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Read more at: Geotechnical and Environmental annual workshop 2014
Geotechnical and Environmental annual workshop 2014

Geotechnical and Environmental annual workshop 2014

25 June 2014

The Geotechnical and Environmental Group workshop took place on Monday 25 June 2014. 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: Professor Robert Mair heads to Hay Festival
Professor Robert Mair heads to Hay Festival

Professor Robert Mair heads to Hay Festival

22 May 2014

Professor Robert Mair, will appear at the Hay Festival, one of the most prestigious literary festivals in the world, as part of the University of Cambridge Series - a strand of talks given by current Cambridge academics and distinguished alumni. Professor Mair CBE, a leading authority on civil and environmental engineering...

Read more at: Professor Mair to be ICE Vice President for 2014/15
Professor Mair to be ICE Vice President for 2014/15

Professor Mair to be ICE Vice President for 2014/15

8 May 2014

The ICE Council have confirmed the election of Professor Robert Mair as one of two new Vice Presidents joining the Presidential Team for the 2014/15 presidential year from November. Read more about the election on the ICE website.

Read more at: The Duke of Gloucester visits the Schofield Centre
The Duke of Gloucester visits the Schofield Centre

The Duke of Gloucester visits the Schofield Centre

24 February 2014

On Friday 24th February the Schofield Centre was delighted to host a visit by the His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester. He was accompanied by Lt Col Alastair Todd, Private Secretary, and HM Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, Hugh Duberly Esq CBE. Director of the Centre, Professor Gopal Madabhushi escorted the party...

Read more at: Professor Mair appointed Chair of the Department for Transport's Science Advisory Council
Professor Mair appointed Chair of the Department for Transport's Science Advisory Council

Professor Mair appointed Chair of the Department for Transport's Science Advisory Council

17 February 2014

Professor Robert Mair CBE, FREng, FRS has been appointed Chairman of the Department for Transport's Science Advisory Council. Professor Mair comments: “I am delighted to have been appointed to chair the Department for Transport's (DfT) Science Advisory Council. There is clearly a wide variety of important and challenging...

Read more at: University of Cambridge EPSRC CDT vacancies

University of Cambridge EPSRC CDT vacancies

10 February 2014

Fixed Term Lecturer/Senior Lecturer & CDT Course Director, University of Cambridge The recently funded EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Future Infrastructure and Built Environment is seeking an excellent candidate to act as a Fixed Term Lecturer/Senior Lecturer and CDT Course Director. Further details CDT...

Read more at: Professor Kenichi Soga gives twelfth Croce Lecture at the Italian National Research Council in Rome, Italy.
Professor Kenichi Soga gives twelfth Croce Lecture at the Italian National Research Council in Rome, Italy.

Professor Kenichi Soga gives twelfth Croce Lecture at the Italian National Research Council in Rome, Italy.

14 January 2014

The Croce Lecture is dedicated to the memory of the late Professor Arrigo Croce, first professor of Soil Mechanics in Italy, former President of the Italian Geotechnical Society and former Vice-President for Europe of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering. The annual lecture is...

Read more at: Dr Abir Al-Tabbaa elected Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers
Dr Abir Al-Tabbaa elected Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers

Dr Abir Al-Tabbaa elected Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers

8 January 2014

Congratulations to Dr Abir Al-Tabbaa who has been elected Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers Fellow is the highest grade of membership of the ICE and is awarded to members who are or have been engaged in a role of significant responsibility in the promotion, planning, design, construction, maintenance or...

Read more at: ICE Awards for Professors Mair and Madabhushi
ICE Awards for Professors Mair and Madabhushi

ICE Awards for Professors Mair and Madabhushi

18 November 2013

Two prestigious awards were presented to Professor Robert Mair and Professor Gopal Madabhushi at the recent Awards Ceremony at the Institution of Civil Engineers inLondon. The President’s Medal was presented to Professor Mair and the T K Hsieh Award to Professor Madabhushi and his co-authors. The citation for Professor...

Read more at: Self-healing concrete 'most likely to change the world'
Self-healing concrete 'most likely to change the world'

Self-healing concrete 'most likely to change the world'

7 November 2013

A project that aims to create construction materials with an inbuilt self-healing system was voted the most likely research to have the biggest global impact, as well as the most likely to have the biggest effect on human lives, at this year's British Science Festival. "I hope that in the next 2-3 years we will be...

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