2001 - Present | Hasselmann Professor, Geological Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering | |
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Present | Associate Department Chair, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering | |
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1997 - 2001 | Principal Engineering Geologist/Hydrogeologist, Geolith Consultants, Inc. | |
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1994 - 2001 | Lecturer in Engineering Geology, University of California. Berkeley | |
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1984 - 1996 | Principal-in-Charge (Consultans in the Applied Earth Sciences), Rogers/Pacific, Inc. | |
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1982 - 1984 | Principal Engineer, Alan Kropp & Associates | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2014 - 2016 | City Utilities Utility Waste Landfill Detailed Site Investigation: Proposed Missouri S&T Geophysical Work Plan |
City Utilities of Springfield, MO | |
Role: Co-Principal Investigator | |
Colleague(s): Neil Anderson | |
$1,900,000 | |
2011 - 2012 | Liquefaction Hazard Maps for the St. Louis Area Earthquake Hazards Mapping Project |
U.S. Geological Survey | |
U.S. Geological Survey Central National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program | |
$50,000 | |
2010 - 2011 | Refinement of Geodatabase for the St. Louis Area Earthquake Hazard Mapping Project, Missouri and Illinois |
U.S. Geological Survey | |
Subcontract awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey through a Cooperative Agreement with the University of Memphis and the Missouri University of Science & Technology | |
$49,999 | |
2008 - 2010 | 2008 Midwest Flooding and Lessons for Levee Performance and Reliability to Other Similarly Threatened Areas of the U.S. |
National Science Foundation (NSF) | |
$119,458 | |
2008 - 2009 | Modeling Uncertainties in Lithology and Sensitivity Analyses of Seismic Site Response for the Pilot Quadrangles in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area, Missouri and Illinois |
U.S. Geological Survey | |
U.S. Geological Survey Central and Eastern United States Center for Earthquake Research and Information | |
$50,000 | |
2007 - 2009 | Structural Assessment of Highway “N” Power Substation Under Earthquake Loads |
Missouri Department of Transportation | |
Colleague(s): 25,000 | |
2006 - 2008 | Development of a Virtual Geotechnical Database System to Store and Retrieve Subsurface Data |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) | |
Through the Center for Geospatial Intelligence at the University of Missouri-Columbia | |
$200,000 | |
2006 - 2007 | Creation of a Geologic GIS Database for the St. Louis Metro Area, Missouri and Illinois |
U.S. Geological Survey | |
U.S. Geological Survey National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program FY06 | |
$40,000 | |
2006 - 2007 | Hurricane Katrina and Lessons for Prevention of Catastrophic Levee Failures Applicable to Other Similarly Threatened Areas of the United States |
National Science Foundation - 0611632 | |
$199,651 | |
2006 - 2007 | Pilot Seismic Hazard Assessment of the Granite City, Monk Mound, and Columbia Bottom quadrangles, St. Louis Metropolitan area |
U.S. Geological Survey | |
U.S. Geological Survey National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program FY07 | |
$52,682 | |
2005 - 2006 | Data Collection of Damage and Dissemination of Storm Damage to the Gulf Coast |
U.S. Geological Survey | |
Role: Co-Principal Investigator | |
$45,000 | |
2005 - 2006 | Geotechnical Science Liaison for USGS Mid-Continental Geographic Science Center |
U.S. Geological Survey | |
U.S. Geological Survey Geography Directorate | |
$67,000 | |
2005 - 2006 | Hurricane Katrina and Lessons for Responding and Repairing Catastrophic Levee Failures Applicable to Other Similarly Threatened Areas of the United States |
National Science Foundation - 0553197 | |
SGER Award | |
$29,729 | |
2005 - 2006 | St. Louis Metro Area Shear Wave Velocity Testing (renewal) |
U.S. Geological Survey | |
U.S. Geological Survey | |
Role: Co-Principal Investigator | |
Colleague(s): N.L. Anderson and D.L. Hoffman | |
$53,817 | |
2005 - 2006 | “Implementation of an AGS-COSMOS-FHWA Compatible Geotechnical Databases for the St. Louis Metro Area, Missouri and Illinois and, the Evansville-Henderson Area, Indiana and Kentucky |
U.S. Geological Survey | |
U.S. Geological Survey Central and Eastern United States Center for Earthquake Research and Information | |
$45,761 | |
2004 - 2005 | St. Louis Metro Area Shear Wave Velocity Testing |
U.S. Geological Survey | |
U.S. Geological Survey National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program | |
Role: Co-Principal Investigator | |
Colleague(s): Neil Anderson, PI, Co-PI David Hoffman | |
$50,000 | |
2003 - 2004 | Determination of Shear Wave Velocity Along a Segment of Interstate 70, St. Louis, MO |
Missouri Department of Transportation | |
Role: Co-Principal Investigator | |
Colleague(s): Neil Anderson | |
$8,800 | |
2003 - 2004 | Optimization of Augers for Subterranean Warfare |
U.S. Air Force Research Lab | |
U.S. Air Force Research Lab-Munitions Directorate | |
Colleague(s): Jason Baird | |
$50,000 | |
2002 - 2004 | Earthquake Hazard Mitigation Research Program For Highway Systems |
Federal Highway Administration and Missouri Department of Transportation | |
Colleague(s): Neil Anderson, Genda Chen, Richard Stephenson, Ronaldo Luna, Pedro Silva, David Enke and Gary Spring | |
$800,000 | |
2003 | Mapping of Seismically-Induced Landslippage in the Western New Madrid Seismic Zone |
University of Missouri Research Board | |
$20,157 | |
2002 | GPR Investigation of Concrete Integrity, Shepard of the Hills Hatchery, Branson, Missouri |
Missouri Department of Conservation | |
Role: Co-Principal Investigator | |
Colleague(s): Neil Anderson and Richard Stephenson | |
$12,500 | |
2002 | Mapping of Seismically-Induced Landslippage in the Benton Hills and Crowley’s Ridge, New Madrid Seismic Zone, Missouri and Arkansas |
U.S. Geological Survey | |
National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program | |
$36,867 | |
1993 - 1994 | Development of a Computerized Well Database for Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California |
U.S. Geological Survey - 1434-50023 | |
National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program RFP 1923, awarded December 10, 1992 | |
$93,997 | |
1989 - 1992 | Evaluation of Geotechnical Conditions Leading to the Partial Collapse of the I-880 Cypress Structure and East Span of the San Francisco.-Oakland Bay Bridge |
California Department of Transportation, Legal Department, San Francisco | |
$95,000 | |
1990 - 1991 | Engineering Geologic Site Characterization of the Greater Oakland Alameda Area, Alameda and San Francisco Counties, California |
National Science Foundation - BCS-9003785 | |
Final Report to the National Science Foundation, October 1990-Dec 1991 | |
$44,900 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2016 - Present | Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers | 2010 - Present | Member, History & Heritage Committee of the American Society of Civil Engineers | 2002 - Present | Academic Member, Association of Soil and Foundation Engineers | 1996 - Present | Fellow, Geological Society of America | 1993 - Present | Member, American Institute of Professional Geologists | 1993 - Present | Member, International Association of Engineering Geologists | 1990 - Present | Member, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute | 1989 - Present | Member, National Society of Professional Engineers | 1988 - Present | Life Member, International Commission on Large Dams | 1988 - Present | Life Member, United States Society of Dams | 1976 - Present | Member, Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists (AEG) | 1975 - Present | Member, American Society of Civil Engineers | 1975 - Present | Member, Geological Society of America | 1982 - 2012 | Member, American Geophysical Union | 1990 - 2005 | Member, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing | 1992 - 2001 | Member, International Landslide Research Group | 1985 - 2001 | Member, Association of Soil and Foundation Engineers | 1987 - 1997 | Member, International Society for Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering | 1985 - 1997 | Member, American Society for Testing and Materials | 1984 - 1995 | Member, International Society for Rock Mechanics | 1986 - 1989 | Committee D-19, American Society for Testing and Materials | 1980 - 1987 | Member, International Commission on Large Dams | 1980 - 1987 | Member, United States Society of Dams |
Honors and Awards
- S&T Outstanding Teaching Award, 2019
- S&T Outstanding Teaching Award, 2016-17
- Presidential Citation, Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists for Outstanding Service to the Association and the Nation on Natural Hazards, 2006, in recognition of work on Hurricane Katrina.
- R. H. Jahns Distinguished Lecturer in Engineering Geology Award of the Association of Engineering Geologists and Geological Society of America, 1996.
- Elected Fellow of the Geological Society of America without petition in recognition of “contributions to the public understanding of geologic hazards and the need for engineering geology on a national scale” May 29, 1996
- E. B. Burwell, Jr. Award of the Engineering Geology Division of the Geological Society of America, 1994
- Rock Mechanics Award, U.S. National Committee for Rock Mechanics of the National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences/National Academy of Engineering, 1994
- Distinguished Project Award (designer), Alta Street Restoration Project for City and County of San Francisco, Northern California Chapter American Public Works Association, 1994
- Best Presentation Award, Society of Mining Engineers, 106th Annual Meeting, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, Las Vegas, NV, Feb 25, 1976
Courses
- GE 1150 Physical Geology for Engineers
- GE 110 Principles of Geological Engineering
- GE 301 Development of Flood Control Engineering in the United States
- GE 4010 Senior Seminar in Geological Engineering
- GE 5441 Engineering Geology and Geotechnics
- GE 5642 Military Geology
- GE 5090 Geological Engineering Senior Design
- GE 6441 Geotechnical Construction Practice
1982 | Ph.D. in Geological and Geotechnical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley | |
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1979 | M.S. in Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley | |
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1976 | B.S. in Earth Science: Geology Option, California State Polytechnic University | |
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Contact Information
157 McNutt Hall
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, MO 65409
(573) 341-6198
Fax: (573) 341-6935
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