about Medley


Biography: Dr. Edmund Medley, PE, CEG, F.ASCE
has over 30 years of unusually varied international
experience in geological and geotechnical
engineering, geophysics and mineral exploration.
Dr. Medley is licensed/registered/chartered as both
an engineer and geologist in the USA, Canada and
the United Kingdom.
Dr. Medley consults on various aspects of geological
and geotechnical engineering, including the
investigation and characterization of bimrocks; and
geotechnical/geological engineering vulnerabilities
and failures of civil engineering works. Recent
consultations include a geological engineering
reconnaissance of damage resulting from the
October 2006 Hawaii earthquake; the retrieval of
the invaluable Forbes Collection of unique Hawaiian
cultural artifacts from lava tube burial caves; the
evaluations of the stability of high rock slopes in
chaotic rock masses; and, consultations on Hawaii
and California landslides.
Dr. Medley has contributed to over 50 publications,
many of which are available here. Recent
contributions focused on the seismic performance of
rock block structures and the use of 3-D stereo
photography in geoengineering.
Dr. Medley has presented more than 260 lectures
and Short Courses; and was the 2009 Richard H.
Jahns Distinguished Lecturer in Engineering Geology.
He has appeared in TV documentaries featuring the
investigation of the 1995 Sea Cliff Incident in San
Francisco, landslides, sinkholes and Franciscan
Complex melange.
Additional details of Dr. Medley's professional
background are available at his personal website
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