Interviews with the Industry - Deep Foundations Institute

Interviews with the Industry

In this new six-episode series, our podcast team discusses current affairs with leaders in the industry while in the field. Launching on April 25, 2024, each episode will be 30 minutes, with two hour-long Deep Dive specials.

  • Episode 1: April 25
  • Episode 2: May 23
  • Episode 3: June 27
  • Episode 4: July 25
  • Episode 5: August 22
  • Episode 6: September 26

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Latest Episode

Episode 2: May 2024

In this episode, hosts Timothy Siegel of Dan Brown and Associates, Lucky Nagarajan of Geocomp, and Sebastian Lobo-Guerrero of American Geotechnical & Environmental Services, interview a dynamic group of deep foundation professionals.

In addition, Michael Bennett, P.E., A.G.E.S., contributes a solo segment on geohistory.

Meet Your Hosts

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Tim Siegel

Tim Siegel is CEO/senior principal engineer at Dan Brown & Associates. As chair of the DFI Ground Improvement Committee and co-editor of the DFI Journal, Tim brings his considerable expertise to DFI publications. You can also find him hosting some of our series of educational podcasts.

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Morgan NeSmith

Morgan NeSmith is a director of engineering at Berkel & Company Contractors, Inc., and has both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in civil engineering from Georgia Tech and over 20 years of experience in geotechnical contracting and consulting. NeSmith has authored and co-authored numerous papers on deep foundations and ground improvement systems.

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Chris Woods

Woods is vice president for the Virginia-based dynamic compaction specialty contractor, Densification. His geotechnical consulting experience includes design of shallow and deep foundation systems, evaluation of earth slope stability, design of retaining walls, design of ground improvement programs, geotechnical instrumentation monitoring, and extensive construction oversight.

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Lucky Nagarajan

Lucky Nagarajan is the general manager-engineering and business development at Geocomp. She is a member of the DFI Board of Trustees and the chair of DFI’s Women in Deep Foundations Committee.

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Sebastian Lobo-Guerrero

Sebastian Lobo-Guerrero, Ph.D., P.E., is a geotechnical project manager/AAP laboratory manager at American Geotechnical & Environmental Services (A.G.E.S.) in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, headquarters. He has more than 18 years of experience in geotechnical engineering, specializing in the design of deep/ shallow foundations, earth retaining structures and landslide stabilization.

Episode List​

Check out the latest episodes for Interviews with the Industry.

Episode 2
May 2024

In this episode, hosts Timothy Siegel of Dan Brown and Associates, Lucky Nagarajan of Geocomp, and Sebastian Lobo-Guerrero of American Geotechnical & Environmental Services, interview a dynamic group of deep professionals.

Episode 1
April 2024

In this episode, hosts Timothy Siegel of Dan Brown and Associates, Lucky Nagarajan of Geocomp, and Sebastian Lobo-Guerrero of American Geotechnical & Environmental Services, interview a dynamic group of deep professionals.

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