Engineering Geology, 

EEES-3250, Spring Semester 2008

                 Instructor

Dr. James Martin-Hayden: Web Page

Office:  3034 Bowman-Oddy                                     

Telephone:  530-2634 (use E-mail if no answer)

E-mail: jhayden@utnet.utoledo.edu

Office Hours:  Tu, Th  2:00-3:30  (or by appointment)

            Class

Place:  Tues.: Bowman-Oddy 1045, 

              Thurs.: BO 3045

Time:   Tu, Th  5:00-6:25pm

Class Objective: This class introduces the application of geologic principles to engineering practices through a series of readings, laboratory exercises and practical problems.  The first portion of the class covers the fundamentals of geology including: plate tectonics and the resulting distributions of geologic materials and phenomena; mineral, rock and soil characterization; geologic structures; and construction and use of geologic maps.  The remainder of the course investigates specific geologic processes and applications to engineering practice

 

Required Text: Geology for Engineers and Environmental Scientists . A.E. Kehew, Prentice-Hall, 3rd ed. 2006.

Lab Manual: Exercises in Physical Geology, Hamblin and Howard, Prentice-Hall,    12th ed. 2005.

Grading: Laboratory and Homework 30%,  Exams (2) 20% each, Final 30%

Geologic map of Connecticut

Class Schedule

 

   Week                    Lecture and Laboratory Topic

Reading

for Tues.

Laboratory

Exercise

1     1/7

Intro to Geology

Ch. 1

18, 19

2     1/14

 Plate Tectonics

Ch. 2

20, 21

3     1/21

 Minerals

 Ch. 3

  1, 2

4     1/28

 Igneous Processes and Rocks

 Ch. 4

  3

5     2/4

 Sedimentary Processes and Rocks

 Ch. 5

 4

6     2/11

 Metamorphic Processes and Rocks

 Ch. 6

5 

7     2/18

 (Exam 1: 2/14) Test Slide

 

 

8     2/15

 Rock mechanics (Blackboard lecture)

 

 Kehew, Pg. 249-250, Probs. 9-15
9     3/3 Spring Break Ch. 7  

10   3/10

Geologic Structures

Ch. 8 

16   

11   3/17

Earthquakes

Ch. 8

Handout 

12   3/24

Weathering and Erosion

Ch. 9

 

12   3/31

Soils, Soil Hazards, and Land Subsidence

Ch. 10  

 

13   11/12 Groundwater  Ch. 11  
14    11/26 Mass Movement and Slope Stability  (Exam 2: 11/15) Ch. 12  
15    12/3  Subsurface Contamination    

 

Final Exam, Monday, December 17 @ 2:45-4:45