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Read more at: Welcome to new students and visitors
Welcome to new students and visitors

Welcome to new students and visitors

4 October 2012

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 3 October 2012.


Read more at: Paul Shepley receives the Philip Turner Prize 2012
Paul Shepley receives the Philip Turner Prize 2012

Paul Shepley receives the Philip Turner Prize 2012

4 October 2012

Philip Turner was an outstanding mechanical engineer who designed a wide range of innovative devices. He made major formative contributions to the design of geotechnical centrifuges for the Schofield Centre. He was a design engineer in the Department of Engineering for many years and when he died he bequeathed in his will...


Read more at: Infrastructure Revolution

Infrastructure Revolution

13 June 2012

Technology has advanced to the point where the condition of bridges, tunnels and buildings can be monitored in unprecedented detail. Now a new Centre at Cambridge has been formed to kick-start the smart infrastructure revolution. "London Underground needs to know if the Northern Line is good for another 20 years, or...


Read more at: Professor M D Bolton gives 52nd Rankine lecture
Professor M D Bolton gives 52nd Rankine lecture

Professor M D Bolton gives 52nd Rankine lecture

23 April 2012

Malcolm Bolton, Professor of Soil Mechanics, Director of the Schofield Centre for Geotechnical and Construction Modelling, and Head of the Geotechnical and Environmental Group in the Department of Engineering delivered the 52 nd Rankine Lecture entitled “Performance-based design in geotechnical engineering” at Imperial...


Read more at: Professor M D Bolton to give 52nd Rankine lecture
Professor M D Bolton to give 52nd Rankine lecture

Professor M D Bolton to give 52nd Rankine lecture

2 November 2011

Professor Malcolm Bolton has been invited to give the 52nd Rankine lecture on 21 March 2012 starting at 1730. The title of the lecture is Performance-based design in geotechnical engineering Further details can be found on the British Geotechnical Association's website: http://bga.city.ac.uk/cms/html/2012%2052nd%20Rankine%...


Read more at: Welcome to new students and visitors
Welcome to new students and visitors

Welcome to new students and visitors

24 October 2011

A very warm welcome was given to our new post graduate research students and visitors joining the Geotechnical and Environmental Research Group in Division D at a reception on 5 October 2011.


Read more at: Charles Heron Receives the Philip Turner Prize 2011
Charles Heron Receives the Philip Turner Prize 2011

Charles Heron Receives the Philip Turner Prize 2011

20 October 2011

Philip Turner was an outstanding mechanical engineer who designed a wide range of innovative devices. He made major formative contributions to the design of geotechnical centrifuges for the Schofield Centre. He was a design engineer in the Department of Engineering for many years and when he died he bequeathed in his will...


Read more at: Congratulations to Darren SC Chian
Congratulations to Darren SC Chian

Congratulations to Darren SC Chian

13 September 2011

Congratulations to Darren SC Chian, a PhD student of the Geotechnical & Environmental Research Group for being awarded the Best Presentation Award Plaque in recognition of his outstanding contributions as a young researcher in the 8 th International Conference on Urban Earthquake Engineering, held in Tokyo, Japan in...


Read more at: Paper on ‘tsunami resistant’ houses wins the Institution of Civil Engineers Bill Curtin prize

Paper on ‘tsunami resistant’ houses wins the Institution of Civil Engineers Bill Curtin prize

4 April 2011

The Asian tsunami of 26 December 2004 showed the catastrophic devastation that could be caused by a tsunami to human lives, infrastructure and economy. The tsunami claimed more than 220,000 lives and made almost 800,000 people homeless. The total economic cost of the catastrophe is estimated to be more than £7·5 billion. A...


Read more at: Student papers win awards at Environmental Science and Technology Conference 29 November 2010

Student papers win awards at Environmental Science and Technology Conference 29 November 2010

4 April 2011

Student papers win awards at Environmental Science and Technology Conference 29 November 2010 Two PhD students of the Geotechnical & Environmental Group , Claudiane Ouellet-Plamondon and Reginald Kogbara were among seven recipients of the Outstanding Student Paper Awards at the 5th International Conference on...