Still locked within the Earth’s crust are the keys to addressing some of society’s most pressing issues – sustainable growth in the face of diminishing nonrenewable natural resources, climate change, alternate energy sources, minimizing waste generation and mitigating waste impacts, stewardship and preservation of agricultural land, and even looking at exploration of other planets. Faculty members in the Geomechanics Research Group also collaborate with colleagues in physics, geology, and engineering through the multidisciplinary Lassonde Institute of Mining.
Students may take courses in geomechanics and its many related research areas as part of several different academic programs here at the University of Toronto.
