Richard L. Meehan
Richard Meehan has civil
engineering
degrees from M.I.T. and Imperial College, University of London.
Following
active duty with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and construction
experience
in Southeast Asia in the early 1960s he did research on fluid migration
in rock formations at University of London
and since the 1970s has specialized in evaluating geological hazards
such as oilfield subsidence, induced seismicity, dam stability,
and flooding. He has maintained a California-based consulting
engineering practice
and
taught at Stanford University for the past thirty five years.
video on 12/12
review of Baldwin Hills fracking
Supplementary
material on Inglewood fracking issue
Web
Project on Geotechnical Failures
Publications
and Book
Reviews
Girls
Algebra Project
Academics
Course taught at M.I.T. (Winter
2000):
Courses taught at Stanford
(1975-):
- AES 114: Engineering
Geology
of Quaternary
Sediments
- STS90q:
San Francisquito Creek
- CE
294: Geotechnical Failures
Current
Research projects
- Underground hazards in
California all related to the presence, exploitation, and use of oil,
gas, and geothermal energy
- Lower river basin issues,
such
as subsidence,
settlement, floods.
- Dam safety
- Nuclear power plant siting
problems