Ray Krizek Inducted Into University of Maryland Innovation Hall of Fame

October 15, 2007

Ray Krizek, Stanley F. Pepper Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been inducted into the Innovation Hall of Fame at the University of Maryland’s A. James Clark School of Engineering.

Krizek, who received a master’s at the University of Maryland, was honored for essential contributions to geotechnical engineering and the field of slurry mechanics, creating the standards that guide such environmentally challenging projects as marine dredging, port management, and island restoration in the Chesapeake Bay and around the world.

Krizek is director of the Master of Project Management Program at McCormick, and has been a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering since 1963. He is an honorary member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a corresponding member of the Spanish Academy of Engineering.