JOINING USUCGER OR RENEWING YOUR MEMBERSHIP?

CLICK HERE to be directed to the membership information and dues payment page. Dues collection for the 2022-2024 membership cycle began February 2022. Dues are $75 for the 2022-2024 cycle, and are not prorated.

USUCGER Welcome

The United States Universities Council on Geotechnical Education and Research (USUCGER) was founded in 1985 to provide advocacy for the continued development and expansion of high quality geotechnical engineering research and education by US academic institutions. This discipline has evolved to include geotechnical, geomechanical, geoenvironmental, geological, and geophysical engineering.

USUCGER’s overarching objective is to enhance both the community and the economy, and, through that, the quality of life, by the development and effective implementation of geotechnical infrastructure design techniques that ensure safety, health, security, and support the integrity of the environment, both in the United States and abroad. USUCGER strives to achieve this through interaction with regulatory and funding agencies, and by promoting cooperation and discussion among geotechnical engineering faculty affiliated with U.S. member institutions.

Survey Report

Please remember to complete the new USUCGER survey on graduate programs. The survey link is here. Only one person from each institution should respond and we would like to have all responses submitted by September 30, 2023.

The first USUCGER Graduate Geo-Engineering Programs Survey Report summarized the results from a survey USUCGER conducted during summer 2020, focusing on the graduate degrees (PhD and/or MS/MEng) awarded from U.S. Geo-Engineering (i.e. Geotechnical, Geological, and Geoenvironmental) Programs in AY 2018-2019. The report can be found here: USUCGER Grad Survey Results_Final.