Department of Civil Engineering University of California at Berkeley

The First One Hundred Years (or so)

University Established - 1868

Charter

provided for Colleges of:

Agriculture Letters Chemistry CIVIL ENGINEERING Mining Mechanics

College of Civil Engineering

Established

1872

Head:

Frank Soule

Dean of College - 1896 - 1907

Civil

Engineering Building located just east of existing Campbell Hall

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Civil Engineering Building (1925)

Mechanics Building
Hydraulics

Laboratory

Engineering Materials Laboratory (EML) (Circa 1931)

Current Locations
Engineering

Building/McLaughlin Hall

Circa 1931
OBrien Davis

Hall

Late 1950s

Hall

1969

College of Mechanics
Established

1878

Dean:

Frederick G. Hesse Hall

Hesse

Civil Engineering Faculty

Hired

prior to 1930
1903-1944 1905-1944 1905-1950 1912-1954 1914-1949 1914-1952* 41 years 39 45 42 35 38

C. Derleth C.G. Hyde B.A. Etcheverry F.S. Foote S.T. Harding C.T. Wiskocil

*Deceased
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Civil Engineering Faculty

Hired

prior to 1930 (cont)

1916-1956 1920-1952 1920-1956 1920-1963 1930-1973 40 years 32 36 43 43

W. Langlier R.E. Davis B. Jameyson G.E. Troxell H. E. Davis

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Civil Engineering Faculty

Some

since 1930
Structures Structures / Mechanics Structures (bridges) Structures Structures Hydraulics/Coastal Hydraulics Hydraulics/Coastal
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H.D. Eberhart E.P. Popov T.Y. Lin R.W. Clough A.C. Scordelis J.W. Johnson H.A. Einstein R.L. Wiegel

Civil Engineering Faculty

Some

since 1930 (cont)

Structures / Materials Structures / Mechanics Soil Mechanics Structures (Bridges) Structures (Dams) Structures Soil Mechanics Structures
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B. Bresler K.S. Pister H.B. Seed F. Baron J. Raphael J. Penzien J.K. Mitchell E.L. Wilson

Civil Engineering Faculty

Some

since 1930 (cont)

Sanitary Engineering Sanitary Engineering Rock Mechanics Construction Management Heavy Constuction Highway Engineering Traffic Engineering

B. Gotaas E. A. Pearson R. Goodman K. Crandall B. C Gerwick, Jr. R. A. Moyer D. S. Berry

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Civil Engineering Faculty

Some

since 1930 (cont) F. H. Moffitt Photogrammetry W. N. Kennedy Transportation R. Horonjeff Airport Engineering A. D. May Traffic Engineering G. F. Newell Transportation B. A. Vallerga Asphalt Technology
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Civil Engineering Faculty

Some

since 1930
Sanitary Engineering Sanitary Engineering Structures Sanitary Engineering Transportation Planning Pavement Engineering Structures

W. Kaufman W.J Oswald W. G. Godden J. F. Thomas W. L. Garrison C. L. Monismith V. Bertero

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Civil Engineering Faculty

Some

since 1930 (cont.)

Structural Mechanics Structures Structural Mechanics Structural Mechanics Sanitary Structural Mechanics Hydraulics Soil Mechanics
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J. Sackman W.G. Godden J. Lubliner R.L. Taylor D. Jenkins J. Kelly H. Fisher J.M. Duncan

Civil Engineering Faculty

Some

since 1930 (cont.)

Soil Mechanics Surveying/Photogrammetry Sanitary Engineering Structural Materials Structural Materials Transportation Reliability/Risk
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J. Lysmer J. Anderson A.J. Horne P.K. Mehta R. B. Williamson A. Kanafani A. Der Kiureghian

Program Evolution
1929 - 1931 College of Civil Engineering
merged

College of Mechanics

College of Engineering
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College of Engineering
Prof

C. Derleth
1907 - 1929 1929 - 1942

Dean of CE Dean of CoE

Regent

McLaughlin

1942 - 1943

Prof

M.P. OBrien

1943 - 1959
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Programs
First

BS degree in Civil Engineering 1873 First MS degree in Engineering 1896 First PhD degree in Engineering 1894

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Programs (cont)
Engineering

Council for Professional Development (now ABET)

created in 1932 UC accredited in 1936

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Programs (cont)
M.S.,

Ph.D, and D. Eng. Almost from outset Graduate programs significantly expanded in 1950s 2 yr. M. Eng. Program introduced in 1972

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Charles Derleth
Buildings,

San Francisco (post-1906 Quake) Carquinez Bridge San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Golden Gate Bridge

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Charles Gilman Hyde

Father

of Sanitary Engineering in Western U.S. Water and Sewage Treatment

plant design

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B. A. Etcheverry (Etcheverry Hall)

Irrigation

Engineering Yolo by-pass

Sacramento River

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F. S. Foote
Railroad

Engineering

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S. T. Harding
Irrigation

Engineering

legal aspects

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C. T. Wiskocil
Materials Professionalism

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W. Langlier
Applications

of chemistry to Sanitary Engineering problems e.g., Chemical dosing of water

disinfection clarification softening
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R. E. Davis (Davis Hall)

Materials

Laboratory (Structural Testing) Cement and Concrete

Boulder Dam Bonneville Dam
San

Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

riveted joints

Golden

Gate Bridge
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Saddles

B. Jameyson
Posey

Tube Bridges
Oakland/Alameda Alameda County

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H. E. Davis
Transportation Administration Economics Finance Policy

H. Eberhart
Prosthetic

Devices
foundation for Bio-Engineering

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M. P. OBrien
Coastal

Engineering (considered
Father of Coastal Engineering)
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J. W. Johnson
Coastal

Engineering

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H. A. Einstein
Sediment

Transport

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E. P. Popov
Engineering

Mechanics Structural Engineering

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T. Y. Lin
Prestressed

Concrete Bridge Engineering

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B. Bresler
Structural

Engineering

Concrete behavior

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M. Polivka
Structural

Materials

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R. A. Moyer
Highway Engineering
Economics (including vehicle
operating costs)

Skid Resistance Other road surface characteristics

D. S. Berry

Traffic Engineering

R. W. Clough
Earthquake

Engineering Finite element methodology (one of the first to develop this approach for the solution of Civil Engineering problems)

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B. A. Vallerga

Asphalts Asphalt Mixes

A.C. Scordelis
Structural

Engineering

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E.A. Pearson
Sanitary

Engineering

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W.J.Kaufman
Sanitary

Engineering

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J.W. Thomas
Sanitary

Engineering

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K.S. Pister
Structural

Mechanics

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R. Horonjeff

Exit Taxiways Runway Lighting Airport Capacity

D.W. Finch
Transportation

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F. H. Moffitt

Photogrammetry

H. B. Seed
Strength and Deformation Characterization of Compacted Clay Repeated Load Response of Soils and Granular Materials Liquefaction of Fine-Grained Soils

R. L. Wiegel
Coastal

Engineering

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J. M. Raphael
Dam

Design

Shasta Folsom

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F. Baron
Structural

Engineering
Buildings
St. Marys Cathedral

Bridges
Dumbarton Bridge Golden Gate Bridge

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J.W. Penzien
Structural

Engineering

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W. N. Kennedy

Traffic Engineering Urban Transportation

C. L. Monismith

Pavement Design and Rehabilitation Asphalt Technology

V Bertero
Structural

Engineering

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J.W. Sackman
Structural

Mechanics

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J. K. Mitchell
Physico-Chemical Properties of Soils Soil-Stabilization with Portland Cement, Lime, and Lime-Flyash

W.G. Godden
Structural

Engineering

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W.J. Oswald
Sanitary

Engineering, algae symbiosis

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D. Jenkins
Sanitary

Engineering

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A. D. May
Traffic Operations Control Simulations

G. F. Newell
Traffic Flow Theory Queueing

R.E. Goodman
Geological Engineering Rock Mechanics also Musician and Opera Singer
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J. Lubliner
Structural

Mechanics

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R.L. Taylor
Structural

Mechanics

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E. L. Wilson
Finite

element analysis

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J.M. Kelly
Structural

Mechanics; earthquake engineering base isolation.

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J.M. Duncan
Soil

Mechanics Foundation Engineering Seepage Slope stability analysis

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J. Lysmer
Dynamic

analysis of soil structures

earthquake engineering

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A. K. Chopra
Structures

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J. Anderson
Surveying

and Photogrammetry

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H. Fisher
Hydraulics

77

K.C. Crandall
Construction

management

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B. C. Gerwick
Richmond-San

Rafael

Bridge
foundation
Oil

Drilling Structures
North Sea Bass Strait - Australia

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A.J. Horne
Sanitary

Engineering

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P.K. Mehta
Structural

Materials

Cement Concrete

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R. B. Williamson
Structural

Materials

Fire Protection Engineering

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A. Kanafani
Transportation

Engineering
Air Transport

83

W. L. Garrison
Transportation Planning Freight Transport

A. Der Kiureghian
Structures

Risk Analysis

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Graduates of Program
Robert

Gordon Sproul, 1912

of ASCE

President, University 1930-1958

Presidents

John Rinne Richard Karn Irving Mendenhall James McCarthy

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Graduates of Program (cont)

Presidents

of PG and E Public Works Officials Consulting Engineers

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Summary
Faculty

teaching, research, practice adjustment to changes

Students

88

Summary (cont)
Traditions Adaptability Continuous

professional development

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