Gholamreza Mesri
Gholamreza Mesri (* 1940 ) is an American civil engineer for geotechnical engineering and professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).
Life
Mesri studied civil engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's degree in 1965 and a master's degree in 1966 and received his doctorate there in 1969. Afterwards he was professor for civil engineering and environmental technology, most recently as Ralph B. Peck professor .
He is co-author of the third edition of the soil mechanics textbook by Karl Terzaghi and Ralph B. Peck .
He is a member of the International Commission for the Restoration of Mexico City Cathedral in Mexico City , which is known for its founding problems.
In 1988 he received the Norman Medal and in 1992 the Middlebrook Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). In 2014 he received the Terzaghi Award for pioneering work in soil mechanics including analysis of consolidation and settlement, shear strengths for static and seismic slope analyzes and undrained shear strength for soft clays and loose sands (laudation). He is a member of the International Commission on Swelling Rocks, the International Committee on Coastal Geotechnical Engineering and the International Committee on Foundation Engineering in Difficult Soil Conditions.
Fonts
- with Karl Terzaghi, Ralph B. Peck: Soil Mechanics in Engineering Practice. 3rd edition, Wiley 1996
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mesri, Gholamreza |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American civil engineer specializing in geotechnical engineering |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1940 |