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2021 Lymon C. Reese Distinguished Lecture
Professor Lymon C. Reese had a 33-year career at UT Austin, conducting pioneering work in performing field studies with instrumented piles and drilled shafts. Elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1975, he developed analytical methods now widely used in the design of deep foundations.
Krishna Kumar
Area(s) of Expertise:
Geotechnical Engineering
Sustainable Systems Engineering
Educational Qualifications:
Ph.D., University of Cambridge, 2015
M.S., Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 2010
B.E., Anna University, 2008
Technical Interests:
Multi-scale modeling of natural hazards, landslides, earthquakes, debris flows, material point method, discrete element, and lattice Boltzmann, high-performance computing in geomechanics; large-scale big data frameworks for modeling infrastructure systems.
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Lance Manuel, Fulbright-Nehru Fellow and Project Specialist in Rural College in Southern India
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Drought & Flood: A Virtual Concert about Water
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Dr. Ellen Rathje earns the ASCE’s 2022 Ralph B. Peck Award
Dr. Ellen Rathje earns the ASCE’s 2022 Ralph B. Peck Award. The award is offered to those who have made significant contributions to the field of geotechnical engineering through research publications.
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