Program Overview

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Overview

Our geotechnical engineering and engineering geology research is revolutionary worldwide.

By pursuing research in the School of Engineering you'll join a successful research group. Our focus is on geotechnical engineering and geology. Our mission is to foster, promote and conduct research of international quality. We attract high-quality graduates and researchers and train them to international standards. Our geotechnical engineering and engineering geology research is recognised worldwide.

Our research links with the themes of sustainability in construction, adaptation and mitigation of climate change effects in civil engineering.

We provide MPhil and PhD supervision. This is within the broad disciplines of geotechnical engineering and engineering geology. Our current research areas are:

seismic engineering and extreme loadings

stability of man-made and natural slopes, open pit mines and tailing dams

multi-phase flow and coupled multi-field analysis

soil modelling and numerical modelling

characterisation and modelling of particulate materials

waste minimisation and reuse

ground improvement

site characterisation

Geo-energy

We also encourage multidisciplinary research, such as:

ground improvement and remediation

in situ testing

geotechnical design

geotechnical processes in construction and the natural environment

As a result of our research we have been able to revolutionise:

electrokinetic geosynthetics

self-boring pressuremeters

Numerical modelling

geothermal testing

We have also constructed a full-scale embankment for field experimentation and host the National Green Infrastructure Facility (NGIF), a ‘living laboratory’, underpinning research into Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDs), Green Infrastructure approaches, and making urban centres more resilient and sustainable for future generations.

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