Background
Petrasovits, Geza Laszlo was born on September 24, 1928 in Torokszentmiklos, Hungary.
Geotechnical engineering educator
Petrasovits, Geza Laszlo was born on September 24, 1928 in Torokszentmiklos, Hungary.
Master of Science in Civil Engineering, University Transportation, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, 1963. Doctor of Science, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, 1973.
Doctor of Civil Engineering (honorary), Moscow, 1991.
Chief civil engineering Enterprise Underground Construction, Budapest, Hungary, 1952-1954. Researcher Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1954-1958. Assistant professor Technology University, 1958-1962, associate professor, 1962-1974, professor, 1974-1993.
Scientific advisor Hungarian Academy of Sciences, since 1993. Head applied Mechanics research group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1971-1992, geotechnology department Technology University Budapest, 1983-1986. Scientific secretary division technical science, 1959-1978.
Member International Society Soil Mechanical & Foundation Engineering (Hungarian national committee T secretary 1974-1983, president 1983-1993), British Geotechnical Society.
Son of Dezsö Imre an Dezsone Erzsebet (Szilagyi) P. Married Gezane Anna Szegedi, August 2, 1953. Children: Anna Judit, Erzsebet Agnes.