The other books are used as references. They contain valuable information, and much of our lecture material comes from them. Brady, B.H.G. and E.T. Brown, 1992. Hoek, Evert and John W. Bray, 1981. Hoek, Evert and E.T. Brown, 1982.
Office hours are determined during the first week of each term.
If the office door is open I can usually stop what I'm doing and answer your questions. Please knock first. Leslie Gertsch received a B.Sc. degree in Geological Engineering from Colorado School of Mines in 1982, and a Ph.D. degree in Mining Engineering from the same place in 1989. She worked as a mining engineer for the Environmental Section of the U.S. Bureau of Mines Research Center in Spokane, Washington from 1988 to 1990. Dr. Gertsch joined the CSM academic faculty in 1996, where she taught undergraduate and graduate rock mechanics fundamentals, statics, dynamics, and instrumentation until coming to MTU in 1998.