Introduction to engineering geology, hydrogeology and the engineering properties of geomaterials including strength, compressibility and permeability of soils and rocks. Labs, case studies and field trips emphasize slope stability, ground monitoring, instrumentation and the engineering significance of geological processes and geomaterials. Fundamentals of applied geomorphology, site investigation technology, geophysics and airphoto interpretation. Emphasis is placed on the surficial geology of the Canadian Prairies.
GEOE 315.3
Rock Mechanics 2(3L-1.5P) Prerequisite(s): GE 213 (taken) and GEOE 218 (or PHYS 121 and GEOL 258)
Physical properties of rock. Rock stress-deformation behaviour and failure. Laboratory and in situ testing.
Introduction to field methods in geological engineering: mapping, discontinuity surveys, analysis and design. A two-week field camp immediately preceding the first term in the final year of the GEOE program.
GEOE 402.3
Engineering Entrepreneurship Capstone 1(3L-3T) Corequisite(s): 12 credit units from Commerce and (COMM 447 or 449 or 493).
Deals with all aspects of a successful entrepreneurship enterprise. Includes lectures, case studies, seminars and field trips. Students give oral and written presentations at the end of each case study. Lecture material covers topics such as finances, accounting, planning and management. Course material is augmented through seminars given by business people and specialists, based on their own experiences.
GEOE 412.3
Reservoir Mechanics 2(3L-1.5P) Prerequisite(s): CE 319 or ME 335. Corequisite(s): GEOL 463.
Fluid flow in hydrocarbon reservoirs; material balance equations; oil and gas well testing; waterflooding and EOR methods; fractional and segregated flow of immiscible fluids.
GEOE 414.3
Rock Mechanics Design 1(3L-1.5P) Prerequisite(s): GEOE 315.
Applications of rock mechanics to design in civil and mining engineering.
GEOE 466.3
Petroleum Geomechanics 2 (3L-1.5P) Prerequisite(s): 90 credit units towards the B.E. degree.
Geomechanical, geotechnical and petrophysical problems of interest to the petroleum industry: petroleum well drilling, borehole breakouts, wellbore stability, hydraulic fracturing, subsidence and compaction due to oil and gas withdrawal.
GEOE 475.3
Advanced Hydrogeology 1(3L-1.5T) Prerequisite(s): CE 319 or CHE 320.
Contaminant transport; regional groundwater flow; petroleum hydrogeology; fluid migration in basins; surface-water groundwater interaction; introduction to groundwater modelling.
GEOE 495.6
Capstone Design Project 1&2(1L-3P) Prerequisite(s): CE 295, GE 300, 348 and 90 credit units towards the B.E. degree. Corequisite(s): CE 420.
Each student must plan and complete a project and submit a written engineering report. The project may involve original laboratory investigations and/or field case history studies and/or computer design problems. Results are presented orally at a seminar.