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olson@mail.utexas.edu
Office Location: ECJ 9.228
Roy Olson
Professor Emeritus
Area(s) of Expertise
Geotechnical Engineering
Educational Qualifications
Ph.D., University of Illinois, Civil Engineering, 1960
M.S., University of Minnesota, Civil Engineering, 1955
B.S., University of Minnesota, Civil Engineering, 1953
Technical Interests
- Foundation engineering
- Consolidation
- Settlement of embankments
- Capacities of piles and design of Earth retaining structures
- Expansive clays
