A. Curt Elmore
Professor Emeritus, Geological Engineering
Disciplines
- Engineering
- Geology
Research Interests
- Groundwater remediation
- Groundwater circulation well technologies
- Environmental geological engineering
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Neil Lennart Anderson
Professor Emeritus, Geological Engineering
Disciplines
- Geological Engineering
- Geology
- Geophysics and Seismology
Research Interests
- Geophysical technologies
- Geotechnical, structural and environmental engineering investigations
- Hydrogeology, Hydrocarbon and mineral exploration
Baojun Bai
Lester R. Birbeck Endowed Professor, Petroleum Engineering; Senior Research Investigator, CREE
Disciplines
- Petroleum Engineering
- Geology
Research Interests
- Conformance control to reduce excess water production using gels, expecially preformed particle gels
- Chemical EOR methods, including polymer flooding, polymer-surfactant flooding, MEOR (biosurfactant), and Wettability alteration for carbonate reservoirs
- CO2 and CO2 foam flooding
David M. Borrok
CEC Vice Provost and Dean
Disciplines
- Geochemistry
- Geology
Research Interests
- Isotopic Geochemistry
- Environmental Geochemistry
- Geochemistry
Jeffrey D. Cawlfield
Professor of Geological Engineering and Interim Chair of GGPE
Disciplines
- Higher Education
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
- Educational Technology
Research Interests
- Academic excellence
- Student success
- Applying collaborative, technology enhanced and experiential learning themes to student and faculty engagement
Richard D. Hagni
Curators' Professor of Geology
Disciplines
- Geology
- Volcanology
Research Interests
- Economic geology
- Applied Mineralogy
- Petrology
David J. Wronkiewicz
Associate Professor, Geology and Geophysics; Senior Research Investigator, CREE
Disciplines
- Geochemistry
- Geology
- Geophysics and Seismology
Research Interests
- Mineralogy
- Geochemistry
J. David Rogers
Karl F. Hasselmann Professor in Geological Engineering and Associate Chair, Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering
Disciplines
- Geotechnical Engineering
- Geological Engineering
- Earth Sciences
Research Interests
- Geological Engineering
- Landslide Hazard Evaluation
- Slope Failure Evaluation Studies
Ralph E. Flori
Chancellor's Professor
Disciplines
- Engineering
- Petroleum Engineering
- Geology
Research Interests
- BEST (Basic Engineering Software for Teaching) Dynamics
- Distance Learning
Jonathan Obrist-Farner
Associate Professor, Geology and Geophysics; Research Investigator, CREE
Disciplines
- Geology
- Geophysics and Seismology
Research Interests
- Sedimentation in ancient and Recent pull-apart and rift basins
- Evolution of Mahajanga Basin, NW Madagascar
- Sedimentology and facies architecture of sediment waves in deepwater settings
Francisca Oboh-Ikuenobe
Professor, Geology and Geophysics; Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, CEC;Research Investigator, CREE
Disciplines
- Geology
Research Interests
- Palynology
- Sedimentology
- Biostratigraphic, palaeoecological and palaeoclimatic reconstructions
Stephen S. Gao
Professor and Chair, Earth Sciences and Engineering Department
Disciplines
- Geology
- Geophysics and Seismology
Research Interests
- Geophysics
- Earthquake seismology
- Exploration geophysics
Leslie S. Gertsch
Associate Professor, Geological Engineering
Disciplines
- Mining Engineering
- Geology
Research Interests
- Extra-Terrestrial Mining and Excavation
- Rock Mechanics
- Mechanical Rock Cutting
Kelly H. Liu
Professor of Geology and Geophysics; Senior Research Investigator, CREE
Disciplines
- Geology
- Geophysics and Seismology
Research Interests
- Exploration of Earth's interior using geophysical methods especially passive and active seismology.
- Oil and gas exploration
- Hazard mitigation
Norbert H. Maerz
Emeritus Professor, Geological Engineering and Director, Rock Mechanics and Explosives Research Center
Disciplines
- Geological Engineering
- Geology
Research Interests
- Imaging technologies for the mining, blasting, and materials handling industries
- Aggregate sizing and shape measurement
- Rock engineering in discontinuous rock masses
John Patrick Hogan
Associate Professor, Geology and Geophysics
Disciplines
- Geology
- Geophysics and Seismology
- Tectonics and Structure
Research Interests
- Petrology
- Structural Geology
- Tectonics
Marek Locmelis
Associate Professor and Faculty Fellow for Office of Vice Chancellor for Reasearch and Innovation
Disciplines
- Engineering
- Analytical Chemistry
- Geochemistry
Research Interests
- Genesis of magmatic, metasomatic and hydrothermal ore deposits in the crust and upper mantle
- Metal transport by fluids in the crust and upper mantle
- Fingerprinting ore-forming processes and development of innovative exploration tools
Wan Yang
Professor, Geology and Geophysics
Disciplines
- Geology
- Geophysics and Seismology
Research Interests
- Sedimentology and depositional systems, including modern and ancient, siliciclastic (marine and nonmarine) and carbonate, and outcrop and subsurface studies
- Stratigraphy, including modern and ancient, siliciclastic (marine and nonmarine) and carbonate, outcrop and subsurface (core, wireline, and 2-D and 3-D seismic), and qualitative and quantitative studies
- Geological indicators of paleoclimate and climatic controls on sedimentology and basin filling