Major Field Advisor – Students who have graduated   

Ece Karadeniz, M.S. in geological engineering, graduated in December 2008, Ground Motion Sensitivity Analyses for the Greater St. Louis Metropolitan Area.

Katherine L. Onstad, M.S. in geological engineering, graduated in May 2008, Methodology and Process to Accompany a Virtual Geotechnical Database for the St. Louis Metropolitan Area.

Jae-won Chung, Ph.D. in geological engineering, awarded in Dec 2007, Development of a Geographic  Information System-Based Virtual Geotechnical Database and Assessment of Liquefaction Potential for the St. Louis Metropolitan Area.

Deniz Karadeniz, Ph.D. in geological engineering, awarded in Dec 2007, Pilot Program to Assess Seismic Hazards of the Granite City, Monks Mound, and Columbia Bottom Quadrangles, St. Louis Metropolitan Area, Missouri and Illinois.

Conor Watkins, M.S. geological engineering, non thesis option (opted for Ph.D.), May 2005

Craig Kaibel, M.S. in geological engineering awarded in Dec 2004, Estimation of One-Dimensional Seismic Site Response and Liquefaction Susceptibility of Three Missouri River Bridges

Ahmed M. Youssef, Ph.D. geological engineering awarded in December 2004 (co-advisor), Development of a Highway Rockfall Management Database System for Missouri Highways Using Digital Video Image Analysis and Geographic Information System

Abhay Sonawane, M.S. in geological engineering, non thesis option awarded in December 2004

Atinuke O. Akingbade, Ph.D. in applied geophysics awarded in May 2004 (co-advisor), Passive Margin Thrust Belts: A Case Study of Deformational Regime and Hydrocarbon Prospectivity

Kevin James, M.S. in geological engineering awarded in December 2003, non-thesis

Briget C. Doyle, Ph.D. in geological engineering, awarded in December 2003, Identification of Seismically-Induced Landslippage Along Crowley’s Ridge, Southeast Missouri and Northeast Arkansas 

Shahram Taherinia, M.S. in geological engineering, awarded in December 2003, Engineering Geologic Site Characterization of Some Major Highway Bridges in Missouri    

Nicholas H. Beckmann,  M.S. in geological engineering, awarded in December 2002,  Characterization and Analysis of the West Lost Creek Trail Landslide, Hinsdale County, Colorado 

Michael Jurashius, M.S. in geology at San Jose State University, awarded in May 2002, Rock Slope Kinematics of the Mission Peak Landslide, Fremont, California

Patrick L. Drumm, M.S. in geology at California State University, Los Angeles, awarded in December 1999, A Study of Late Cenozoic Faulting and Geologic Evolution of the San Antonio Canyon Watershed with Emphasis on Fill Terrace Deposits and Rock Avalanches, Eastern San Gabriel Mountains, bordering Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties, California