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Find out what kind of courses you can take and learn more about the expertise of our faculty:
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Our geosystems engineering program merges geotechnics, geophysics, geomechanics and geology.
We focus on the behavior of natural materials in engineered systems, encompassing traditional and emerging topics within the field — like advanced techniques for site and material characterization; constitutive and micromechanical modeling; natural and man-made hazard mitigation; engineered soils; biotechnology; geotechnical aspects of resource recovery; and foundation design, slope stability, and excavation support.
Our graduate students work with world-class faculty to conduct fundamental and applied research using analytical, numerical, and experimental methods. They also help us teach and participate in a wide range of professional development and social activities coordinated by the Georgia Tech Geotechnical Society.
Facilities
Geosystems instruction facilities, research groups and laboratories occupy more than 10,000 square feet of custom space in the Mason Building. The research groups include:
Geoenvironmental Engineering Group
PEOPLE
Chloé Arson Associate Professor |
Rudolph Bonaparte Professor of the Practice |
Susan E. Burns Associate Chair for Finance and Administration & Professor |
G. Wayne Clough Secretary Emeritus, Smithsonian Institution; President Emeritus, Georgia... |
Sheng Dai Assistant Professor |
Jenny Freeman Administrative Professional Senior |
J. David Frost Elizabeth and Bill Higginbotham Professor & Group Coordinator |
Haiying Huang Associate Professor |
James Lai Professor Emeritus |
Jorge Macedo Assistant Professor |
Paul W. Mayne Professor Emeritus |
