CE20500 - ENGINEERING GEOLOGY
SPRING 2013
Instructor: A. Simonetti
Office: 105A Cushing Hall
Tel: 631-6710
email
Course Schedule: Tuesdays, Thursdays 2:00-3:15 pm - 138 De Bartolo
OFFICE HOURS: Thursdays, 8:00 - 11:00 pm; individual appointments may be scheduled outside of formal office hours
TAs: Elizabeth Koeman, Karl Cronenberger, Tyler Spano-Franco
Recommended textbook: Geology for Engineers & Environmental Scientists, 3rd edition by A.E. Kehew, Prentice Hall, NJ.
Syllabus - pdf
Group Term Paper - Rubric - due April 30th, 2013
FINAL EXAM - TUESDAY, MAY 7th, 2013 between 10:30 am and 12:30 pm (DeBartolo 138)
CLASS LECTURE SCHEDULE
(subject to change)
| DATE | TOPIC |
LECTURE MATERIAL |
Pop Quiz |
Assignment |
| 01/15/2013 | Introduction |
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| 01/17/2013 | Origins - DVT Jordan Hall of Science |
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| 01/22/2013 | Interior Structure of the Earth |
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| 01/24/2013 | Mineralogy -1 |
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| 01/29/2013 | Mineralogy -2 |
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| 01/31/2013 | Igneous Rocks -1 |
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| 02/05/2013 | Igneous Rocks -2 |
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| 02/07/2013 | Sedimentary Rocks -1 |
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| 02/12/2013 | REVIEW |
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| 02/14/2013 | TERM - EXAM #1 |
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| 02/19/2013 | Sedimentary Rocks -2
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| 02/21/2013 | Metamorphic Rocks |
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| 02/26/2013 | Structural Geology |
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| 02/28/2013 | Rock Mechanics |
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| 03/05/2013 | Rock Mechanics/Weathering |
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| 03/07/2013 | Erosion & Soils |
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| 03/12/2013 | SPRING BREAK |
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| 03/14/2013 | SPRING BREAK |
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| 03/19/2013 | Soils & Soil Hazards |
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| 03/21/2013 | Plate Tectonics |
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| 03/26/2013 | REVIEW |
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| 03/28/2013 | TERM - EXAM #2 |
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| 04/02/2013 | Earthquakes & Seismicity |
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| 04/04/2013 | Mass Wasting -1 |
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| 04/05/2013 | Extra Credit Lecture |
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| 04/09/2013 | Mass Wasting -2 & Groundwater -1 |
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| 04/11/2013 | Groundwater -2 |
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| 04/16/2013 | Contamination |
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| 04/18/2013 | Hydraulic Fracturing |
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| 04/23/2013 | Global Changes |
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| 04/25/2013 | Group Term Paper Presentations |
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| 04/30/2013 | Group Term Paper Presentations |