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Ralph Peck on Engineering Judgement (Video)
Ralph B. Peck explains how engineers can develop judgment through a sense of proportion, precedent, theory, varied experience, observation, and simple calculations. […]
Ralph Peck
Comings and Goings
2021 Award Winners from the Geo-Institute
The Geo-Institute of ASCE presents a number of prestigious awards every year to deserving members of the geotechnical engineering community. Congratulations to this year’s awardees: Karl Terzaghi Lecturer – Gregory B. Baecher, Ph.D. P.E., NAE, M.ASCE […]
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Ralph B. Peck Interview and Advice for Graduating Engineers
The late Ralph B. Peck PhD, PE, NAE, Hon.M.ASCE gave an interview to one of his former graduate students, University of New Mexico professor Fernando Moreu, sometime prior to his passing in 2008. The interview […]
In Memoriam
Geoengineer.org: New Ralph Peck
[Update 10/29/08 10pm] See below. [/Update] The Geoengineer.org website is developing a website honoring the memory of Professor Emeritus Ralph B. Peck. As you no doubt read previously on Geoprac or elsewhere, Ralph Peck passed […]
In Memoriam
Ralph B. Peck: 1912 – 2008
Ralph B. Peck, Professor Emeritus of Foundation Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign died of congestive heart failure on February 18, 2008, at his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was born in Winnipeg, Canada, to his American parents, Orwin K and Ethel Huyck Peck on June 23, 1912. [Editor] More after the break [/Editor]