular site or application. One of the ways that geosynthetics...
PODCAST: Zornberg on Differing MSE Design Frameworks
Mechanically stabilized earth walls have been the subject of the most read stories on Geosynthetica this year and a few of the most read stories in 2016 as well....
