Michael W. O'Neill
Michael Wayne O'Neill (born February 17, 1940 in San Antonio , Texas , † August 2, 2003 ) was an American civil engineer ( geotechnical engineering ).
O'Neill studied at the University of Texas at Austin ( Bachelor's degree in 1963, Master's degree in 1964), where he received his doctorate in 1970. 1971 to 1974 was at the Southwestern Labs as a civil engineer (and was then a consulting engineer there until 1990) and from 1974 initially assistant professor at the University of Houston , from 1984 with a full professorship for civil engineering. From 1989 to 1993 he headed the Faculty of Civil Engineering and from 1996 he was Distinguished Professor there .
He dealt in particular with bored piles, the behavior of pile foundations and pile groups, swellable cohesive soils and machine foundations.
In 1998 he was a Terzaghi Lecturer . In 1986 he received the Huber Research Prize of the ASCE and in 1976 and 1981 their John Hawley Award .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data from American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2005
- ^ MW O'Neill Side Resistance in Piles and Drilled Shafts , Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Volume 127, 2001, pp. 3-16
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | O'Neill, Michael W. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | O'Neill, Michael Wayne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American geotechnician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Antonio , Texas |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 2, 2003 |