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Read more at: Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future Fellows
Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future Fellows

Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future Fellows

29 May 2013

Three talented female PhD students in the department were the proud recipients of the Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future fellowships for their PhD studies at Cambridge University. All three are in the Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental group and supervised by Dr Abir Al-Tabbaa. The Schlumberger Foundation...

Read more at: Former PhD student, Dr Johnny Cheuk, named Young Engineer of the Year in Hong Kong
Former PhD student, Dr Johnny Cheuk, named Young Engineer of the Year in Hong Kong

Former PhD student, Dr Johnny Cheuk, named Young Engineer of the Year in Hong Kong

7 May 2013

AECOM's Dr. Johnny Cheuk was named 2013 Young Engineer of the Year by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. Dr. Johnny Cheuk, geotechnical engineer with AECOM Technology Corporation in Hong Kong was named 2013 Young Engineer of the Year by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE). The prestigious honour recognizes...

Read more at: Drs Abir Al-Tabbaa and Janet Lees are part of an EPSRC and industry funded £3.1M project on developing self-healing construction materials

Drs Abir Al-Tabbaa and Janet Lees are part of an EPSRC and industry funded £3.1M project on developing self-healing construction materials

2 May 2013

The Department of Engineering will play a major part in a new £3.1M EPSRC and industry funded UK Centre of Excellence on Intelligent Construction Materials from the recent EPSRC Ground and Structural Engineering Challenge call. "This is a very exciting opportunity for ground, structural and materials engineering, chemistry...

Read more at: Dr Matthew DeJong and Professor Robert Mair have successfully secured an EPSRC grant for a research project on Tunnelling-Induced Settlement Damage to Masonry Structures
Dr Matthew DeJong and Professor Robert Mair have successfully secured an EPSRC grant for a research project on Tunnelling-Induced Settlement Damage to Masonry Structures

Dr Matthew DeJong and Professor Robert Mair have successfully secured an EPSRC grant for a research project on Tunnelling-Induced Settlement Damage to Masonry Structures

1 February 2013

Dr Matthew DeJong and Professor Robert Mair have successfully secured an EPSRC grant for a research project on Tunnelling-Induced Settlement Damage to Masonry Structures. "This is an excellent example of a project that will, I am sure, be of direct relevance to Crossrail and the tunnelling industry. " —Professor Robert...

Read more at: Ziyad Abunada receives the AINAC 2012 award for best paper
Ziyad Abunada receives the AINAC 2012 award for best paper

Ziyad Abunada receives the AINAC 2012 award for best paper

14 January 2013

Ziyad Abunada of the Geotechnical & Environmental Research Group was the recipient of the best paper award at the First Arab Innovation Network Annual Conference (AINAC 2012) on the theme of Environment. The conference was organised by a group of Arab researchers from the University of Cambridge (UK) working on an...

Read more at: Professor Robert Mair on The Life Scientific
Professor Robert Mair on The Life Scientific

Professor Robert Mair on The Life Scientific

14 January 2013

http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/stories/2013/Robert_Mair_radio_4/ Each week, Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work, finding out what inspires and motivates them and asking what their discoveries might do for mankind. This week he talks to Robert Mair, Professor of Civil Engineering at...

Read more at: David O’Connor Wins Award at Sustainable Remediation Conference 2012
David O’Connor Wins Award at Sustainable Remediation Conference 2012

David O’Connor Wins Award at Sustainable Remediation Conference 2012

7 January 2013

David O’Connor was the recipient of the best poster award at the 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Remediation which took place in Vienna in November 2012. The event was organised by the Environment Agency Austria in cooperation with the US Environmental Protection Agency, CL:AIRE (Contaminated Land: Applications...

Read more at: Krishna Soundararajan awarded the Professor C. S. Desai Award for 2012 by the Indian Geotechnical Society

Krishna Soundararajan awarded the Professor C. S. Desai Award for 2012 by the Indian Geotechnical Society

13 December 2012

"An Endochronic Approach in Modelling Liquefaction of Sand”; Krishna Kr. Soundararajan and Boominathan Adimoolam, published in the Proceedings of 14th ARC 2011, Hong Kong, has been judged as the best paper on “Constitutive Modelling for Geologic Materials” and is awarded the Professor C. S. Desai Award for 2012 by the...

Read more at: Geotechnical and Environmental Research Group seminars - change of day

Geotechnical and Environmental Research Group seminars - change of day

13 December 2012

Commencing 17 January 2013 the Geotechnical and Environmental Research Group seminars will be held at 4.00 pm on Thursdays.

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.

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