Jerry D. Higgins
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Contact Information
Education
- Ph.D., Geological Engineering, 1980, University of Missouri-Rolla
- M.S., Geology, 1975, University of Missouri-Rolla
- B.S., Geology, 1969, Southwest Missouri State University
Experience
Research Interests
Courses
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Experience
Academic Professional Experience
- Aug 1986 - Present. Associate Professor, Department of Geology & Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO.
- Feb 1980 - Aug 1986. Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering and Geological Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Geological Engineering Section, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
Other Experience
- Feb 1972 - Present. Private consultant (part time) Engineering Geology and Geotechnics
- Aug. 1969 - Feb. 1972. Engineering geology positions with engineering consulting companies, undergraduate teaching, and employment with a municipality.
Current Professional Activities & Service
- Member, Geologic Hazards Committee, Colorado Natural Hazards Mitigation Council and Chairman, the Landslide Subcommittee
- Member, Engineering Accreditation Commission, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Baltimore, MD.
Research Interests
- Engineering Geology and Geotechnics
- Geologic Hazards Assessment and Mitigation
- Landslide and Rock-fall Analysis and Mitigation
- Expansive Soil and Bedrock
- Aggregate Resource Assessment
Courses
Undergraduate
- SYGN 201 - Engineered Earth Systems
- GEGN 316 - Geological Engineering Field Camp
- GEGN 468 - Engineering Geology & Geotechnics
- GEGN 469 - Engineering Geology Project Design
Graduate
- GEGN 571 - Advanced Engineering Geology
- GEGN 574 - Geotechnical Aspects of Waste Disposal
- GEGN 672 - Advanced Geotechnics
- GEGN 570 - Case Histories in Geological Engineering
Selected Publications
- Jones, C., Higgins, J.D., Andrew, R., (In Press) Colorado Rock-Fall Simulation Program, Version 4.0. (manual and software) Misc. Series (MI 65), Colorado Geological Survey, Denver, CO.
- Santi,P.M. and Higgins, J.D., (1998) Methods for predicting shale durability in the field. Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 195-202.
- Higgins, J.D., 1997, Expansive behavior of shale rock masses: A case study. in Santi, P.M. & Shakoor, A., Characterization of Weak and Weathered Rock Masses, Spec. Pub. 9, Association of Engineering Geologists, Sudbury, Mass.
- Higgins, J.D., Burger, P.A., and Yang, I.C., 1997, The One-Dimensional Compression Method for Extraction of Pore Water from Unsaturated tuffs and Effects on Pore-Water Chemistry. Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4281, U.S. Geological Survey.
- Higgins, J.D., and Modeer, V.A., 1996, Chapter 23: Slope Stability in Loess. in Turner, A.K. & Schuster, R.L. eds., Landslides: Investigation and Mitigation, Special Report 247, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., p. 585-606.
Selected Published Abstracts
- Arndt, Ben P., Higgins, Jerry D., and Baum, Rex L., 1998, The Woodway, Washington landslide-An unusual failure of the Lawton clay member in the steep bluffs along Puget Sound, in Program with Abstracts, 41st Annual Meeting, Association of Engineering Geologists, Seattle, WA, p. 74.
- Johnson, R., Higgins, J.D., Olsen, H., and Noe, D., 1998, Clay and engineering properties of the steeply dipping Pierre Shale and adjacent formations along the Front Range Piedmont, Jefferson and Douglas Counties, CO, in Program with Abstracts, 41st Annual Meeting, Association of Engineering Geologists, Seattle, WA, p. 101.
- Lovekin, J. and Higgins, J.D., 1997, Geologic hazards mapping in the Glenwood Springs/Carbondale, CO area, in Program with Abstracts, 40th Annual Meeting, Association of Engineering Geologists, Portland, OR, p. 123.
- Higgins, J.D., Noe, D.C., Olsen, H.W. and Hosokawa, A., 1995, Foundation and infrastructure damage due to bedrock heave along the central Front Range foothills, Colorado, in Program and Abstracts, Annual Meeting of the Association of Engineering Geologists, Sacramento, CA. p. 55.
- Dodson, M.D., Noe, D.C., and Higgins, J.D., 1995, Development of a map to predict areas susceptible to differential heave in steeply dipping bedrock, Douglas County, CO., in Program and Abstracts, Annual Meeting of the Association of Engineering Geologists, Sacramento, CA. p. 51.
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