明尼苏达大学的地质力学研究生课程侧重于将科学原理和工程技术应用于土壤，岩石和地下流体的研究。地质力学小组的研究重点在于连续性和离散理论的发展和使用，以对物理现象进行建模，例如材料的可塑性和破裂，波传播和流体传输。教师研究还关注与识别土壤，岩石，地下水流和处理散装物料有关的工程问题。
The graduate program in geomechanics at the University of Minnesota focuses on the applications of scientific principles and engineering techniques to the study of soil, rock, and subsurface fluids. The research of the geomechanics group focuses on the development and use of continuum and discrete theories to model physical phenomena such as material plasticity and fracturing, wave propagation, and fluid transport. Faculty research also focuses on engineering problems related to identification of soils, rocks, groundwater flows, and handling of bulk materials.