Dr. Briget Doyle E - mail: doyleb@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953- 0877 Areas of Interest: Geologic Hazards, Engineering Geology, GIS

Education:

BS Hydrogeology, 1996, Western Michigan University

BS Geological Engineering, 1999, University of Missouri-Rolla

MS Geological Engineering, 2000, University of Missouri-Rolla

Ph.D. Geological Engineering, 2003, University of Missouri-Rolla

Courses Taught:

GEOL 103 – Environmental Geology

GEOL 449 / EVSS 649 – Geographic Information Systems

Current Projects:

Using Geographic Information Systems to map and analyze the distribution and impact of former manufactured gas plants in the United States

Seismically-induced landslippage in the western New Madrid Seismic Zone

Impacts in the event of dam outburst floods in western North Carolina

Professional Societies:

Association of Engineering Geologists, Carolina Section Secretary

Geological Society of America

Association for Women Geoscientists

National Association of Geoscience Teachers

Research Articles:

Hatheway, A.W., and Doyle, B.C., 2005 (in progress), Technical History of Manufactured Gas in Michigan (1849-1960); Basis for Remedial Activities, Journal of the American Society of Civil Engineers: ASCE, Reston, VA.

Doyle, B.C. and Rogers, J.D., 2004 (accepted), Seismically-Induced Lateral Spread Features in the Western New Madrid Seismic Zone, Environmental and Engineering Geoscience: Association of Engineering Geologists, Denver, CO.

Doyle, B.C. and Rogers, J.D., 2004 (in review), Mapping Earthflows and Earthflow Complexes Using Topographic Indicators, Engineering Geology, Elsevier.

Santi, P.M. and Doyle, B.C., 1997, The Locations and Engineering Characteristics of Weak Rock in the U.S.: In Characterization of Weak and Weathered Rock Masses, AEG Special Publication No. 9: Association of Engineering Geologists, Sudbury, MA, pp. 1-21.

Invited Talks:

S eismically-Induced Lateral Spread Features in the New Madrid Seismic Zone, Great Lakes Chapter of the Association of Engineering Geologists, October 22, 2003.

Abstracts:

Brooks, C, and Doyle, B.C, 2004, Retrieving Archeological Information from Historical Documents Using GIS: In GSA Abstracts with Programs, Vol.36, No. 5: Geological Society of America

Schmidt, E.L., and Doyle, B.C., 2004, Analysis of Flood Hazards Related to Failure of the Lake Ticoa Dam, Connestee Falls, Brevard, NC: In GSA Abstracts with Programs, Vol.36, No. 5: Geological Society of America

Doyle, B.C., and Hatheway, A.W., 2004, Manufactured Gas in Michigan; Considerations for Remedial Action: In Association of Engineering Geologists, Program with Abstracts, 47 th Annual Meeting : Association of Engineering Geologists, Denver, CO.

Doyle, B.C., and Hatheway, A.W., 2004, GIS Location and Status Map of Former Manufactured Gas Plants and Other Coal Tar Sites in the US as Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites: In Association of Engineering Geologists, Program with Abstracts, 47 th Annual Meeting : Association of Engineering Geologists, Denver, CO.

Hatheway, A.W. and Doyle, B.C., 2004, Manufactured Gas at Detroit, Michigan; Considerations for Remedial Action: In Association of Engineering Geologists, Program with Abstracts, 47 th Annual Meeting : Association of Engineering Geologists, Denver, CO

Doyle, B.C., and Rogers, J.D., 2003, Seismically-Induced Lateral Spread Features in the western New Madrid Seismic Zone: In GSA Abstracts with Programs, Vol.35, No. 6: Geological Society of America

Doyle, B.C., and Rogers, J.D., 2003, Identification of Landslides Along Crowley's Ridge in the Upper Mississippi Embayment Using Topographic Algorithms: In Association of Engineering Geologists, Program with Abstracts, 46 th Annual Meeting : Association of Engineering Geologists, Denver, CO.

Rogers, J.D., and Doyle, B.C., 2003, Identification and Classification of Lateral

Spread Features in the New Madrid Seismic Zone: In Geological Society of America North-Central Section, 37 th Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs : Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO.

Doyle, B.C. and Rogers, J.D., 2002, Using Topographic Expression to Identify Landslides Along Crowley's Ridge in Southeastern Missouri and Northeastern Arkansas: In GSA Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 34, No. 6 : Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO.

Doyle, B.C., Hatheway, A.W., Carroll, J., Fisher, J., Lovins, C., and Lund, K., 1999, Regionally Important Geologic Materials: In Association of Engineering Geologists, Abstracts with Programs, 42 nd Annual Meeting : Association of Engineering Geologists, Sudbury, MA.

Carroll, J., Hatheway, A.W., Doyle, B.C., Fisher, J., Lovins, C., and Lund, K., 1999, Case Histories: A Career-Long Learning Device in Engineering Geology: In Association of Engineering Geologists Abstracts with Programs, 42 nd Annual Meeting : Association of Engineering Geologists, Sudbury, MA.

Last Updated: March 21, 2007