Ian

Periodic Tweeter. Proud #Hokie. Graduate of @VirginiaTechCEE (Geotechie.) #VT2019 #VT2021. PhD @TUDelft. Aspiring perfectionist.
My own thoughts.

[Mike McDaniel @MikeMcDanielSI]

Blaming the loss on the Virginia Tech coaching staff when they weren’t even supposed to be competitive in the first place tonight is missing the plot in my opinion. Great effort, frustrating stuff, wasn’t perfect. Lot of good stuff.

Play like that the rest of the schedule.

[Alba Yerro @AlbaYerro]

📣📣 Our paper on the Cadia Tailings Dam Failure is Editor’s Choice of the Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering! Free downloads during this month!
With Jorge Macedo, @RenzoCornejo, @the_penmaker #tailingsdamfailures #ASCE #landslides #tailings #runout

[Ian @the_penmaker]

@AlbaYerro Congratulations!! Very well deserved!

[Alba Yerro @AlbaYerro]

🥳🥳I am super happy to share that I received the #NSF #CAREER award!! https://t.co/llSR0hhNnn)! “Transformative understanding of rainfall-triggered landslides with vegetation effects from a climate change perspective” I hope we can start producing great research very soon!

[Ian @the_penmaker]

@Hokie20 @RickyLaBlue Complicated, and probably a nono because it could confuse refs, but it'd be even cooler (imo) if one side was the # of the starter at that position that year. 7 for QB, 17 for K, etc. And then the VT on the other.

Also I think a copper-maroon run would be pretty sick to see too

[Ian @the_penmaker]

@treadmillhorse @UVAFootball I want this type of team in the ACC, that is a fantastic way to report the score I love it. Respect.

[Ian @the_penmaker]

@DaveScarangella Royal bummer, but the health reigns supreme, stay healthy and well! Hope it's still a rocking Wednesday.

[Hokie Club @HokieClub]

𝙏𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮 🔥

Three Hokies who follow our account and repost this will win this Campfire Bluetooth Speaker!

Winners will be announced on Wednesday 📅

[Ian @the_penmaker]

@Hokie20 @HokiesFB Oh man I forgot how good those uniforms looked. I want those back.

[Ian @the_penmaker]

@DaveScarangella As far as I know, it's the result of either following someone or engagement with their outputs...I used to get a few here and there, but haven't lately. My guess is it's that I stopped hitting anything on his tweets. May have also filled in the "I don't like this" on promo tweets

[Dax Hollifield @ChiefDax_25]

Blacksburg Bound! 🦃🧡

[Virginia Tech Football @HokiesFB]

A very special Happy Birthday to Coach Beamer! 🎉

#ThisIsHome

[VT Grounds Crew @VT_groundscrew]

“Wake Forest has left the cleanest locker room all season.”
From our custodial staff.

[Ian @the_penmaker]

@CoachPryVT Gonna be a beautiful day for a game, I can feel it. Go rock that stadium!

[Ian @the_penmaker]

@Hokie20 Spam the timeline Clark. Give the people the injection straight and all at once.

[Brent Pry @CoachPryVT]

On to Florida State. 1-0 !!

[Ian @the_penmaker]

@ESPNBlacksburg @HokiesFB Yes (and I still like whiteout) but here's why:
1. Exit light
2. Enter night
3. Our black uniforms have looked *sick* in the past (thinking of the ones with the digital/cyberprint numbers).
4. Hey the Lunchpail is black too, just want to point out that we could HINT HINT.

[The Tech Lunch Pail @TechLunchPailD]

OPINION: Chris Marve & Virginia Tech's defense has rightly received some criticism, but they've also been better than you think despite the clear issues. Check out more from @TimThomasTLP on why he feels the #Hokies defense also deserves some credit here:
https://t.co/g43BT5dpp9

[Ian @the_penmaker]

@HokieHangover A lighthearted question I think we all should hear the answer to, because while I know not everyone likes the white out effect...it's still neat.

Favorite white-out T-Shirts we've had?

[Ian @the_penmaker]

I know I don't actually have many (if any) current geotechs following me who are still *at* VT...but it bears retweeting. These lectures are often the highlight of the semester, if not the year. Schnabel always finds someone who who is interesting and exciting!

[Virginia Tech Civil and Environmental Engineering @VirginiaTechCEE]

Mark your calendar for October 24 for the 18th Annual Schnabel Engineering Lecture presented by David Paul on the history of dam and levee safety in the US. Lecture will be at 4:30 pm in 310 Kelly Hall.