The Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society (EEGS) is an applied scientific organization founded in 1992. Its mission:

"To promote the science of geophysics especially as it is applied to environmental and engineering problems; to foster common scientific interests of geophysicists and their colleagues in other related sciences and engineering; to maintain a high professional standing among its members; and to promote fellowship and cooperation among persons interested in the science."

The society's primary activity is its annual meeting. EEGS develops and distributes a peer-reviewed scientific journal and a quarterly electronic newsmagazine. It also publishes, markets, and distributes books and CD-ROMs on the application and use of geophysical technologies.

Contents of the EEGS Research Collection

• JEEG
• SAGEEP

The EEGS Research Collection is of great practical value to the practicing geophysicist. It contains articles published in the Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics and in the proceedings of the Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems (SAGEEP).

The Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics (JEEG) publishes cutting-edge research in near-surface geophysics. In recent years, JEEG has published special issues on ground-penetrating radar, seismic surface waves, geophysics in China, and geophysical characterization of glacier and ice sheets. JEEG is included in the Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCIE) including the Web of Science, ISI Reseach Alerting Services, and Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences.

SAGEEP is internationally recognized as the leading conference focused on the practical application of near-surface geophysics. The proceedings, comprised of technical papers presented at the conference, contain a wealth of information on new instrumentation, field methods, data processing, and hundreds of case histories detailing a panoply of geophysical applications, including archeological investigations, groundwater clean-up, foundation assessment, fault mapping, soil salinity studies, and the detection of unexploded ordnance. Proceedings exist for every year starting with 1988.

FastTIMES, an electronic newsmagazine for the near-surface geophysical community, is produced quarterly and is distributed freely through the society's Web site.

There are several EEGS student chapters in North America. EEGS maintains close ties with the Near Surface Geophysics Division (formerly EEGS-European Section) of the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, the Near Surface Geophysics Section of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, the Near Surface Focus Group of the American Geophysical Union, and formal affiliated society agreements with several international professional societies.