Dr. Lanbo Liu: Recent Courses

Students conduct seismic survey

Dr. Lanbo Liu, Associate Professor
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of Connecticut

Current Courses:

We were funded by the UConn Institute of Teaching and Learning (ITL) and the National Science Foundation (NSF, co-PI Prof. Philpotts) to implement the Service Learning strategy to G229 and G268 courses. Contact me to learn more about these courses.

Geology 228: Introductory Applied Geophysics (Fall Semester)
Application of geophysical methods to engineering and environmental problems at an introductory level to undergraduates major in geology, natural resources management, and science education, and so on. Topics include site investigation, seismic reflection and refraction, DC resisitvity, electromagnetic induction, and ground penetrating radar.

Geology 229: Engineering and Environmental Geology (Spring Semester)
Application of geological principles to engineering and environmental problems. Topics include site investigation, geologic hazards, slope processes, earthquakes, subsidence, and the engineering properties of geologic materials. Course intended for both geology and engineering majors.

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Lecture 1.1: The Syllabus (1.9 MB)

Lecture 1.2: Fundamemtals (0.6 MB)

Lecture 2.1: Rock Mechanics I (0.2MB)

Lecture 2.2: Rock Mechanics II(1.3MB)

Lecture 3.1: Rock Mechanics III (7.6MB)

Lecture 3.2: Rock Mechanics IV (4.7MB)

Lecture 4.1: Mineralogy (2.7MB)

Lecture 4.2: Soil Mechanics I (3.2MB)

Lecture 5.1: Soil Mechanics II (2.6MB)

Lecture 5.2: Soil Mechanics III (7.4MB)

Lecture 6.1: Hydology I (2.3MB)

Lecture 6.2: Hydrology II (3.9MB)

Lecture 7.1: Glaciology (4.2MB)

Lecture 9.2: Groundwater Hydrology III (0.2MB)

Lecture 10.1: Costal Processes I (0.7MB)

Lecture 10.2: Coast processes II (1.3MB)

Lecture 11.1: Salt water intrusion (0.6MB)

Lecture 11.2: Mass Movement (1.9MB)

Lecture 12.1: Landslides (0.7MB)

Lecture12.2: Physiographic Provinces (3.7MB)

Lecture 13.1: Rock Weathering (8.1MB)

Lecture 13.2: Soil Profile (1.1MB)

Lecture 14.1: Earthquake Engineering (3.5MB)

Lecture14.2: Structural geology (2.5MB)

Lecture 15.1: Site Envistgation (3.7MB)

Lecture 15.2: Course Summary (0.3MB)

Geology 277/377: Exploration and Engineering Seismology (Spring semester)
Principles and applications of seismic methods of exploring the interior of the earth; principles of heat flow in the earth.

Ch. 2. Derivation of Wave Equation

Ch. 3. Seismic Energy

Ch. 4. Slides of Refraction

Geology 278/378: Environmental and Engineering Geophysics (Fall Semester)
Principles and applications of electric, magnetic and electromagnetic methods of exploring the interior of the earth.