Derek Cornforth
Registration
Civil Engineer - OR, WA Career 2001 - 2016 Staff Consultant Landslide Technology, Portland, OR 1983 - 2001 Founder and Principal Engineer Landslide Technology, Portland, OR 1974 - 1983 Vice President Shannon & Wilson, Portland, OR 1967 - 1974 Managing Director Nuttall Geotechnical Services Ltd. London, England 1961 - 1967 Principal Engineer Shannon & Wilson, Seattle, WA & Portland, OR Education 1961/Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering Imperial College of Science and Technology, London University, England 1956/M.S. in Geotechnical Engineering Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (Fulbright Scholar) 1955/B.S. in Civil Engineering Durham University, England Honors/Societies Committee Member, National Initiative for Landslide Hazards Mitigation Sponsored by the USGS President, American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Oregon Diplomat, Academy of Geo-Professionals, GeoInstitute (ASCE) |
Founder
Dr. Cornforth has had direct involvement in over 200 landslides during his long career as a geotechnical engineer. He founded Landslide Technology in 1983 based on his training and experience in this specialty. He is especially qualified in evaluating soil strength and properties, field instrumentation with inclinometers and piezometers, and producing innovative treatments to relatively difficult landslide occurrences. He has written numerous technical papers and lectured about landslides, and has served on national and international committees. On legal issues involving landslides, he has provided expert witness testimony on numerous occasions.
Dr. Cornforth's definitive book, Landslides in Practice: Investigation, Analysis, and Remedial/Preventative Options in Soils (Wiley, 2005) is currently available. This book received the prestigious Borwell Award by the Geological Society of America "in recognition of outstanding contributions to the interdisciplinary field of engineering geology." It has sold 2,000 copies worldwide. Representative projects include the following:
Dr. Cornforth is the author of 26 technical papers and a textbook on landslides. He has been an invited speaker at several universities and technical conferences, and has taught a graduate course in slope stability. |
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