Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Dr Ulas Cilingir, Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Ørsted

Dr Ulas Cilingir, Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Ørsted.

Online via zoom.

Wednesday 13 April 2022, 19:00-20:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

The FOCUS project: real-time monitoring to inform underground construction operations

Dr Brian Sheil, Department of Engineering Sciences, University of Oxford.

Yusuf Hamied Theatre, Christ’s College.

Wednesday 02 March 2022, 19:00-20:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Micp from micro to macro: towards bio-inspired geotechnics

Dr Alexandra Clarà Saracho, Affiliated Lecturer in Engineering, King's College, University of Cambridge.

Lecture Room 5, Baker Building, Department of Engineering, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 23 February 2022, 19:00-20:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Challenges from pipe installation to rehabilitation

Dr Haitao Lan - Research Associate, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.

Online via zoom.

Wednesday 09 February 2022, 19:00-20:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Landslide pipe-soil interaction: new insights using fiber optic sensing and change detection photogrammetry

Geoff Eichhorn, Senior PhD Student, University of Cambridge, UK.

Online via zoom.

Thursday 02 December 2021, 19:00-20:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Seismic behaviour of anchored steel sheet pile retaining walls in sand

Alessandro Fusco, Senior PhD Student, University of Cambridge, UK.

Online via zoom.

Wednesday 24 November 2021, 19:00-20:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Mobilisable strength design for retaining walls and introduction of software PROWD

Dr Chuhan Deng, Research Associate, University of Cambridge, UK.

Venue to be confirmed.

Wednesday 10 November 2021, 19:00-20:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

How to produce energy from geostructures

Dr Jean de Sauvage, Université Gustave Eiffel, France.

Delivered online via Zoom.

Wednesday 03 November 2021, 19:00-20:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Mechanical response of unsaturated expansive soil

Dr. Khalid Abdalla, Lecturer East London University.

Delivered online via Zoom.

Wednesday 09 June 2021, 19:00-20:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Experimental unsaturated soil mechanics: Multi-physics and multi-scale outlooks

Prof. Enrique Romero, Director of Research, Head Geotechnical Laboratory, Polytechnic University of Catalonia.

Delivered online via Zoom.

Wednesday 02 June 2021, 19:00-20:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Modelling large deformation problems in geotechnics (MPM)

Dr. Alba Yerro-Colom, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech .

Delivered online via Zoom.

Wednesday 19 May 2021, 19:00-20:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Securing the (mud)line – considerations in design of offshore foundation

Prof. Richard Whitehouse, Chief Technical Director in Sediment Dynamics, HR Wallingford, UK.

Delivered online via Zoom.

Wednesday 24 March 2021, 19:00-20:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Dynamic soil-structure interaction in buildings with oil dampers.

Jad Boksmati, University of Cambridge.

Delivered online via Zoom.

Wednesday 17 March 2021, 19:00-20:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Seismic soil-pile-structure interaction in soft clays and layered soils

Dr Thejesh Kumar Garala, Research Associate at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham.

Delivered online via Zoom.

Wednesday 03 March 2021, 19:00-20:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

The impact of TBM EPB tunnelling on ground surface and existing buildings.

Professor Anna Lewandowska, Warsaw University of Technology.

Delivered online via Zoom.

Wednesday 24 February 2021, 19:00-20:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Can we estimate the actual stiffness and mass of soil contributing to vibrations of monopiles for offshore wind turbines?

Dr Luke J Prendergast, University of Nottingham, UK.

Delivered online via Zoom.

Wednesday 10 February 2021, 19:00-20:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Innovative design criteria for piled foundations of wind turbines

Professor Luca De Sanctis, University of Naples ‘Parthenope’, Italy.

Delivered online via Zoom.

Wednesday 27 January 2021, 19:00-20:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Multi-functional applications of graphene related materials in cementitious composites

Ioanna Papanikolaou, PhD Research Student at the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge..

Delivered online via Zoom.

Thursday 17 December 2020, 16:00-16:45

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Hydraulic fracturing of artificially generated soft sandstones

Charalampos Konstantinou, PhD Research Student at the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.

Delivered online via Zoom.

Thursday 26 November 2020, 16:00-16:45

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Performance of drains in earthquake-induced liquefaction mitigation under new and existing buildings

Samy Garcia-Torres, PhD Research Student at the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge..

Delivered online via Zoom.

Thursday 19 November 2020, 16:00-16:45

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Biomimetic vascular self-healing systems for cementitious materials

Zijing Li, PhD Research Student at the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.

Delivered online via Zoom.

Thursday 12 November 2020, 16:00-16:45

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Seismic behaviour of structures with basements in liquefiable soil

Dr Fiona Hughes, Graduate Geotechnical Engineer at Arup.

Delivered online via Zoom.

Thursday 05 November 2020, 16:00-16:45

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Self-healing cut-off wall materials

Benyi Cao, PhD Research Student at the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.

Delivered online via Zoom.

Thursday 22 October 2020, 16:00-16:45

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Long-term basement heave in over-consolidated clay, or how to design an underground station using a time machine

The seminar will be delivered online via Google Meet platform. To join, please click on the link below on Thursday, 23rd July 2020 at 4:00 pm BST

Deryck Chan, CUED.

Delivered online via Google Meet.

Thursday 23 July 2020, 16:00-16:45

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Experimental and Numerical Study on the Use of Distributed Fibre Optic Sensing Technology for Sinkhole Detection

Gianluigi Della Ragione.

CivEng Seminar Room (1-33) (Civil Engineering Building).

Friday 17 April 2020, 15:30-16:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Predicting Long Runout Landslides

Professor Paul M. Santi, Colorado School of Mine.

CivEng Conference Room (2-54) (Civil Engineering Building).

Friday 06 March 2020, 14:00-15:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Wave-structure interactions: new observations and industrial applications

Dr. Wenhua ZHAO, University of Western Australia.

CivEng Seminar Room (1-33) (Civil Engineering Building).

Tuesday 11 February 2020, 14:00-15:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

A Constitutive Model for Locally Drained Shear Bands in Globally Undrained Dense Sand

Hansini Mallikarachchi, CUED.

CivEng Seminar Room (1-33) (Civil Engineering Building).

Thursday 24 October 2019, 16:00-16:45

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Unique geotechnical issues in the Dead Sea region

Sam Frydman, Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.

CivEng Seminar Room (1-33) (Civil Engineering Building).

Thursday 24 October 2019, 15:00-15:45

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Unprecedented Flow Failures of Ground during the 2018 Sulawesi Earthquake, Indonesia

Professor, Dr.Eng. Hemanta Hazarika - Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.

Schofield Centrifuge Centre, Meeting Room.

Friday 06 September 2019, 14:00-15:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

System Performance in Geotechnical Engineering: Concept, Methodology and Applications

Professor Gang Zheng, Director of the Technical Centre for Advanced Construction and Safety of Underground Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Tianjin University.

Cambridge University Engineering Department- Lecture Room 5, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1PX.

Tuesday 11 June 2019, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Real-Time Monitoring to Inform the Construction of Large-Diameter Caissons

Dr. Brian Sheil, RAEng Research Fellow, University of Oxford.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 23 May 2019, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Multi-Hazard Modelling of Dual Row Retaining Walls

Dr Srikanth Madabhushi, UC Davis.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 04 April 2019, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Hyperplasticity

Prof. G.T. Houlsby, University of Oxford.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 2.

Thursday 21 February 2019, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Cavity expansion in locked sand

Stephan Van Eeden, CUED.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 06 December 2018, 16:00-16:45

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

The effects of multi-directional loading on soil liquefaction

Mengchen Sun, CUED.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 15 November 2018, 16:00-16:45

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Application of the new observational method framework on deep excavation retaining wall design in London Clay

Ying Chen, CUED.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 18 October 2018, 16:00-16:45

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Scale up and field trials on bio-based ground improvement methods

Prof Leon van Paassen from Arizona State University.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, JD1-18 First Floor Meeting Room.

Tuesday 24 July 2018, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Liquefaction of cargo in ships

Professor David Airey, The University of Sydney.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, JDB Seminar Room.

Monday 09 July 2018, 15:00-16:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Hydro-environmental processes of Poyang Lake subject to engineering control

Jonathan Ho, CUED.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 07 June 2018, 16:00-16:45

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Characteristics and mechanisms of atrazine sorption to biochar for the remediation of contaminated land

Oliver McMillan, CUED.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 0.

Thursday 19 April 2018, 16:00-16:45

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Centrifuge modelling of the behaviour of geosynthetic-reinforced soils above voids

Talia Da Silva, CUED.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 5.

Thursday 01 February 2018, 16:00-16:45

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Experiments in Tunnel-Soil-Structure Interaction

Stefan Ritter (University of Cambridge).

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 5.

Thursday 23 November 2017, 16:00-16:45

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Supervised learning for soil identification and deformation prediction in excavation based on Bayesian inference.

Yingyan Yin, CUED.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 16 November 2017, 16:00-16:45

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Improving Communication in Engineering Through Mixed Reality

Dr. Matthew Lato, Ph.D.Eng., P.Eng. Senior Geotechnical Engineer, BGC Engineering.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 1.

Wednesday 25 October 2017, 14:00-15:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Recent Developments in Centrifuge Modelling at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Marcio S. S. Almeida, Graduate School of Engineering, COPPE-UFRJ and Maria Cascão F. Almeida, Polytechnic School of Engineering, Poli-UFRJ.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 12 October 2017, 16:00-16:45

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

The performance of circular shafts and ground movements due to construction - centrifuge testing and field observations.

Njemile Faustin (University of Cambridge).

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 11 May 2017, 16:00-16:45

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Earthquake Induced Soil Liquefaction: Symptoms and Cures

Andrew Brennan, Senior Lecturer at Civil Engineering, University of Dundee.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Friday 28 April 2017, 16:00-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

The effect of microcapsules for autonomic self-healing cementitious materials

Petros Giannaros, CUED.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 3A.

Thursday 02 February 2017, 16:00-16:45

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Production of microcapsules using microfluidics for self-healing in construction materials.

L.R.D. Souza, CUED.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, JDB Seminar Room.

Thursday 17 November 2016, 16:00-16:45

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Development of Low-pH Cements for the Immobilisation of Intermediate Level Radioactive Waste.

Regeane Bagonyi, CUED.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 3A.

Thursday 09 June 2016, 16:45-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Monitoring and Modelling of Cast Iron Tunnel Linings

Matthew Wilcock, CUED.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 3A.

Thursday 09 June 2016, 16:00-16:45

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Characteristics and mechanism of heavy metal adsorption on biochar and its application in soil remediation

Zhengtao Shen, CUED.

Cambridge University Engineering Department- Lecture Room 5, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1PX.

Thursday 02 June 2016, 16:45-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Dynamic soil-structure interaction effects on the performance of tuned mass dampers

Raz Jabary, CUED.

Cambridge University Engineering Department- Lecture Room 5, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1PX.

Thursday 02 June 2016, 16:00-16:45

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Terzaghi Lecture: Ground Deformation Effects on Subsurface Pipelines and Infrastructure Systems

Professor Tom O'Rourke, Thomas R. Briggs Professor of Engineering, Cornell University.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 3.

Thursday 10 March 2016, 17:30-18:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Laing O'Rourke Centre Seminar: Creating Underground Infrastructure: the Role of Geotechnical Engineering

Professor Lord Mair, University of Cambridge.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 4.

Friday 04 March 2016, 16:00-16:45

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Optimisation of Niger Delta Soils as Road Construction Materials

Funmi Alayaki, Cambridge University Engineering Department.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Board Room.

Thursday 02 July 2015, 16:00-16:45

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Monitoring of Tunnels Using Digital Image Correlation Technique

Mehdi Alhaddad, University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 3B.

Thursday 18 June 2015, 16:45-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Three dimensional hydraulic fracturing simulation using Lattice Element Method

Kam-Wing (John) Wong, University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 3B.

Thursday 18 June 2015, 16:00-16:45

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

The Mechanics of Unsaturated Sand

James Fern, University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 5.

Thursday 11 June 2015, 16:45-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Potential of Deep Geothermal Energy at City Scale

Xiaoyu Lu, University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 5.

Thursday 11 June 2015, 16:00-16:45

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

An enhanced data interpretation methodology for the distributed fiber optic sensing technology

Ying Mei, University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 5.

Thursday 04 June 2015, 16:00-16:45

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Innovative Soil Mix Technology Constructed Low Permeability Barriers for Environmental Applications

David O'Connor, University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 5.

Thursday 28 May 2015, 17:00-17:45

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Low Power Remote Structural Wireless Sensor Network Monitoring for Civil, Geotechnical and Environmental Applications

Heba Bevan, University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 5.

Thursday 28 May 2015, 16:15-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Self-healing blended cement grouts with micro encapsulated healing agents

Chrysoula Litina (University of Cambridge), Department of Engineering.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 5.

Thursday 21 May 2015, 16:00-16:45

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Research at Deltares Geo-engineering and Simulation of the tractive performance of Mars Rover wheels on loose sand

Dr Johannes Teunissen, Deltares.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 5.

Thursday 14 May 2015, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Modelling the pore solution of PC-blended cements

Nicolas Eroukhmanoff, CUED.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 5.

Thursday 30 April 2015, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

An experimental and theoretical investigation into the small strain stiffness of clays

Angelo Amorosi, Associate Professor in Geotechnical Engineering, Technical University of Bari, Italy.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 3.

Friday 13 March 2015, 16:00-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Industrial examples on traditional and non-traditional techniques for sludge treatment

Dr May Chan, Atkins.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 5.

Thursday 12 March 2015, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Cyclic lateral loading of monopiles for offshore wind turbines

Peter Kirkwood, CUED.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 3B.

Thursday 05 March 2015, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Long-term performance and immobilisation mechanisms of stabilised/solidified contaminated soils

Ms Fei (Tiffany) Wang, CUED.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 3B.

Thursday 26 February 2015, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Rocking Isolation for bridges and buildings: analysis, experiments, and new concepts to minimize permanent deformation

Ioannis Anastasopoulos, Professor and Chair in Civil Engineering, University of Dundee.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 2.

Thursday 15 January 2015, 16:00-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Some considerations of underground heat transferring in GSHP coupled thermal foundations: pipe heat flows, heating capacities and response test

He Qi, CUED.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 04 December 2014, 17:00-18:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Permeable reactive barrier for groundwater remediation

Ziyad Abunada, CUED.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 27 November 2014, 17:00-18:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Geomechnical study of hydrate-bearing sediments with turbidite formation and hydrate heterogeneity

Mingliang (Carter) Zhou, CUED.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 27 November 2014, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Earthquake Effects on Critical Infrastructure

Professor Tom O'Rourke, Thomas R. Briggs Professor of Engineering, Cornell University.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 1.

Wednesday 26 November 2014, 17:00-18:15

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Characteristics and performance evaluation of Reactive Magnesia Pervious Concrete (RMPC) for green infrastructure

Adel Abdollahzadeh, CUED.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 4.

Thursday 20 November 2014, 17:00-18:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Cyclic Behaviour of Monopiles for Offshore Wind Turbines

Ben Lau, CUED.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 20 November 2014, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Finite Element Modelling of Thermal Piles and Walls

Yi Rui, CUED.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 13 November 2014, 17:00-18:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Concurrent multiscale computational modeling of granular materials mechanics: overlap coupling, micromorphic theory, stress and strain measures

Richard A. Regueiro, Associate Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 06 November 2014, 16:00-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Wireless in the Woods

Professor Steven D Glaser, TUM distinguished Affiliated Professor, University of California at Berkeley.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 30 October 2014, 16:00-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Installation effects due to pile jacking in sand

Francesca Burali d'Arezzo, CUED.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 23 October 2014, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

GSHP application for Heating and Cooling at City Scale: Study on the City of Westminster

Yi Zhang, CUED.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 16 October 2014, 17:00-18:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

The Elasticity of Elasticity

K.R. Rajagopal, Forsyth Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University.

Engineering Department - LR4.

Monday 13 October 2014, 14:00-15:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Sustainability Assessment and Sustainable Behaviour in Contaminated Site Remediation

Deyi Hou.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 12 June 2014, 17:00-18:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Characterisation and Performance of reactive MgO-based cements

Fei Jin, CUED.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 12 June 2014, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Tunnelling effects on bored piles in clay

Michael Williamson, CUED.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 3B.

Thursday 05 June 2014, 17:00-18:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Correcting Coulomb's Soil Mechanics

Emeritus Professor Andrew Schofield, CUED.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 22 May 2014, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Overtrawlability and Mechanical Damage of Pipe-in-pipe System

Ms Zheng Jiexin PhD candidate, Department of Civil Engineering, National University of Singapore.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 4.

Wednesday 23 April 2014, 17:00-18:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

The March 11, 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster - liquefaction-induced damage to residential areas, its rehabilitation and future countermeasures

Dr. Junichi Koseki, Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 5.

Monday 24 March 2014, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Large-Scale Physical and Computational Simulation of Soil-Structure Systems

Professor Ahmed Elgamal, Department of Structural Engineering, University of California, San Diego.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Tuesday 18 February 2014, 16:00-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

A framework for understanding energy pile behaviour

Dr Peter Bourne-Webb, Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Earth Resources Instituto Superior Técnico IST, Lisbon, Portugal.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 5.

Thursday 13 February 2014, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Washboard Road: The dynamics of granular ripples

Prof Jim McElwaine, BA,MA,MMath,CASM,PhD, Professor of Geohazards, Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University and the Planetary Science Institute Tucson.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 4.

Thursday 16 January 2014, 16:00-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

A Fully Integrated, Printed, Self-Rechargeable Wireless Sensor Node for Engine and Motor Condition Monitoring

Professor Paul Wright, Director of CITRIS and the Banatao Institute at CITRIS Berkeley, Berkeley Manufacturing Institute .

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 4.

Thursday 05 December 2013, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Assessing the Envirnmental Sustainability of Reactive Magnesia and its Production

Djihan Hassan, CUED.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 3B.

Wednesday 04 December 2013, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Long-term behaviour of cast-iron cross passages in London Underground

Zili Li.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 28 November 2013, 16:45-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Monitoring and Numerical Modelling of a Deep Circular Excavation

Tina Schwamb.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 28 November 2013, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Multiscale Modelling of Granular Flows

Krishna Kumar.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 5.

Thursday 21 November 2013, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Seismic risk assessment for architectural heritages in historic areas using field and centrifuge tests

Dr Heon-Joon Park.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 14 November 2013, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Data Mining, Mapping and Modelling of the Strength of Cement-Stabilised Soils

Ouge Wang.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 4.

Wednesday 23 October 2013, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Multi-directional simple shear response of soils

Dr Giovanna Biscontin.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 17 October 2013, 16:00-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Failure criteria and plane strain collapse

Prof. Rocco Lagioia, DICATAM – University of Brescia, Italy.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 18 July 2013, 16:00-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Short and long-term leakage through composite liners

Professor Kerry Rowe, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 6.

Tuesday 09 July 2013, 16:00-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Failure criteria and plan strain collapse

Professor Rocco Lagioia, DICATAM – University of Brescia, Italy.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 6.

Tuesday 09 July 2013, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Novel in-situ chemical oxidation for soil remediation

Yemi Akinyugha, CUED.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 3.

Thursday 13 June 2013, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Pile foundations in laterally spreading soil: mechanisms of response and guidance for design

Jenny Haskell, CUED.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 3A.

Thursday 06 June 2013, 16:00-16:45

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Characterisation of clean and silty-sands using variable penetration rate cone testing

Professor Jason DeJong, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 3A.

Thursday 30 May 2013, 16:00-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Geotechnical behavior of the energy piles

Echo Ouyang, CUED.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 4.

Thursday 23 May 2013, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Granular texture and quasi-static rheology of granular materials

Dr Franck (Farhang) Radjai, Director of Research at CNRS, University of Montpellier, France.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 5.

Monday 22 April 2013, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Dynamic Soil-Structure-Interaction: Behaviour of Shallow Foundations

Charles Heron, CUED.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 21 March 2013, 17:00-18:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Seismic behaviour pile foundations in improved and unimproved soft clays

Professor K.K. “Muralee” Muraleetharan, Kimmell-Bernard Chair in Engineering, David Ross Boyd and Presidential Professor, School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science, University of Oklahoma.

Schofield Centre.

Tuesday 19 March 2013, 14:00-15:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Learning from the Mistakes of Others…

Professor David J Elton Ph.D., P.E., S.M., F. ASCE, Civil Engineering Department, Auburn University, USA.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 4.

Thursday 07 March 2013, 16:00-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Crossrail - Innovation in monitoring of underground infrastructure

Mohamad Alserdare, Seda Torisu, Masanari Nakashima at CUED.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 4.

Thursday 21 February 2013, 16:30-18:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Terzaghi's fallacy

Professor emeritus Andrew Schofield, CUED.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 4.

Thursday 14 February 2013, 16:00-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Development and application of Finite Element Analysis in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering

Dr Stavroula Kontoe, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College, London.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 4.

Thursday 24 January 2013, 16:00-17:50

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Numerical Modelling of Submarine Run-out

Takaaki Kobayashi, CUED.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 6.

Friday 23 November 2012, 14:15-15:15

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Geotechnical Aspects of the Canterbury Earthquake Series

Dr Liam Wotherspoon, Research Fellow, University of Auckland Centre for Earthquake Engineering Research, New Zealand.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 6.

Friday 02 November 2012, 13:30-14:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Response of piled buildings to the construction of deep excavations

Mandy Korff, CUED.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 6.

Friday 26 October 2012, 13:30-14:15

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

'URUP', Ultra Rapid Under Pass, An innovative shield tunnelling technology

Akihiro Nishimori, Senior Tunnel Engineer, Obayashi, Japan.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 6.

Friday 19 October 2012, 13:30-15:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

The TRD Method for In Situ Mixed Vertical Barriers in Dams and Levees

Jeffrey C. Evans, Ph.D., P.E. Professor and Chair Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837, USA.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 5.

Friday 12 October 2012, 13:30-15:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Multidisciplinary investigations on three rock glaciers in the Swiss Alps: legacies and future perspectives

Professor Sarah M. Springman CBE FREng, Institut für Geotechnik, ETH Zürich.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 3.

Friday 29 June 2012, 16:00-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Water injection aided jacked piles

Paul Shepley (University of Cambridge).

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Friday 15 June 2012, 16:00-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Performance-based design in geotechnical engineering

Professor Malcolm Bolton, CUED.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 4.

Friday 25 May 2012, 15:00-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Optimising the carbonation of reactive-magnesia cement based porous blocks

Cise Unluer, CUED.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 6.

Friday 18 May 2012, 16:00-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Quasi-static rheology of granular materials. What we learned from discrete simulations

Dr Jean-Noël Roux, Ingénieur en Chef des Ponts et des Eaux et Forêts, Laboratoire Navier, Paris.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 6.

Friday 04 May 2012, 16:00-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Deep Soil Mixing and Predictive Neural Network Models

Ms Rakshya Shrestha, CUED.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 3B.

Friday 16 March 2012, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Biochar impact on soil processes and as additive in soil remediation

Ms Amelia Md-Som.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 6.

Friday 09 March 2012, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Granular mechanics: current theoretical framework and some applications

Takashi Matsushima, Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Mechanics and Energy Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering University of Tsukuba.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 6.

Friday 02 March 2012, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Effects of alignment on CO2 emissions from the construction and use phases of highway infrastructure

Ms Lynsay Hughes, CUED.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 6.

Friday 24 February 2012, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Modelling of wetted granular media

Dr Jean-Yves Delenne, Laboratoire de Mécanique et Génie Civil (LMGC),Université Montpellier.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 6.

Friday 17 February 2012, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

What is the Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction

Professor Kenichi Soga, Professor of Civil Engineering, CUED.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 6.

Friday 10 February 2012, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Pipeline uplift resistance in cohesionless soils: a physical-modelling oriented approach

Junkan Tony Wang.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 6.

Friday 02 December 2011, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Reactive MgO cement concrete

Xincheng Li, CUED.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 6.

Friday 25 November 2011, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Wave-induced liquefaction of silt seabed in drum centrifuge - CANCELLED

Dr Zhongtao Wang, Associate Professor, Dalian University of Technology, China.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 6.

Friday 18 November 2011, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Deformation mechanisms beneath shallow foundations

Brendan McMahon - CUED.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 6.

Friday 11 November 2011, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Innovative materials for permeable reactive barriers

Claudiane Ouellet-Plamondon, CUED.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 6.

Friday 04 November 2011, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Lessons from the MW9 great east Japan earthquake and tsunami of 11 March 2011

Darren Chian, CUED.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 4.

Friday 30 September 2011, 16:00-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

A New Tunnel Excavation Method for Reducing Blasting-Induced Vibration and Damaged Zone – Precutting of Tunnel Perimeter Using Abrasive Waterzet

Gye-Chun Cho, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil and Env. Eng., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 5.

Wednesday 20 July 2011, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Some geomechanical aspects of subaqueous tunnels

Professor Georg Anagnostou, ETH, Zurich.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 3B.

Friday 17 June 2011, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Floatation of Underground Structures in Liquefiable Soils

Darren Chian, CUED.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 6.

Friday 10 June 2011, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Material Point Method to Simulate Fluidisation Problems

Samila Bandara, CUED.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 6.

Friday 03 June 2011, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Numerical Modeling of Anisotropy in London Clay

Kirk Ellison, CUED.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 6.

Friday 27 May 2011, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Geotechnical Design: Design Codes, Databases & Soil Stress-Strain

Paul Vardanega, CUED.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 6.

Friday 20 May 2011, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Process Envelopes for and Biodegradation within Stabilised/Solidified Contaminated Soils

Reginald Kogbara, CUED.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 6.

Friday 06 May 2011, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering over the past 50 years

Professor Izzat Idriss, Professor Emeritus , University of California at Davis.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 31 March 2011, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Response of piled foundations in liquefiable soils

Mark Stringer, CUED.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 6.

Friday 18 March 2011, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Process Envelopes for and Biodegradation within Stabilised/Solidified Contaminated Soil

CANCELLED

Reginald Kogbara, CUED.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 6.

Friday 11 March 2011, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

An Automated Computer Vision System for Damage Detection and Monitoring in Tunnel Inspection

Krisada Chaiyasarn, CUED.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 6.

Friday 04 March 2011, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Measuring soil pressure: An application for determining Ko of granular soils

Mark L Talesnick, Associate Professor, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room 6.

Friday 25 February 2011, 16:00-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Why soil mechanics matters in FE – geotechnical analysis of a deep excavation

Brian Simpson, Arup Fellow, ARUP.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room - LR6.

Friday 11 February 2011, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Unsaturated Soil and the Cone Penetration Test

Philip Wallbridge, CUED.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room - LR3.

Friday 03 December 2010, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Cancelled

Christopher Lo, CUED.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room - LR4.

Friday 26 November 2010, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Bio-soil Interaction and Engineering: Microbial Carbonate Precipitation

Ahmed Al Qabany, CUED.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room - LR4.

Friday 19 November 2010, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Geotechnical Aspects of the One New Change Development, London

Mike Devriendt, Associate, Arup.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room - LR4.

Friday 12 November 2010, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Cancelled

Juan Brugada, CUED.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room - LR4.

Friday 05 November 2010, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Numerical Investigation of Geomechanics on Methane Hydrate-bearing Sediments

Shun Uchida, CUED.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room - LR4.

Friday 29 October 2010, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

How to convince structural design engineers to accept rocking foundations to resist dynamic loads

Professor Bruce Kutter, University of California, Davis.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room - LR4.

Friday 22 October 2010, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

The response of buildings to tunnelling

Ruaidhri Farrell, CUED.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room - LR6.

Friday 15 October 2010, 17:00-18:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Engineering a low carbon future for the UK

Dr Scott Steedman, FREng, Royal Academy of Engineering.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room - LR3A.

Friday 11 June 2010, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Haiti Earthquake of 12 January 2010

Edmund Booth, Consulting Engineer, Dr Gopal Madabhushi, CUED, Keiko Saito – University of Cambridge.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room - LR3A.

Friday 04 June 2010, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

An underground photocatalytic reactor for in-situ remediation of organic contaminants in groundwater

Leonard Lim, CUED.

Engineering Department - LR3A.

Friday 28 May 2010, 16:30-17:30

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

The response of buildings to excavation-induced movements

Kok Hun Goh, CUED.

Engineering Department - Lecture Room - LR6.

Friday 14 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

Title to be confirmed

Richard Laver, CUED.

LR6.

Friday 26 February 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 Geotechnical Research Seminars

Climatic change, soil erosion and land management in India

Indrani Pal, CUED.

Engineering Department - LR3A.

Friday 12 June 2009, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Vibration-based monitoring of soil properties during compaction

Associate Professor Mike Mooney, Assoc Prof in the integrated Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Division at Colorado School of Mines.

Engineering Department - LR3A.

Friday 05 June 2009, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Soil stabilisation with novel binders

Jega Jegandan.

Engineering Department - LR3A.

Friday 29 May 2009, 16:30-17:30

Geo-Vibrations, Dynamics, and Directional Effects

Speaker to be confirmed.

LR6.

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

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

Title to be confirmed

Professoor Malcolm Bolton, CUED.

LR6.

Friday 08 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 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 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 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

The strength and stiffness of jacked piles in sand

Andrew Deeks, CUED.

Engineering Department - **LR4**.

Friday 20 June 2008, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Management of Earthquake Risk

Dr Navin Peris, RMS (Risk Management Solutions)..

CANCELLED.

Friday 06 June 2008, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Application of two novel magnesia-based binders in Stabilisation/Solidification treatment systems.

Srinath Iyengar, CUED.

Engineering Department - LR3A.

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

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Geotechnical Research Seminars

Evolution of microstructure and the critical state of granular materials

Prof Leo Rothenburg, Chair, Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Waterloo.

Engineering Department - LR5.

Tuesday 16 October 2007, 16:00-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

A predictive model for instabilities in sands.

Professor Jose Andrade, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University.

Engineering Department - LR5.

Thursday 04 October 2007, 16:00-17:30

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

Low cost and simple monitoring for geo-structures

Dr Taro Uchimura - Associate Professor of University of Tokyo.

Engineering Department -LR6.

Friday 29 June 2007, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Johnson Chung (CUED).

Engineering Department -LR6.

Friday 22 June 2007, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Dr Ellen M. Rathje, (Associate Professor,University of Texas at Austin).

Engineering Department - **LR3B**.

Friday 08 June 2007, 16:30-17:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Albert Ng (CUED).

Engineering Department - **LR3B**.

Friday 01 June 2007, 16:30-17:30

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Geotechnical Research Seminars

Hurricane Katrina - A Study of Geosystems in Crisis

5.00pm *LR0*

Professor Tom O’Rourke (School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University).

Engineering Department - LR0.

Thursday 30 November 2006, 17:00-18:00

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