Description
This student organization is for enhancing the education of undergraduate and graduate students who are preparing to become geo-professionals. We participate in Geo-Institute-sponsored student activities at the annual and specialty conferences, including the GeoChallenges, career workshops and fairs, and professional-level education opportunities. We also do outreach programs for STEM awareness, with majority of our activities related to geotechnical engineering
Affiliations
Constitution / Tier
Membership Information
| Student Members |
16 |
| ISU Members |
0 |
| Non-ISU Members |
0 |
| Allowed Members |
Students, Faculty/Staff |
| Allowed Officers |
Students |
| Membership Qualifications |
You must be a multi-tasker or intending to be one! |
| Membership Restrictions |
None |
| Elections/Selection |
At the start of Fall semester |
| Meetings |
Meetings will be decided based on the Doodle poll and availability of the majority of the members |
Description of Regular Meetings/Activities
| Our regular meetings mainly focus on the discussion, planning and organization of the upcoming events. However, our major events will be : preparation for the student competition at the annual conference by Geo-Institute chapter of ASCE. |
Description of Special Events
| Outreach Events : STEM awareness for K-12 students. We conduct outreach events for STEM awareness for the K-12 students by having engaging activities and poster presentations related to geotechnical engineering. |
| Technical Talks by experts : We invite experts in the field of geotechnical engineering to give talks in their expertise fields |
| Travel to conference: We travel to regional and national conferences of Geo-Institute for paper presentation, poster presentation and/or networking |
| Social events : We hold social gathering events at start of major holidays and in-between semesters for networking and fun. |