Poul Vestergaard Lade

Background

Lade, Poul Vestergaard was born on September 30, 1943 in Copenhagen. Son of Kresten Vestergaard and Grethe (Thomassen) Lade. came to the United States, 1968.

Education

Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Technology University Denmark, Copenhagen, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering, University California, Berkeley, 1972.

Career

Research engineer Danish Geotechnical Institute, Copenhagen, 1968. Assistant professor civil engineering University of California at Los Angeles, 1972-1978, associate professor, 1978-1982, professor, 1982-1993, vice chairman mechanics and structures department, 1980-1983, vice chairman civil engineering department, 1983-1985, 88-91. Professor civil engineering Johns Hopkins University, 1993—1999, chairman department civil engineering, 1997—1999.

Chairman Catholic University America, 2003—2009, professor civil engineering department, since 2003. More than 150 lectures and seminars at university and conferences in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. Editor in chief, Geomechanics & Engineering International Journals, Republic of Korea, since 2009, editorial board member, Engineering Geology, since 2007, International Journal Geomechanics, since 2003, member editorial committee, Soil & Founds, since 1998.

Achievements

• Poul Vestergaard Lade has been listed as a noteworthy engineering educator, consultant, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Society of Civil Engineers (chairman geotechnology engineering group Los Angeles 1978-1979), American Society for Testing and Materials, Danish Society Engineers, International Society Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, Danish Center Applied Mathematics & Mechanics, Danish Geotechnical Society, International Association Computer Methods & Advances Geomechanics, Danish Academy Technology Sciences.

Connections

Married Lene Hove Wiuf, December 27, 1969. Children: Charlotte, Caroline, Christopher.

Father:

Kresten Vestergaard Lade

Mother:

Grethe (Thomassen) Lade

Spouse:

Lene Hove Wiuf

child:

Caroline Lade

child:

Christopher Lade

child:

Charlotte Lade