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Prof Gopal Madabhushi has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in recognition of his outstanding and continuing contributions to the profession. The Royal Academy of Engineering's decision to elect Professor Madabhushi as one of the 71 leading figures in engineering and technology to its Fellowship is...

Anya Burakowski is the recipient of the Atkins Prize 2024 Award for Best 4th Year Project at the Geotechnical and Environmental Research Group. Her project "Investigating the effects of sand boils on soil behaviour" was carried out at the Schofield Centre under the supervision of Prof Stuart Haigh. The prize comes with a £...

PhD students Chisom Ifeobu and Andrei Dobrisan have been awarded the Young Scientist Award at the recent 5 th International Conference on Geotechnics for Sustainable Infrastructure Development, which took place in Hanoi, Vietnam, 14 th -15 th December 2023. The award honours first authors younger than 35 years. Chisom and...

The Schofield Centre proudly announces its first logo, reminiscent of its iconic beam centrifuge. Since its opening in 2001, the Schofield Centre has advanced the understanding of soil mechanics and the science of geotechnical modelling and has facilitated industrial collaborations leading to an improved appreciation of...