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March 19, 2025 45 mins

On Director's Cut, Geo-Institute Director Brad Keelor interviews G-I members about anything and everything. You might hear about their favorite geotechnical project, their favorite music, or their favorite pie. In Episode 11 of Season 6, our guest is Derrick Dasenbrock of the Minnesota Department of Transportation!

SHOW NOTES:

- We recorded this on St Patrick's Day, just in case that wasn't clear.

- Here's the home page for the Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race, with one of Derrick's photos front and center! https://www.kineticbaltimore.com/

- Just some of the great content from Geo-Congress 2020, which Derrick chaired! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXHjEGSzGOPOwZZd7aYq3RnPzdXqez4gn

- Here's the form to join a G-I Technical Committee: https://www.asce.org/communities/institutes-and-technical-groups/geo-institute/committees/technical-committee-application

- Here's some random family's footage of their trip to Wild World in the 80s. Yes, it actually looked like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5LLhb_BaHE

- Here's a Geo-PIT talk Derrick did in 2020 on public service: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtaJ3c76SzE

- The Love Boat actually did get a reboot in the 90s - it didn't go super well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Boat:_The_Next_Wave

- Details on the Shamrock Shake: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamrock_Shake

The Geo-Institute is a technical society with about 12,000 geotechnical engineers and geologists as members. Find out more or join at http://www.geoinstitute.org. 

Music courtesy of very cool Seattle band Head Like A Kite. Song is Director's Cut from the 2010 album Dreams Suspend Night. Check them out at http://www.headlikeakite.com.

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