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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...

Read more at: Thejesh Garala receives the Philip Turner Prize 2018
Thejesh Garala receives the Philip Turner Prize 2018

Thejesh Garala receives the Philip Turner Prize 2018

8 October 2018

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: Welcome reception for new students and visitors
Welcome reception for new students and visitors

Welcome reception for new students and visitors

8 October 2018

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.

Read more at: Geotechnical Workshop 2018
Geotechnical Workshop 2018

Geotechnical Workshop 2018

27 June 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...

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

Congratulations to Geotechnical Group Fourth Year Students

18 June 2018

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.

Read more at: PhD Studentship in HS2 High Speed Rail - Track - Foundation interaction Modelling

PhD Studentship in HS2 High Speed Rail - Track - Foundation interaction Modelling

23 February 2018

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

Read more at: Disturbed Soil Properties and Geotechnical Design, Second Edition
Disturbed Soil Properties and Geotechnical Design, Second Edition

Disturbed Soil Properties and Geotechnical Design, Second Edition

24 November 2017

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...

Read more at: Professor Lord Mair becomes the 153rd President of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)

Professor Lord Mair becomes the 153rd President of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)

8 November 2017

"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 world for the better." Professor Lord Mair CBE

Read more at: Srikanth Madabhushi receives the Philip Turner Prize 2017
Srikanth Madabhushi receives the Philip Turner Prize 2017

Srikanth Madabhushi receives the Philip Turner Prize 2017

12 October 2017

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...

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