Geology
Western Washington University
Engineering Geology part of Integrate:Workshops:Engineering, Sustainability, and the Geosciences:Courses
This is a geology course that focuses on the core activities of engineering geologists รข site characterization and geologic hazard identification and mitigation. Through lectures, labs, and case study examination students learn to couple their geologic expertise with the engineering properties of rock and unconsolidated materials in the characterization of geologic sites for civil work projects and the quantification of processes such as rock slides, soil-slope stability, settlement, and liquefaction.
Teaching Engineering Geology in a Geoscience Department part of Integrate:Workshops:Engineering, Sustainability, and the Geosciences:Essays
Robert Mitchell, Geology, Western Washington University I'm pleased to have this opportunity to share specific examples of how I integrate engineering and geoscience in an engineering geology course I teach ...
