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Poran, Chaim Jehuda was born on March 21, 1952 in Haifa, Israel. Son of Menachem and Sarah Forschner. came to the United States, 1980.
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Chaim Jehuda Poran
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Chaim Jehuda Poran, American Civil and environmental engineer, educator, engineering executive. Achievements include development of analytical method and commercial software for computing shear wave velocity profiles in soils based onsurface waves measurement; techniques for design and construction ofdeep soil improvement methods. Grantee National Science Foundation, 1987, 89, 91, Cray Research Inc., 1991, 92, VIC, Ltd., 1990, 92-93.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Technion, Haifa, 1977; Master of Science in Engineering, University California, Davis, 1983; Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering, University California, Davis, 1985.
Career
Assistant laboratory engineer, Technion-Israel Institute Technology, Haifa, 1974-1977; project engineer, then team leader, Solel Boneh International Ltd., Nigeria, 1978-1980; teacing associate, then research assistant, University of California, Davis, 1980-1984; assistant professor сivil engineering, Polytechnic U., Brooklyn, 1985-1988; assistant professor сivil engineering, U. North Carolina, Charlotte, 1988-1993; president, Ensol Corporation, Cary, North Carolina, since 1994. Consultant engring companies, since 1985.
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Membership
Member American Society of Civil Engineers (chair North Carolina section geotechnology group 1992-1993, contributor articles to journals), International Society Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, International Geosynthetics Society, North America Geosynthetics Society.
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American