Roy E. Olson
Roy Edwin Olson (born September 13, 1931 in Richmond (Indiana) ) is an American civil engineer ( geotechnical engineering ).
Olson studied civil engineering at the University of Minnesota with a bachelor's degree in 1953 and a master's degree in 1955. He received his doctorate in 1960 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , where he was an instructor in 1958 and later a professor. From 1970 he was a professor at the University of Texas at Austin . In 2002 he retired.
Among other things, he dealt with consolidation , foundations, setting of earth dams on soft clay soils (for example with drainage), load-bearing capacity of piles (axial load-bearing capacity, load-settlement behavior) and design of retaining walls, swellable cohesive soils.
In 1995 he was a Terzaghi Lecturer . In 1984 he received the Croes Medal of the ASCE, in 1975 the Norman Medal of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), in 1972 the Huber Prize of the ASCE and in 1973 and 1987 the CA Hogentogler Award of the ASTM . In 1973/74 he was President of the US Department of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering.
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- ↑ Life data from American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2005
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Olson, Roy E. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Olson, Roy Edwin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American geotechnician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 13, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Richmond, Indiana |