RESEARCH IN GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Faculty members in the Geological Engineering program have research interests in the following general areas:

• landslides, debris flows, runout analysis, hazard assessment
• groundwater hydrology, groundwater contamination & remediation, reactive transport modeling, environmental geochemistry
• rock mechanics & rock engineering, open pit & underground mine design, tunnelling

Other research areas include geotechnical engineering, environmental geology, economic geology and applied geophysics. Students are encouraged to consult individual faculty members for information about current research areas.