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References
- ↑ Wheeler Lecture
- ↑ Rankine Lecture
- ↑ Terzaghi Lecture
- ↑ Glossop Lecture
- ↑ Mallet-Milne Lecture
- ↑ Poulos Lecture
- ↑ "Timoshenko Lecture". Archived from the original on 2018-03-11. Retrieved 2013-05-28.