Benjamin Turner

Affiliation

Dan Brown and Associates

Biography

Dr. Turner is a geotechnical engineer specializing in seismic design aspects of geo-structural systems including foundations, excavations, and slopes, as well as advanced modeling. He holds BS and MS degrees in civil engineering from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, where he has also served as an adjunct lecturer for the CE graduate program, and a Ph.D. in geotechnical earthquake engineering with a minor in seismic structural reinforced concrete design from UCLA. He continues to remain actively involved in research projects related to deep foundations and earthquake engineering, and serves on the Seismic and Lateral Loads and Drilled Shafts Committees of DFI.