GEOL0023-2 : Engineering geology (integrated project)

Study Programmes 2015-2016

GEOL0023-2

Engineering geology (integrated project)

Duration :

25h Th, 25h Pr, 3d FW

Number of credits :

Master in geology (120 ECTS)		5
Master in geology (60 ECTS)		5

Lecturer :

Frédéric Nguyen

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

This course puts students in the situation of a team of geology engineers, construction engineers, geologists which are asked to work together for a realistic project, such as civil engineering (dams, tunnels), mining (stability in quarries, mines opencast), stability issues (landslides, stability of rock walls, foundations, karst ...), seismic risk (vulnerability and hazard).

The course aims to bring together people from "natural science" and "engineering" who must exchange information and cooperate effectively to carry out the project in an appropriate manner, and demonstrating the importance of taking into account certain geological characteristics with respect to the sustainability of the project and its various players: builders, architect, planner of the territory, habitantsetc. ... It focuses on interdisciplinary teamwork which students will face during their professional careers.

The projects presented are mostly drawn from real case studies.

Learning outcomes of the course :

The objectives of the courses are generally specific to each project.

The common objectives are the following:
Practical use of the courses seen in the curriculum
Interdisciplinary teamwork
Synthesis and critical thinking

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

The following list includes the materials * generally addressed during project

Geology
Geotechnical
Constructions
Mechanics of materials
Hydrogeology
Geophysics
Rock Mechanics
Mineral resources

* Some subjects are covered parallel to this course. It is obvious that the interdisciplinary nature of the project requires people with complementary profiles, and therefore prerequisites apply to the team and not to each individual. /

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

PBL

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

This integrated project takes place on the second semester (9 weeks). The weekly reports (minutes) are requested to the teams at each session. 1 secretary and 1 facilitator will be designated at each meeting.

Week 1-2

Several seminars will be presented by external speakers so that students become familiar with the content of a project involving engineering geology.
Teams are formed at the first meeting. It is up to them to organize their internal and external collaboration at all levels. The coordination meetings must be reported in minutes.
Allocation of projects to different teams

Week 3

Data collection and analysis of existing data, demand for new data.
Contact with the various stakeholders
A table of contents of the project must be handed over at the end of the week 3.

Week 4-9

Field trips, communication with various actors and completion of projects