In 1966 Frank Rausche made the trek from Germany to the U.S. to complete graduate studies in structural engineering, or so he thought. A professor of his had what Rausche calls “this rather strange and intriguing project studying dynamic testing of piles.” It turns out Rausche was drafted into the research and the rest is history.
Since then, for nearly 50 years, Rausche has been immersed in the deep foundations industry. He co-founded GRL Engineers Inc. and Pile Dynamics Inc. in the early ’70s and was the president of GRL Engineers Inc. from 1977 to 2011. Rausche developed the CAPWAP and GRL WEAP programs, holds five patents and has had more than 50 papers published covering deep foundations.