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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...

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

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T: +44 (0)1223 332717

E: geotech-admin@eng.cam.ac.uk

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T: +44 (0)1223 768041

E: schofield-centre@eng.cam.ac.uk

 

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