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Read more at: Welcome to new students and visitors
Welcome to new students and visitors

Welcome to new students and visitors

17 October 2013

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 11 October 2013.

Read more at: Michael Williamson receives the Philip Turner Prize 2013
Michael Williamson receives the Philip Turner Prize 2013

Michael Williamson receives the Philip Turner Prize 2013

15 October 2013

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: Tanvir Qureshi wins award at International Self-healing Materials Conference
Tanvir Qureshi wins award at International Self-healing Materials Conference

Tanvir Qureshi wins award at International Self-healing Materials Conference

2 October 2013

Tanvir Qureshi, a first year PhD student in civil engineering, was the proud recipient of the 'Wiley Poster Award' at the 4th International Conference on Self-Healing Materials, for the best poster in the Construction Materials category. "I was very surprised to receive this award as I am only a first year PhD student, but...

Read more at: Cambridge in Africa Programme to facilitate trial road construction in the Niger Delta

Cambridge in Africa Programme to facilitate trial road construction in the Niger Delta

14 August 2013

Image caption: Funmi, at a location in the Niger Delta area, taken last summer, when collecting soil samples for laboratory testing The trial construction of a road in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria has been made possible through generous funding from the Cambridge-Africa Alborada Research Fund through the Cambridge in...

Read more at: Professor Kenichi Soga elected Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering
Professor Kenichi Soga elected Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering

Professor Kenichi Soga elected Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering

31 July 2013

Congratulations to Professor Kenichi Soga of the Department of Engineering on being elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. "We warmly welcome our new Fellows to the Academy. With their expertise, knowledge and vision we will continue to strengthen our ambition of providing authoritative, impartial, and expert...

Read more at: BBC Frontiers programme about Crossrail and the work carried out at the Schofield Centre
BBC Frontiers programme about Crossrail and the work carried out at the Schofield Centre

BBC Frontiers programme about Crossrail and the work carried out at the Schofield Centre

16 July 2013

Crossrail Tunnelling Wed, 10 Jul 13 Duration: 29 mins Tracey Logan goes underground to find out how Crossrail is using the latest engineering techniques to create 26 miles of tunnels below London's tube network. Interview with Professor Robert Mair: http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/frontiers

Read more at: Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future Fellows
Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future Fellows

Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future Fellows

29 May 2013

Three talented female PhD students in the department were the proud recipients of the Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future fellowships for their PhD studies at Cambridge University. All three are in the Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental group and supervised by Dr Abir Al-Tabbaa. The Schlumberger Foundation...

Read more at: Former PhD student, Dr Johnny Cheuk, named Young Engineer of the Year in Hong Kong
Former PhD student, Dr Johnny Cheuk, named Young Engineer of the Year in Hong Kong

Former PhD student, Dr Johnny Cheuk, named Young Engineer of the Year in Hong Kong

7 May 2013

AECOM's Dr. Johnny Cheuk was named 2013 Young Engineer of the Year by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. Dr. Johnny Cheuk, geotechnical engineer with AECOM Technology Corporation in Hong Kong was named 2013 Young Engineer of the Year by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE). The prestigious honour recognizes...

Read more at: Drs Abir Al-Tabbaa and Janet Lees are part of an EPSRC and industry funded £3.1M project on developing self-healing construction materials

Drs Abir Al-Tabbaa and Janet Lees are part of an EPSRC and industry funded £3.1M project on developing self-healing construction materials

2 May 2013

The Department of Engineering will play a major part in a new £3.1M EPSRC and industry funded UK Centre of Excellence on Intelligent Construction Materials from the recent EPSRC Ground and Structural Engineering Challenge call. "This is a very exciting opportunity for ground, structural and materials engineering, chemistry...

Read more at: Dr Matthew DeJong and Professor Robert Mair have successfully secured an EPSRC grant for a research project on Tunnelling-Induced Settlement Damage to Masonry Structures
Dr Matthew DeJong and Professor Robert Mair have successfully secured an EPSRC grant for a research project on Tunnelling-Induced Settlement Damage to Masonry Structures

Dr Matthew DeJong and Professor Robert Mair have successfully secured an EPSRC grant for a research project on Tunnelling-Induced Settlement Damage to Masonry Structures

1 February 2013

Dr Matthew DeJong and Professor Robert Mair have successfully secured an EPSRC grant for a research project on Tunnelling-Induced Settlement Damage to Masonry Structures. "This is an excellent example of a project that will, I am sure, be of direct relevance to Crossrail and the tunnelling industry. " —Professor Robert...

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