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Geotechnical Engineering
Hall of Fame
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Charles Augustin Coulomb
(1736 - 1806) He just needed the lateral earth pressures, among other things...William John Maquorn Rankine
(1820 - 1872) "Rankine was no ordinary man..."Karl von Terzaghi
(1883 - 1963) Father of Soil Mechanics
Arthur Casagrande
(1902 - 1981) Read about Why is it called the "A" Line?Ralph Brazelton Peck
(1912 - ) The last of the first generation of Geotechnical Engineers who were teachers at the same time...Alec Westley Skempton
(1914 - 2001) He is the one who explained the effective stresses and pore pressures and the meaning of a total stress analysis in unmistakable terms.Nilmar Janbu
(1921 - 2013) A geotechnical genius...Laurits Bjerrum
(1918 - 1973) He served as the first Director of NGI, the famous Norwegian Geotechnical Institute.Gerald A. Leonards
(1921 - 1997) LeonardsGeorge F. Sowers
(1921 - 1996) SowersAleksandar Vesic
(1924 - 1982) Duke University has named its engineering library after Vesic, Dean of the School of Engineering from 1974-1982
Aleksandar Sedmak Vesic
Vesic Library at Duke
Harry Bolton Seed
(1922 - 1989) Founder of Geotechncial Earthquake Engineering. Read the biographical memoirs by Dr James Mitchell at the National Academy of Sciences (yes, of course he was a member, along with three of his former PhD students).Leonardo Zeevart
(1914 - ) An outstanding Mexican engineer and one of the world leaders of geotechnical engineering: ZeevaertOther great leaders of Geotechnology:
George Meyerhof
Donald W. Taylor
