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SUMMARY:Resilience and sustainability of infrastructure slopes and embankm
 ents - Professor Lidija Zdravkovic (Professor of Computational Geomechanic
 s &amp\; Head of Geotechnics at Imperial College London)
DTSTART:20170208T190000Z
DTEND:20170208T200000Z
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CONTACT:Stefan Ritter
DESCRIPTION:Overview: Infrastructure slopes and embankments are integral p
 arts of the UK road and rail networks. The latter structures are also util
 ised as flood defences along river banks and parts of the UK coastline. Th
 e design\, sustainability and long-term resilience of these structures pre
 sent some major challenges to geotechnical engineers. The talk will discus
 s and demonstrate the role of advanced numerical analysis in addressing so
 me of these challenges.\n\nBiography: Lidija Zdravkovic is a Professor and
  Head of the Geotechnics Section at Imperial College London. Her research 
 interests are focused on the development of numerical tools for advanced a
 nalysis of geotechnical structures. Currently she leads research projects 
 on the analysis and design of offshore wind turbine foundations\, deep nuc
 lear waste disposal and infrastructure embankments and slopes. She teaches
  elements of geotechnical analysis to both undergraduate and postgraduate 
 students. She has published widely and co-authored two text books on finit
 e element analysis in geotechnical engineering. She has received prizes fo
 r her work from the ICE and BGA and delivered the Géotechnique Lecture in
  2013. Her work for industry involves projects such as Crossrail\, The Sha
 rd and Gerrards Cross tunnel collapse. She has served as an elected member
  on the BGA Executive Committee.
LOCATION:Erasmus Room\, Queens College
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