PhD Students

Graduate students supervised by Professor Peck

1945

Chang, Arthur C-C

"Engineering Properties of Chicago Subsoil"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Uyanik, Mehmer E.

"Observed and Computed Settlements of Structures in Chicago"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

1946

Moretto, Oreste

"An Investigation of the Effect of Certain Factors on the Strength and Compressibility of Clays"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

1949

Teng, Wayne C-Y

"Determination of Contact Pressure Against a Large Raft Foundation"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Zeevaert, Leonardo

"An Investigation of the Engineering Characteristics of the Volcanic Lacustrine Clay Deposit beneath Mexico City"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

1951

Lee, Tien-Un

"Earth Pressure Against Spill-Through Abutments"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Mostafa, M. Khalil

"Actual Track Capacity of a Railroad Division (coadvisor; W.W. Hay)"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Wu, Tien-Hsing

"An Analytical Study of Earth Pressure Measurements on Open Cuts, Chicago Subway"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

1952

Sabry, A.A.A.

"Analysis of Field Observations on the Test Tunnel at Garrison Dam"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

1953

Ghanem, Mohamed P.

"Bearing Capacity of Friction Piles in Deep Soft Clays"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

1955

Deere, Don U.

"Engineering Properties of the Pleistocene and Recent Sediments of the San Juan Bay Area, Puerto Rico"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

1956

Hay, William W.

"The Effects of Weather upon Railroad Operation, Maintenance and Construction"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Ireland, Herbert O.

"Settlement Due to Building Construction in Chicago"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Nordlund, Reymond L.

"The Bearing Capacity Failure of a Grain Elevator (coadvisor; D.U. Deere)"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

1959

Fry, Thomas S.

"An Engineering Evaluation of Surficial Soils of Northeastern Illinois (coadvisor; T.H. Thomburn)"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

1960

Davisson, Melvin T.

"Behavior of Flexible Vertical Piles Subjected to Moment, Shear and Axial Load"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Misiaszek, Edward T.

"Engineering Properties of Champaign-Urbana Subsoils"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Olson, Roy E.

"Consolidation Characteristics of Calcium Illite"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Triandafilidis, George E.

"Dynamic Bearing Capacity of Foundations"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

1961

Esrig, Melvin I.

"The Load-Deflection Behavior of a Heavily Loaded Area in Cleveland, Ohio"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Kane, Harrison

"Earth Pressures on Braced Excavations in Soft Clay, Oslo Subway (coadvisor; H.O. Ireland)"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Lacroix, Yves H.

"Design and Construction of a Deep Cutoff (de facto advisor: K. Terzaghi)"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Wagner, John E.

"Construction and Performance of the Grouted Cutoff, Rocky Reach Hydroelectric Power Project"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

1962

Gangopadhyay, Chitta R.

"The Mode of Consolidation Initiated by Pile Driving in a Varved Clay"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Prakash, Shamsher

"Behavior of Pile Groups Subjected to Lateral Loads (coadvisor; M.T. Davisson)"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Raamot, Tonis

"The Foundation Behavior of Ore Yards"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

1963

Chryssafopoulos, H.W.

"Identification of Young Tills and Study of Some of Their Engineering Properties in the Greater Chicago Area"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Lamb, John H., Jr.

"A Gelatin Model for Lateral Earth Pressures"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

1966

DiBiagio, Elmo L.

"Stresses and Displacements around a Rectangular Excavation in an Elastic Medium"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Flaate, Kaare S.

"Stresses and Movements in Connection with Braced Cuts in Sand and Clay"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

1967

Bazaraa, Abdel R.S.S.

"Use of the Standard Penetration Test for Estimating Settlements of Shallow Foundations on Sand"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Salley, James R.

"Tolerable Settlements of Power Plants and Turbine-Generator Bases"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

1968

Schindler, Larry

"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

Chang, Yuan-Chun E.

"Long-Term Consolidation Beneath the Test Fills at Vasby, Sweden"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Hagerty, Donald J.

"Some Heave Phenomena Associated with Pile Driving"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Schmidt, Birger

"Settlements and Ground Movements Associated with Tunneling in Soil"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

1971

Palladino, Donald J.

"Slope Failures in an Over-Consolidated Clay, Seattle, Washington"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

1973

Campbell, Joe D.

"Pore Pressures and Volume Changes in Unsaturated Soils (coadvisor; R.E. Olson)"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

1976

Parker, Harvey W.

"Field-Oriented Investigation of Conventional and Experimental Shotcrete for Tunnels"

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign