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Land Site Survey & Assessment Department

Land Site Survey & Assessment trains specialists to accurately characterize subsurface conditions before infrastructure construction — tunnels, dams, and industrial facilities. Students learn to integrate heterogeneous data — engineering-geological mapping, GPR, and borehole records — into a coherent ground model, and repeatedly practice evaluating rock-quality classification and hydrogeological behavior through simulation. With the integrative skill to weave diverse survey data into a single ground model, graduates can take ownership of the site-investigation phase of infrastructure projects.

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Field-based Curriculum · 13

This department's curriculum is built directly on the GeoVerse Lab research fields its professors hold — click a field to see how it is taught.

Engineering Geological Mapping & Borehole Logging
Engineering Geological Mapping & Borehole Logging
Teaching integration of engineering geological mapping and borehole logging into…
Ralph Brazelton Peck
Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR) Surveying
Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR) Surveying
Teaching ground-penetrating radar principles, applications, and limits in imagin…
Heinrich Hertz
Rock Quality Designation (RQD) & Rock Mass Classification
Rock Quality Designation (RQD) & Rock Mass Classification
Teaching Rock Quality Designation and rock mass classification systems as the to…
Evert Hoek
Hydrogeological Testing & Aquifer Characterization
Hydrogeological Testing & Aquifer Characterization
Teaching hydrogeological testing (pumping, slug, and infiltration tests) to char…
Robert E. Horton
Shallow Seismic Refraction & MASW Surface Wave Methods
Shallow Seismic Refraction & MASW Surface Wave Methods
Teaching MASW inversion of Rayleigh-wave dispersion for shallow shear-wave veloc…
Lord Rayleigh
Site Response & Vs30 Shear-Wave Characterization
Site Response & Vs30 Shear-Wave Characterization
Teaching site response analysis of near-surface seismic amplification through sh…
Augustus Edward Hough Love
Cone Penetration Testing & In-Situ Strength Interpretation
Cone Penetration Testing & In-Situ Strength Interpretation
Teaching interpretation of continuous cone penetration test measurements into so…
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
Soil Classification & Geotechnical Index/Consolidation Properties
Soil Classification & Geotechnical Index/Consolidation Properties
Teaching soil classification and consolidation testing, this course runs the lab…
Arthur Casagrande
Foundation Engineering & Bearing Capacity Analysis
Foundation Engineering & Bearing Capacity Analysis
Teaching bearing capacity and settlement analysis from classical theory to numer…
Carl Culmann
Borehole Geophysics & Electrical Well Logging
Borehole Geophysics & Electrical Well Logging
Teaching electrical resistivity well logging, this course runs from Ohm's law to…
Georg Simon Ohm
Tunnel Site Investigation & Ground Characterization
Tunnel Site Investigation & Ground Characterization
Teaching integrated investigation-construction practice for tunnels, continuousl…
Marc Isambard Brunel
Dam Site Geological Investigation
Dam Site Geological Investigation
Teaching dam-site geological and permeability investigation with foundation trea…
Andre Coyne
Karst & Ground Void Detection
Karst & Ground Void Detection
Teaching systematic karst investigation to detect and evaluate subsurface voids …
Edouard-Alfred Martel