University Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Virginia Tech
Born on April 19th 1930 in Manchester, New Hampshire
Citizenship: U.S.
Education
Sc.D. (Civil Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1956.
S.M. (Civil Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1953.
B.C.E., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1951.
Professional Experience
Soil Engineer, U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS – 1955
Officer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USA and Germany – 1956-1958
University of California, Berkeley, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering:
Cahill Professor of Civil Engineering, Emeritus, 1993 –
Edward G. Cahill and John R. Cahill Professor of Civil Engineering 1989-1993
Chairman of the Department of Civil Engineering 1979-84
Professor and Research engineer, 1968-1989
Associate professor and Associate Research engineer, 1963-1968
Assistant professor and Assistant Research engineer, 1958-63
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech):
University Distinguished Professor Emeritus, 1999-
University Distinguished Professor, 1996-1999
Charles E. Via, Jr. Professor of Civil Engineering, 1994-1999
Geotechnical Engineering Consultant, 1960-
Registered Civil Engineer and Geotechnical Engineer, California
Licensed Professional Engineer, Virginia
Professional Service Activities
American Society of Civil Engineers:
Committee on Society Prizes, 1995-96
Strategic Planning Committee, 1988-90
A.S.C.E. Geotechnical Engineering Division and Geo-Institute:
ASCE External Review Panel to review the work of the Department of Defense Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force studying performance of the  New Orleans and Southeastern Louisiana Hurricane Protection System in Hurricane Katrina. (2005-2007)
A.S.C.E. California State Council (president 1987)
A.S.C.E. San Francisco Section (president 1987)
Aerospace Transport Division Committee on Civil Engineer in Space, 1967-71
International Activities Task Force, 1999
A.S.C.E. Geo-Institute U.S.N.S. Fund Task Force, 1998
Committee on Environmental Concerns in Geotechnical Engineering, 1987-93
Continuing Education Committee, 1970-76
Committee on Placement and Improvement of Soils, 1970-80 (chair 1974-80) Research Council on Expansive Soils, 1970-80
Awards Committee, 1967-69, 1986-91, (chair 1967-69)
Executive Committee, 1965-71 (secretary 1965-69, vice chair, 1970, chair, 1971)
Committee on Standards and Definitions, 1959-72
Task Committee on Information Retrieval, 1963-67
Committee on Soil Properties, 1964-74 (chair 1964-71)
American Society for Testing and Materials:
Subcommittee R-6 on Physico-Chemical Properties of Soils, 1960-65
Committee D-18, Subcommittee G-5 on Information Retrieval (Chair, 1964-67)
Canadian Geotechnical Society:
Cross-Canada Lecturer, 1995
City of San Francisco:
Special Study on Earthquake Hazard Mitigation in the Marina District, 1990 (chair)
Review Committee for San Francisco Liquefaction Study, 1990 (chair)
Clay Minerals Society:
Member of the Council,
Department of Homeland Security:
Panel for Review of Research, Washington, DC, 2010.
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Member
Institute for Professional Practice:
Board of Directors, 1997-2000
International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering:
U.S.N.S. fund trustee, 1994-98)
XI Int. Conf. Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering (vice-chairman, 1985)
U.S. National Committee for ISSMGE (vice-chairman, 1971, chairman 1972)
Model Library Book Committee, 1995
Panamerican Committee chair, 1989-94
First vice president and vice president for North America, 1989-94
Japanese Geotechnical Society
Soils and Foundations Overseas Editor, 1997 –
National Aeronautics Space Administration:
Science Working Panel, 1971-73
Principal Investigator for Apollo Soil Mechanics Experiment, Missions 14-17
Apollo Field Geology Experiment Team, 1967-70
National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and National Research Council (NRC) Service
Committee on State of the Art and Practice in Earth quake Induced Liquefaction Assessment (NRC) (2014-2016)
Committee on Induced Seismicity Potential in Energy Technologies (NRC) (2011-1014)
2009 NAE Nominating Committee (NAE) (2008-2009)
Sciences (NRC) (2008-2009)
Communications Activities Review of the National Academies’ Board on Earth and Life
Committee to Assess the Performance of Engineered Barriers (NRC) (Chair 2005-2007)
Water Science and Technology Board (NRC) (2005-2008)
(2005)
NASA Lunar Capability Roadmap Review – Panel A: In-Situ Resource Utilization (NRC)
Bureau of Reclamation (NRC) (Chair 2005-2006)
Committee on Organizing to Manage Construction and Infrastructure in the 21st Century
Opportunities for Research and Technological Innovation (NRC) (2003-2005)
Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering in the New Millennium:
on Peer Review
Review for Water Resources Project Planning (NRC) (2001-2004); Chair of Panel
Committee to Assess the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Methods of Analysis and Peer
Section 04 (Civil Engineering) (NAE) (Chair 2003-2005)
Section 04 (Civil Engineering) Executive Committee (NAE) (Vice Chair 2001-2003)
Technology Plan (NRC) (2000-2001)
Committee for Review of the Hanford Site’s Environmental Remediation Science and
Civil Engineering Peer Committee (NAE) (2000-2003)
Sites: Research Needs and Opportunities (NRC) (Vice Chair 1998-1999)
Committee on Subsurface Contamination at Department of Energy (DOE) Complex
NAE Election of Officers/Councilors Task Group (NAE) (1998-2000)
(1996-1997)
Civil Engineering Section Liaison Committee to the National Research Council (NAE)
1997 Nominating Committee (NAE) (1996-1997)
2000)
the Shallow Subsurface for Environmental Engineering Applications (NRC) (1995-
Committee on Seeing Into the Earth: Non-Invasive Techniques for Characterization of
Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment (NRC) (1994-1996)
Geotechnical Board (NRC) (1988-1994; Chair 1990-1994)
Transportation Research Board Executive Committee (NRC) (1983-1987)
Committee on Army Basic Scientific Research (NRC) (1982-1985)
National Science Foundation:
Kobe Earthquake (1995) and Turkey Earthquake (1999) Geotechnical Reconnaissance Teams
Advisory Committee to the Civil and Environmental Engineering Program, 1979-81, Committee of Visitors to the CMS Division, 1999
NSF review panels, 1966, 1976, 1978-79, 1984
National Council for Geo-Engineering and Construction steering committee, 1994
1980 Kuwait Prize selection committee
Program Reviews:
Civil Engineering Academic Advisory Board, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; 2008
Civil Engineering Advisory Board, Polytechnic University, 1996-98
Naval Research Laboratory Marine Geosciences Science and Technology Program, 1999 Civil Engineering Advisory Board, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1996-1999
Cornell University School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1996
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rutgers University, 1996
University, 1992 (chair)
Graduate Programs in Civil Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
Foundations/Sea Floor Engineering Research Program of Offshore Technology Research Center, Texas A & M, 1992
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Michigan, 1989
1989 (chair)
Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder,
Coordinating Board, 1989
Reviewer of Civil Engineering Doctoral Programs for Texas Higher Education
Scientific Research, 1982-85
U.S. Army Research Office Committee on Recommendations for U.S. Army Basic
Transportation Research Board:
Review Panels for FHWA FCP Projects 4D, 4H, 5B, 1975-81
Committee on Chemical Stabilization of Foundations, 1970-82
International Conference on Effects of Temperature and Heat on Engineering Behavior of Soils (chair 1968)
Committee on Physico-Chemical Phenomena in Soils (chair 1967-72)
Soil-Cement Stabilization Committee, 1964-79
Consulting Projects
Date | Title | Location | Company | Area of expertise | ||||
2011 – | I-20 Mississippi River Bridge at Vicksburg (Consulting Review Board) | Vicksburg, MS | Ardaman Associates | Other | Soil consolidation & Fill Settlements | |||
2010 – 2013 | Ground Improvement Pyramid of the Specialist Technical Apprentice SchemE (Technical Master) | Australia | Coffey Geotechnics | Soil stabilization/Ground Improvement | Soil stabilization/Ground Improvement | |||
2010 – 2011 | Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Unit No.3 (Peer Review Panel) | Maryland | Bechtel Corporation | Nuclear Power Plants | Soil Mechanics | |||
2010 – 2011 | Alaskan Way Seawall Replacement Project Technical Advisory Board | Seattle, WA | Tetra Tech | Other | Waste/Environmental projects | |||
2009 – 2014 | DOE Savannah River Site Soft Zone Program (Independent Peer Review Panel) | South Carolina | Waste/Environmental projects | Dams & Seismic remediation of dams | ||||
2009 – | Kennecott Qualified Prefeasibility Tailings Dam Expansion (Design Review Board) | Kennecott Mine, Utah | URS Corporation | Mines/Tailings | Seismic design of reinforced earth walls | |||
2008 – | Linville Dam Embankment Seismic Stability Improvements (Board of Consultants) | Linville, Carolinas | Duke Energy Carolinas | Dams & Seismic remediation of dams | Embankments | |||
2006 – 2011 | Design of the Eastward Expansion of Craney Island and The Port of Virginia’s Proposed Craney Island Marine Terminal | Virginia | Blue Ribbon Panel for Review of Craney Island Design Partners | Embankments | Slope Stabilization | |||
2006 – 2009 | San Pablo Dam Seismic Upgrade (Technical Review Board) | California | East Bay Municipal Utility District | Dams & Seismic remediation of dams | Mines/Tailings | |||
2005 – 2006 | Tuttle Creek Dam (Kansas) Modification Project | Tuttle Dam, Kansas | Treviicos | Dams & Seismic remediation of dams | Liquefaction/Seismic studies | |||
2005 – | Seismic Safety Evaluations of Isabella Dam, California (Advisory Panel) | Sacramento, CA | U.S.A.C.E., Sacramento District | Dams & Seismic remediation of dams | Space Engineering | |||
2004 – | Mormon Island Auxiliary Dam, Consultant Review Board | California | U.S. Bureau of Reclamation | Dams & Seismic remediation of dams | Pavements | |||
2004 – | Bridgewater Project (Three dams in North Carolina) Seismic Stability Improvements | Charlotte, NC | Devine Tarbell & Associates Inc | Dams & Seismic remediation of dams | Retaining Walls/Soil Nailing | |||
2002 – 2005 | High rock waste piles at Questa Mine, NM, Technical Review Board | Questa Mine, NM | Molycorp | Mines/Tailings | Excavations | |||
2002 – | Coquitlam Dam Seismic Remediation, Technical Review Board | Coquitlam,BC | BC Hydro | Dams & Seismic remediation of dams | Nuclear Power Plants | |||
2002 – | Seymour Falls Dam Seismic Upgrade Project | Vancouver, BC | Klohn Crippen | Dams & Seismic remediation of dams | Other | |||
2001 – 2008 | Seismic Vulnerability Study, Bay Area Rapid Transit System, Peer review Panel | San Francisco, CA | Liquefaction/Seismic studies | |||||
2001 – | Cherry Island Landfill Expansion Project, Project Experts Panel | Wilmington, DE | Project Experts Panel | Embankments | ||||
2000 – 2002 | Seismic Safety and Ground Improvement of Pineview Dam, Consultant Review Board | Ogden, UT | US Bureau of Reclamation | Dams & Seismic remediation of dams | ||||
2000 – 2002 | Seismic Safety of Deer Creek Dam, Consultant Review Board | Provo, UT | US Bureau of Reclamation | Dams & Seismic remediation of dams | ||||
2000 – 2002 | Sea-Tac International Airport Third Runway Project, Embankment Technical Review Board | Seattle, WA | Port of Seattle and HNTB | Embankments | ||||
2000 – 2002 | I-95/US-1 Interchange, Woodrow Wilson Bridge Replacement Project | Virginia | Haley & Aldrich and Virginia Geotechnical Services | Other | ||||
1995 – 1997 | Seismic Working Group for Closure of the OII Superfund Site Landfill | Los Angeles, CA | GeoSyntec Consultants | Embankments | ||||
1995 – 1996 | Costa Oriental Dikes Working Group | Maraven, Lagunillas, Venezuela | Costa Oriental Dikes Working Group | Embankments | ||||
1995 – | Seismic Remediation and Stability of Success Dam, Consulting Panel | California | U.S.A.C.E | Dams & Seismic remediation of dams | ||||
1994 – 1995 | Design Manual in Soil Nailing, prepared for FHWA, Peer-reviewer | Golder Associates | Retaining Walls/Soil Nailing | |||||
1990 – 1994 | Port of Los Angeles 2020 Expansion Project, Geotechnical Review Board | Embankments | ||||||
1986 – 1990 | Behavior of Reinforced Soil | Federal Highway Administration | Soil stabilization/Ground Improvement | |||||
1985 – 1986 | Compacted Fill Settlements | Riyadh | U.S.A.C.E. Riyadh District | Soil consolidation & Fill Settlements | ||||
1980 – 1984 | Pavement failures in Las Vegas | Las Vegas | Design Professionals Insurance Company | Pavements | ||||
1979 – 1984 | Jebba Dam Project | Nigeria | Montreal Engineering Company | Dams & Seismic remediation of dams | ||||
2015 | Delta Science Program – Delta Levee Prioritization Methodology Peer Review | California | California Delta Stewardship Council | Waste/Environmental projects | ||||
2005 | Remediation of chromium ore contaminated site in New Jersey | New Jersey | GeoSyntec Consultants | Waste/Environmental projects | ||||
2001 | Advice on Terzaghi Dam Cutoff Wall Seepage Problem | Vancouver, BC | BC Hydro | Dams & Seismic remediation of dams | ||||
2001 | Soil Cement Issues related to Private Fuel Storage Project for temporary storage of nuclear waste, Expert testimony | Utah | Soil Mechanics | |||||
2000 | Advice on Keenleyside Dam Remediation | Vancouver, BC | BC Hydro | Dams & Seismic remediation of dams | ||||
1998 | Liquefaction Risk Mitigation Strategy Development | Lexington, KY | Fuller, Mossbarger, Scott and May | Liquefaction/Seismic studies | ||||
1998 | Soil Stability and Ground Stabilization for Wharfs 57 & 58, Port of Oakland | Oakland, CA | Geomatrix Consultants | Soil stabilization/Ground Improvement | ||||
1997 | Excavation Support System Failure Analysis | Boston, MA | LeComte, Emanuelson, Motejunas & Doyle | Excavations | ||||
1996 | Ground Improvement for Liquefaction Risk Mitigation at Scofield Dam | Denver, CO | Bureau of Reclamation | Soil stabilization/Ground Improvement | ||||
1996 | Contractor’s claim evaluation Gallipolis Lock and Dam | Gallipolis, West Virginia | U.S.A.C.E. Huntington District | |||||
1994 | Domenigoni Reservoir Project, Consulting Board | Los Angeles, CA | Woodward-Clyde Consultants | Dams & Seismic remediation of dams | ||||
1994 | Kennecott Utah Copper Tailings Expansion, Geotechnical Review Board | Kennecott, UT | Woodward-Clyde Consultants | Mines/Tailings | ||||
1994 | Seismic Safety of Four Hydroelectric Dams in Northern California, Consulting Board | San Francisco, CA | Pacific Gas & Electric Company | Dams & Seismic remediation of dams | ||||
1987 | Basalt Waste Isolation Project, Licensing Assurance Review Panel | Hanford, WA | Waste/Environmental projects | |||||
1983 | Horseshoe Bend Slide Stabilization | Boise, ID | Northern Engineering and Testing | Slope Stabilization | ||||
1982 | Seismic Design of Reinforced Earth Walls | Arlington, VA | Reinforced Earth Co. | Retaining Walls | ||||
1980 | Seafloor Soil Properties | Albuquerque | Sandia Laboratories | Soil Mechanics | ||||
1980 | Experimental concepts for measuring soil strength in zero-g environment | NASA | Soil Mechanics | |||||
1980 | Technical Review Board for Borehole Plugging for Nuclear Waste Containment | San Francisco, CA | Woodward-Clyde Consultants | Waste/Environmental projects | ||||
1974 | Design and Construction of Shale Embankments | U.S.A.C.E. Waterways Experiment Station | Embankments | |||||
Clay Consolidation beneath Fills | San Francisco, CA | Dames and Moore | Soil consolidation & Fill Settlements | |||||
Materials Research and Development | Oakland, CA | Soil stabilization/Ground Improvement | ||||||
Soil Testing Services, Soil Stabilization in Pavement Design for U.S. Air Force | Chicago | U.S. Air Force | Soil stabilization/Ground Improvement | |||||
Lunar Soil Problems | Houston | NASA Manned Spacecraft Center | Space Engineering | |||||
Seepage at Twin Buttes Dam | Denver, CO | Water and Power Resources Service (USBR) | Dams & Seismic remediation of dams | |||||
Soft ground stabilization for waterfront structures | San Francisco, CA | Dames and Moore | Soil stabilization/Ground Improvement | |||||
Other Consulting Activities
1964 – 1994 | Advisor to Professional Development Program | Woodward, Clyde Consultants | ||||||
no info provided | McClelland Engineers, Houston | |||||||
no info provided | Schnabel Foundation Company | |||||||
no info provided | National Bureau of Standards | |||||||
no info provided | Bechtel, Inc | |||||||
1984 – | Environmental Institute for Waste Management Studies | Alabama | University of Alabama | |||||
1994 | Consultant on the Electro-osmosis field experiment | Italian Commission for the Restoration of the Tower of Pisa |
Honors
Date | Name | Organization | Member |
2012 | Honorary Member of the Inaugural Class of the Academy of Distinguished Alumni | University of California, Berkeley, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | YES |
2008 | Honoree at 6th International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering and Symposium in Honor of Professor James K. Mitchell, Arlington, VA | ||
1999 | International Honorary Member | Japanese Geotechnical Society | YES |
– | Chi Epsilon | ||
– | Tau Beta Pi | ||
– | Sigma Xi | ||
1998 | Election to National Academy of Sciences | National Academy of Sciences | YES |
1993 | Distinguished Member | American Society of Civil Engineers | YES |
1993 | Choi Kin Kung Fellowship | University of Hong Kong | NO |
1993 | Berkeley Citation | U.C. Berkeley | NO |
1989 | Edward G. Cahill and John R. Cahill Chair in Civil Engineering | U.C. Berkeley | YES |
1976 | Election to National Academy of Engineering | National Academy of Engineering | YES |
1953 | M.I.T. Overseas Summer Fellowship for research at the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute | M.I.T. | NO |
Lectures
2015 | Keynote Speaker, Annual Lecture Program | Virginia Tech Center for Geotechnical Practice and Research | Blacksburg, VA | ||||
2014 | The Fourth Victor de Mello Lecture | Goiania, Brazil | |||||
2014 | The Laurits Bjerrum Lecture | Oslo, Norway | |||||
2013 | Chair Session on the Legacy of Ralph B. Peck | 7th International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering | Chicago | ||||
2013 | Keynote Lecturer | 15th Taiwanese Conf. on Geotechnical Engineering | Yunlin | ||||
2013 | Keynote Lecturer | GeoVirginia 2013 | Williamsburg, VA | ||||
2012 | Inaugural William S. Gardner Lecture | Philadelphia | |||||
2012 | State of the Art Speaker | ASCE GeoInstitute GeoCongress 2012 | Oakland, CA | ||||
2012 | Conference Keynote Lecture | GeoVirginia 2012 | Williamsburg, VA | ||||
2010 | Distinguished Lecturer in Civil Engineering | University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada | Edmonton Canada | ||||
2010 | Clarence E. Davies ’14 Memorial Lecture | Soil Mechanics to Geotechnical Engineering: 60 Years in the Evolution of a Discipline | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Troy, NY | |||
2010 | Keynote Speaker | ASCE NYC Metropolitan Section Geotechnical Seminar | New York, NY | ||||
2009 | Keynote Lecturer | California Geotechnical Engineers Association Conference | Sonoma, CA | ||||
2008 | Keynote Speaker | Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics IV (GEESD IV) | Sacramento, CA | ||||
2008 | Stanley D. Wilson Memorial Lecture | Seattle, WA | |||||
2008 | Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers Lecture | Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers | New York | ||||
2007 | Lymon C. Reese Lecture | University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | ||||
2007 | Kenneth Lee Lecture | ASCE Los Angeles Section, Geotechnical Engineering Group | Los Angeles, CA | ||||
2006 | H. Bolton Seed Lecture | ASCE Geo Institute Congress | Atlanta, GA | ||||
2006 | Frank E. Richart Lecture | Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor, MI | ||||
2006 | Keynote Lecturer | GeoShanghai | Shanghai, China | ||||
2006 | C.W. Lovell Distinguished Lecture | Purdue University | West Lafayette, IN | ||||
2006 | James M. Hoover Lecture | Iowa State University | Ames, IA | ||||
2006 | 2nd EIGER Distinguished Lecture | Virginia Tech | Blacksburg, VA | ||||
2004 | The Seventeenth Nabor Carrillo Lecture | Guadalajara, Mexico | |||||
2002 | Special Lecture | 50th Annual Geotechnical Engineering Conference | University of Minnesota | ||||
2002 | Keynote Lecturer | Launch of the Nottingham Centre for Geomechanics | Nottingham University, UK | ||||
2002 | Lecturer | 55th Canadian Geotechnical Conference and 3rd Joint IAH-CNC/CGS Conference | Niagara Falls, Ont | ||||
2001 | Invited Lecture | C.C. Ladd Symposium | Cambridge, MA | ||||
2000 | Invited lecture | First Panamerican Conference on the Teaching and Learning Process in Geotechnical Engineering | Oaxaca, Mexico | ||||
1999 | Converse-Ward Lecture | Northern NJ ASCE | NJ | ||||
1999 | University of Massachusetts Distinguished Lecture on Geotechnical Engineering | University of Massachusetts | University of Massachusetts | ||||
1998 | Two-video series | Ground Improvement for Dam Safety for the Federal Interagency Committee on Dam Safety | |||||
1998 | Keynote Lecturer | International Conference on Site Characterization ISC’98 | Atlanta, GA | ||||
1997 | Special Lecturer | Professor Sakuro Murayama Memorial Symposium | Kyoto University | ||||
1997 | Geotechnical Distinguished Lecture | Purdue University | West Lafayette, IN | ||||
1997 | T. H. Wu Lecture | Ohio State University | Columbus, OH | ||||
1997 | Prague Geotechnical Lecture | Czech Republic | Czech Republic | ||||
1997 | Keynote Lecturer | Symposium on Recent Developments in Soil and Pavement Mechanics | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||
1997 | Keynote Lecturer | ASCE Geo-Institute Conference on In-Situ Remediation of the Environment | Minneapolis, MN | ||||
1996 | Keynote Lecturer | 3rd International Symposium on Environmental Geotechnology | San Diego, CA | ||||
1996 | Special Lecturer | Second International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics (IS-OSAKA ’96) | Osaka, Japan | ||||
1996 | ASCE Geo-Institute Inaugural Lecture | Geo Institute | |||||
1995 | Keynote Lecturer | Geoenvironment 2000, ASCE Specialty Conference | New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||
1995 | Inaugural Robert L. Schiffman ’44 Lecture | Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | ||||
1995 | Cross-Canada Lecturer | Canadian Geotechnical Society | Canada | ||||
1995 | Keynote Lecturer | EPA/DOE/DuPont Workshop on Containment Technology | Baltimore, MD | ||||
1995 | Keynote Speaker | Ground Improvement Sessions at ASCE National Convention | |||||
1995 | State-of-the Art Speaker | X PanAmerican Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering | Guadalajara, Mexico | ||||
1995 | Third Spencer J. Buchanan Lecturer | Texas A & M University | Austin, TX | ||||
1994 | Arthur Casagrande Memorial Lecturer | Boston Society of Civil Engineers | Boston, MA | ||||
1994 | G. Brooks Earnest Award Lecture | Cleveland Section, ASCE | Cleveland, OH | ||||
1994 | Charles E. Via, Jr. Professorship Lecture | Virginia Tech | Blacksburg, VA | ||||
1994 | Kentucky ASCE Geotechnical Engineering Group Honorary Lecture | Kentucky ASCE | Kentucky | ||||
1993 – 1994 | Distinguished Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering | Virginia Tech | Blacksburg, VA | ||||
1993 | Ardaman Lecture | University of Florida | Gainesville, FL | ||||
1993 | Keynote Lecture | Seattle Section ASCE Geotechnical Seminar | Seattle, WA | ||||
1993 | Keynote Speaker | Vancouver Geotechnical Society Ground Improvement Seminar | Vancouver, CA | ||||
1993 | Distinguished Lecturer | Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Hong Kong | ||||
1993 | Keynote Lecturer | International Conference of Soft Soil Engineering | Guangzhou, China | ||||
1992 | Keynote Lecture | 6th Australia-New Zealand Geomechanics Conference | Christchurch, NZ | ||||
1991 | 31st Rankine Lecture | British Geotechnical Society | London | ||||
1990 | Chairman | H. Bolton Seed Memorial Symposium | Berkeley, CA | ||||
1990 | Series of 6 invited Lectures in Italy and Switzerland | Italy, Switzerland | |||||
1990 | State-of-the-Art Lecture | ASCE Specialty Conference, Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | ||||
1989 | Keynote Lecture | ASCE Metropolitan Section Geotechnical Continuing Education Program | |||||
1989 | Distinguished Geotechnical Engineer Lecture | Louisiana State University | Â Baton Rouge, LA | ||||
1989 | Woodward Lecture | Woodward-Clyde Consultants | |||||
1988 | Special Lecture | First Int. Conf. on Penetration Testing | Orlando, FL | ||||
1988 | Lecturer | Los Angeles ASCE Geotechnical Group’s Annual Program on the Queen Mary | Los Angeles, CA | ||||
1988 | Theme Lecturer | ASCE Specialty Conference on Hydraulic Fills | Ft. Collins, CO | ||||
1987 | Master of Ceremonies for Bridge Builders Day | 50th Anniversary of Golden Gate Bridge | San Francisco, CA | ||||
1987 | Invited Lecture | ASCE Specialty Conf. on Geotechnical Practice for Waste Disposal | Ann Arbor, MI | ||||
1987 | Theme Lecturer | VIII Pan American Conf. on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering | Cartagena, Colombia | ||||
1986 | Invited Lecture | Int. Conf. on Deep Foundations | Beijing, China | ||||
1984 | ASCE Terzaghi Lecture | ASCE | |||||
1983 | Martin S. Kapp Lecturer | New York, NY | |||||
1983 | Lecture on Earth Walls | Annual Meeting of National Academy of Engineering | |||||
1982 | The Miles Kersten Lecture | University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | ||||
1982 | James F. Haley Memorial Lecture | M.I.T. | Cambridge, MA | ||||
1982 | Invited Lectures at University of Lulea | University of Lulea | Sweden | ||||
1982 | Special Lecture at International Commemorative Conference of Soil Mechanics | International Commemorative Conference of Soil Mechanics | Mexico City | ||||
1982 | Northern Testing Laboratories Distinguished Lecturer | Northern Testing Laboratories | Boise, ID | ||||
1981 | 16th Henry M. Shaw Lecture | North Carolina State University | Raleigh, NC | ||||
1981 | State-of-the-Art Speaker | X Int. Conf. on Soil Mech. and Found. Engrg., | Stockholm | ||||
1980 | Lecturer | Mexican Society of Soil Mechanics | Mexico | ||||
1979 | General Reporter | Int. Conf. on Soil Reinforcement | Paris | ||||
1979 | Series of Eight Lectures Across Western Canada | Canada | |||||
1979 | Lecture on ground reinforcement techniques to Nigerian Engineers Society | Nigerian Engineers Society | Nigeria | ||||
1976 | Bicentennial Lecture to Philadelphia Section | ASCE | Philadelphia, PA | ||||
1975 | State-of-the-Art Speaker | ASCE Specialty Conference | Raleigh, NC | ||||
1974 | Invited Lecturer | European Symposium on Penetration Testing | Stockholm | Invited | |||
1974 | Series of Three Invited Lectures | Moscow State University | Moscow | ||||
1973 | Special Lecture | 3rd Int. Conf. on Expansive Soils | Haifa, Israel | Presentations | |||
1973 | On the Moon with Apollo | C.A.L. Series | Berkeley, CA | ||||
1970 – 1972 | Apollo Astronaut Briefings | Named | |||||
1969 | Apollo 11 Lunar Landing – Special Presentation | 7th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundatiosn Engineering | Mexico City | Presentations | Keynote | ||
1968 | Series of Five Invited Lectures | Moscow State University, U.S.S.R | Moscow | Invited | Invited |
Courses Taught
Institution | Course title | Type | Date |
Virginia Tech | Soil Mechanics | Undergraduate | 1994-1999 |
Natural Disaster Mitigation and Recovery | Undergraduate | ||
Geoenvironmental Engineering | Graduate | ||
Geotechnical Seminar | Graduate | ||
Soil and Site Improvement | Graduate | ||
University of California, Berkeley | Engineering Surveys Laboratory | Undergraduate | 1958-1993 |
Properties of Materials Laboratory | Undergraduate | ||
Introduction to Civil Engineering | Undergraduate | ||
Soil Properties and their Engineering Applications | Undergraduate | ||
Soil and Foundation Engineering | Undergraduate | ||
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Design | Undergraduate | ||
Directed Group Study for Advanced Undergraduates | Undergraduate | ||
Contemporary Technology | Undergraduate | ||
The Art and Science of Civil Engineering Practice | Undergraduate | ||
Application of Physico-Chemical Properties in Soil Engineering | Graduate | ||
Physicochemical Principles and Soil Behavior | Graduate | ||
Soil Stabilization Special Problems | Graduate | ||
Advanced Soil Mechanics | Graduate | ||
Advanced Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering | Graduate | ||
Advanced Soil Mechanics Laboratory | Graduate | ||
Advanced Topics in Soil Mechanics | Graduate | ||
Soil Behavior | Graduate | ||
Soil and Site Improvement | Graduate | ||
Geotechnical Aspects of Offshore Engineering | Graduate | ||
Advanced Foundation Engineering | Graduate | ||
Earth Structures | Graduate |