The Role of Soil Mechanics in Environmental Geotechnics - 1995 Buchanan Lecture by J.K. Mitchell

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The Third Spencer J. Buchanan Lecture in the Department of Civil Engineering atTexas A&M University was given by Dr. James K. Mitchell on 3 November 1995.
"The Role of Soil Mechanics in Environmental Geotechnics"
Synopsis:
Geotechnical considerations are central to most problems of environmental control, restoration and enhancement. Principles of soil mechanics, as they relate to soil, contaminated groundwater, and waste materials and to the design, construction, operation and maintenance of geoenvironmental earth structures are among the most important of the several tools used in geoenvironmental engineering. In particular, considerations of strength and stability, stress-deformation behavior, seepage and contaminant transport, and seismicity and soil dynamics are required. Case history examples of waste landfills, tailings dams, and slurry walls are used to illustrate the important role of soil mechanics in environmental geotechnics.
About J.K. Mitchell:
Professor Mitchell received his Sc.D. degree from MIT in 1956. In 1958, he joined the faculty of civil engineering at the University of California, Berkeley and held the Edward G. Cahill and John R. Cahill Chair of Civil Engineering from 1990 until his retirement in 1993. He served as the Chairman of the Geotechnical, Transportation, Construction and Surveying Division from1974 to 1977 and Chairman of the Civil Engineering Department from 1979 to 1984. He was appointed the first Via Professor of Civil Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1994.
He has published over 275 reports and papers. His book entitled Fundamentals of Soil Behavior, first published in 1976 and revised in 1993, is a classic work. During the 1960's and early 1970's,
he made significant contributions to the manned Apollo Missions to the moon both in anticipating the geotechnical behavior of lunar soils and in designing the sampling, testing and trafficability tests.
He serves as a consultant on geotechnical problems and projects of many types. He is a Fellow and Honorary Member of the ASCE. He has served on many professional committees, frequently as Chair. He served as a Vice President of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering from 1989-1994.
He was elected to the United States National Academy of Engineering in 1976. He has received the Walter H. Huber Research Prize; the Norman Medal in 1972 and 1995, the Thomas A. Middlebrooks Award (three times), and the Karl Terzaghi Award from ASCE; the Distinguished Teaching Award and The Berkeley Citation from UC-Berkeley; the Western Electric Fund Award of ASEE; and the Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement from NASA. He was selected to deliver the 1984 Karl Terzaghi Lecture, the 1991 Rankine Lecture, and the 1993 Casagrande Lecture.
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