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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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Ziyad Abunada receives the AINAC 2012 award for best paper

14 January 2013

Ziyad Abunada of the Geotechnical & Environmental Research Group was the recipient of the best paper award at the First Arab Innovation Network Annual Conference (AINAC 2012) on the theme of Environment. The conference was organised by a group of Arab researchers from the University of Cambridge (UK) working on an...

Professor Robert Mair on The Life Scientific

14 January 2013

http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/stories/2013/Robert_Mair_radio_4/ Each week, Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work, finding out what inspires and motivates them and asking what their discoveries might do for mankind. This week he talks to Robert Mair, Professor of Civil Engineering at...

David O’Connor Wins Award at Sustainable Remediation Conference 2012

7 January 2013

David O’Connor was the recipient of the best poster award at the 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Remediation which took place in Vienna in November 2012. The event was organised by the Environment Agency Austria in cooperation with the US Environmental Protection Agency, CL:AIRE (Contaminated Land: Applications...

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

Professor Kenichi Soga elected Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering

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

Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future Fellows

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

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

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

Ziyad Abunada receives the AINAC 2012 award for best paper

Professor Robert Mair on The Life Scientific

David O’Connor Wins Award at Sustainable Remediation Conference 2012

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