Peep Sürje
Peep Sürje (19 April 1945 Rakvere – 12 May 2013 Tallinn) was an Estonian civil engineer specializing in road engineering, soil mechanics and geotechnics (mechanical compaction of soil, embankments on weak substrates).[1]
In 1973, he graduated from Tallinn Polytechnical Institute in technical sciences (cum laude). In 1984, he graduated from the State Road Research Institute in Moscow. Since 1992, he is professor of roads' engineering.[1]
From 2005 until 2010, he was the rector of Tallinn University of Technology and a professor emeritus of the institute in 2012.[1]
In 2011, he was awarded with Order of the White Star, III class.[2]
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