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John Burland
CBE FRS FREng FGS FICE FIStructE
John Burland in Cambridge, 2016
Born (1936-03-04) 4 March 1936 (age 88)
Buckinghamshire, England
Alma materWitwatersrand University
University of Cambridge
Known forDevelopment of Critical state theory of soil mechanics
Stabilisation of the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Scientific career
FieldsCivil Engineering
Soil Mechanics
Geotechnical Engineering
InstitutionsOve Arup & Partners
Thesis Deformation of soft clay  (1967)
Doctoral advisorKenneth H. Roscoe

John Boscawen Burland CBE FRS FREng FGS FICE FIStructE[1] (born 4 March 1936) is a geotechnical engineer, Emeritus Professor and Senior Research Investigator at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Imperial College London, and a noted expert in the field of soil mechanics.[2]

In 2016, Burland was elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering for contributions to geotechnical engineering and the design, construction, and preservation of civil infrastructure and heritage buildings.[3][4]

  1. ^ "List of Fellows". Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  2. ^ Burland, John B.; Mair, Robert James (2013). "Sir Alan Marshall Muir Wood FREng FICE. 8 August 1921 -- 1 February 2009". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 59: 261–276. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2013.0011.
  3. ^ "National Academy of Engineering Elects 80 Members and 22 Foreign Members". NAE Website. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Professor John Boscawen Burland". NAE Website. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

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