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This page is a construction zone that will soon evolve into a collection of resources related to one of the Richard H. Jahns Lectures for 2022-23. Please revisit this site as its content evolves.
Description
This talk will explain how a person might develop their interest in engineering geology in school, apprentice with a licensed engineering geologist and pass the FG and PG exams, and contribute to society as a professional geologist. This will provide an answer to the question "what is engineering geology," by considering some of the geological problems that engineering geologists are involved with (e.g., a myriad of water-related issues, coastal and fluvial erosion/deposition, characterization of active faults, forensic geology, dam siting, work on roads and foundations and pre-development site investigations, et cetera). It will highlight the idea that engineering geologists have established communities (AEG, GSA-EEGD, AIPG, SIPES) that provide networking opportunities, continuing education, and support for their members. I will also emphasize the universal utility of environmental and engineering geology. That is, a person with strong family ties to a given place is likely to be able to work as an engineering geoscientist in or near that place. Or, if they feel that job-related travel/relocation is an attractive aspect of career, they can work as an engineering geologist almost anywhere including internationally.
Professional Association Homepages
American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG) homepage: https://www.aipg.org
Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists (AEG) homepage: https://www.aegweb.org
Geological Society of America, Environmental & Engineering Geology Division (GSA-EEGD) homepage: https://community.geosociety.org/eegdivision/home
International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG) homepage: https://www.iaeg.info
International Association for Promoting Geoethics (IAPG) homepage: https://www.geoethics.org
National Association of State Boards of Geology (ASBOG) homepage: https://www.asbog.org
Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists (SIPES) homepage: https://sipes.org
Some State Geology Licensure Standards
Arizona State Board of Technical Registration homepage: https://btr.az.gov
ASBOG summary sheet for Arizona: https://asbog.org/states/az.pdf
California Department of Consmer Affairs, Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists homepage: https://www.bpelsg.ca.gov/
ASBOG summary sheet for California: https://asbog.org/states/ca.pdf
New Jersey Site Remediation Professional Licensing Board homepage: https://www.nj.gov/lsrpboard/
ASBOG summary sheet for New Jersey: https://asbog.org/states/nj.pdf
New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions, Geology homepage: https://www.op.nysed.gov/prof/geo/
ASBOG summary sheet for New York: https://asbog.org/states/ny.pdf
Oregon State Board of Geologist Examiners homepage: https://www.oregon.gov/osbge/Pages/default.aspx
ASBOG summary sheet for Oregon: https://asbog.org/states/or.pdf
Pennsylvania Department of State, Professional Licensing homepage: https://www.dos.pa.gov/eng/
ASBOG summary sheet for Pennsylvania: https://asbog.org/states/pa.pdf
Washington State Department of Licensing for Geologists homepage: https://www.dol.wa.gov/business/geologist/index.html
ASBOG summary sheet for Washington: https://asbog.org/states/wa.pdf
References
AGI, 2019, Geologist-In-Training Certification in the United States, 2019: American Geosciences Institute, Geoscience Currents, accessible via https://www.americangeosciences.org/geoscience-currents/geologist-training-certification-united-states-2019
ASBOG, 2017, The Professional Geologist Model Licensure Law, accessible via https://asbog.org/documents/ModelLawWithRevisions_10-15-17.pdf
ASBOG, 2018, Geology Registration Standards (July 2018), accessible via https://asbog.org/matrix/MatrixJuly2018.pdf
Cronin, V.S., 2021, Geoethics as a common thread that can bind a geoscience department together, in Di Capua, G., [editor], Geoethics—Status and Future Perspectives: Geological Society of London Special Publication SP508, p. 55-65
Luino, F., and De Graff, J.V., 2012, The Stava mudflow of 19 July 1985 (Northern Italy) -- a disaster that effective regulation might have prevented: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, v. 12, p. 1029-1044, accessible via https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/12/1029/2012/
Shuirman, G., and Slosson, J.E., 1992, Forensic Engineering -- Environmental Case Histories for Civil Engineers and Geologists: San Diego, Academic Press, 296 p.
Slosson, J.E., Williams, J.W., and Cronin, V.S., 1991, Current and future difficulties in the practice of engineering geology: Engineering Geology, v. 30, p. 3-12
Tepel, R.E., 1995, Professional Licensure for Geologists, An Exporation of Issues: Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists, Special Publication No. 7, 135 p., accessible via https://www.aegweb.org/assets/docs/Publications/SP7_Professional%20Licensure%20for%20Geologists.pdf
Warner, J.L., 2015, Task Analysis Survey 2015 -- A Study of the Practice of Geology in the United States and Canada: ASBOG, 22 p., accessible via https://asbog.org/documents/ASBOG%20TAS%202015%20-%20Summary%20Report%20(July%202021).pdf
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