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Department of Geology



William C. Haneberg

Adjunct Professor

513-556-3732
william.haneberg@uc.edu
http://www.haneberg.com

Professional Summary

Most of my work— as both a consulting geologist and an adjunct professor— involves earth movements of one kind or another, including landslides, rockslides, debris flows, land subsidence, earth fissures, and other geologic hazards that occur either naturally or as the result of human activities. I also rely on modern tools such as GIS, LiDAR, InSAR, computer simulations, image processing, and digital photogrammetry to solve practical geologic problems in engineering geology, hydrogeology, structural geology, and geomorphology. The lists below contain selected references to some recent papers, books, and abstracts as well as a couple of older papers about Cincinnati landslides.


My field experience includes projects throughout the United States (including Cincinnati area landslides), Papua New Guinea, Nepal, and the Indian Himalaya. If you’d like to see some of the places I’ve worked and traveled, you’re welcome to visit my photography web pages at www.billhaneberg.com.


Before leaving to establish my consulting practice in 1999, I was Assistant Director and Senior Engineering Geologist with the New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources. I have also worked as a petroleum geologist and held adjunct faculty appointments at New Mexico Tech and Portland State University.

Education

PhD, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, 1989 (Geology: geomechanics).

M.S., University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, 1985 (Geology: structural geology).

B.S. cum laude, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, 1982 (Geology).

Research Interests

Geomechanics, structural geology, engineering geology, physical hydrogeology, computational geology, GIS applications, and the use of geologic information to support planning and policy decision making.

Published Abstracts

E. Weppner, J. Hoyt, W.C. Haneberg (2009). Comparison of slope stability models derived from 1-m LiDAR DEM, Freshwater Creek and Ryan Slough watershed, Humboldt County, California [Abstract]. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 41(7), 678.

W.C. Haneberg (2009). Airborne LiDAR as a practical tool for high resolution geologic mapping— a decade of lessons learned and potential revealed [Abstract]. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 41(7), 431.

W.C. Haneberg (2009). A Mathematica package for equal area projection and analysis of rock mass discontinuity orientations [Abstract]. AEG News, 52(Program with Abstracts, 2009 Annual Meeting), 75-76..

W.C. Haneberg (2009). Virtual mapping as a practical engineering geology tool— brave new paradigm or more new clothes for the emperor?: [Abstract]. AEG News, 52((Program with Abstracts, 2009 Annual Meeting)), 75.

Peer Reviewed Publications

N. Gurung, W.C. Haneberg, G.V. Ramana, M. Datta (In Progress). Engineering geology and stability of the Laprak landslide, Gorkha District, Nepal. Environmental & Engineering Geoscience.

W.C. Haneberg (2009). Improved optimization and visualization of drilling directions for rock mass discontinuity characterization. Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, 15, 107-113.

W.C. Haneberg, W.F. Cole, G. Kasali (2009). High-resolution LiDAR-based landslide hazard mapping and modeling, UCSF Parnassus Campus, San Francisco, USA. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 68, 273-286.

B. Adam, C. Dietsch, L.A. Owen, M.W. Caffee, J.A. Spotila, W.C. Haneberg (2009). Exhumation and incision history of the Lahul Himalaya, northern India, based on (U-Th)/He thermochronometry and terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide dating techniques. Geomorphology, 107, 285-299.

J.M. Dortch, L.A. Owen, W.C. Haneberg, M.W. Caffee, C. Dietsch, U. Kamp (2009). Nature and timing of large landslides in the Himalaya and Transhimalaya of northern India. Quaternary Science Reviews, 28, 1037-1054.

W.C. Haneberg (2009). Simplified analysis of vibration induced rock toppling. Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, 15, 41-45.

W.C. Haneberg (2008). Using close range terrestrial digital photogrammetry for 3-D rock slope modeling and discontinuity mapping in the United States. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 67, 457-469.

W.C. Haneberg (2006). Effects of digital elevation model errors on spatially distributed seismic slope stability calculations: an example from Seattle, Washington. Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, 12, 247-260.

W.C. Haneberg (2004). A rational probabilistic method for spatially distributed landslide hazard assessment. Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, 10, 23-47.

W.C. Haneberg, A.Ö. Gökce (1994). Rapid water-level fluctuations in a thin colluvium landslide west of Cincinnati, Ohio. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 2059-C, 1-16.

W.C. Haneberg (1991). Observation and analysis of short-term pore pressure fluctuations in a thin colluvium landslide complex near Cincinnati, Ohio. Engineering Geology, 31, 159-184.

Books

W.C. Haneberg (2004). Computational Geosciences with Mathematica. Berlin: Springer.

J. Ehlen, W.C. Haneberg, R.L. Larson (2006). Humans as Geologic Agents. Boulder, Colorado: Geological Society of America.

W.C. Haneberg, P.S. Mozley, J.C. Moore, L.B. Goodwin (1999). Faults and Subsurface Fluid Flow in the Shallow Crust. Washington, DC: American Geophysical Union.

W.C. Haneberg, S.A. Anderson (1995). Clay and Shale Slope Instability. Boulder, Colorado: Geological Society of America.

Book Chapters

W.C. Haneberg (2008). Elevation errors in a LIDAR digital elevation model of West Seattle and their effects on slope stability calculations. R.L. Baum, J. Godt, L. Highland (Eds.), Landslides and Engineering Geology of the Greater Seattle Area, Washington . (pp. 55-66). Boulder, Colorado: Geological Society of America.

Honors & Awards

Samuel Mayfield Distinguished Lecturer in Geology, Bowling Green State University.

Claire P. Holdredge Award, Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists.

Visiting Scholar, Western Michigan University.

Editor's Citation for Excellence in Scientific Refereeing, American Geophysical Union.

Fellow, Geological Society of America, Geological Society of America.

Board Certifications & Licenses

State of Washington, Licensed Engineering Geologist, Licensed Hydrogeologist, 2002.

State of Wisconsin, Professional Geologist, 1995.

American Institute of Professional Geologists, Certified Professional Geologist, 1995.

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