Henry Petroski (edit name/settings)

Henry Petroski he received his bachelor's degree from Manhattan College in 1963. He graduated with his Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1968. Before beginning his work at Duke in 1980, he worked at the University of Texas at Austin from 1968–74 and for the Argonne National Laboratory from 1975-80. He has received honorary degrees from Clarkson University, Trinity College, Valparaiso University and Manhattan College. He is a registered professional engineer in Texas, a Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering. In 2004, Petroski was appointed to the United States Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board and was reappointed in 2008. He is the Aleksandar S. Vesic professor of civil engineering and a professor of history at Duke University.