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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 Materials 4 Life (RM4L) project in …

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! 

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 project.Marla  completed her M…

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 some of the observations:Learni…

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 a prize to be awarded ann…

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 5 October 2018.

The Geotechnical and Environmental Group workshop took place on Tuesday, 26 June 2018. 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 presented by the students.Congr…

Congratulations to Charlotte Harrop, Davendra Dhoru and Robert Tinn for winning best presentation in their session at the annual Cambridge Civils Event, which took place on Wednesday 6 June at Emmanuel College.

A fully funded PhD studentship for UK/EU candidates is currently available at the Geotechnical and Environmental Group. Based at Schofield Centrifuge Centre (West Cambridge Site). Further details can be found at:https://www-geo.eng.cam.ac.uk/jobs/phd-studentship-in-hs2-high-speed-rail-track-foundation-interaction-modelling

Emeritus Professor Schofield and Dr Haigh's most recent book was published this month. Entitled Disturbed Soil Properties and Geotechnical Design, Second Edition, it describes the developments leading to the Original Cam Clay model, focusing on fundamentals of the shearing of soil.Available to buy online at the ICE Bookshop. 

"I see a great and vibrant future for our profession; for infrastructure and for the lives of every person on this planet, regardless of who they are or where they were born. The challenge now is to encourage young people from all backgrounds to join us in this profession, one which has the power – and the responsibility – to literally change the w…

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 a prize to be awarded annu…

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 6 October 2017.

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Infrastructure and Built Environment (FIBE-CDT) in Cambridge University is currently looking to recruit talented students for a number of fully funded studentships to carry out cutting edge research within a broad range of both core and interdisciplinary civil engineering topics. Successful applicant…

We are delighted to report that Emeritus Professor Andrew Schofield is to receive the Royal Academy of Engineering Sir Frank Whittle Medal in recognition of sustained achievement throughout his career.Please see the Royal Academy of Engineering website to read more about the award.