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PDCA Announces Dr. Frank
Rausche as the Honored
Recipient for the PDCA E.A.L.
Smith Award and Lecturer
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Attend Rausche’s lecture presentation in Dallas at IFCEE 2021
The PDCA E.A.L. Smith Award Lecture honors E.A.L.
Smith, the developer of the wave equation analysis
concept, a revolutionary tool that enabled pile driving
contractors to optimize their equipment, reducing the frequency
of excessive installation times due to unexpected hard driving and
pile failures due to extreme driving stresses.
“I provided the engineer with a tool that helped design driven
piles not only for geotechnical or structural suitability, but also for
driveability and, therefore, constructability,” said Smith.
The E.A.L. Smith Award Lecture is presented triennially during
each International Foundations Conference & Equipment Expo
(IFCEE), given to an individual who has demonstrated creative
and original work that helps the driven pile industry provide an
economical, sustainable, effective and environmentally conscious
foundation solution.
For 2021, PDCA has selected Dr. Frank Rausche, Ph.D., P.E.,
D.GE, president emeritus of GRL Engineers, Inc. and senior consultant
at Pile Dynamics, Inc., to receive the E.A.L. Smith Award
Lecture. Dr. Rausche will receive the award and deliver his lecture
at IFCEE 2021, held in Dallas, Texas, May 10 to 14.
Dr. Rausche has been involved in the research and development
of dynamic testing and analysis methods since the mid-
1960s, developing the original CAPWAP® program in 1969 and its
continued improvements. He devised the Case Method Capacity
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and Integrity Formulas and was co-developer of the Pile Driving
Analyzer®, cementing dynamic pile testing as a routine practice in
the industry. He also served as the co-principal investigator in the
development of the WEAP wave equation program for the Federal
Highways Administration in 1976 and was principal investigator
for its subsequent 1981 update. He then developed GRLWEAP for
personal computers in the 1980s.
Dr. Rausche was also one of the original founders of GRL
Engineers, Inc., a professional engineering firm established to
provide specialized testing, analysis and consulting services to the
deep foundation industry; Dr. Rausche served as company president
from 1977 to 2011, and continues today as a senior consultant
for both GRL Engineers, Inc. and Pile Dynamics, Inc.
Throughout his career, Dr. Rausche has traveled the world
providing foundation testing services and educating engineers
on dynamic testing methods. He holds numerous industry patents
and has authored well over 100 papers on testing, design
and analysis of deep foundations published in journals and conference
proceedings.
Please join PDCA in congratulating the outstanding achievements
that Dr. Frank Rausche has contributed to the betterment
of the entire pile driving industry. We look forward to seeing you at
his lecture presentation at IFCEE 2021! t
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