George Gazetas

George Gazetas has served as Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (Greece) for more than 30 years, following an academic career in the US, where he taught at SUNY-Buffalo, Rensselaer (RPI), and Case Western Reserve University. His research interests have focused on Soil Dynamics and Soil-Structure Interaction. Much of his research has been inspired by observations after destructive earthquakes. An active writer and teacher, he has been a consultant on a variety of geotechnical problems. Received a number of awards (from the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Institution of Civil Engineers, the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, as well as from Institutions in Greece, India, and Japan). He has delivered the prestigious “Coulomb”, “Ishihara”, “Kenneth Lee”, and “Maugeri” Lectures. In 2015 he received the Excellence in University Teaching in Greece Award from the Institute of Research and Technology (ITE). He was honored as the 59th Rankine Lecturer, 2019, in London, and as GeoLegend by ASCE’s Geotechnical Institute in the GeoStrata magazine, 2022.