Leopold Müller was an Austrian engineer and scientist who was involved in pioneering work in the area of rock mechanics and tunneling. His foundational experiences came from road, tunnel, dam and other projects before, during and after WW2.
His contributions led to the founding of a new, nowadays widely spread tunneling method (NATM) and an international scientific organization in rock mechanics (ISRM). Further, he established and led a scientific research lab in rock mechanics at the Technical University of Karlsruhe, where the vast majority of the over 200 scientific studies that he was involved in was conducted.
As a professor he taught engineers at Karlruhe, later at Salzburg University, and during 300+ international lectures. He publisheLeopold Müller was an Austrian engineer and scientist who was involved in pioneering work in the area of rock mechanics and tunneling. His foundational experiences came from road, tunnel, dam and other projects before, during and after WW2.
His contributions led to the founding of a new, nowadays widely spread tunneling method (NATM) and an international scientific organization in rock mechanics (ISRM). Further, he established and led a scientific research lab in rock mechanics at the Technical University of Karlsruhe, where the vast majority of the over 200 scientific studies that he was involved in was conducted.
As a professor he taught engineers at Karlruhe, later at Salzburg University, and during 300+ international lectures. He published a scientific magazine and founded an engineering company, Müller und Hereth, that outlasted him. He also served as an advisor on many projects all over the world, including dam disasters (e.g., Vajont, Italy) and as an official advisor for the Wold Bank when it was involved in large scale infrastructure projects. He invented a camera probe for bore holes in 1969.
He played a key role in the preservation of the old town of Salzburg, Austria, which had been damaged in WW2 - as well as other historical structures that suffered from aging, such as the town's castle. He was involved in the founding of various schools. He was an honorable member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
He was also an author of multiple textbooks. He died while working on his final textbook and his autobiography, the former of which was finished posthumously....more
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