JorgeZornberg

Bio
Jorge Zornberg is a professor and Joe J. King Chair in Engineering in the Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. He has over 35 years of experience in research and practice in geotechnical, geosynthetics, transportation and geoenvironmental engineering.

His research has been sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the Federal Highway Administration, the Transportation Research Board, the Environmental Protection Agency, the US Department of Education, the Geosynthetic Institute, geosynthetic manufacturers, as well as the Departments of Transportation of Texas, Colorado, and California. Zornberg has authored over 550 technical publications and was awarded three patents. He is an editorial board member of the journals Geosynthetics International, Geotextiles and Geomembranes, and GeoEngineering. He has also been invited to deliver numerous keynote lectures around the world. In 2019, the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) recognized his “major contributions to the geosynthetics discipline” by establishing the “Zornberg Lecture,” an honorary inaugural lecture for the Pan-American Conferences on Geosynthetics.

Educational Qualifications
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 1994
M.S., Civil Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1989
B.S., National University of Cordoba, Argentina, 1987

Select Awards & Honors

• Ralph B. Peck Award, American Society of Civil Engineers (2024)
• Mercer Lecture Award (2015)
• J. James R. Croes Medal – American Society of Civil Engineers (2012)
• CAREER Award – National Science Foundation (2002)
• Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers – National Science Foundation (2001) 

Related Websites
Zornberg Research Group
Center for Transportation Research
Geotechnical Research Group

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