Geotechnics

Geotechnics Section News and Events

• New position in Geotechnical Engineering:  Following the recent appointment of Dr. Tiago Gaspar, we are recruiting another member of academic staff to join us.  Applications at all levels are welcome:  please refer to Lecture / Senior Lecturer or Reader / Professor advertisement as appropriate.
• Contratulations to Prof. Richard Jardine upon his election to be a Fellow of the Royal Society.
• Congratulations to Emilia Castillo Fuentes, Geotechnical Engineering PhD Student at Imperial College London, for obtaining the prestigious international Bright Spark Lecture Award at the Pan American Congress of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering in Chile 2024! Emilia will present her work on foundation systems for floating wind turbines this November 2024. Find out more.
  
• Dr. Angus Skinner.  The Geotechnics Section  is saddened  to hear that Dr. Angus Skinner passed away on 1^st April 2024.  Dr. Skinner was a member of the academic staff at Imperial College from 1967 to 1998.  During this period he made key contributions to experimental research and to the teaching of soil mechanics.  Dr. Skinner kept in touch with the Section following his retirement and we will miss him greatly.
• Geo-Legends episode 2 of season 4 is out now. Watch Catherine O'Sullivan interview John Burland of Imperial College London. John was the 1990 Rankine Lecturer and the 1996 Seed Lecturer. Geo Legends S04 E02 - John Burland - YouTube
  
• The 62nd Rankine Lecture: Geotechnical Engineering for a Sustainable Society was presented this year by our own Professor Lidija Zdravković of Imperial College London. If you were unable to attend in person or wish to revisit this event the full recording is available here.
  
• Seminar on tunnelling at Imperial College London on the 24^th April 2024 – Safeguarding existing cast iron tunnels: current practice, case studies and research. A seminar bringing together Imperial College researchers and industry partners to discuss the structural assessment of existing cast iron tunnels. See details here: Tunnelling Seminar Flyer
• We are delighted that academic staff member Dr. Katerina Tsiampousi and MSc alumnus Christina Mavromatti of Mott MacDonald feature in Ground Engineering’s March 2024 list of the industry’s top 20 most inspiring women. Prof. Lidija Zdravković, the 2024 Rankine lecture, is also profiled in this month's issue of Ground Engineering.
  
•  Data in Geotechnical Engineering: beyond conventional methods and design the Pre-Rankine half day seminar was held at Imperial College London, 1:15 – 4:30 pm, 13th March 2024, followed by Rankine lecture at 5:30pm. View the schedule here:2024 Rankine Day Seminar
• MSc Courses:  We recently updated our overview of all the MSc Courses in Geotechnical Engineering, including our new option Geotechnical Engineering with Data Science.
• MSc Scholarships: The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has  offers Departmental Tuition Fee Scholarships ready to award for October 2024.  Applicants for the Geotechnical Engineering  MSc degrees can apply for these scholarships.   Take a look at our scholarships search tool for the full list of available scholarships. 
• Industrial bursary scheme: The Imperial College Geotechnics Industrial MSc Bursary Scheme was established in June 1996 to provide industrially funded bursary awards to MSc students. Funding normally covers full fees and partial subsistence costs, giving priority to UK based students.  Further details can be found on our bursary group page.
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