Geological Engineering Program
The Geological Engineering Program currently offers Masters of Science (M.S.), Masters of Engineering (M.E.), and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in Geological Engineering.
Research Areas
- Underground excavations in rock and soil
- Information sciences as applied to engineering design
- Uncertainty modeling for engineering systems
- Stability of slopes in rock and soil
- Computational geomechanics
- Groundwater contaminant transport
- Subsurface microbial transport
- Groundwater contaminant transport modeling
- Groundwater particle transport modeling
- Hydrology and water quality of pit mine lakes
- Hydrodynamics of ancient lakes
- Sediment transport and water quality of alluvial systems
- GEO 5075 Introduction to Geological Engineering
- GEO 5150 Geological Engineering Design
- Special Topic Discontinua Engineering
- GEO 5370 Environmental Organic Chemistry
- GEO 5390 Subsurface Remediation & Hazardous Waste Management
- GEO 5360 Fluid Dynamics of Earth Materials
- GEO 5500 Numerical Methods in the Geosciences
- GEO 5380 Solute Transport
- GEO 5350 Groundwater
PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS
Thank you for your interest in our graduate program. If you need further information, please contact:
Department of Geology and Geophysics
135 South 1460 East
Browning Building - Room 719
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0011
Phone (801) 581-7162
Fax (801) 581-7065
GEO@mines.utah.edu
