Cost Effective High-Rise Foundation Design
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 […]
Tag Archives: geology
Mega-Quake: Earthquake in Chile
Not long after the devastation of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake which left over a million people homeless and 200,000 dead in Haiti, an earthquake nearing 100 times more powerful struck […]
I-40 Rockslide
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 […]
Giant Oysters Cross Antarctica!
Friday, the Kent State University Department of Geology hosted a talk by Dr. Silvio Casadio of the Univ. Nacional de La Pampa, Argentina. Dr. Casadio’s talk, “West Antarctic Rift system: […]
The Importance of Quantification in Engineering Geology
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 […]
Adventures in Geology 