gjs25's list 2006-11-17 16:30: The effects of rate and size on T-bar penetration resistance in clay (Professor Barry Lehane (University of Western Australia)) 2006-11-30 17:00: Hurricane Katrina - A Study of Geosystems in Crisis (Professor Tom O’Rourke (School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University)) 2006-12-01 16:30: Fundamental Study of Grouting in Sand (Khalid Gafar (CUED)) 2006-12-08 16:30: Pile base resistance in layered soils) (Xiangtao Xu) 2007-01-02 16:00: Title to be confirmed (Professor Arun Valsangkar, Dept of Civil Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Canada) 2007-02-02 16:30: Two dimensional tank test on jet grouting processes (Dr Toru Inui ( Department of Engineering, University of Kyoto)) 2007-02-09 16:30: The Risky Business of Ground Engineering (Jan Hellings, The British Urban Regeneration Association (BURA)) 2007-02-16 16:30: The Effect of Building's Stiffness on Excavation-Induced Displacements (Mohammed El-Shafie (CUED)) 2007-02-23 16:30: The Nicoll Highway collapse - geotechnical investigations (Professor David Hight, Geotechnical Consulting Group (GCG)) 2007-03-02 16:30: The impact of climate change on biological and chemical processes in contaminated soil (Uche Duru (CUED)) 2007-03-09 16:30: Global warming and flood defence - new challenges for geotechnical engineering (Dr Robert May, Atkins Geotechnics) 2007-03-16 16:30: Title to be confirmed (Jack Meldrum, Mott MacDonald) 2007-04-27 16:30: Silbury Hill – An Ancient Environmental Icon (Dr Dick Parry) 2007-05-04 16:30: Impacts of Climate Change on Contaminated Land and Containment Systems (Sinead Smith (CUED)) 2007-05-11 16:30: The Amsterdam Metro project (deep excavations, jet grouting etc) (Bob Essler, R D Geotech Limited) 2007-05-18 16:30: The Nicoll Highway collapse - geotechnical investigations (Professor David Hight, Geotechnical Consulting Group (GCG)) 2007-05-25 16:30: Numerical Simulation of pile driving (Professor Dr Ing Jürgen Grabe, Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg, Institut für Geotechnik und Baubetrieb) 2007-06-01 16:30: Title to be confirmed (Albert Ng (CUED)) 2007-06-08 16:30: Title to be confirmed (Dr Ellen M. Rathje, (Associate Professor,University of Texas at Austin)) 2007-06-22 16:30: Title to be confirmed (Johnson Chung (CUED)) 2007-06-29 16:30: Low cost and simple monitoring for geo-structures (Dr Taro Uchimura - Associate Professor of University of Tokyo) 2007-08-15 14:30: Unsaturated soil mechanics - Critical review of physical foundations (Professor Sam Frydman, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology) 2007-08-17 14:30: Unsaturated soil mechanics - Critical review of physical foundations (Professor Sam Frydman, Technion, Israel Institute of technology) 2007-09-21 16:30: 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) 2007-10-04 16:00: A predictive model for instabilities in sands. (Professor Jose Andrade, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University) 2007-10-16 16:00: Evolution of microstructure and the critical state of granular materials (Prof Leo Rothenburg, Chair, Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Waterloo) 2007-10-19 16:30: The Wikipedia entry on "Shear strength (soil)". (Professor Andrew Schofield) 2007-10-26 16:30: CANCELLED (Professor John Hutchinson, Emeritus Professor of Engineering Geology at Imperial College) 2007-10-26 16:30: Niels Krebs Ovesen: His legacy in Physical Modelling (Prof Sarah Springman, Institute of Geotechnical Engineering, Zurich) 2007-11-02 16:30: Field Performance, Centrifuge Modelling and Numerical Analysis of Induced Trench Rigid Culverts (Professor Arun Valsangkar, Dept of Civil Engineering, University of Brunswick, Canada) 2007-11-09 16:30: NAPL Contaminant Dissolution in Heterogeneous Soils (Panos Nikolopoulos, CUED) 2007-11-16 16:30: Long term performance and in-situ assessment of cement-bentonite cut-off walls. (Kaushal Joshi, CUED) 2007-11-23 16:30: Distributed fibre optic strain measurement of geotechnical structures. (Hisham Mohamad, CUED) 2007-11-30 16:30: Recent investigations of debris flow behaviour using an experimental flume. (Dr Lis Bowman, Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering, University of Canterbury, New Zealand) 2008-01-25 16:30: Insight into the creep behaviour of soils using Discrete Element Method (Fiona Kwok, CUED) 2008-02-08 16:30: Interaction behaviour of pipeline and clay seabed (Senthil Arasu) 2008-02-29 16:30: Deformation and failure processes in geologic materials at scales from grains to basins. (Prof Ronaldo Borja, Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering,Stanford University) 2008-03-07 16:30: Properties and applications of sustainable reactive magnesia cements (Martin Liska, CUED) 2008-03-14 16:30: Stiffness of Sands (Dr Sadik Oztoprak) 2008-05-02 16:30: Modelling of Geo-structures Subject to Climate Forcing (Associate Professor Jayantha Kodikara, Geomechanics Group, Dept of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Australia) 2008-05-16 16:30: Embodied energy as an environmental impact indicators for geotechnical infrastructures. (Chris Chau, CUED) 2008-05-23 16:30: Geotechnics in the Water Sector (Tim Blower, Mott MacDonald, Cambridge) 2008-05-30 16:30: Application of two novel magnesia-based binders in Stabilisation/Solidification treatment systems. (Srinath Iyengar, CUED) 2008-06-06 16:30: Management of Earthquake Risk (Dr Navin Peris, RMS (Risk Management Solutions).) 2008-06-20 16:30: The strength and stiffness of jacked piles in sand (Andrew Deeks, CUED) 2008-07-11 15:00: Critical Excitation Methods for Important Structures (Prof Izuru Takewaki, Dept of Urban & Environmental Engineering, Kyoto University) 2008-07-11 16:30: The geotechnics of deepwater pipelines. (David White, Professorial Fellow, Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems, University of Western Australia) 2008-08-01 15:00: 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) 2008-10-17 15:00: Broadening Engineering Design Education: Civil Engineering and Beyond (Dr Kate Thompson, Assistant Professor, Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering, KAIST) 2008-10-17 16:30: Destabilization of gas hydrate-bearing sediments induced by thermal changes. (Gye-Chun Cho, Assoc Prof, Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering, KAIST) 2008-10-24 16:30: EEFIT mission to the Sichuan earthquake (Dr Professor Xianfeng Ma, Assistant Professor, Tongji University, China, current visitor at CUED) 2008-11-07 16:30: Geotechnical aspects of Energy Piles (Dr Binod Amatya) 2008-11-14 16:30: Low cost roads and critical states (CS) (Professor Andrew Schofield, Emeritus Professor of Engineering, CUED) 2008-11-21 16:30: Upheaval behaviour of buried pipelines (Dr ThushyThusyanthan, Consultant, KW Ltd) 2008-11-28 16:30: Tunnelling in sand and its effect on pipelines and piles (Alec Marshall, CUED) 2008-12-05 16:30: Geotechnical Design of Gravity Support Structures for Offshore Wind Turbines (Dr Aleksandar Spasojevic, Gifford ( London) Ltd) 2009-03-06 16:30: Slope monitoring using optical fibre technology (Koson Janmonta (CUED)) 2009-03-13 16:30: Creating Value for Clients: A Geotechnical Seismic Engineer's Perspective (Dr Barnali Gosh, Arup Geotechnics) 2009-05-08 16:30: Title to be confirmed (Professoor Malcolm Bolton, CUED) 2009-05-08 16:30: Slopes: can centrifuge models contribute to improved design? (Professor Malcolm Bolton, Head, Geotechnical and Environmental Group, CUED) 2009-05-15 16:30: Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction of Tunnels (Ulas Cilingir, CUED) 2009-05-22 16:30: Geo-Vibrations, Dynamics, and Directional Effects (Speaker to be confirmed) 2009-05-22 16:30: Geo-Vibrations, Dynamics, and Directional Effects (Dr Derek Morris, Consulting Engineer, Derek Morris & Associates, Canada) 2009-05-29 16:30: Soil stabilisation with novel binders (Jega Jegandan) 2009-06-05 16:30: 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) 2009-06-12 16:30: Climatic change, soil erosion and land management in India (Indrani Pal, CUED) 2009-10-30 16:30: Uncertainty and sustainability in geo-engineering. (Prof Dr Frans B.J. Barends / TUDelft & Deltares, Delft) 2009-11-06 16:30: 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) 2009-11-13 16:30: Tunnels and deep excavations for transport infrastructure, advances in research and practice. (Professor Robert Mair, CUED) 2009-11-20 16:30: Foundation optimisation and its application to pile reuse (Andy Leung, CUED) 2009-11-27 16:30: Ground movements induced by deep excavation: Physical and analytical models (Sidney Lam, CUED) 2009-12-04 16:30: Disturbance Analysis of Pressuremeter Test (Leo Liu, CUED) 2010-01-29 16:30: 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) 2010-02-19 16:30: Large scale modeling seismic soil-pile-structure interaction (Ben Zhao, National University of Singapore) 2010-02-26 16:30: Title to be confirmed (Richard Laver, CUED) 2010-02-26 16:30: The experience and lessons from Shanghai's last 20 years development in infrastructure (Professor Bai Yun, Tongji University) 2010-03-05 16:30: Performance-Based Design of Geotechnical Structures: Recent Advances (Professor Susumu Iai, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University) 2010-03-12 16:30: Piled foundations under live loads or in earthquakes (Zheming Li, CUED) 2010-04-23 16:00: The origin and behaviour of deep ocean clay crusts (Subtitle: ...when biology meets engineering...) (Matthew Kuo (University of Cambridge)) 2010-05-07 16:30: Soil-Pipeline Interaction in Unsaturated Soils (Dilan Robert, CUED) 2010-05-14 16:30: The response of buildings to excavation-induced movements (Kok Hun Goh, CUED) 2010-05-21 16:30: The Long-Term Behaviour of Twin Tunnells (Richard Laver, CUED) 2010-05-28 16:30: An underground photocatalytic reactor for in-situ remediation of organic contaminants in groundwater (Leonard Lim, CUED) 2010-06-04 16:30: Haiti Earthquake of 12 January 2010 (Edmund Booth, Consulting Engineer, Dr Gopal Madabhushi, CUED, Keiko Saito – University of Cambridge) 2010-06-11 16:30: Engineering a low carbon future for the UK (Dr Scott Steedman, FREng, Royal Academy of Engineering) 2010-10-15 17:00: The response of buildings to tunnelling (Ruaidhri Farrell, CUED) 2010-10-22 16:00: How to convince structural design engineers to accept rocking foundations to resist dynamic loads (Professor Bruce Kutter, University of California, Davis) 2010-10-29 16:00: Numerical Investigation of Geomechanics on Methane Hydrate-bearing Sediments (Shun Uchida, CUED) 2010-11-05 16:00: Title to be confirmed (Juan Brugada, CUED) 2010-11-12 16:00: Geotechnical Aspects of the One New Change Development, London (Mike Devriendt, Associate, Arup) 2010-11-19 16:00: Bio-soil Interaction and Engineering: Microbial Carbonate Precipitation (Ahmed Al Qabany, CUED) 2010-11-26 16:00: Title to be confirmed (Christopher Lo, CUED) 2010-12-03 16:00: Unsaturated Soil and the Cone Penetration Test (Philip Wallbridge, CUED) 2011-02-11 16:00: Why soil mechanics matters in FE – geotechnical analysis of a deep excavation (Brian Simpson, Arup Fellow, ARUP) 2011-02-25 16:00: 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) 2011-03-04 16:00: An Automated Computer Vision System for Damage Detection and Monitoring in Tunnel Inspection (Krisada Chaiyasarn, CUED) 2011-03-11 16:00: Process Envelopes for and Biodegradation within Stabilised/Solidified Contaminated Soil (Reginald Kogbara, CUED) 2011-03-18 16:00: Response of piled foundations in liquefiable soils (Mark Stringer, CUED) 2011-03-31 16:00: Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering over the past 50 years (Professor Izzat Idriss, Professor Emeritus , University of California at Davis) 2011-05-06 16:00: Process Envelopes for and Biodegradation within Stabilised/Solidified Contaminated Soils (Reginald Kogbara, CUED) 2011-05-20 16:00: Geotechnical Design: Design Codes, Databases & Soil Stress-Strain (Paul Vardanega, CUED) 2011-05-27 16:00: Numerical Modeling of Anisotropy in London Clay (Kirk Ellison, CUED) 2011-06-03 16:00: Material Point Method to Simulate Fluidisation Problems (Samila Bandara, CUED) 2011-06-10 16:00: Floatation of Underground Structures in Liquefiable Soils (Darren Chian, CUED) 2011-06-17 16:00: Some geomechanical aspects of subaqueous tunnels (Professor Georg Anagnostou, ETH, Zurich) 2011-07-20 16:00: 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)) 2011-09-30 16:00: Lessons from the MW9 great east Japan earthquake and tsunami of 11 March 2011 (Darren Chian, CUED) 2011-11-04 16:00: Innovative materials for permeable reactive barriers (Claudiane Ouellet-Plamondon, CUED) 2011-11-11 16:00: Deformation mechanisms beneath shallow foundations (Brendan McMahon - CUED) 2011-11-18 16:00: Wave-induced liquefaction of silt seabed in drum centrifuge - CANCELLED (Dr Zhongtao Wang, Associate Professor, Dalian University of Technology, China) 2011-11-25 16:00: Reactive MgO cement concrete (Xincheng Li, CUED) 2011-12-02 16:00: Pipeline uplift resistance in cohesionless soils: a physical-modelling oriented approach (Junkan Tony Wang) 2012-02-10 16:00: What is the Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (Professor Kenichi Soga, Professor of Civil Engineering, CUED) 2012-02-17 16:00: Modelling of wetted granular media (Dr Jean-Yves Delenne, Laboratoire de Mécanique et Génie Civil (LMGC),Université Montpellier) 2012-02-24 16:00: Effects of alignment on CO2 emissions from the construction and use phases of highway infrastructure (Ms Lynsay Hughes, CUED) 2012-03-02 16:00: 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) 2012-03-09 16:00: Biochar impact on soil processes and as additive in soil remediation (Ms Amelia Md-Som) 2012-03-16 16:00: Deep Soil Mixing and Predictive Neural Network Models (Ms Rakshya Shrestha, CUED) 2012-05-04 16:00: 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) 2012-05-18 16:00: Optimising the carbonation of reactive-magnesia cement based porous blocks (Cise Unluer, CUED) 2012-05-25 15:00: Performance-based design in geotechnical engineering (Professor Malcolm Bolton, CUED) 2012-06-15 16:00: Water injection aided jacked piles (Paul Shepley (University of Cambridge)) 2012-06-29 16:00: 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) 2012-10-12 13:30: 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) 2012-10-19 13:30: 'URUP', Ultra Rapid Under Pass, An innovative shield tunnelling technology (Akihiro Nishimori, Senior Tunnel Engineer, Obayashi, Japan) 2012-10-26 13:30: Response of piled buildings to the construction of deep excavations (Mandy Korff, CUED) 2012-11-02 13:30: Geotechnical Aspects of the Canterbury Earthquake Series (Dr Liam Wotherspoon, Research Fellow, University of Auckland Centre for Earthquake Engineering Research, New Zealand) 2012-11-23 14:15: Numerical Modelling of Submarine Run-out (Takaaki Kobayashi, CUED) 2013-01-24 16:00: Development and application of Finite Element Analysis in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (Dr Stavroula Kontoe, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College, London) 2013-02-14 16:00: Terzaghi's fallacy (Professor emeritus Andrew Schofield, CUED) 2013-02-21 16:30: Crossrail - Innovation in monitoring of underground infrastructure (Mohamad Alserdare, Seda Torisu, Masanari Nakashima at CUED) 2013-03-07 16:00: Learning from the Mistakes of Others… (Professor David J Elton Ph.D., P.E., S.M., F. ASCE, Civil Engineering Department, Auburn University, USA) 2013-03-19 14:00: 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) 2013-03-21 17:00: Dynamic Soil-Structure-Interaction: Behaviour of Shallow Foundations (Charles Heron, CUED) 2013-04-22 16:00: Granular texture and quasi-static rheology of granular materials (Dr Franck (Farhang) Radjai, Director of Research at CNRS, University of Montpellier, France) 2013-05-23 16:00: Geotechnical behavior of the energy piles (Echo Ouyang, CUED) 2013-05-30 16:00: 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) 2013-06-06 16:00: Pile foundations in laterally spreading soil: mechanisms of response and guidance for design (Jenny Haskell, CUED) 2013-06-13 16:00: Novel in-situ chemical oxidation for soil remediation (Yemi Akinyugha, CUED) 2013-07-09 16:00: Short and long-term leakage through composite liners (Professor Kerry Rowe, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada) 2013-07-09 16:00: Failure criteria and plan strain collapse (Professor Rocco Lagioia, DICATAM – University of Brescia, Italy) 2013-07-18 16:00: Failure criteria and plane strain collapse (Prof. Rocco Lagioia, DICATAM – University of Brescia, Italy) 2013-10-17 16:00: Multi-directional simple shear response of soils (Dr Giovanna Biscontin) 2013-10-23 16:00: Data Mining, Mapping and Modelling of the Strength of Cement-Stabilised Soils (Ouge Wang) 2013-11-14 16:00: Seismic risk assessment for architectural heritages in historic areas using field and centrifuge tests (Dr Heon-Joon Park) 2013-11-21 16:00: Multiscale Modelling of Granular Flows (Krishna Kumar) 2013-11-28 16:00: Monitoring and Numerical Modelling of a Deep Circular Excavation (Tina Schwamb) 2013-11-28 16:45: Long-term behaviour of cast-iron cross passages in London Underground (Zili Li) 2013-12-04 16:00: Assessing the Envirnmental Sustainability of Reactive Magnesia and its Production (Djihan Hassan, CUED) 2013-12-05 16:00: 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 ) 2014-01-16 16:00: 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) 2014-02-13 16:00: 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) 2014-02-18 16:00: Large-Scale Physical and Computational Simulation of Soil-Structure Systems (Professor Ahmed Elgamal, Department of Structural Engineering, University of California, San Diego) 2014-03-24 16:00: 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) 2014-04-23 17:00: Overtrawlability and Mechanical Damage of Pipe-in-pipe System (Ms Zheng Jiexin PhD candidate, Department of Civil Engineering, National University of Singapore) 2014-05-22 16:30: Correcting Coulomb's Soil Mechanics (Emeritus Professor Andrew Schofield, CUED) 2014-06-05 17:00: Tunnelling effects on bored piles in clay (Michael Williamson, CUED) 2014-06-12 16:00: Characterisation and Performance of reactive MgO-based cements (Fei Jin, CUED) 2014-06-12 17:00: Sustainability Assessment and Sustainable Behaviour in Contaminated Site Remediation (Deyi Hou) 2014-10-13 14:00: The Elasticity of Elasticity (K.R. Rajagopal, Forsyth Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University) 2014-10-16 17:00: GSHP application for Heating and Cooling at City Scale: Study on the City of Westminster (Yi Zhang, CUED) 2014-10-23 16:00: Installation effects due to pile jacking in sand (Francesca Burali d'Arezzo, CUED) 2014-10-30 16:00: Wireless in the Woods (Professor Steven D Glaser, TUM distinguished Affiliated Professor, University of California at Berkeley) 2014-11-06 16:00: 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) 2014-11-13 17:00: Finite Element Modelling of Thermal Piles and Walls (Yi Rui, CUED) 2014-11-20 16:00: Cyclic Behaviour of Monopiles for Offshore Wind Turbines (Ben Lau, CUED) 2014-11-20 17:00: Characteristics and performance evaluation of Reactive Magnesia Pervious Concrete (RMPC) for green infrastructure (Adel Abdollahzadeh, CUED) 2014-11-26 17:00: Earthquake Effects on Critical Infrastructure (Professor Tom O'Rourke, Thomas R. Briggs Professor of Engineering, Cornell University) 2014-11-27 16:00: Geomechnical study of hydrate-bearing sediments with turbidite formation and hydrate heterogeneity (Mingliang (Carter) Zhou, CUED) 2014-11-27 17:00: Permeable reactive barrier for groundwater remediation (Ziyad Abunada, CUED) 2014-12-04 17:00: Some considerations of underground heat transferring in GSHP coupled thermal foundations: pipe heat flows, heating capacities and response test (He Qi, CUED) 2015-01-15 16:00: 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) 2015-02-26 16:00: Long-term performance and immobilisation mechanisms of stabilised/solidified contaminated soils (Ms Fei (Tiffany) Wang, CUED) 2015-03-05 16:00: Cyclic lateral loading of monopiles for offshore wind turbines (Peter Kirkwood, CUED) 2015-03-12 16:00: Industrial examples on traditional and non-traditional techniques for sludge treatment (Dr May Chan, Atkins) 2015-03-13 16:00: An experimental and theoretical investigation into the small strain stiffness of clays (Angelo Amorosi, Associate Professor in Geotechnical Engineering, Technical University of Bari, Italy) 2015-04-30 16:00: Modelling the pore solution of PC-blended cements (Nicolas Eroukhmanoff, CUED) 2015-05-14 16:00: Research at Deltares Geo-engineering and Simulation of the tractive performance of Mars Rover wheels on loose sand (Dr Johannes Teunissen, Deltares) 2015-05-21 16:00: Self-healing blended cement grouts with micro encapsulated healing agents (Chrysoula Litina (University of Cambridge), Department of Engineering) 2015-05-28 16:15: Low Power Remote Structural Wireless Sensor Network Monitoring for Civil, Geotechnical and Environmental Applications (Heba Bevan, University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering) 2015-05-28 17:00: Innovative Soil Mix Technology Constructed Low Permeability Barriers for Environmental Applications (David O'Connor, University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering) 2015-06-04 16:00: An enhanced data interpretation methodology for the distributed fiber optic sensing technology (Ying Mei, University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering) 2015-06-11 16:00: Potential of Deep Geothermal Energy at City Scale (Xiaoyu Lu, University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering) 2015-06-11 16:45: The Mechanics of Unsaturated Sand (James Fern, University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering) 2015-06-18 16:00: Three dimensional hydraulic fracturing simulation using Lattice Element Method (Kam-Wing (John) Wong, University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering) 2015-06-18 16:45: Monitoring of Tunnels Using Digital Image Correlation Technique (Mehdi Alhaddad, University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering) 2015-07-02 16:00: Optimisation of Niger Delta Soils as Road Construction Materials (Funmi Alayaki, Cambridge University Engineering Department) 2016-03-04 16:00: Laing O'Rourke Centre Seminar: Creating Underground Infrastructure: the Role of Geotechnical Engineering (Professor Lord Mair, University of Cambridge) 2016-03-10 17:30: Terzaghi Lecture: Ground Deformation Effects on Subsurface Pipelines and Infrastructure Systems (Professor Tom O'Rourke, Thomas R. Briggs Professor of Engineering, Cornell University) 2016-06-02 16:00: Dynamic soil-structure interaction effects on the performance of tuned mass dampers (Raz Jabary, CUED) 2016-06-02 16:45: Characteristics and mechanism of heavy metal adsorption on biochar and its application in soil remediation (Zhengtao Shen, CUED) 2016-06-09 16:00: Monitoring and Modelling of Cast Iron Tunnel Linings (Matthew Wilcock, CUED) 2016-06-09 16:45: Development of Low-pH Cements for the Immobilisation of Intermediate Level Radioactive Waste. (Regeane Bagonyi, CUED) 2016-11-17 16:00: Production of microcapsules using microfluidics for self-healing in construction materials. (L.R.D. Souza, CUED) 2017-02-02 16:00: The effect of microcapsules for autonomic self-healing cementitious materials (Petros Giannaros, CUED) 2017-04-28 16:00: Earthquake Induced Soil Liquefaction: Symptoms and Cures (Andrew Brennan, Senior Lecturer at Civil Engineering, University of Dundee) 2017-05-11 16:00: The performance of circular shafts and ground movements due to construction - centrifuge testing and field observations. (Njemile Faustin (University of Cambridge)) 2017-10-12 16:00: 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) 2017-10-25 14:00: Improving Communication in Engineering Through Mixed Reality (Dr. Matthew Lato, Ph.D.Eng., P.Eng. Senior Geotechnical Engineer, BGC Engineering) 2017-11-16 16:00: Supervised learning for soil identification and deformation prediction in excavation based on Bayesian inference. (Yingyan Yin, CUED) 2017-11-23 16:00: Experiments in Tunnel-Soil-Structure Interaction (Stefan Ritter (University of Cambridge)) 2018-02-01 16:00: Centrifuge modelling of the behaviour of geosynthetic-reinforced soils above voids (Talia Da Silva, CUED) 2018-04-19 16:00: Characteristics and mechanisms of atrazine sorption to biochar for the remediation of contaminated land (Oliver McMillan, CUED) 2018-06-07 16:00: Hydro-environmental processes of Poyang Lake subject to engineering control (Jonathan Ho, CUED) 2018-07-09 15:00: Liquefaction of cargo in ships (Professor David Airey, The University of Sydney) 2018-07-24 16:30: Scale up and field trials on bio-based ground improvement methods (Prof Leon van Paassen from Arizona State University) 2018-10-18 16:00: Application of the new observational method framework on deep excavation retaining wall design in London Clay (Ying Chen, CUED) 2018-11-15 16:00: The effects of multi-directional loading on soil liquefaction (Mengchen Sun, CUED) 2018-12-06 16:00: Cavity expansion in locked sand (Stephan Van Eeden, CUED) 2019-02-21 16:00: Hyperplasticity (Prof. G.T. Houlsby, University of Oxford) 2019-04-04 16:00: Multi-Hazard Modelling of Dual Row Retaining Walls (Dr Srikanth Madabhushi, UC Davis) 2019-05-23 16:00: Real-Time Monitoring to Inform the Construction of Large-Diameter Caissons (Dr. Brian Sheil, RAEng Research Fellow, University of Oxford) 2019-06-11 16:00: 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) 2019-09-06 14:00: Unprecedented Flow Failures of Ground during the 2018 Sulawesi Earthquake, Indonesia (Professor, Dr.Eng. Hemanta Hazarika - Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan) 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) 2020-03-06 14:00: Predicting Long Runout Landslides (Professor Paul M. Santi, Colorado School of Mine) 2020-04-17 15:30: Experimental and Numerical Study on the Use of Distributed Fibre Optic Sensing Technology for Sinkhole Detection (Gianluigi Della Ragione) 2020-07-23 16:00: Long-term basement heave in over-consolidated clay, or how to design an underground station using a time machine (Deryck Chan, CUED) 2020-10-22 16:00: Self-healing cut-off wall materials (Benyi Cao, PhD Research Student at the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge) 2020-11-05 16:00: Seismic behaviour of structures with basements in liquefiable soil (Dr Fiona Hughes, Graduate Geotechnical Engineer at Arup) 2020-11-12 16:00: Biomimetic vascular self-healing systems for cementitious materials (Zijing Li, PhD Research Student at the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge) 2020-11-19 16:00: 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.) 2020-11-26 16:00: Hydraulic fracturing of artificially generated soft sandstones (Charalampos Konstantinou, PhD Research Student at the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge) 2020-12-17 16:00: Multi-functional applications of graphene related materials in cementitious composites (Ioanna Papanikolaou, PhD Research Student at the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.) 2021-01-27 19:00: Innovative design criteria for piled foundations of wind turbines (Professor Luca De Sanctis, University of Naples ‘Parthenope’, Italy) 2021-02-10 19:00: 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) 2021-02-24 19:00: The impact of TBM EPB tunnelling on ground surface and existing buildings. (Professor Anna Lewandowska, Warsaw University of Technology) 2021-03-03 19:00: 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) 2021-03-17 19:00: Dynamic soil-structure interaction in buildings with oil dampers. (Jad Boksmati, University of Cambridge) 2021-03-24 19:00: Securing the (mud)line – considerations in design of offshore foundation (Prof. Richard Whitehouse, Chief Technical Director in Sediment Dynamics, HR Wallingford, UK) 2021-05-19 19:00: Modelling large deformation problems in geotechnics (MPM) (Dr. Alba Yerro-Colom, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech ) 2021-06-02 19:00: Experimental unsaturated soil mechanics: Multi-physics and multi-scale outlooks (Prof. Enrique Romero, Director of Research, Head Geotechnical Laboratory, Polytechnic University of Catalonia) 2021-06-09 19:00: Mechanical response of unsaturated expansive soil (Dr. Khalid Abdalla, Lecturer East London University) 2021-11-03 19:00: How to produce energy from geostructures (Dr Jean de Sauvage, Université Gustave Eiffel, France) 2021-11-10 19:00: Mobilisable strength design for retaining walls and introduction of software PROWD (Dr Chuhan Deng, Research Associate, University of Cambridge, UK) 2021-11-24 19:00: Seismic behaviour of anchored steel sheet pile retaining walls in sand (Alessandro Fusco, Senior PhD Student, University of Cambridge, UK) 2021-12-02 19:00: Landslide pipe-soil interaction: new insights using fiber optic sensing and change detection photogrammetry (Geoff Eichhorn, Senior PhD Student, University of Cambridge, UK) 2022-02-09 19:00: Challenges from pipe installation to rehabilitation (Dr Haitao Lan - Research Associate, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge) 2022-02-23 19:00: Micp from micro to macro: towards bio-inspired geotechnics (Dr Alexandra Clarà Saracho, Affiliated Lecturer in Engineering, King's College, University of Cambridge) 2022-03-02 19:00: The FOCUS project: real-time monitoring to inform underground construction operations (Dr Brian Sheil, Department of Engineering Sciences, University of Oxford) 2022-04-13 19:00: Dr Ulas Cilingir, Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Ørsted (Dr Ulas Cilingir, Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Ørsted)