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
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Nonprofit Engineering Organization
International Geosynthetics Society
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/
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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/
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F. M. Bullard Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences
University of Texas at Austin
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
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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/
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Professor
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/
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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/
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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/
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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
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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
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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
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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Regional Manager - Northeastern US
ABT Inc.
