Howard Eberhart : Engineering Hall of Fame - 1999

Award Year
1999
Graduation Year
1935
Department
Civil and Construction Engineering
Biography

Howard Eberhart served on the faculty of Civil Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley until 1974. With his expertise in structural engineering, Mr. Eberhart became a world-wide authority in biomechanics and a leader in the development of prosthetics. He conducted fundamental studies of human locomotion and other aspects relating to design of artificial limbs, beginning in 1945. Co-founder of the University of California Biomechanics Laboratory. Mr. Eberhart received many honors including election to membership of the National Academy of Engineering in 1977. He passed away in 1993.

Degrees

  • B.S. Civil Engineering, 1933
  • M.S. Civil Engineering, 1935