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.
