D. Vaughan GRIFFITHS, PhD, DSc, PE, CEng, FICE, BC.GE, Dist.M.ASCE

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D. Vaughan Griffiths is a professionally licenced civil engineer whose research focuses on finite element analysis and risk assessment in geotechnical engineering. He is the author of around 400 publications including 3 textbooks that have gone into multiple and foreign language editions. He is one of the world's most highly cited geotechnical engineering researchers. Griffiths gives regular 1-day short-courses on risk assessment and finite elements for civil engineering practitioners around the US and internationally. At the Colorado School of Mines, he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on Foundation Engineering, Advanced Soil Mechanics, Risk Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering, Finite Elements for Engineers and Numerical Methods for Engineers.

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D. V. Griffiths (Vaughan Griffiths)
Associate Department Head and Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
1500 Illinois Street
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO 80401,
U.S.A.
Tel: (303)-273-3669
Fax: (303)-273-3413
Office: Coolbaugh Hall CO 252
Email: d.v.griffiths@mines.edu
Home page: www.mines.edu/~vgriffit

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