• Dam and levee safety - seismic, geotechnical, hydrogeological, and soil integrity aspects  [see also  Hydrology, Flood, and Water Resources Research and Studies].

• Earthquake engineering research, modeling, and simulation testing.

• Earthquake prediction technology - search for possibilities.

• Earthquake preparedness; seismic design codes; evacuation procedures.

• Earthquake research, including fault studies, ground motion modeling, neotectonics, seismotectonics, and other seismological topics.

• Earthquake retrofitting of existing buildings.

• Earthquake safety programs.

• Earthquake testing of new construction designs.

• Geohydrology and hydrogeology studies.

• Geothermal energy resources studies.

• Landfill and compaction studies; laboratory investigations of landfill failures, soil experiments, modeling.

• Landslide studies; slope and construction testing.

• Liquefaction research. 

• Mineral and petroleum resources studies.

• Public safety and awareness programs:  earthquakes, landslides, slope failures, subsidence.

• Seismic stability. 

• Slope failure studies.

• Slope stability research and studies.

• Soil studies:  structural integrity, permeability; genesis, geomorphology, and mineralogy.

• Subsidence studies.

• Undersea fault studies, potential for tsunamis [see also Oceanographic and Coastal Zone Research and Studies].

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