Alec Skempton
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Sir Alec Westley Skempton FRS FREng (4 June 1914 – 9 August 2001)[1] was an English civil engineer internationally recognised, along with Karl Terzaghi, as one of the founding fathers of the engineering discipline of soil mechanics.[2] He established the soil mechanics course at Imperial College London, where the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department's building was renamed after him in 2004,[3] and was knighted in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to engineering. He was also a notable contributor on the history of British civil engineering.
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Sir Alec Skempton | |
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Born | Alec Wesley Skempton (1914-06-04)4 June 1914 Northampton, England |
Died | 9 August 2001(2001-08-09) (aged 87) London, England |
Nationality | British |
Citizenship | United Kingdom |
Alma mater | Imperial College London, UK |
Known for | Skempton's A & B pore water pressure coefficients bearing capacity of foundations Skempton Building |
Awards | 4th Rankine Lecture (1964) Lyell Medal (1972) IStructE Gold Medal (1981) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Soil Mechanics |
Institutions | Imperial College London, UK |
Academic advisors | Alfred Pippard |
Notable students | Alan W. Bishop |
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