Richard L. Meehan
Richard Meehan has civil engineering
degrees from M.I.T. and Imperial College, University of London. Following
active duty with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and construction experience
in Southeast Asia in the early 1960s he worked on geotechnical and underground
engineering projects in various urban areas. From 1969 to 1985 he was president
of Earth Sciences Associates, a consulting engineering firm specializing
in facility siting, evaluation and correction of geotechnical problems.
He has maintained a California-based consulting engineering practice and
taught at Stanford University for the past twenty five years.
During the
year 2003-2004 I will be spending much
of my time
in Southeast Asia. Best way to get in
touch with
me is by email, meehan@stanford.edu
,
I can give
you a call back if you provide a phone
number.
Web
Project on Geotechnical Failures
Publications
and Book
Reviews
Girls
Algebra Project
Academics
Course taught at M.I.T. (Winter 2000):
Courses taught at Stanford (1975-2001):
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AES 114: Engineering Geology of Quaternary
Sediments
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STS90q:
San Francisquito Creek
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CE
294: Geotechnical Failures
Current
Research projects
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Underground hazards in Los Angeles:
Ground rupture in the Baldwin
Hills (and elsewhere), the Ross
store explosion, and groundwater pollution from underground waste disposal
and tank storage,
all related to the presence, exploitation, and use of oil and gas.
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Expansive soils and rocks giving way
to heave and local faulting, landsliding (Whu
case)
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Lower river basin issues, such as subsidence,
settlement, floods.
Thailand, Mesopotamia, San Francisco-Sacramento, and Los Angeles (Playa
Vista)