Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

The Long-Term Behaviour of Twin Tunnells

Richard Laver, CUED.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 21 May 2010, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Soil-Pipeline Interaction in Unsaturated Soils

Dilan Robert, CUED.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 07 May 2010, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

The origin and behaviour of deep ocean clay crusts (Subtitle: ...when biology meets engineering...)

Matthew Kuo (University of Cambridge).

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 23 April 2010, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Piled foundations under live loads or in earthquakes

Zheming Li, CUED.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 12 March 2010, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Performance-Based Design of Geotechnical Structures: Recent Advances

Professor Susumu Iai, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 05 March 2010, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

The experience and lessons from Shanghai's last 20 years development in infrastructure

Professor Bai Yun, Tongji University.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 26 February 2010, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Large scale modeling seismic soil-pile-structure interaction

Ben Zhao, National University of Singapore.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 19 February 2010, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Geotechnical Engineering Research Priorities at the National Science Foundation (NSF)

Dr Richard Fragaszy, Program Director, Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation, National Science Foundation, Arlington.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 29 January 2010, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Disturbance Analysis of Pressuremeter Test

Leo Liu, CUED.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 04 December 2009, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Ground movements induced by deep excavation: Physical and analytical models

Sidney Lam, CUED.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 27 November 2009, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Foundation optimisation and its application to pile reuse

Andy Leung, CUED.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 20 November 2009, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Tunnels and deep excavations for transport infrastructure, advances in research and practice.

Professor Robert Mair, CUED.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 13 November 2009, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

A thermo-hydro-mechanical stress-strain framework for modelling the performance of clay barriers in deep geological repositories for radioactive waste

Prof. Lyesse Laloui, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - EPFL.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 06 November 2009, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Uncertainty and sustainability in geo-engineering.

Prof Dr Frans B.J. Barends / TUDelft & Deltares, Delft.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 30 October 2009, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Structures Research Seminars

Why concrete structures stand up? Applying a comprehensive theory to new experiments

Professor Michael Collins and Professor Evan Bentz (University of Toronto).

Engineering Department - LR6.

Monday 29 June 2009, 15:00-16:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Geo-Vibrations, Dynamics, and Directional Effects

Dr Derek Morris, Consulting Engineer, Derek Morris & Associates, Canada.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 22 May 2009, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction of Tunnels

Ulas Cilingir, CUED.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 15 May 2009, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Slopes: can centrifuge models contribute to improved design?

Professor Malcolm Bolton, Head, Geotechnical and Environmental Group, CUED.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 08 May 2009, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Structures Research Seminars

Constraint-Based Layout Configuration in Architecture and Building Services

Dr Benachir Medjdoub (University of Salford).

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 01 May 2009, 15:00-16:00

Engineering Department Structures Research Seminars

Strengthening of Beams in RC Frames using External Tendons

Prof Kiang Hwee Tan (National University of Singapore).

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 17 April 2009, 15:00-16:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Creating Value for Clients: A Geotechnical Seismic Engineer's Perspective

Dr Barnali Gosh, Arup Geotechnics.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 13 March 2009, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Slope monitoring using optical fibre technology

Koson Janmonta (CUED).

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 06 March 2009, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Geotechnical Design of Gravity Support Structures for Offshore Wind Turbines

Dr Aleksandar Spasojevic, Gifford ( London) Ltd.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 05 December 2008, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Tunnelling in sand and its effect on pipelines and piles

Alec Marshall, CUED.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 28 November 2008, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Structures Research Seminars

Simulation-Enhanced Prototyping of an Experimental Solar House

Dr. Ruchi Choudhary (CUED).

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 28 November 2008, 15:00-16:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Upheaval behaviour of buried pipelines

Dr ThushyThusyanthan, Consultant, KW Ltd.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 21 November 2008, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Low cost roads and critical states (CS)

Professor Andrew Schofield, Emeritus Professor of Engineering, CUED.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 14 November 2008, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Geotechnical aspects of Energy Piles

Dr Binod Amatya.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 07 November 2008, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

EEFIT mission to the Sichuan earthquake

Dr Professor Xianfeng Ma, Assistant Professor, Tongji University, China, current visitor at CUED.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 24 October 2008, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Destabilization of gas hydrate-bearing sediments induced by thermal changes.

Gye-Chun Cho, Assoc Prof, Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering, KAIST.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 17 October 2008, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Structures Research Seminars

Broadening Engineering Design Education:Civil Engineering and Beyond

Dr Kate Thompson (KAIST).

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 17 October 2008, 15:00-16:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Broadening Engineering Design Education: Civil Engineering and Beyond

Dr Kate Thompson, Assistant Professor, Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering, KAIST.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 17 October 2008, 15:00-16:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Physical Modeling of Critical Infrastructure Systems Subjected to Natural Hazards

Prof Tarek Abdoun, Associate Professor at the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 01 August 2008, 15:00-16:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

The geotechnics of deepwater pipelines.

David White, Professorial Fellow, Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems, University of Western Australia.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 11 July 2008, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Critical Excitation Methods for Important Structures

Prof Izuru Takewaki, Dept of Urban & Environmental Engineering, Kyoto University.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 11 July 2008, 15:00-16:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Geotechnics in the Water Sector

Tim Blower, Mott MacDonald, Cambridge.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 23 May 2008, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Structures Research Seminars

Localised buckling, writhing and cutting of the DNA molecule

Prof. Michael Thompson (University of Cambridge, University College London).

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 23 May 2008, 15:00-16:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Embodied energy as an environmental impact indicators for geotechnical infrastructures.

Chris Chau, CUED.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 16 May 2008, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Structures Research Seminars

Structural Design in Context, and IT Tools to Support Design

Dr Peter Demian (Loughborough University).

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 09 May 2008, 15:00-16:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Modelling of Geo-structures Subject to Climate Forcing

Associate Professor Jayantha Kodikara, Geomechanics Group, Dept of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Australia.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 02 May 2008, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Structures Research Seminars

New equations for inextensible sheets with applications to Moebius strips and helical nanoribbons

Gert Van der Heijden (University College London).

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 02 May 2008, 15:00-16:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Stiffness of Sands

Dr Sadik Oztoprak.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 14 March 2008, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Properties and applications of sustainable reactive magnesia cements

Martin Liska, CUED.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 07 March 2008, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Deformation and failure processes in geologic materials at scales from grains to basins.

Prof Ronaldo Borja, Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering,Stanford University.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 29 February 2008, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Interaction behaviour of pipeline and clay seabed

Senthil Arasu.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 08 February 2008, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Insight into the creep behaviour of soils using Discrete Element Method

Fiona Kwok, CUED.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 25 January 2008, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Structures Research Seminars

A Hierarchical Multiscale Model for Evolving Discontinuities in Heterogeneous Solids

Prof Ekkehard Ramm (University of Stuttgart).

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 25 January 2008, 15:00-16:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Recent investigations of debris flow behaviour using an experimental flume.

Dr Lis Bowman, Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 30 November 2007, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Distributed fibre optic strain measurement of geotechnical structures.

Hisham Mohamad, CUED.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 23 November 2007, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Structures Research Seminars

Tensegrity Structures.Part 1: Form-finding of Repetitive Tensegrity Structures, Part 2: Zero Stiffness Tensegrity Structures

R. Pandia Raj and Mark Schenk (CUED).

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 23 November 2007, 15:00-16:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Long term performance and in-situ assessment of cement-bentonite cut-off walls.

Kaushal Joshi, CUED.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 16 November 2007, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

NAPL Contaminant Dissolution in Heterogeneous Soils

Panos Nikolopoulos, CUED.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 09 November 2007, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Structures Research Seminars

Engineering the CCTV Tower

Chas Pope (Ove Arup).

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 09 November 2007, 15:00-16:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Field Performance, Centrifuge Modelling and Numerical Analysis of Induced Trench Rigid Culverts

Professor Arun Valsangkar, Dept of Civil Engineering, University of Brunswick, Canada.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 02 November 2007, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Structures Research Seminars

Generalised Continua with Applications in Solid Mechanics

Prof Carlo Sansour (School of Civil Engineering, University of Nottingham).

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 02 November 2007, 15:00-16:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

CANCELLED

Professor John Hutchinson, Emeritus Professor of Engineering Geology at Imperial College.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 26 October 2007, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Niels Krebs Ovesen: His legacy in Physical Modelling

Prof Sarah Springman, Institute of Geotechnical Engineering, Zurich.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 26 October 2007, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Structures Research Seminars

The Once and Future Bridge

Dr Neil Hoult (CUED).

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 26 October 2007, 15:00-16:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

The Wikipedia entry on "Shear strength (soil)".

Professor Andrew Schofield.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 19 October 2007, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Structures Research Seminars

Morphing Aircraft Structure: Topology Optimization

Dr Matthew Santer (CUED).

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 12 October 2007, 15:00-16:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Load-displacement solutions for piles and shallow foundations based on deformation fields and energy conservation.

Dr Assaf Klar, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Civil & Environmental Engineering Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 21 September 2007, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Unsaturated soil mechanics - Critical review of physical foundations

Professor Sam Frydman, Technion, Israel Institute of technology.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 17 August 2007, 14:30-16:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Unsaturated soil mechanics - Critical review of physical foundations

Professor Sam Frydman, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Wednesday 15 August 2007, 14:30-16:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Numerical Simulation of pile driving

Professor Dr Ing Jürgen Grabe, Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg, Institut für Geotechnik und Baubetrieb.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 25 May 2007, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Structures Research Seminars

Increasing the acceptance of High Performance Concrete Prestressed with CFRP

Dr Giovanni Terrasi (EMPA).

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 25 May 2007, 15:00-16:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

The Nicoll Highway collapse - geotechnical investigations

Professor David Hight, Geotechnical Consulting Group (GCG).

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 18 May 2007, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Structures Research Seminars

Structural Concepts for Scientific Balloons

Markus Pagitz (CUED).

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 18 May 2007, 15:00-16:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

The Amsterdam Metro project (deep excavations, jet grouting etc)

Bob Essler, R D Geotech Limited.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 11 May 2007, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Impacts of Climate Change on Contaminated Land and Containment Systems

Sinead Smith (CUED).

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 04 May 2007, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Structures Research Seminars

Durability of Carbon Fibre Composite Prestressing Tendons in a Simulated Marine Environment

Paul Scott (CUED).

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 04 May 2007, 15:00-16:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Silbury Hill – An Ancient Environmental Icon

Dr Dick Parry.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 27 April 2007, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Jack Meldrum, Mott MacDonald.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 16 March 2007, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Global warming and flood defence - new challenges for geotechnical engineering

Dr Robert May, Atkins Geotechnics.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 09 March 2007, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Structures Research Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Hilka Rogers (UdK, Berlin).

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 09 March 2007, 15:00-16:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

The impact of climate change on biological and chemical processes in contaminated soil

Uche Duru (CUED).

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 02 March 2007, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Structures Research Seminars

Lightweight Membrane Structures

Dr Eyal Karni (Technion, Israel).

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 02 March 2007, 15:00-16:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

The Nicoll Highway collapse - geotechnical investigations

***POSTPONED UNTIL 18th MAY"***

Professor David Hight, Geotechnical Consulting Group (GCG).

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 23 February 2007, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Structures Research Seminars

Representations of smooth surfaces for analysis and manufacture

Dr Malcolm Sabin (DAMTP, University of Cambridge).

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 23 February 2007, 15:00-16:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

The Effect of Building's Stiffness on Excavation-Induced Displacements

Mohammed El-Shafie (CUED).

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 16 February 2007, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Structures Research Seminars

Multi-scale methods and the determination of Representative Volumes in Solid

Prof Harm Askes (University of Sheffield).

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 16 February 2007, 15:00-16:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

The Risky Business of Ground Engineering

Jan Hellings, The British Urban Regeneration Association (BURA).

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 09 February 2007, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Structures Research Seminars

A 7 Parameter Curved Shell Positional Fem Formulation For Geometrical Non-Linear Dynamics

Prof Humberto Breves Coda (Universidade de São Paulo, Departamento de Engenharia de Estruturas).

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 09 February 2007, 15:00-16:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Two dimensional tank test on jet grouting processes

Dr Toru Inui ( Department of Engineering, University of Kyoto).

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 02 February 2007, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Structures Research Seminars

Understanding The Buckling of Cylindrical Shells

Emeritus Prof Chris Calladine (CUED).

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 19 January 2007, 15:00-16:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Professor Arun Valsangkar, Dept of Civil Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Canada.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Tuesday 02 January 2007, 16:00-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Pile base resistance in layered soils)

Xiangtao Xu.

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 08 December 2006, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Fundamental Study of Grouting in Sand

Khalid Gafar (CUED).

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 01 December 2006, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Structures Research Seminars

Seminar CANCELLED - Durability of Carbon Fibre Composite Prestressing Tendons in a Simulated Marine Environment

Seminar CANCELLED

Paul Scott (CUED).

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 01 December 2006, 15:00-16:00

Engineering Department Structures Research Seminars

Structures Continuum mechanics and mesoscopic modeling and simulation of carbon nanotubes

Marino Arroyo (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya).

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 24 November 2006, 15:00-16:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

The effects of rate and size on T-bar penetration resistance in clay

Professor Barry Lehane (University of Western Australia).

Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 17 November 2006, 16:30-17:30