ORLANDO B. ANDERSLAND, PHD, is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Michigan State University and a recipient of the Distinguished Faculty Award. He is senior author of the first edition of this book and numerous papers in technical journals, as well as senior editor of Geotechnical Engineering for Cold Regions.

BRANKO LADANYI, PHD, is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Civil, Geological, and Mining Engineering at the University of Montreal, École Polytechnique. He’s coauthor of the first edition of this book and numerous papers dealing with various geotechnical subjects. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences, Royal Society of Canada, and has earned numerous awards and honors for his achievements in geotechnical engineering.