PhD Students
Graduate students supervised by Professor Peck
1945
"Engineering Properties of Chicago Subsoil"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
"Observed and Computed Settlements of Structures in Chicago"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1946
"An Investigation of the Effect of Certain Factors on the Strength and Compressibility of Clays"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1949
"Determination of Contact Pressure Against a Large Raft Foundation"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
"An Investigation of the Engineering Characteristics of the Volcanic Lacustrine Clay Deposit beneath Mexico City"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1951
"Earth Pressure Against Spill-Through Abutments"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
"Actual Track Capacity of a Railroad Division (coadvisor; W.W. Hay)"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
"An Analytical Study of Earth Pressure Measurements on Open Cuts, Chicago Subway"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1952
"Analysis of Field Observations on the Test Tunnel at Garrison Dam"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1953
"Bearing Capacity of Friction Piles in Deep Soft Clays"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1955
"Engineering Properties of the Pleistocene and Recent Sediments of the San Juan Bay Area, Puerto Rico"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1956
"The Effects of Weather upon Railroad Operation, Maintenance and Construction"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
"Settlement Due to Building Construction in Chicago"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
"The Bearing Capacity Failure of a Grain Elevator (coadvisor; D.U. Deere)"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1959
"An Engineering Evaluation of Surficial Soils of Northeastern Illinois (coadvisor; T.H. Thomburn)"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1960
"Behavior of Flexible Vertical Piles Subjected to Moment, Shear and Axial Load"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
"Engineering Properties of Champaign-Urbana Subsoils"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
"Consolidation Characteristics of Calcium Illite"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
"Dynamic Bearing Capacity of Foundations"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1961
"The Load-Deflection Behavior of a Heavily Loaded Area in Cleveland, Ohio"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
"Earth Pressures on Braced Excavations in Soft Clay, Oslo Subway (coadvisor; H.O. Ireland)"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
"Design and Construction of a Deep Cutoff (de facto advisor: K. Terzaghi)"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
"Construction and Performance of the Grouted Cutoff, Rocky Reach Hydroelectric Power Project"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1962
"The Mode of Consolidation Initiated by Pile Driving in a Varved Clay"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
"Behavior of Pile Groups Subjected to Lateral Loads (coadvisor; M.T. Davisson)"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
"The Foundation Behavior of Ore Yards"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1963
"Identification of Young Tills and Study of Some of Their Engineering Properties in the Greater Chicago Area"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
"A Gelatin Model for Lateral Earth Pressures"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1966
"Stresses and Displacements around a Rectangular Excavation in an Elastic Medium"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
"Stresses and Movements in Connection with Braced Cuts in Sand and Clay"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1967
"Use of the Standard Penetration Test for Estimating Settlements of Shallow Foundations on Sand"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
"Tolerable Settlements of Power Plants and Turbine-Generator Bases"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1968
"Design and Evaluation of a Device for Determining the One-Dimensional Compression Characteristics of Soils Subjected to Impulse-type Loads (co-advisor; H.D. Ireland)"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1969
"Long-Term Consolidation Beneath the Test Fills at Vasby, Sweden"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
"Some Heave Phenomena Associated with Pile Driving"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
"Settlements and Ground Movements Associated with Tunneling in Soil"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1971
"Slope Failures in an Over-Consolidated Clay, Seattle, Washington"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1973
"Pore Pressures and Volume Changes in Unsaturated Soils (coadvisor; R.E. Olson)"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1976
"Field-Oriented Investigation of Conventional and Experimental Shotcrete for Tunnels"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign