| Michael Wysockey, PhD, PE is the president of Thatcher Foundations, a specialty contractor working in design-build earth retention, pile driving, drilled foundations, and marine construction. Thatcher has built a reputation for innovative solutions to challenging deep foundation and shoring jobs, from limited access micropiles to high capacity driven and drilled foundations. Thatcher has been in business since 1946.
Michael received his Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from The Citadel, his Master’s from MIT, and his Doctorate in Geotechnical Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign – where he was awarded both the Wilson and Peck Fellowships. His publications range from shore erosion to the effect of local soil conditions on earthquake motions, to the capacity of deep foundations. He is the past president of the DFI and recently chaired the Chicago Committee on High Rise Buildings and the ASCE Geo Institute, Illinois Section. |
