Residence New Zealand Name Thomas Paulay | ||
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Born 26 May 1923Sopron, Hungary ( 1923-05-26 ) Thesis The coupling of shear walls. (1969) Books Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete and Masonry Buildings, Simplicity and Confidence in Seismic Design | ||
Thomas Paulay (26 May 1923 – 28 June 2009) was a Hungarian-New Zealand earthquake engineer.
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Academic career
Trained as chemical engineer, after fleeing Hungary to West Germany, Paulay arrived in New Zealand in 1951, and became a naturalised New Zealand citizen in 1957. In 1961, he joined the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Canterbury, where he spent many years studying the seismic behaviour and design of structures.
In the 1986 Queen's Birthday Honours, Paulay was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to civil engineering.
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