Dov Leshchinsky, Ph.D. served as a faculty member in the Department of
Civil and Environmental Engineering at the
University of Delaware from 1982 to 2012. Dr. Leshchinsky received his
bachelor's and master's degrees at the Technion, Israel Institute of
Technology, and his doctorate at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
His research contributions are in the areas of slope stability
engineering, soil reinforcing and ground improvement. He has developed
design methods, including those for geosynthetic reinforced slopes and
walls, that are being used worldwide. He co-developed software for the
US Army Corps of Engineers, Federal Highway Administration, and private
industry. Commercial software he co-developed,
namely MSEW, ReSSA, FoSSA, ReSlope and GeoCoPS, have been used in the
design of major structures. He was involved as an expert in forensic
studies of failed MSE walls. Dr. Leshchinsky has taught numerous short
courses on MSE walls and slopes worldwide as well as National Highway
Institute courses to
various State Department of Transportation. In 2010 he received the
Martin S. Kapp Foundation
Engineering Award, ASCE: “For his innovative contribution to the
unified method of design and analysis of earth retaining structures and
slopes as well as implementation of such technology
through computer software and continuing education”.
News Articles
(source: UDaily, University of Delaware)
* Leshchinsky wins prestigious Kapp award (January 11, 2010) * UD professor provides geotech education across the globe (April 20, 2009)
