Joseph Penzien
Joseph Penzien (born November 27, 1924 in Philip (South Dakota) , † September 19, 2011 ) was an American civil engineer, known for research on earthquakes in civil engineering. He was a professor at the University of California, Berkeley , where he was founding director of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERC).
Penzien studied at the University of Washington in Seattle with a bachelor's degree in 1945, served in the Corps of Engineers of the US Army in 1945/46 and received his doctorate in 1950 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . He then worked at Sandia National Laboratories until 1952 and at Consol Vultee Aircraft Corporation in 1952/53. From 1953 he was Associate Professor and later Professor of Structural Engineering in Berkeley at the EERC and its director from 1967 to 1973 and 1977 to 1980.
From 1990 he was chairman of International Civil Engineering Consultants in Berkeley.
He was an advisor to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, UNESCO and the California Governor .
In 1983 he received the Nathan M. Newmark Medal , in 1988 the Alfred M. Freudenthal Medal and in 1993 the Housner Medal. He was a member of the National Academy of Engineering .
Fonts
- with Ray W. Clough : Dynamics of Structures, McGraw Hill 1975, 2nd edition 1993
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Penzien, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American civil engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philip (South Dakota) |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 19, 2011 |