Evaluates ground conditions and geological risks to support safe design, construction, and maintenance of infrastructure projects.

Evaluates how geological processes interact with environmental systems to address pollution, hazards, and sustainability challenges.

Investigates Earth’s materials and structure to understand geological history, locate resources, and assess environmental and engineering conditions.

Studies landforms and surface processes to understand landscape evolution and inform environmental and hazard management.

Studies groundwater movement, quality, and aquifer systems to support sustainable water management and environmental protection.

Studies fossils to understand past life, environmental change, and evolutionary processes.

Studies earthquakes and seismic waves to understand Earth’s interior and improve hazard forecasting and resilience.

Studies volcanoes, eruptions, and magmatic systems to analyze hazards and understand planetary processes.