Norbert Morgenstern

Area of Study / Keywords

Geotechnical Centre Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

About

Research Interests

• dams and tailings facilities
• landslides and slope stability (soil, rock and permafrost)
• highway, bridge, building and other foundation problems
• pipelines
• underground excavations
• offshore geotechnical engineering

Current Technical Activities

• Advisor to consulting engineers and public agencies on a variety of problems in engineering earth sciences, 1961 - present
• Chair, Management Committee, Oil Sands Tailings Research Facility, 2003 - present
• Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Council of Canadian Academies, 2006 - present

Select Honours and Awards

• Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal, Governor General of Canada (2012)
• H. Bolton Seed Medal, American Society of Civil Engineers (2011)
• Schuster Medal, Association of Engineering Geologists and Canadian Geotechnical Society (2009)
• Honorary Degree in Science and Engineering, University of Alberta (2007)
• Varnes Medal, International Consortium for Landslides (2006)
• Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal, Governor General of Canada (2002)
• Member, Order of Canada (2001)
• Killam Prize in Engineering, Canada Council for the Arts (2001)
• Fellow, Canadian Society of Civil Engineers (1997)
• Foreign Member, Royal Academy of Engineering, United Kingdom (1996)
• Foreign Associate, US National Academy of Engineers (1992)
• Alberta Order of Excellence, Government of Alberta (1991)
• Honorary Degree in Science and Engineering, Queen's University (1989)
• Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering (1988)
• Fellow, Engineering Institute of Canada (1985)
• Honorary Degree in Science and Engineering, University of Toronto (1983)
• Rankine Lecture, British Geotechnical Society (1981)
• Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, Academy of Sciences (1975)