If you are feeling generous for #GivingTuesday, there is a GoFundMe page for students at Chico State who got burned out in the Camp Fire: https://www.gofundme.com/geos-students-campfire
Annual AEG/GRA Holiday Mixer and Raffle Thursday, December 6!
Please join us for our Annual AEG/GRA Holiday Mixer and Raffle on Thursday, December 6th at the Old Spaghetti Factory in Sacramento! Raffle prizes are also welcome and encouraged! Please bring prizes that geology and engineer-types will love (rocks, minerals, books, beer, wine…). All proceeds will benefit geology students in the local area, so be generous and help support our next generation of geologists. Please RSVP with your meal selection by Monday, December 3!
Passing of Eldridge Moores
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Distinguished Professor Emeritus and world-renowned geologist (among many other accolades) Eldridge Moores. Dr. Moores died unexpectedly Sunday, October 28 while on a geology field trip at the age of 80. A statement from U.C. Davis about Dr. Moores can be found here. Dr. Moores was a contributor and major part of the AEG Geology of the Cities of the World, Sacramento edition, and the updated volume will be dedicated to Dr. Moores in early 2019.
Help Engineering and Geology Students While Shopping on Amazon!
Did you know you can help provide scholarships, seminars, and research endeavors to geotechnical engineering professionals by shopping on Amazon?!! By shopping through Amazon Smile (Amazon’s charity), and selecting the Ray Taber Foundation (tax id: 46-3991969 or smile.amazon.com/ch/46-3991969) as your charity, a percentage of your purchases will go to the Foundation. And from Oct. 29 to Nov. 2nd, Amazon will increase the percentage of the donation rate to 5% (ten times the usual amount!).
AEG/EERI October Meeting Announcement! October 23 at Aviators
Please join us for a joint meeting with the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) on Tuesday, October 23 for a talk by Scott Lindvall, CEG from Lettis Consultants International, Inc! Mr. Lindvall will present a talk titled “Fault Rupture Hazard Investigations for the Los Angeles Aqueduct System: Owens Valley to the San Andreas” Read more
SAGE Seminar: Drones – Mapping our World from a New Perspective 10/10/2018
Come and learn the latest in unmanned aerial system technology and the use of
drones. Find out what drones can do for you and how they can be used on your
next project. Seminar is October 10, 2018. More information and registration at http://www.sage-edc.org! Read more
AEG August Monthly Meeting Announcement! 8/2/2018
Good Afternoon Sacramento AEG,
Please join us on Thursday, August 2nd at Yolo Brewing Company (1520 Terminal Street, West Sacramento, CA 95691) for our August Monthly Meeting!
Our Speaker for our August Meeting will be Mike George, Ph.D., P.E.. Mr. George’s talk is titled “Rock Erodibility for Dam Foundations and Spillways“.
