

CGS Member and Past President Kerry Rowe was recently featured in the ASCE Geo-Institute’s Geo-Legends Interview series. Watch the interview here: https://youtu.be/maO_J3VTB7s!
At the opening ceremony of the ASCE GeoCongress 2026 in Salt Lake City, it was announced that CGS Member Richard Bathurst is the recipient of the inaugural ASCE Geo-Institute award for the best paper published in the ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (JGGE) in 2025.
His co-authors are his long-term collaborators Yoshi Miyata at the National Defense Academy in Japan, and Tony Allen at the Washington State Department of Transportation in Washington State USA. The paper citation is:
Bathurst, R.J., Miyata, Y. and Allen T.M. 2025. LRFD calibration of internal limit states for polymer (PET) strap MSE walls. ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 151(1): 04024140
https://doi.org/10.1061/JGGEFK.GTENG-12843
The JGGE is the flagship journal for geotechnical engineers in the USA and highly ranked internationally. We are delighted that Richard and his team are the recipients of this inaugural best paper award.