Mike Mooney, Associate Professor

Northwestern University, Ph.D.

Mike's interests lie in intelligent geoconstruction, sensing and instrumentation, vibrations and intelligent systems. Current projects include intelligent underwater soil compaction (for the Venice lagoon restoration project), machine-soil interaction, developing pad-soil sensing systems, and the rapid assessment of layered earthwork in pavement systems. Mike is the Director for SmartGeo, an interdisciplinary graduate education program in intelligent geosystems and is involved in the Center for Automation, Robotics and Distributed Intelligence (CARDI).

Homepage - http://control.mines.edu/mooney
Mike received a dual-degree B.A. in Physics from Hastings College, Nebraska and B.S. in Civil Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis, a M.S. in Civil-Structural Engineering from California-Irvine, and a Ph.D. in Civil-Geotechnical Engineering from Northwestern University. Mike is a registered Professional Engineer in Colorado. He has worked in Civil Engineering consulting in Ireland, Italy, southern California, Oklahoma and Colorado. Mike's background in physics, structural dynamics and geotechnical systems (along with his desire to operate heavy equipment!) has fueled his interest in intelligent geosystems and geoconstruction. Mike's intelligent geosystems research team includes students from civil-geotechnical, mechanical, electrical and computer science.

Current Courses - Fall 2009
EGGN501A - Advanced Engineering Measurements

Additional Links:
CARDI
SmartGeo