The 60th Terzaghi Lecture was delivered by Andrew Whittle of MIT at Geo-Congress 2024 in Vancouver, BC on February 27, 2024. His lecture was titled "Soil Models in Prediction, Design, and Geotechnical Problem Solving." This lectureship was established by the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division (now the Geo-Institute) of the Society by the solicitation of gifts from the many friends and admirers of Karl Terzaghi, Hon.M.ASCE. It was instituted by the Board of Direction on October 10, 1960. At about yearly intervals and upon recommendation of the Geo-Institute Board of Governors, the Executive Director will invite a distinguished engineer to deliver a "Terzaghi Lecture" at an appropriate meeting of the Society. Karl Terzaghi founded the branch of civil engineering science known as soil Show more
