- Biographical Note:
- A native of Evanston, Illinois, Harvey Wahls is a graduate of Northwestern University, where he earned a B.S. (1954) and M.S. in Civil Engineering (1955). Following graduation Wahls became an instructor at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts, and took a leave of absence to earn his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at Northwestern, completed in 1960. Dr. Wahls joined the faculty of the department of Civil Engineering (later Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering) at North Carolina State University in 1960. He conducted research and taught in the areas of soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering. Dr. Wahls retired in 1997.
