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#9: Robert Thurner, Tone Smaavik and Georg Erharter on Onshore Geotechnics, Quick Clay, Sustainability, Scandinavian Working Culture and the Importance of Fun at Work!
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Description In this episode, the two NGIers Tone Smaavik and Georg H. Erharter talk with Robert Thurner from Keller about onshore geotechnics ...
#8: Prof. Kenichi Soga and Dr. Zhongqiang Liu on Data-Driven Geotechnics and the Future of Infrastructure
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, NGI's Dr Zhongqiang Liu speaks with Prof. Kenichi Soga from the University of Berkeley California, who just delivered the 63rd Rankin...
#7: Suzanne Lacasse - her story and geotechnical legacy
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"My career is a consequence of opportunities," says Suzanne Lacasse, a highly esteemed engineer in the field of geotechnics. Lars Andresen, CEO of NGI...
#6: Prof. Herbert Einstein and Georg H. Erharter on Tunnel Design Methods
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, NGI's Dr. Georg H. Erharter talks with Prof. Herbert Einstein from MIT about tunnel design methods. They start with a historical look...
#5: A global perspective on geotechnical challenges and solutions for offshore wind
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Offshore wind has grown on a massive global scale. The growth of offshore wind is now more than a European, Chinese, or American story as 'emerging ma...
#4: Georg H. Erharter and Tom F. Hansen on the future of rock mass classification
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode NGI's Georg H. Erharter and Tom F. Hansen talk about rock mass classification for tunnel construction and other applications. We start...
#3: What would be different had Rachel Carson discovered PFAS rather than DDT?
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sixty years ago, the American writer, scientist, and ecologist Rachel Carson published her book, Silent Spring, exposing the hazards of the pestic...
#2: The development of Suction Bucket foundations for offshore wind turbines
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
NGI's Per Sparrevik was in 2015, with two NGI colleagues, inducted into the Offshore Energy Centre's Hall of Fame in Galveston, Texas, USA for his wo...
#1: The PISA project and how that changed monopile design
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The PIle Soil Analsis (PISA) project was a big joint research project performed some years ago. Today the project is finalized and the outcome of the ...