JOINING USUCGER OR RENEWING YOUR MEMBERSHIP?

CLICK HERE to be directed to the membership information and dues payment page. Dues collection for the 2025-2027 membership cycle begins January 2025. Dues are $75 per person for the 2025-2027 cycle, and are not prorated.

NOT RECEIVING SOME USUCGER EMAILS?

First check your email spam folder/quarantine. That is where most people find those missing emails! If that does not resolve the issue, contact the webmaster (webmaster@usucger.org) to confirm we have your correct email address on file.

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.

FACULTY JOB POSTINGS

Geotechnical faculty positions are posted on the Academic Positions page, under Resources. Posting positions is free for USUCGER member institutions.  

Survey Report

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.

WHO ELSE IS PART OF USUCGER?

USUCGER has over 150 dues-paying institutional geotechnical engineering member programs with additional international representatives. See the list of our member universities here.