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Category Archives: Engineering

Geology Students Learn Valuable Lessons on Dam Design

June 17, 2011by Nate Leave a comment

Today’s post is an article I wrote for the June issue of AEG News, the quarterly magazine published by the Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists.  The article, as you will […]

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Adventures, Engineering

Cost Effective High-Rise Foundation Design

March 1, 2010by Nate 1 Comment

Next Wednesday (March 10, 2010) I will be travelling to Pittsburgh to attend a talk presented jointly by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Geo Institute and the Association of Environmental […]

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Colloquia, Engineering, News

I-40 Rockslide

February 12, 2010by Nate 3 Comments

Slope failures in the United States are the most destructive of natural occurrences annually.  While natural disasters such as earthquakes and hurricanes are visually the more damaging and terrifying, it […]

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Engineering, Natural Disasters, News

The Importance of Quantification in Engineering Geology

January 31, 2010by Nate 1 Comment

This past week I had the pleasure of attending two lectures by the 2010 Jahns Distinguished Lecturer Dr. Paul Marinos, Professor of Engineering Geology in the School of Civil Engineering […]

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Colloquia, Engineering

Failing Dam? USACE can Help!

January 25, 2010by Nate Leave a comment

On January 22, 2010, Dr. Brian Greene a senior engineering geologist for the United States Army Corps of Engineers visited Kent State University once again, this time to give his […]

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Colloquia, Engineering

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