News

Robert Mair confirmed as next ICE President

27 January 2017

Professor Lord Mair has been confirmed as the next Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE) President. He will succeed Tim Broyd on 7 November 2017.

Stefan Ritter receives the Philip Turner Prize 2016

17 October 2016

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...

Welcome reception for new students and visitors

10 October 2016

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 7 October 2016.

Ningxia University visited Schofield Centrifuge Centre

27 September 2016

On Wednesday 21st September, Schofield Centrifuge Centre hosted an academic delegation from China on a fact-finding trip organised by China Britain Business Association . Thirteen engineering academics from Ningxia University visited Cambridge with a focus on research in earthquake engineering. Director of the Centre...

Turning food waste into animal feed: research student takes prize

3 August 2016

Ramy Salemdeeb, a third-year PhD student, has been announced as the winner of the James Sumner Award, which recognises the achievements of professionals and academics working in the field of waste and resource management. The award was presented at the Resourcing the Future conference in London. Ramy’s PhD research focuses...

Prof. Madabhushi on South Korean Radio Station

11 July 2016

On Tuesday 5th July, South Korea experienced a magnitude 5 earthquake in the water only 52 kilometers off the southeastern coast. The earthquake was detected around 8:33 pm. The shock was detected across South and North Gyeongsang Province, including major cities such as Busan and Daegu. To follow on from the event and to...

Division D Graduate Conference – Expanding Skills

8 July 2016

On Tuesday 5 th July, the Civil Engineering Division hosted a one-day Transferable Skills conference titled Expanding Skills . The day, focused on workshop sessions, was an opportunity for graduate students within Division D to extend their background in various non-technical areas. Included in the day was a 3-minute...

Now Recruiting - Research Assistant/Associate in Well Management (Fixed Term)

24 June 2016

A position is available for a Research Assistant or Research Associate in the Department of Engineering.

Geotechnical Workshop 2016

24 June 2016

Congratulations to the winners at Wednesday's Geotechnical Workshop ; Stephan van Eeden – First prize poster as judged by Paul Taylor and Angela Bellis of Atkins, Srikanth Madabhushi – Second prize poster as judged by Paul Taylor and Angela Bellis of Atkins, Andrei Dobrisan – 1 st prize MEng geotechnical project, Hannah...

Inspirational women engineers

23 June 2016

Four of our Geotechnical students have been interviewed as part of a feature on inspirational women engineers at CUED. The profiles show that women are forging successful paths at CUED in all branches of engineering and at every level. The profiles are online at http://www-womeninengineering.eng.cam.ac.uk/inspiring/index...

Robert Mair confirmed as next ICE President

Stefan Ritter receives the Philip Turner Prize 2016

Welcome reception for new students and visitors

Ningxia University visited Schofield Centrifuge Centre

Turning food waste into animal feed: research student takes prize

Prof. Madabhushi on South Korean Radio Station

Division D Graduate Conference – Expanding Skills

Now Recruiting - Research Assistant/Associate in Well Management (Fixed Term)

Geotechnical Workshop 2016

Inspirational women engineers

Contact us

Useful links

Study at Cambridge

About the University

Research at Cambridge