William J. Hall
William Joel Hall (born April 13, 1926 in Berkeley , California - † June 9, 2020 in Urbana , Illinois ) was a professor of civil engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).
Hall grew up in California and studied from 1943 at the University of California, Berkeley , served in the Pacific in the US merchant navy and continued his engineering studies at the University of Kansas after the Second World War with a bachelor's degree in 1948. After two years a pipeline manufacturer, he continued his studies at the UIUC with a master's degree in 1951 and a doctorate in 1954. He became a professor at the UIUC, where he headed the Faculty of Civil Engineering from 1984 to 1991 and retired in 1993.
He was involved in the design of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and many nuclear reactors and protective equipment for the US Department of Defense (for example for missiles and nuclear material). He dealt with steel construction, earthquake-proof construction and protective structures against shock waves.
He was a member of the National Academy of Engineering . In 1984 he received the Nathan M. Newmark Medal , in 1992 the Norman Medal . He received the George W. Housner Medal from the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute in 1998 and was a Distinguished Member of the ASCE.
Fonts
- with Russell Green: An overview of selected seismic hazard analysis methodologies, UIUC 1994
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ William Hall. In: The News-Gazette. June 12, 2020, accessed on June 18, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hall, William J. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hall, William Joel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American civil engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 13, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berkeley , California |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 9, 2020 |
| Place of death | Urbana , Illinois |