Category Archives: Professional

Stories related to my careers

Reddening (Recommended)

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Ed Medley

I have just finished up my new Geopractitioner website and am now ready to go back to goofing off. But I finished up a little flushed with pride having written a Testimonials page with some sub pages to host the … Continue reading →

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Geopractitioner

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Ed Medley

I am a practising Geological Engineer with specializations in Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology. But I choose to call myself and my new website Geopractitioner. Why?

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Alishan Adventure

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Ed Medley

The word “adventure” came up often the last few days: a friend wondered why I have so many more adventurous stories than she does; another so much wants adventures she takes leave of her career this week to work for … Continue reading →

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Buccaneering BIM/Geoengineering

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Ed Medley

It is with increasing amusement that I peruse the subject lines of emails containing the acronym BIM. Many years ago I coined the acronym bimrocks (block-in-matrix rocks). The bim bit has prompted gleeful scribbles over the years, what with bimbo … Continue reading →

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N.T.U.A, N.T.U.A….

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Ed Medley

Between March 20 and March 31, I was guest on a 12-day European Grand GeoOdyssey: Engineering Geology in Engineering Works in Greece-Italy-France-Switzerland with Emphasis on Case Histories of Great Failures . The trip leader was Prof. Paul Marinos, guiding 230 … Continue reading →

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Ok Tedi

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Ed Medley

Ok Tedi (pronounced “Ock Teddy”) is a river (ok) in the Western Provinces of Papua New Guinea (PNG) near the border with Irian Jaya, Indonesia. The river runs through the most remote part of the country. I worked at Ok … Continue reading →

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What THEY Didn’t Teach GAR at Engineering School

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Ed Medley

In 1992 I wrote an essay: What THEY Didn’t Teach Me in Engineering School. Just this week I found a 1995 letter from my dearest and best friend, Dr. Gretchen A. Rau, PE, in which she gave me her own … Continue reading →

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PE/BE

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Ed Medley

Like all US licensed civil engineers I have had to take and pass licensing exams. They are not fun: in California a licensed Civil PE (Professional Engineer) has to endure about 21 hours of exams.

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Best Employers Should Have Best Restrooms

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Ed Medley

Being now unemployed I have started to pay attention again to the Want Ads and the like. Browsing the web, I read an odd web article recently that caught my attention Most Common Ways to Strike Out During an Interview.

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Excellence is Not Convenient

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Ed Medley

I had a recent project which demanded some very long hours from myself and a younger colleague. I had to cancel a long-planned holiday weekend to meet the deadline, one that had already been pushed back a few times. The … Continue reading →

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