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DipAnalyst: A New Kinematic Analysis for Rock Slopes

June 11, 2012by Nate Leave a comment

Last week I sat down with Dr. Yonathan Admassu, creator of DipAnalyst rock slope stability software, which employs a brand new kind of kinematic analysis.

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Drill It In: Student Field Experience

May 30, 2012by Nate Leave a comment

Weeks of planning culminated last Friday in an event designed to give geology students a first look at a drill rig in operation and learn about the process from experienced drilling contractors and geologists.

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Adventures, Engineering, Hydrogeology, Natural Resources, Stratigraphy

Backyard Geology

October 21, 2011by Nate 2 Comments

Helping to lead the semesterly Intro Geology field trip this weekend. The trip is a short, one day trip to the Akron Gorge Metropolitan Park. Here, the students will be exposed to geology in their own backyard – many for the first time.

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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

Friday Photo: Garden of the Gods

February 17, 2011by Nate 1 Comment

Garden of the Gods is one of the most spectacular geologic formations in the United States, and maybe even the world. While the park was opened to the public in the early 1900s, it’s history began long before that…over 300 million years ago.

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