Professor D. Vaughan Griffiths

Qualifications

B.Sc (Manchester), M.S. (California, Berkeley), Ph.D. (Manchester), D.Sc. (Manchester), C.Eng., F.I.C.E., F.ASCE, P.E.(Colorado)

Education

• 1994
  D.Sc., University of Manchester
• 1980
  Ph.D., University of Manchester
• 1975
  M.S., University of California at Berkeley
• 1974
  B.Sc. (Hons), University of Manchester

Awards

• 2011
  Thomas C. Keefer Medal from the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering
• 2007
  MTS Fellow, University of Minnesota, USA
• 2004
  Erskine Fellow, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
• 2000
  Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers
• 1994
  Doctor of Science conferred by University of Manchester
• 1994
  Stephenson Medal, Institution of Civil Engineers London

Employment

• 2003
  Civil Engineering Program Chair, Colorado School of Mines
• 1994
  Professor, Colorado School of Mines
• 1990
  Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester
• 1977
  Lecturer, University of Manchester
• 1976
  Site Engineer, Dames and Moore, London

Editorial Boards of International Journals

• ASCE, JGGE, Editor
• Georisk

Research Interests

• Risk assessment in geotechnical engineering
• Finite elements in geotechnical engineering
• Petroleum geomechanics