Robert H. Blodgett
Professor

Picture of Professor Robert H. Blodgett in Misty Fjords, southeastern Alaska

Background

Bob Blodgett has taught geology and environmental science at Austin Community College (ACC) since 1995. He loves teaching and has been on the faculty of Ohio State University, Dickinson College, and Chapman University. He has also taught geology at Cranbrook Institute of Science and Oakland University. Bob has worked as a geologist at the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Texas Department of Health, Texas Bureau of Economic Geology, Exxon Production Research Corporation, and Shell Oil Company. He is currently a Professor of Geology in the ACC Department of Physical Sciences where he teaches courses in geology and environmental science.

Communication

Office

Room 106, which is located at the southeast end of the 1st floor of the Main Building on the Rio Grande Campus of Austin Community College at 1212 Rio Grande Street Austin, Texas 78701-1785.

Hours

Telephone and Voice Mail - 512.223.3892

Fax - 512.223.3060
Email - rblodget at austincc.edu

Courses Taught

GEOL 1301 - Natural Hazards and Disasters - Course Description Most Recent Syllabus - Monday/Wednesday Class

Most Recent Syllabus - Tuesday/Thursday Class
GEOL 1305 - Environmental Geology - Course Description Most Recent Syllabus
GEOL 1403 - Physical Geology - Course Description Most Recent Syllabus - Monday/Wednesday Class

Most Recent Syllabus - Tuesday/Thursday Class
GEOL 1404 - Historical Geology - Course Description Most Recent Syllabus
ENVR 1301 - Introduction to Environmental Science - Course Description Most Recent Syllabus
ENVR 1302 - Issues in Environmental Science - Course Description Most Recent Syllabus
EPCT 2488 - Environmental Technology Internship - Course Description

Class Schedule - Fall 2008

Activities

Textbooks - Natural Hazards: Earth's Processes as Hazards, Disasters, and Catastrophes- 1st ed.

Natural Hazards: Earth's Processes as Hazards, Disasters and Catastrophes- 2nd ed.

Project Coordinator - Edwards Aquifer Monitoring Well Project

Licensed Professional Geologist - Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists

Internet Links

Natural Hazards

Earthquakes - USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Tsunamis - NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

Volcanoes - USGS Volcano Hazards Program

Floods - U.S. Geological Survey

Mass Wasting - USGS Landslide Hazards Program

Subsidence - USGS Office of Ground Water

Soil Hazards - Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists

Severe Weather - National Weather Service

Tropical Cyclones - National Hurricane Center

Coastal Hazards - USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Climate Change - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Wildfires - U.S. Geological Survey

Extraterrestrial Impact - NASA Ames Research Center

Daily Update of U.S. Hazards - FEMA - National Situation Update

Natural Hazard Current Events - USGS Natural Hazards Support System

Geology

General Links

U.S. Geological Survey in Texas

NASA Mission to Planet Earth

U.S. Geological Survey

National Association of Geoscience Teachers

American Geological Institute

Austin Geological Society

Geological Society of America

GEOL 1403 - Physical Geology Careers for Geoscientists Topographic Map Exercise: Austin West Quadrangle

Environmental Science

EPA Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water

EPA's Surf Your Watershed
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Aloha!

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Questions? Contact Bob Blodgett at rblodget at austincc.edu

Robert H. Blodgett Professor