CE20500 - ENGINEERING GEOLOGY

SPRING 2012

 

Instructor: A. Simonetti
Office: 105A Cushing Hall
Tel: 631-6710
email
Course Schedule: Tuesdays, Thursdays 9:30-10:45 pm - 155 De Bartolo
OFFICE HOURS: Wednesdays, 1:00 - 5:00 pm; individual appointments may be scheduled outside of formal office hours

TAs:
Wei Chen, Cushing Hall 112D - email
Elizabeth Koeman, Cushing Hall 112I - email

 

Recommended textbook: Geology for Engineers & Environmental Scientists, 3rd edition by A.E. Kehew, Prentice Hall, NJ.

Syllabus - PDF

Guidelines for Term Paper - due May 1st, 2012

FINAL EXAM - Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 @ 1:45 - 3:45 pm (155 De Bartolo)

 

CLASS LECTURE SCHEDULE
(subject to change)

DATE
TOPIC
LECTURE MATERIAL
Pop Quiz
Assignment
01/17/2012
Introduction
  
#1, SOLN
01/19/2012
Origins
01/24/2012
Interior Structure of the Earth
  
01/26/2012
Mineralogy -1
01/31/2012
Mineralogy -2
  
02/02/2012
Igneous Rocks -1
02/07/2012

Igneous Rocks -2

  
02/09/2012
Sedimentary Rocks -1

02/14/2012
REVIEW
  
02/16/2012
TERM - EXAM #1
    
02/21/2012
Sedimentary Rocks -2
Lecture #9
  
02/23/2012
Metamorphic Rocks
Lecture #10
  
02/28/2012
Structural Geology
Lecture #11
03/01/2012
Rock Mechanics
Lecture #12
  
03/06/2012
Rock Mechanics/Weathering
Lecture #13
  
03/08/2012
Erosion & Soils
Lecture #14
    
03/13/2012
SPRING BREAK
      
03/15/2012
SPRING BREAK
    
03/20/2012
Soils & Soil Hazards
Lecture #15
    
03/22/2012
Plate Tectonics
Lecture #16
    
03/27/2012
REVIEW
Study Guide
03/29/2012
TERM - EXAM #2
    
04/03/2012
Earthquakes & Seismicity
Lecture #17
  
04/05/2012
Mass Wasting -1
Lecture #18
  
04/10/2012
Mass Wasting -2
Lecture #19
  
04/12/2012
Groundwater -1
Lecture #20
    
04/17/2012
Groundwater -2

Lecture #21

  
04/19/2012
Contamination -1
Lecture #22
    
04/24/2012
Contamination -2
Lecture #23
    
04/26/2012
Global Changes
Lecture #24
    
05/01/2012
REVIEW
Study Guide