David D. Pollard

David D. Pollard is an American professor in geomechanics and structural geology at Stanford University.

Career

David Pollard teaches an undergraduate course, Fundamentals of Structural Geology, and is writing an undergraduate textbook in structural geology. He teaches graduate-level courses in structural geology, rock mechanics, and rock fracture mechanics.

Morris Professor of Earth Sciences, Stanford University, August 1983 – present
Geophysicist and Project Chief, US Geological Survey, July 1974 – August 1983
Assistant Professor, University of Rochester, September 1970 – June 1974
Member, editorial advisory board, Journal of Structural Geology.
Developer of Poly3D, a boundary element computer program to analyse faults and fractures.
Co-founder of IGEOSS, a French company developing software for the hydrocarbon industry.
Author and producer of .
Editor, New Departures in Structural Geology and Tectonics, an NSF-sponsored white paper on research opportunities.
Fellow of the Geological Society of America and of the American Geophysical Union.

, 2005, published by Cambridge University Press, along with co-authors Fletcher R.
, 2020, published by Cambridge University Press, along with co-authors Stephen J. Martel.

Wollaston Medal of the Geological Society of London
Career Contribution Award, Structural Geology and Tectonics Division, Geological Society of America
Best Paper of the Year Award, Structural Geology and Tectonics Division, Geological Society of America
Fellow, American Geophysical Union
Fellow, Geological Society of America
Woodford-Eckis Lectureship, Pomona College
Barney and Estelle Morris Professor of Earth Sciences, Stanford University
Senior Hess Fellow, Princeton University
Centennial Author, Geological Society of America Bulletin
Outstanding Teacher Award, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University
Applied Research Award, U. S. National Committee on Rock Mechanics
Post-doctoral Fellowship, National Science Foundation
Graduate Fellowship, National Science Foundation
R.W. Strehle Memorial Award in Geology, Pomona College

DD Pollard, 1987, Elementary fracture mechanics applied to the structural interpretation of dykes, Mafic dyke swarms 34, 5–24