Field Camp
Field Camp is a four-week summer course for undergraduate students in the Geophysical Engineering program. This capstone course gives students hands-on experience at conducting geophysical field investigations. Students spend two weeks in the field, beginning with a geological study of the area, and using geophysical methods like seismic, gravity, electromagnetics, self-potential, resistivity, and ground penetrating radar, to gather data. Students then return to the Mines campus for the second half of the course, where they process and interpret the data they collected. The program ends with a formal, public presentation of the results, written and given by the students.
In 2023, geophysics students participated in field camp held in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
