History of Geotechnical Engineering
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Please contact us for any links well as advancements in the field. Please contact us for any links related to the history of our favorite profession. Current contents: Pile boring Machines of the 18th Century, available by the Geoengineer Website Zekkos' Favorite Terzaghi's sayings from the biography of Karl Terzaghi, writen by Professor Goodman. Karl Terzaghi's legacy in Geotechnical Engineering, by Richard E. Goodman. Very interesting article published in the GEO-STRATA magazine of the ASCE and reproduced here by permission of the author and the ASCE. Biographical Memoir of Harry B. Seed - father of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, writen by James K. Mitchell. Available by the National Academy of Sciences website. Zekkos, D.P., Athanasopoulos, A.G., Manousakis, J. (2003), "Geotechnical Engineering Experiences in the Homeric poems". Article published in the Newsletter of the Technical Chamber of Greece, January 20th, 2003. The article is in Greek and discusses the detailed information provided by Homer regarding the knowledge of the ancient Greek Myceneans (approx. 1800-1100 B.C.) on geotechnical engineering. Zekkos, D.P., Athanasopoulos, A.G. (2004), "Milos island: Working with earth for 9000 years", AEG News, March 2004 issue, vol. 47, issue 1. An example of human and geologic environment interaction. See web-based version with photos. Tsatsanifos, C. (2005), The General Principle of the Authenticity and the Foundations of Monuments, Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. Zekkos, D., Manousakis, J., Athanasopoulos, A. (2005), “Geotechnical engineering practice in the Mycenaean Civilization (1600-1100 BC)”, 2nd International Conference “Ancient Greek Technology, 17-21 October 2005, Athens, Greece. Zekkos, D., Athanasopoulos, G., Athanasopoulos, A. Manousakis, J. (2006), Elements of engineering geology and geotechnical engineering in the Homeric Poems, International Symposium “Science and technology in Homeric Epics”, Ancient Olympia, Greece, 27-30 August 2006(greek version, english version). Richard Dillon Barksdale (1938 – 2007). The e-mail was sent to Geotech-Jiscmail mailing list by Paul Mayne. J. David Rogers, (2006). Gow, Mohr, Terzaghi, and the Origins of the Standard Penetration Test. PPT Presentation for the Annual Meeting Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists Boston, Massachusetts, November 3rd, 2006. Ralph B. Peck (1912 – 2008): The e-mail was sent to Geotech-Jiscmail mailing list by Prof. P. Mayne. |
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