Annual GESO & DFI Picnic
The annual GESO & DFI picnic is held each fall at Hessel Park in Champaign – a wonderful way to kick off the academic year and celebrate the nice autumn weather with good food, friends, and family!
2019 Annual Picnic 
Geotech students and faculty at the 2019 annual picnic
2018 Annual Picnic 
Geotech students and faculty at the 2018 annual picnic
GeoWall Building Competitions
UIUC students competed in the GeoWall Building Competition at the 2020 GeoCongress in Minneapolis. Each team designed and built a model mechanically stabilized Earth (MSE) retaining wall using paper reinforcement taped to a posterboard wall facing. The design strove to need the least amount of reinforcement to support the retained soil and design loads.
Geotech students and their Geowall at the 2020 GeoCongress 
Geotech students and their Geowall at the 2020 GeoCongress
UIUC students also participated the 2019 GeoWall Challenge during the GeoCongress Conference in Philadelphia.
Geotech students and their completed Geowall at the 2019 GeoCongress
Engineering Open House
Engineering Open House took place at UIUC on March 8-9, 2019. This year the Geotechnical Engineering Student Organization (GESO) won an award in the category “Encore Technical”. This category refers to exhibitions that have been repeated for several years, but this year the presentation was expanded and offered more value to the visitors.
Graduate Students demonstrating the Liquefaction Tank 
Graduate Students demonstrating the Liquefaction Tank 
Undergraduate students demonstrating characteristics of soil and rock 
Undergraduate student explains how a mechanically stabilized earth wall works 
Graduate student demonstrating the concept of effective stress 
Part of the EOH Volunteer Team for the Geotech group