2016 Karl Terzaghi Lecture: Tom O'Rourke: Ground Deformation Effects on Subsurface Infrastructure

The 52nd Terzaghi Lecture was delivered by Thomas O'Rourke of Cornell University at Geo-Structures Congress 2016 in Phoenix, AZ on February 16, 2016. His lecture was titled "Ground Deformation Effects on Subsurface Infrastructure."

This lectureship was established by the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division (now the Geo-Institute) of the Society by the solicitation of gifts from the many friends and admirers of Karl Terzaghi, Hon.M.ASCE. It was instituted by the Board of Direction on October 10, 1960.

At about yearly intervals and upon recommendation of the Geo-Institute Board of Governors, the Executive Director will invite a distinguished engineer to deliver a "Terzaghi Lecture" at an appropriate meeting of the Society.

Karl Terzaghi founded the branch of civil engineering science known as soil mechanics, the study of the properties of soil under stresses and under the action of flowing water.

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