Henry Petroski, Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering

Contact Info:

Office Location:	121 Engineering Bldg
Office Phone:	(919) 660-5203
Email Address:
Web Page:	http://www.cee.duke.edu/faculty/henry-petroski

Education:

PhD	University of Illinois at Urbana	1968
MS	University of Illinois at Urbana	1964
BME	Manhattan College	1963

Specialties:

Bridges
Design
Failure Analysis
History, Engineering
Structural Engineering

Research Interests:

Structural engineering; design; interrelationship between success and failure in design; nature of invention; history of engineering and technology

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Henry Petroski, To Forgive Design: Understanding Failure (2012), Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press
2. Henry Petroski, An Engineer's Alphabet: Gleanings from the Softer Side of a Profession (2011), New York: Cambridge University Press
3. Henry Petroski, The Essential Engineer: Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems (2010), New York: Alfred A. Knopf
4. Henry Petroski, The Toothpick: Technology and Culture (2007), New York: Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN 978-0-307-26636-1
5. Henry Petroski, Success through Failure: The Paradox of Design (2006), Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, ISBN 0-691-12225-3