<p>Anyone know what eng grad schools have a concentration in this area?</p>
<p>Also, what kind of a job could you get if you have this interest in just foundations? Wouldn’t you have to travel a lot with that kind of interest, seeing as how your skills would only be needed at the very beginning of the building job? Just to test the soil and figure out the right kind of foundation given that factor and the height of the building, etc.? </p>
<p>My son is thinking of working in New Orleans, since he thinks a lot of civil eng jobs are there and he wants a job. Still, they probably only have one kind of soil in that area, and given that it’s mostly silt and few other places in the country have that kind of soil, doesn’t sound on the surface of it that it would be smart to work in that city if you are interested in foundations. Wouldn’t give much of a background for working in other cities in the U.S. since few are built on silt.</p>
<p>I’m not sure about employment but it seems that a geotech/geosystems masters program are available at most engineering universities (UCDavis, UT-Austin, Rice, A&M…)</p>
<p>Most civil engineering graduate programs will have a geotechnical concentration. There are too many to count/name. </p>
<p>Working as a geotechnical engineer, especially entry-level, usually requires traveling between job sites and the office. This is true for most jobs in the building industry though. The amount of travel is usually related to the concentration of construction in your market as well as the dominance of your firm in the area. In NYC for example, most every project hires one of two geotechnical engineering firms. There are others, but they have to focus their efforts on the broader region, and would thus need to travel more.</p>
<p>There are probably plenty of jobs to be had in New Orleans with all the rebuilding going on there. I wouldn’t worry about there being only one type of soil in the area. You’ll need to learn new things no matter what when you change regions in civil engineering.</p>