Patrick J. Fox
Patrick J Fox, Ph.D., P.E., BC.GE, F.ASCE (born 1962) is an American civil engineer and currently the Dean of the Russ College of Engineering and Technology at Ohio University. His field of expertise is geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering, with specializations in slope stability, retaining walls, landfills, and settlement. He obtained a Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1992 .[1]
Fox served on the Board of Governors for the Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) from 2014 to 2021 and as president of the Geo-Institute in 2020.[2] He served as Editor and then Editor-in-Chief of the ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering from 2007 to 2015, and is a past chair of the Technical Publications Committee of the ASCE Geo-Institute.[3] He also has served on the editorial boards for Geotextiles and Geomembranes, Geosynthetics International, and the International Journal of Geomechanics. Starting in 2021, he has been Editor for Geosynthetics International.
He has received awards for teaching, research, and service. His research awards include the Arthur Casagrande Professional Development Award from ASCE,[4] Thomas A. Middlebrooks Award (twice) from ASCE,[5] IGS Award (twice) from the International Geosynthetics Society,[6] Chandrakant S. Desai Medal and John Booker Medal from the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG),[7][8] and best paper awards from the Geotechnical Testing Journal, Geosynthetics International (twice), and the International Journal of Geomechanics (three times).[7][8][9]
Fox is a licensed professional engineer, Board Certified Geotechnical Engineer from the Academy of Geo-Professionals (AGP), and Fellow of ASCE.
References[edit]
- ^ "Fox named head of civil and environmental engineering | Penn State University". news.psu.edu.
- ^ "Penn State Engineering: Civil and environmental engineering head named president of Geo-Institute". www.cee.psu.edu.
- ^ Fox, Patrick J. (1 August 2015). "Passing the Torch". Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. p. 01815002. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001368.
- ^ "Arthur Casagrande Professional Development Award | ASCE | Past Award Winners". www.asce.org.
- ^ "Thomas A. Middlebrooks Award | ASCE | Past Award Winners". www.asce.org.
- ^ "Awards". IGS.
- ^ a b "2008". iacmag.
- ^ a b "2017". iacmag.
- ^ Bathurst, R.J. (December 2016). "Best Geosynthetics International Paper for 2015". Geosynthetics International. pp. 394–394. doi:10.1680/jgein.2016.23.6.394.