Contact Us Geologic Column Geological Engineering at UMR Geological engineering is the application of the principles of geology and environmental concepts to solve problems in engineering practice.
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Updates to sections are coming soon. The new page features a standard menu for all pages. Dr. Mike Whitworth has joined the Geological Engineering faculty at UMR as of the Fall semester of 2000. Dr. Whitworth earned his Ph.D. at Purdue and has worked for the New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Geology and as an Adjunct Professor at New Mexico Institute of Technology in Socorro. Dr. Whitworth's areas of expertise include geologic membranes, clay mineralogy, environmental remediation and contaminant transport, and geomorphology.