Principles of Foundation Engineering, 3rd edition

Das capitalizes on the major strengths of the Second Edition by including more coverage of the design process via real world case studies in selected chapters, and design problems. A major feature of the Third Edition package is Spreadsheet Applications For Geotechnical Engineering by Thomas F. Wolff (Michigan State University). This ancillary contains spreadsheet templates on disk in both Lotus 1-2-3 and Borland QuattroPro formats, plus a print component containing instructions for use and student exercises (see SMP for Wolff: Spreadsheets For Geotechnical Engineering).

Dr. Braja Das is Dean Emeritus of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at California State University, Sacramento. He received his M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Iowa and his Ph.D. in the area of Geotechnical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin. He is the author of a number of geotechnical engineering texts and reference books and has authored more than 250 technical papers in the area of geotechnical engineering. His primary areas of research include shallow foundations, earth anchors, and geosynthetics. He is a Fellow and Life Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Life Member of the American Society for Engineering Education, and an Emeritus Member of the Chemical and Mechanical Stabilization Committee of the Transportation Research Board of the National Research Council (Washington D.C.). Dr. Das has received numerous awards for teaching excellence, including the AMOCO Foundation Award, the AT&T Award for Teaching Excellence from the American Society for Engineering Education, the Ralph Teetor Award from the Society of Automotive Engineers, and the Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching Excellence from the University of Texas at El Paso.