Dr. Robert M. Koerner, Director

Dr. Robert M. Koerner’s (Emeritus Professor at Drexel University ) interest in geosynthetics spans thirty-two years of teaching, research, writing and consulting. He holds his Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering from Duke University . He is a registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania , a Distinguished Member of ASCE, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. Bob has authored and co-authored 600+ papers on geosynthetics and geotechnical topics in journals and at national and international conferences. His most widely used publication in the fifth edition of the textbook entitled “Designing With Geosynthetics”.

e-mail: robert.koerner@coe.drexel.edu