Peep Sürje (19 April 1945
Rakvere
Rakvere is the administrative center, or county seat, of Lääne-Viru County in northern Estonia, about 100 km southeast of Tallinn and 20 km south of the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic Sea.
Rakvere boasts a distinctive architectural feature: th ...
– 12 May 2013
Tallinn
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) was an
Estonia
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n civil engineer specializing in road engineering,
soil mechanics
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and geotechnics (mechanical compaction of soil, embankments on weak substrates).
In 1973, he graduated from
Tallinn Polytechnical Institute
Established in 1918, Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech; ) is the only technical university in Estonia. TalTech, in the capital city of Tallinn, is a university for engineering, business, public administration and maritime affairs. TalT ...
in technical sciences (
cum laude
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). In 1984, he graduated from the State Road Research Institute in
Moscow
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. Since 1992, he is professor of roads' engineering.
From 2005 until 2010, he was the rector of
Tallinn University of Technology
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and a professor emeritus of the institute in 2012.
In 2011, he was awarded with
Order of the White Star
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Design
Classes
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, III class.
References
1945 births
2013 deaths
Estonian civil engineers
Tallinn University of Technology alumni
Academic staff of the Tallinn University of Technology
Commanders of the Order of the Crown (Belgium)
Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 3rd Class
People from Rakvere
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