Geological Engineering 1985 - 30th reunion

The 1984/85/86 reunion of geological engineering alumni was a huge success.  We had an average turnout across the three graduating years of 50%, with 50 alumni attending one or more of the four official events, that is, an ice-breaker in the Pacific Museum of Earth on October 2nd, two tours (one of campus and one up to Britannia Mine’s water treatment facility) on October 3rd, and a dinner at Sage Bistro October 3rd attended by 67 alumni and guests, including three current UBC faculty who taught us back in the 1980s (Dr. Scott Dunbar (BSc ’72), Dr. Les Smith and Dr. Marc Bustin (PhD ’80 GEO). 

Submitted by Susan Hollingshead BASc ’85 GEOE

UBC geological engineering student on a co-op placement at BC Research Inc.

Geological Engineering

UBC offers the Geological Engineering program in collaboration with the Faculty of Science, blending aspects of earth sciences, civil engineering and mining engineering with a fundamental understanding of the earth’s surface environments...

Geological Engineering
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