SWOCC release - The Role of Engineering Geologists in our Cascadia Region - COOS BAY, OR – Southwestern Oregon Community College invites the community to join us on Thursday, May 7, 2026, at 6:00 pm, for “The Role of Engineering Geologists in Landslide Prevention” with Brittany Daley, Project Engineering Geologist at Delve Underground in Portland, and Madison Callen, Staff Engineer also at Delve Underground. This is a free event; all ages are welcome.  Coos County residents can join us in-person in the Umpqua Hall lecture room (room 184) on the Coos Campus, 1988 Newmark Ave., Coos Bay.  Curry County residents can join us for a watch party in the Community Room on the Curry Campus, 96082 Lone Ranch Parkway, Brookings.  For those not able to attend in person the lecture will be streamed live on the College’s YouTube channel at: www.youtube.com/@southwesternOR/streams.  About the Lecture:  Our speakers will explore what engineering geologists experience as far responsibilities, hazards, and challenges of our coastal environment. They will discuss some of the civil engineering impacts of geology on infrastructure, and more direct lessons learned from landslides experienced.  About the Presenters:  Brittany Dayley, CEG, LEG, PG is a Project Engineering Geologist at Delve Underground based out of Portland, Oregon. Brittany has over a decade of experience spanning engineering geology, underground and surface mining, geotechnical investigation, and slope hazard assessment. At Delve Underground, her focus has primarily been on subsurface characterization and field exploration, rockfall and landslide identification and mitigation, emergency response, underground mine opening design, and geotechnical investigations for tunnel and shaft projects across the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Brittany earned a B.S. in Geology from the University of Oregon in 2014 and holds professional registrations as a Certified Engineering Geologist in Oregon, a Licensed Engineering Geologist in Washington, and a Professional Geologist in Idaho.  Madison Callan, EIT, GIT is a Staff Engineer at Delve Underground in Portland, Oregon. Madison has nearly two years of consulting experience in geotechnical engineering and engineering geology. Her focus at Delve Underground has been ground characterization, slope stability and slope mitigation design, tunnel rehabilitation and repair, shallow foundation design, and construction inspection of shafts, tunnels, and trenchless installations. Madison earned an M.S. in Geosystems Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 2025 and B.S. degrees in Environmental Engineering and Geological Sciences from the University of Texas at Austin in 2024.  For more information about the lecture series contact Dr. Win McLaughlin, Assistant Professor, Geology at [email protected] or 541-888-7002.  For more information on upcoming lectures contact Cassie Coyner, STEAM Pathways Coordinator, at 541-888-7416, or [email protected].  To learn more about STEM degrees at Southwestern visit: https://www.socc.edu/programs-classes/stem/.