Richard E. Goodman
Richard E. Goodman (born December 25, 1935 in New York City ) is an American engineering geologist who specializes in rock mechanics.
Goodman graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor's degree in geology in 1955 and a master's degree in civil engineering and applied geology in 1958. In 1963, he received his doctorate in engineering geology from the University of California, Berkeley . He was assistant professor there from 1962 and received a full professorship in 1977.
He wrote a textbook on rock mechanics and is known for his biography of the founding father of soil mechanics, Karl von Terzaghi .
Goodman is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (1991). In 1977 he received the Burwell Award from the Geological Society of America . In 1995 he gave the Rankine Lecture (Block Theory and its Application). In 2000 he received the Bolton Seed Medal from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and in 1976 the Rock Mechanics Award from the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers. In 2004 the Graz University of Technology awarded him an honorary doctorate (Dr. hc) in recognition of his scientific and technical achievements in the fields of engineering geology and rock mechanics
He has been married since 1957 and has three daughters.
Fonts
- Karl von Terzaghi: The Engineer as an Artist , Reston, Virginia, ASCE 1999
- Methods of geological engineering in discontinuous rocks , St. Paul, West Publ. Co., 1976
- Introduction to Rock Mechanics , Wiley, 1980, 2nd edition 1989
- Engineering Geology: Rock in Engineering Construction , Wiley 1993
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data from American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2005
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Goodman, Richard E. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American engineering geologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |