Carnegie Mellon University
Dr. Elio D’Appolonia Graduate Fellowship Fund Announced

Dr. Elio D’Appolonia Graduate Fellowship Fund Announced

Elio D'Appolonia PhotoCEE is pleased to announce the initiation of the Dr. Elio D’Appolonia Graduate Fellowship Fund, started with the generosity of the Devendra (Dev) & Kshama Shukla Foundation. Dr. D’Appolonia has been a treasured friend and mentor to Dev Shukla for many years. Dr. D’Appolonia was celebrated by over 60 colleagues, friends and family members, including several CEE alumni, at a dinner announcing the fellowship in June. Dr. Elio D’Appolonia, a faculty member in civil engineering from 1948 to 1956, truly helped to define and develop the multidisciplinary, creative problem-solving nature of civil engineering at Carnegie Mellon that remains a hallmark of the program. A structural engineer with classical mechanics training, he found the emerging field of geotechnical engineering an intellectually rich area in need of a combination of mechanics knowledge and creative engineering problem solving.

In 1956, Dr. D’Appolonia left the university to start a consulting practice–first E. D’Appolonia Associates and then E. D’Appolonia Consulting Engineers (EDCE) – and became an internationally renowned consultant in geotechnical engineering. He is widely recognized as one of the leaders who moved the field ahead significantly from the 1950s through the 1970s.

Republished from Summer 2012 CEE Magazine