surface processes research group
Geomorphology at oregon state
Faculty, courses, and research groups in geomorphology and allied disciplines at Oregon State, where we benefit from diverse faculty and courses in geomorphology and allied disciplines of hydrodynamics, hydrology, forestry, sedimentology, paleoclimatology, and remote sensing.
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GEO 433/533 Coastal Geomorphology (Ruggiero, winter, odd years)
CSS 466/566 Soil Morphology and Classification (Noller, spring, yearly)
CSS 468 Digital Mapping of Soilscapes (Noller, winter, even years)
GEO 481/581 Glacial Geology (Clark, fall, even years)
FE 536 Forest Erosion Processes (Skaugset, spring, even years)
GEO 537 Tectonic Geomorphology (Kirby, fall, odd years)
BEE 545 Sediment Transport (Cuenca, spring, odd years)
GEO 548 Field Research in Geomorphology and Landscape Ecology (Jones, fall, yearly)
CSS 568 Soil Geomorphology (Noller, winter, odd years)
[GEO 582 Geomorphology of Forests and Streams (Lancaster, not currently offered)]
CE/OC 635 Applied Modeling of Nearshore Processes (Hill, Ozkan-Haller)
OC 664 Littoral Processes and Sedimentation (Holman, Ruggiero)
faculty in related disciplines
Ed Brook, Prof., Coll. Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
Peter Clark, Prof., Coll. Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
Richard Cuenca, Prof., Dept. Biological and Ecological Engineering
Loren Davis, Assoc. Prof., Dept. Anthropology
Maria Dragila, Prof., Dept. Crop and Soil Sciences
Roy Haggerty, Prof., Coll. Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
David Hill, Assoc. Prof., School Civil and Construction Engineering
Marcus Kleber, Asst. Prof., Dept. Crop and Soil Science
Arturo Leon, Asst. Prof., School Civil and Construction Engineering
Jeffrey McDonnell, Prof., Dept. Forest Engineering, Resources and Management
Anne Nolin, Assoc. Prof., Coll. Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
Tuba Ozkan-Haller, Assoc. Prof., Coll. Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
Julie Pett-Ridge, Asst. Prof., Dept. Crop and Soil Science
John Selker, Prof., Dept. Biological and Ecological Engineering
Arne Skaugset, Assoc. Prof., Dept. Forest Engineering, Resources and Management
Desiree Tullos, Asst. Prof., Dept. Biological and Ecological Engineering
Harry Yeh, Prof., School Civil and Construction Engineering
Research and Interest Groups
Surface Processes Research Group
HJ Andrews Experimental Forest
Institute for Water and Watersheds
hydraulics and fluid mechanics courses
CE 505 Transient Flows (Leon, fall, odd years)
CE 547 Water Resources Engineering I: Principles of Fluid Mechanics (Istok, fall, yearly)
CE 640 ST / Open Channel Hydraulics (Hill, winter, yearly)
OC 669 ST / Nearshore Hydrodynamics (Ozkan-Haller, fall)
OC 670 Fluid Dynamics (Kurapov, fall)
OC 674 Turbulence
hydrology courses
BEE 512 Physical Hydrology (Cuenca, fall, yearly)
CE 514 Groundwater Hydraulics (Istok, winter, yearly)
BEE 525 Stochastic Hydrology (Selker, spring, odd years)
FE 532 Forest Hydrology (Skaugset, spring, odd years)
CSS 535 Soil Physics (Dragila, fall, odd years)
CSS 536 Vadose Zone Hydrology Lab (Dragila, fall, yearly)
BEE 549 Regional Hydrologic Modeling (Cuenca, winter, odd years)
CSS 635 Advanced Soil Physics (Dragila, fall, even years)
GEO 691 Mass and Heat Transport in the Environment (Haggerty, spring, even years)
water resources engineering courses
CHE 514 Fluid Flow (Jovanovic, winter, yearly)
ENVE 521 Water and Wastewater Characterization (Dolan, fall, yearly)
ENVE 522 Environmental Engineering Design (Wood, winter, yearly)
BEE 529 Biosystems Modeling Techniques (Bolte, winter, yearly)
ENVE 531 Fate and Transport of Chemicals (Semprini, winter, yearly)
BEE 533 Irrigation System Design (Cuenca, spring, even years)
FE 534 Forest Watershed Management (Skaugset, winter, yearly)
ENVE 541 Biological Wastewater Treatment (Dolan, winter, yearly)
BEE 546 River Engineering (Tullos, winter, odd years)
ENVE 556 Sustainable Water Resources Development (Wildenschild, spring, yearly)
CHE 581 ST / Introduction to Numerical Methods (Wood, winter, yearly)
CE 5XX Starm-water Management and Modeling (Leon, fall, even years)
ENVE 5XX Groundwater Remediation (Semprini, spring, yearly)
geotechnical engineering courses
CE 570 ST / Shear Strength and Slope Stability
CE 573 Earth Structures
CE 574 Engineering Properties of Soils
CE 575 Earth Retention and Support
courses in closely related subjects
GEO 370 Stratigraphy and Sedimentology (Clark)
GEO 444/544 Remote Sensing of the Environment (Nolin, fall, yearly)
GEO 486/586 Quaternary Paleoclimatology (Brook, winter, odd years)
ANTH 537 Geoarchaeology (Davis, fall)
OC 562 Sedimentary Processes in Ocean Basins (Klinkhammer, winter)
OC/GEO 633 Geochronology and Isotope Geology (Koppers, fall, odd years)
Surface processes/geomorphology faculty
Gordon Grant, Courtesy Prof., Coll. Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, FES, FERM
Rob Holman, Prof., Coll. Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
Julia Jones, Prof., Coll. Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
Eric Kirby, Assoc. Prof. Coll. Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
Stephen Lancaster, Assoc. Prof., Coll. Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
Andrew Meigs, Prof., Coll. Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
Jay Noller, Prof., Dept. Crop and Soil Science
Peter Ruggiero, Assoc. Prof., Coll. Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
surface processes courses