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Read more at: Welcome reception for new students and visitors
Welcome reception for new students and visitors

Welcome reception for new students and visitors

17 October 2019

A very warm welcome was given to our new post graduate research students, fourth year students and visitors joining the Geotechnical and Environmental Research Group in Division D at a reception on 11 October 2019.


Read more at: Pushing the boundaries of civil engineering with a big centrifuge
Pushing the boundaries of civil engineering with a big centrifuge

Pushing the boundaries of civil engineering with a big centrifuge

26 September 2019

Deryck Chan was named East of England and Midlands regional winner of the Pitch 200 competition, an annual competition organised by the Institution of Civil Engineers, where contestants explain a civil engineering innovation within 200 seconds. In Deryck's winning video, 'Pushing the boundaries of civil engineering with a...


Read more at: Geotechnical Workshop 2019
Geotechnical Workshop 2019

Geotechnical Workshop 2019

26 June 2019

The Geotechnical and Environmental Group workshop took place on Monday, 24 June 2019. This annual event is generously sponsored by Atkins and brings together the whole Group for a day of presentations by first year PhD students and posters by second year PhD students. The top three MEng projects from Division D were...


Read more at: Congratulations to Geotechnical Group Fourth Year Students
Congratulations to Geotechnical Group Fourth Year Students

Congratulations to Geotechnical Group Fourth Year Students

14 June 2019

Congratulations to Micheala Chan, Jin Zheng and Ewan Taylor for winning best presentation in their session at the annual Cambridge Civils Event, which took place on Wednesday 5 June at Emmanuel College.


Read more at: Students from Aachen, Germany visited the Schofield Centrifuge Centre
Students from Aachen, Germany visited the Schofield Centrifuge Centre

Students from Aachen, Germany visited the Schofield Centrifuge Centre

13 March 2019

On Tuesday 5 March, the group of 10 students from Aachen (Germany) on their Language Exchange visit to Cambridge has visited The Schofield Centrifuge Centre as part of their programme. One of our Research Associates - Dr. Ramesh Kannan Kandasami and the PhD Research Student - Thejesh Kumar Garala , welcomed the group and...


Read more at: Next generation of infrastructure leaders to be trained at Cambridge
Next generation of infrastructure leaders to be trained at Cambridge

Next generation of infrastructure leaders to be trained at Cambridge

18 February 2019

The Civil Engineering Division at the Department of Engineering has been successful in its bid for a Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Infrastructure and Built Environment: Resilience in a Changing World. This expands and builds on the strength of the current Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Infrastructure and...


Read more at: Making a global impact: self-healing concrete

Making a global impact: self-healing concrete

7 December 2018

Cambridge research into self-healing concrete and other intelligent infrastructure materials has featured on BBC World News, BBC Breakfast and BBC Look East as part of a special programme. Abir Al-Tabbaa , Professor of Geotechnical Engineering, leads the Cambridge research team working on the EPSRC -funded Resilient...


Read more at: Santa Claus visited Schofield Centre this year!
Santa Claus visited Schofield Centre this year!

Santa Claus visited Schofield Centre this year!

7 December 2018

We've all been super good this year apparently :) On Wednesday, 5th December 2018, Schofield Centre was full of joy and laughter, as we all unwrapped our Secret Santa amazing gifts!


Read more at: Marla Gillow wins the Best Paper award at ICPE 2018
Marla Gillow wins the Best Paper award at ICPE 2018

Marla Gillow wins the Best Paper award at ICPE 2018

31 October 2018

Congratulations to Marla Gillow for winning The Best Paper award at the 1st International Conference on Press-in Engineering 2018, Kochi . The conference was organised by International Press-in Association (IPA) . The jury selected Marla's paper "Water jetting for sheet piling in sandy soils" based on her undergraduate...


Read more at: Learning from natural disasters: EEFIT’s new report on the 2016 Ecuador earthquakes
Learning from natural disasters: EEFIT’s new report on the 2016 Ecuador earthquakes

Learning from natural disasters: EEFIT’s new report on the 2016 Ecuador earthquakes

23 October 2018

In 2016, we reported that one of our PhD students - Fiona Hughes - participated in an EEFIT mission to Ecuador . The field report has just been published and is available here: The Muisne, Ecuador earthquake of 16 April 2016 . Fiona also wrote the blog, where she reflects on what their team did in Ecuador and highlights...