CivEng Seminar Room (1-33) (Civil Engineering Building) 2019-10-24 15:00: Unique geotechnical issues in the Dead Sea region (Sam Frydman, Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering Technion – Israel Institute of Technology) 2019-10-24 16:00: A Constitutive Model for Locally Drained Shear Bands in Globally Undrained Dense Sand (Hansini Mallikarachchi, CUED) 2020-02-11 14:00: Wave-structure interactions: new observations and industrial applications (Dr. Wenhua ZHAO, University of Western Australia) 2020-04-17 15:30: Experimental and Numerical Study on the Use of Distributed Fibre Optic Sensing Technology for Sinkhole Detection (Gianluigi Della Ragione) 2022-03-11 15:00: Challenging construction through computational and digital fabrication (Mariana Popescu, TU Delft) 2022-03-18 15:00: New Frontiers in Sensing for Infrastructure Management (Sriram Narasimhan, UCLA) 2022-05-06 15:00: Compact Folding of Flat Arrays Composed of Panels with Uniform Thickness (Zhong You, University of Oxford) 2022-05-13 15:00: Digital twinning of infrastructures using statistical finite element method (statFEM) (Eky Febrianto, University of Glasgow) 2022-05-13 15:00: Digital twinning of infrastructures using statistical finite element method (statFEM) (Eky Febrianto, University of Glasgow) 2022-05-13 15:00: Digital twinning of infrastructures using statistical finite element method (statFEM) (Eky Febrianto, University of Glasgow) 2022-05-20 15:00: Form and Structure (Sigrid Adriaenssens, Princeton University) 2022-05-20 15:00: Form and Structure (Sigrid Adriaenssens, Princeton University) 2022-05-27 15:00: Crack-based assessment and retrofit of concrete members (Boyan Mihaylov, University of Liege) 2022-06-10 15:00: BRE Structural Testing and Investigation (David Stewart, BRE Group) 2022-06-17 15:00: Upcycling Structural Design – new developments (Corentin Fivet, EPFL) 2022-06-17 16:00: Clamping Stresses in Reinforced Concrete (Evan Bentz, University of Toronto) 2022-10-21 15:00: Graphic Statics as a Legendre Transform (Professor Allan McRobie) 2022-10-28 15:00: Understanding Tensegrity with an Energy Function (Professor Simon Guest) 2022-11-04 15:00: Theory and the Creation of Structures; Using the concepts of Airy, Maxwell, Michell, Heyman, Calladine, Pellegrino, Guest and McRobie to create structures (Bill Baker, SOM & University of Cambridge) 2022-11-11 15:00: Snap through Dynamics and some strategies for morphing (Professor Dominic Vella, University of Oxford) 2022-11-30 16:00: Active Rheology and Stiffening Control of cementitious materials (Professor Geert De Schutter, Ghent University) 2022-12-09 15:00: Instabilities in kirigami structures (Dr Marcelo Dias, University of Edinburgh) 2023-01-27 15:00: Using Architected Materials to Enable Novel Properties (Professor Yunlan Zhang, University of Texas ) 2023-02-03 15:00: Zero Carbon Cement (Dr Cyrille Dunant and Professor Julian Allwood, University of Cambridge) 2023-02-17 15:00: Soil-structure interactions during underground construction: measurement and monitoring (Dr Brian Sheil, University of Cambridge) 2023-02-24 15:00: Elastic Mechanism – Exploring the Effects of Elastic Deformation on Kinematic Motion in Mechanisms, and Squashing a doughnut – analysis of tape ring flattening (Charles Gai & Jamie Clarkson, University of Cambridge) 2023-03-10 15:00: The Shear Paradox (Dr Michele W.T. Mak, University of Leeds ) 2023-03-17 15:00: The taming of the tape spring: Practical methods for storing and deploying structural flexible tubes (Dr Andrew Viquerat, University of Surrey) 2023-05-05 15:00: Angus Low’s 3rd equation; serendipity in research (Professor Chris Burgoyne, University of Cambridge ) 2023-05-15 15:00: Extraordinary Mechanics in Structures (Sigrid Adriaenssens, Princeton University ) 2023-05-18 15:00: Student seminar - Effect of Prestress on the Bistability of Deployable Hinges, and Design of optimized reinforced concrete floor grillages (James Whitely and Tara Venkatadri, University of Cambridge) 2023-05-26 15:00: Tensegrity systems: a brief history (Geoff Morrow, StructureMode) 2023-06-02 15:00: Geometry and mechanics of liquid crystal elastomers (Dr John Biggins, University of Cambridge ) 2023-06-09 15:00: Data-Driven Reduction of Non-Linearizable Dynamics for Solids, Fluids and Controls (Proffesor George Haller, ETH Zurich) 2023-10-13 15:00: Symmetry, Group Theory and Applications to Structural Mechanics (Professor Alphose Zingoni, University of Cape Town) 2023-10-20 15:00: Don’t crush concrete, reuse it! Designing new structures with saw-cut reused concrete pieces. (Célia Küpfer, EPFL) 2023-10-27 15:00: Building stable tensegrities for engineering applications (Dr Ajay Harish, University of Manchester) 2023-11-03 15:00: Multi-criteria optimization of sustainable Timber-Concrete-Composite floor systems (Hossein Emami, Laval University) 2023-11-24 15:00: Folding tape springs and “tapered” springs (Jamie Clarkson) 2024-01-26 15:00: The world of modern technology and the natural world: how to negotiate the data driven world and nature itself (Neil Thomas, Atelier One) 2024-02-02 15:00: The intersection of design, engineering and craft - what we learn by collaboration (David Knight, Cake Industries) 2024-02-16 15:00: Smart integral bridge design (Douglas Morley) 2024-02-16 15:00: Smart integral bridge design (Douglas Morley) 2024-02-23 15:00: On the Assessment and Design of Compressed Structures (Carlo Olivieri, Pegaso Università Telematica, Italy) 2024-03-01 15:00: Strengthening of Existing Structures Using Novel High Performance Materials (Dr Andreas Lampropoulos) 2024-03-08 15:00: Conceptual structural design via graphic statics for the generation of materially-efficient, structurally expressive architectural forms. (Dr Marina Konstantatou) 2024-03-15 15:00: Acoustic Emission Data Analysis in Concrete Fatigue and Fracture: An Entropic Perspective (Nitin Burud, University of Surrey) 2024-05-10 15:00: Battersea Power Station: Restoring an Icon (Sam Youdan, Buro Happold, UK) 2024-05-17 15:00: Digital materials across scales (Mariana Popsecu ( TU Delft)) 2024-05-24 15:00: Machine learning as a tool to design special concrete mixes (Dr Rubén-Daniel López ) 2024-05-31 15:00: Graphic statics and cantilevering gridshells (Giancarlo Torpiano) 2024-06-07 15:00: A Consulting Wind Engineer's Perspective: Looking Back and Forward (Andrew Allsop, Arup, UK) 2024-06-14 15:00: Modelling Strategies for Accurate Assessment of Masonry Arch Bridges (Lorenzo Macorini) 2024-10-11 14:00: Sheet metal processing: increasing scope while reducing scrap (David Evans, University of Cambridge) 2024-10-18 15:00: Structural (Aero-) Dynamics Using Gaussian Processes (Igor Kavrakov, University of Cambridge) 2024-10-25 15:00: Advancements in Earthquake Engineering and Heritage Masonry Preservation (Dr Maria Liapopoulou) 2024-11-22 15:00: Ductility through weakness: computational assessment of the residual capacity of damaged masonry structures (Antonino Iannuzzo, University of Sannio) 2024-11-29 15:00: User Experience Design in the realm of Structural Engineering (James Bayley, WSP) 2024-12-06 15:00: TBC (Mohamed Elzeadani) 2024-12-13 15:00: Novel application-driven deployable SAR system adopting high strain composites (Annalisa Tresoldi) 2025-02-14 15:00: Dematerialisation in Construction (Michal Drewniok, University of Leeds, UK) 2025-02-28 15:00: Shape Optimisation of Concrete Structural Elements Reinforced with WFRP (Wounded-Fibre-Reinforced-Polymer) Bars (Shizhe Hong, University of Cambridge, UK) 2025-05-02 15:00: Toward Mechanically Adaptive and Multi-functional Structures (Iman Mohagheghian, University of Surrey) 2025-05-09 15:00: Title to be confirmed (Ali Abbas, University of East London) 2025-05-16 15:00: Structural Response and Reuse Potential of Steel-timber Shear Connections (Dan Bompa, University of Surrey, UK) 2025-05-23 14:30: Recent advances in critical infrastructures forecasting via Physics-Enhanced Machine Learning  (Alice Cicirello, University of Cambridge, UK) 2025-05-30 15:00: Statistical Finite Elements via Interacting Particle Langevin Dynamics (Alex Glyn-Davies, University of Cambridge, UK) 2025-06-13 15:00: The Geometry of Equilibrium Book Tour: Lecture 1 (Allan McRobie, University of Cambridge) 2025-06-25 15:00: Epithelium Ruck Formation: IA Buckling Perspective (Keith Seffen, University of Cambridge) 2025-10-10 15:00: Nonlinear multiscale structure optimization: vibration, cloaking and snap-through (Matthew Santer, Imperial College London, UK) 2025-10-15 15:00: Applied Research and Technology in Design and Construction (Alessandro Beghini, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)) 2025-10-17 15:00: Data through Modelling to Decisions: Advancing Towards Prescriptive Digital Twins for Infrastructure (Jelena Ninic, University of Birmingham) 2025-10-24 15:00: Designing Resilient Wind Energy Materials: From Leading-Edge Erosion to Multi-Material Optimisation (Wei Tan, Queen Mary University of London) 2025-10-31 15:00: Statistical Models for Turbulent Flows: Characterisation and Scaling Laws (Yaswanth Sai Jetti, University of Cambridge) 2025-11-12 15:00: Reductions in the Embodied Carbon of Concrete Structures through Improved Design and Material Specification (Fragkoulis Kanavaris, Arup) 2025-11-14 15:00: Bonded Interfaces: Worlds in-between (Dilum Fernando, University of Edinburgh ) 2025-11-21 15:00: Turning Solid Wastes into Engineered Geopolymer Composites for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure (Mingzhong Zhang, University College London) 2025-11-28 15:00: Innovative Design Approaches for Hybrid Timber-Based Construction (Cristiano Loss, University of British Columbia) 2025-12-05 15:00: Harnessing the Mechanics of Arts and Crafts for Functional Thin-Sheet Structures (Dr Evgueni Filipov, University of Michigan) 2026-02-13 15:00: Lightweight Structures: Integrating Engineering and Architecture (Dr Joshua Schultz, Gonzaga University) 2026-03-13 15:00: Did 1960's structural engineers know more than 2020's structural engineers - unpicking the engineering of Cambridge's iconic Faculty of History (Eng. Simon Smith)