british columbia started first undergraduate graduate degree programs geological engineering noting students engineering foundation made first class practising geologists karl terzaghi austrian trained engineer geologist published first text soil mechanics german terzaghi known parent soil mechanics also great interest geology terzaghi considered soil mechanics sub discipline engineering geology terzaghi along redlich kampe published engineering geology text also german need geologist engineering works gained worldwide
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