Week-by-week
EXAM 1: October 29
EXAM 2: December 8
AUGUST - SEPTEMBER
August 23: Welcome, Introduction, Expectations, Syllabus
August 25: Soils and Rocks
Download and read Lecture Notes 1 before class
August 27: Soils and Rocks
Watch the following Lake Peigneur video
Be ready to discuss this case study in class.
August 30: Engineering and Geology. Case Study: Vaiont Dam
Watch the following video clips before class: Video 1, Video 2.
September 1: Engineering and Geology
Read web page on dam failure (Assoc. of State Dam Safety). Focus on causes of dam failure
HW Assignment: Watch the following videos on dam failure:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_61-wGFlcc (Malpasset Dam)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BilO_Bv7pW0 (St. Francis Dam)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEdM6Ys6spA (Teton Dam)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIeNM8cm6J8 (Baldwin Hills Dam)
Be ready to discuss these case studies in class on September 1.
September 3: Topographic Maps
Reading: http://www.ghosttowns.com/topotmaps.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topographic_map
http://serc.carleton.edu/mathyouneed/slope/index.html
HW Assignment:
1. Vaiont Dam (HW Assignment # 1 in Lecture Notes 1)
Download the article needed for this assignment.
September 8: Topographic Maps (Continued), Engineering and Geology
September 10: Engineering and Geology
Watch the video about the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Be ready to discuss in class on Sept 11 the reasons for the failure.
September 13: Bulk Properties of Rocks and Soils (see notes)
HW Assignment: Topographic map HW assignment due.
September 15: Bulk Properties of Rocks and Soils (see notes)
September 17: Guest lecture 1 (Tanya Unger)
September 20: Earth and Its Population. Geology and the Environment.
Download Earth Notes and bring them to class.
Watch This Billion-Year Journey of Earth’s Tectonic Plates
Watch Earth global map of wind, weather, etc.
September 22: Earth and Its Population. Geology and the Environment.
September 24: Earth and Its Population. Geology and the Environment.
Watch the following video clips:http://www.worldometers.info and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIUCTbi_XZs
HW Assignment: Bulk properties of rocks and soils HW assignment due.
September 27: Earth and Its Population
HW Assignment: Take the FootPrint quiz from the Global Footprint Network
What is your footprint? How are you planning to reduce it?
Turn in footprint quiz results.
September 29: Stresses in Rocks and Soils
OCTOBER
October 1: Stresses in Rocks and Soils
October 4: Sresses in Rocks and Soils
HW assignment at the end of Earth Notes due
October 6: Geologic Hazards
Watch the following video clips:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDqskltCixA
- "When the Bay Area Quakes" video
- La Conchita Landslide
- Slumgallion Landlide (CO)
Submit one page description of selected case studies
October 8: Guest Lecture 2 (Tanya Unger)
October 11: Geologic Hazards, Risk Analysis and Management
HW Assignment: Stresses in rocks and soils due
October 13: Minerals and their Engineering Properties
Download and read Minerals 1 Lecture Notes
PPT
October 15: Minerals and their Engineering Properties
PPT
October 18: Minerals and their Engineering Properties
HW Assignment: Geologic hazards due.
PPT
October 20: Minerals and their Engineering Properties
Read the article: Earth Materials and Public Health
PPT
October 22:Minerals and their Engineering Properties
PPT
October 25: Guest lecture: Eric Beauce
HW Assignment: in Minerals 1 Lecture Notes due
October 27: Review session
October 29: EXAM # 1
NOVEMBER
November 1: Rock Slope Engineering
November 3: Rock Slope Engineering
November 5: Rock Slope Engineering
HW Assignment: The Kansai International Airport Case Study
Watch the video on your own and answer questions.
November 8: Rock Discontinuities (1)
Strike-Dip orientation
HW Assignment: Slope stability due
November 10: Rocks and their Engineering Properties
Aggregates, Igneous rocks
Read Aggregates for Concrete
PPT
November 12: Geology of Igneous Rocks
PPT
November 15: Geology of Igneous Rocks
PPT
HW Assignment due: Strike and Dip
November 17: Guest Lecture 3 (Tanya Unger)
November 19: Rock Discontinuities (2), Map exercises
November 29: Geology of Sedimentary Rocks
PPT
HW Assignment: Igneous rocks Due
DECEMBER
December 1: Engineering of Sedimentary Rocks
PPT
December 3: Folds, faults, rock discontinuities
PPT
Term projects due
December 6: Engineeirng properties of metamorphic rocks
PPT
December 8: EXAM 2