Friday, April 24
The final set of slides for Chapter 10 (Shear Strength) is here. We'll cover this in class on Tuesday. Even though we won't have time for a homework set, you will be responsible for this on the final.

 Tuesday, April 14
I've updated the schedule to show which topics we actually covered in Chapters 6-9. The dates are still not completely correct (especially for the labs) but the topics and reading assignments accurately reflect what we covered in class. The changes in red are the clarifications.

 Tuesday, April 14
Remember, our second exam is one week from today. It will cover Chapters 6, 7, 8, and 9.

 Monday, April 13
The first set of slides for Chapter 10 (Shear Strength) is here.

Thursday, April 9
Because we are still one class behind due to the inclement weather, our second exam will be pushed back to Tuesday, April 21.

Thursday, April 9
The final set of slides for Chapter 9 (Consolidation) is here.

Thursday, April 2
The second set of slides for Chapter 9 (Consolidation) is here.

Monday, March 30
The first set of slides for Chapter 9 (Consolidation) is here.

Wednesday, March 25
The second set of slides for Chapter 8 (Vertical Stress Increase) is here.

Monday, March 23
The first set of slides for Chapter 8 (Effective Stress) is here. Tomorrow or Wednesday I'll post the slides for the second half of Chapter 8 (Vertical Stress Increase). To make up for the snow days, we'll skip the sections that deal with seepage (8.3-8.5).

Monday, March 2
Tomorrow we will finish Chapter 6 and (hopefully) complete Chapter 7. Neither of those chapters will be covered on Thursday's exam. The slides for Chapter 7 are here.

Wednesday, February 25
To make up for last week's snow day, I've decided to skip a few sections of Chapter 6 in order to condense it to one lecture. The new slides for everything we'll cover in Chapter 6 are here.

Tuesday, February 17
The slides for Thursday's class are located here.

Thursday, February 12
The slides for today's class are located here.
Also, we'll do another classification example here.

Monday, February 9
The slides for tomorrow's class are located here.

Thursday, February 5
The slides for today's class are located here.

Thursday, January 29
The slides for today's class are located here.

Saturday, January 24
The slides for Tuesday's class are located here.

Thursday, January 22
The slides for today's class are located here.

Monday, January 19
To start the semester, please read Henry Petroski's article on the history of soil mechanics and this article from Forbes magazine on Geotechnical Engineering as a profession. You should also read ASTM's Standard Practice for Using Significant Digits in Geotechnical Data.

Monday, January 19
This semester, we are going to treat the lecture and lab as two separate courses, then combine the grades at the end. I will be teaching the lecture part of the course (and grading the homework and exams) and Dr. Arellano is going to be teaching the lab portion of the course (and grading all of the lab reports). Dr. Arellano is going to host the lab portion of the course on eCourseware (https://elearn.memphis.edu/). If you have not used eCourseware before, there is a primer here.