Geotechnical Engineering is the branch of civil engineering concerned with the design and construction of foundations, slopes, retaining walls, embankments, tunnels, levees, wharves, landfills and similar facilities; and with the engineering characterization and behavior of the ground and its constituent materials
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Green selected as Erskine Fellow by University of Canterbury
Associate Professor Russell A. Green was named a 2012 Visiting Erskine Fellow by the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. As an Erskine Fellow, Dr. Green will spend two months (June – August 2012) at the Department of Civil and Natural Resource Engineering, University of Canterbury, giving a series of lectures.
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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr. Russell Green
120-B Patton Hall,
Virginia Tech Blacksburg,
VA 24061
(540) 231-9826