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Aug 1, 2001

Factor of Safety and Reliability in Geotechnical Engineering

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Volume 127, Issue 8
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Roger A. Failmezger
Demetrious C. Koutsoftas
Yoshi Moriwaki
John A. Barneich
John H. Schmertmann
Fellow, ASCE
Member ASCE
Fellow, ASCE
Member, ASCE
Honorary Member, ASCE
Associate Member, ASCE
Full Prof. of Engrg. Geol.; formerly, Assoc. Prof. of Soil Mech., Tech. Univ. of Bari, 70125 Bari, Italy.
Consulting Engr., Waban, MA.
Prof. and Chair, Dept. of Civ. and Envir. Engrg., Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742.
Pres. In-Situ Soil Testing, L.C., 2762 White Chapel Rd., Lancaster, VA 22503. E-mail: [email protected]
Sr. Consult., Focht Consultants, Inc., 12226 Perthshire, Houston, TX 77024.
Chf. Engr., Focht Consultants, Inc., 12961 Park Central, Ste. 1390, San Antonio, TX 78216.
Prin., URS/Dames & Moore, 221 Main St., Ste. 600, San Francisco, CA 94105.
Prof., Dept. of Civ. and Envir. Engrg., MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139.
Postdoct. Assoc., Dept. of Civ. and Envir. Engrg., MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139.
Dir., Victor Li and Assoc., Ltd., and Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Civ. Engrg., Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Engr., Victor Li and Assoc., Ltd., Hong Kong, China.
Prin., GeoPentech, Santa Ana, CA 92705.
Prin., GeoPentech, Santa Ana, CA 92705.
Schmertmann & Crapps, Inc., 4509 W 23rd Ave., Ste. 19, Gainesville, FL 32606.
Univ. Distinguished Prof., Dept. of Civ. and Envir. Engrg., Virginia Tech., Blacksburg, VA 24061.

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