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Skip to main content Skip to search Skip to section menu Skip to sidebar menu View accessibility support page IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON IMPERIAL ALERT CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) UPDATES: SAFETY INFORMATION FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2021-22 Latest information for current students, staff, offer holders and applicants MAIN NAVIGATION * Study * * Undergraduate Top Links * Courses for 2022 entry * How to apply * Fees and funding * Accommodation * Open days * Undergraduate prospectus 2022 * Postgraduate Top Links * Courses for 2021-22 * Doctoral courses * How to apply * Fees and funding * Accommodation * Faculties and departments * Education centres and schools * Continuing Professional Development * Executive Education * Living in London London’s fusion of culture, charm and career opportunities is hard to beat * International students Students come from over 140 different countries to study at Imperial * Campus life Experience what it's like to be a member of the College community * Research & Innovation * * Partner with us At a glance * Clinical Trials * Business support and partnerships * Consultancy * Executive education * A-Z services for partners * Research support At a glance * Resources for staff * Research Office * Faculty research services teams * Research integrity * Clinical Trials * Global Imperial * College Strategy 2015-2020 * Faculties and departments * A-Z research groups and centres * Funding opportunities * REF 2021 * Imperial’s impact Read case studies about how Imperial research has made a difference * Research news Keep up to date with Imperial’s cutting edge discoveries * Enterprise Learn how we support entrepreneurship and help find research-driven solutions to industry challenges * Be Inspired * * Take part Top links * Schools Outreach * What's on at Imperial * Festival * Imperial Lates * Alumni events * Volunteering and outreach * Engage online Top links * Imperial news * Podcasts * Imperial Magazine * Imperial Stories * Social media directory * Staff and student volunteering * Imperial magazine * Societal engagement * Imperial College Podcast presented by Gareth Mitchell and the Communications & Public Affairs pod squad * Imperial Today Subscribe to our daily newsletter and receive the best stories from Imperial direct to your inbox * Student blogs Find out about life on campus from our team of student bloggers * About * * The College Overview * Strategy 2020-2025 * Academic Strategy * League tables * Facts and figures * College governance * Administration and support services * Sustainability * Our people At a glance * President * Provost * Alumni stories * Award winners * Recognising our people * A - Z of Faculties and Departments * Faculty of Engineering * Faculty of Medicine * Faculty of Natural Sciences * Imperial College Business School * Global Imperial We are the UK's most international university * Our campuses Explore our London locations * White City Campus Imperial’s research and innovation district * Newz * What's on * News * Give * A-Z * Faculties and departments * Multidisciplinary networks, centres and institutes * Research groups * People finder * Administration and support services * Information for * Prospective students * Current students * Alumni * Staff * Jobs at Imperial * Partners and business * Media * Donors * Parents * Conference organisers Search Imperial Search GEOTECHNICS SECTION NAVIGATION * Geotechnics Overview * About us * Geotechnics Student Life * Geotechnics MSc Student Life * Geotechnics PhD Student Life * Annual Rankine Events * History of the Section * Our alumni * MSc Industrial Bursary Scheme * Job Opportunities * People * Research * Research Projects * Seepage induced geotechnical instability * Seepage Workshop * Crossrail * ALPACA * Offshore wind-turbine pile design * PISA * BEACON * MATHEGRAM * BRISS * CACTUS * Facilities and Expertise * Geotechnical Laboratory * ICFEP – Imperial College Finite Element Program * Field monitoring * Particulate Discrete Element Modelling * Postgraduate taught course (MSc) * Postgraduate research (PhD) * Short courses (CPD) * Events * Home * Research groups * Geotechnics * Research RESEARCH GEOTECHNICAL RESEARCH FACILITIES AND EXPERTISE Discover our facilities and expertise RESEARCH PROJECTS Explore recent and current research projects ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH STAFF RESEARCH INTERESTS Expand all GEOTECHNICS ACADEMIC AND TEACHING STAFF A-Z PhotoDetails ANTONIO CARRARO Senior Lecturer, PhD, MSc, BSc Fundamental soil mechanics; Advanced laboratory testing of soils; Sustainable geomaterials; Intermediate soils; Offshore sediments. RICHARD JARDINE Professor of Geomechanics, FREng, MSc, DIC, PhD, FICE, FCGI Deputy Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering Department Soil mechanics; Constitutive behaviour; Laboratory and field experiments; Instrumentation; Geotechnical design; Soft Ground engineering; Deep foundations; Offshore geotechnics; Geohazards; Cold region geotechnics. STAVROULA KONTOE Reader in Soil Dynamics, MSc, DIC, PhD, CEng, MICE Director of the MSc Programme in Civil and Environmental Engineering Computational geomechanics; Earthquake engineering; Site response; Dynamic behaviour of soils and earth structures. JAMES LAWRENCE Senior Lecturer, PhD Undergraduate Year 1 Coordinator Upper cretaceous carbonates (Chalk); Geological disposal of radioactive waste; Geomechanics; Structural geology; Petroleum reservoir characterisation; Modelling slope instability; Coastal recession related to the impact of climate change and weathering of rock. CATHERINE O'SULLIVAN Professor of Particulate Soil Mechanics, PhD, MIEI Chair of the Equality, Diversity and Departmental Culture (EDDC) committee Discrete element modelling; Particulate soil mechanics; Micro-computed tomography; Internal erosion; Stress wave propagation; Cyclic soil response; Validation of discrete element models (DEM). DAVE POTTS GCG Professor of Geotechnical Engineering, PhD, FREng, CEng, FICE Application of FEM to geotechnical problems; Geotechnical numerical analysis; Constitutive modelling; Soil-structure interaction. JAMIE STANDING Reader in Ground Engineering, PhD, CEng, MICE Chair of the Undergraduate Exam Board Soil-structure interaction; Tunnelling and deep excavations; Field monitoring; Piles; Model testing; Partly saturated soils and residual soils. DAVID TABORDA Senior Lecturer, DIC, PhD Department ICT Representative Computational geomechanics; Constitutive modelling of soils; Soil dynamics; Cyclic soil behaviour; Soil-Structure interaction; Geothermal energy systems; Thermo-hydro-mechanical behaviour of soils; Optimisation algorithms. KATERINA TSIAMPOUSI Senior Lecturer, PhD Director of MSc in Soil Mechanics THM modelling of geo-materials; Behaviour of partially saturated media in deep nuclear repositories; Reliability and risk of geotechnical structures (excavations, tunnels, slopes, foundations); Behaviour of railway embankments under seasonal changes in suction. LIDIJA ZDRAVKOVIC Professor of Computational Geomechanics, DIC, PhD Head of Geotechnics Section Development and application of FEM in geotechnical engineering; Constitutive modelling; Unsaturated soils; THM modelling of geomaterials; Soil-structure interaction; Laboratory testing of soils. Geotechnics Academics A-Z Geotechnics Academics A-Z Download our Departmental Research Brochure GEOTECHNICS RESEARCH STAFF A-Z PhotoDetails TRUONG LE Research Associate, PhD Experimental soil mechanics, time-dependent soil behaviour, advanced element scale testing Email Truong TOKIO MORIMOTO Research Assistant A DEM analysis of thermal effects on micromechanics of packed granular beds Email Tokio ALEXANDROS PETALAS Research Associate, PhD Climate Adaption Control Technologies for Urban Spaces (CACTUS). EPSRC funded. Email Alexandros MARINA SCHNAIDER BORTOLOTTO Research Assistant, Part-time Investigation on the thermal behaviour of granular materials Email Marina Geotechnics Research Staff A-Z Geotechnics Academics A-Z AN OVERVIEW OF OUR RESEARCH OUTPUTS AND MEASURES OF ESTEEM Expand all AWARD WINNING RESEARCH PAPERS AND RESEARCH AWARDS 2020 Telford Gold Medal + BGA Medal (2020) - Best paper overall: This medal was awarded by the Institution of Civil Engineers for the paper "Pore water pressure and total horizontal stress response to EPBM tunnelling in London Clay" authored by M. S. P. Wan, J. R. Standing, D. M. Potts, J. B. Burland Géotechnique (2019): https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/10.1680/jgeot.17.P.309 2019 David Hislop Award: The David Hislop Award (also known as the Offshore award) for best paper on offshore matters was awareded to Ageing and cyclic behaviour of axially loaded piles driven in chalk; R. M. Buckley, R. J. Jardine, S. Kontoe, D. Parker and F. C. Schroeder: Géotechnique (2018): https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/full/10.1680/jgeot.17.P.012 2019 R. M. Quigley Award: This award is given to the best paper published in the Canadian Geotechnical Journal in the preceding year.“Undrained behaviour of intact soft clay under cyclic paths that match vehicle loading conditions” (Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 2018, 55(1): 90-106, https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2016-0636 2018 Soils and Foundations Best Paper Award: This was awarded in May 2019 for Experimental and DEM assessment of the stress-dependency of surface roughness effects on shear modulus Otsubo, M. and O'Sullivan, C. Soils and Foundations. Volume 58, Issue 3, June 2018, Pages 602-614 : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038080618300349 2018 Telford Gold Medal: Wan, M.S.P., Standing, J.R., Potts, D.M. and Burland, J.B. (2017). Measured short-term subsurface ground displacements from EPBM tunnelling in London Clay. Géotechnique, Vol. 67, No. 9, pp. 748-779. 2017 Soils and Foundations Best Paper Award: HF Taylor, C O'Sullivan, WW Sim, SJ Carr (2017) Sub-particle-scale investigation of seepage in sands Soils and Foundations 57 (3), 439-452 Canadian Geotechnical Journal Editor's Choice recognition: A paper co-authored by Prof. Richard Jardine has been selected as one of the “Editor’s Choice” papers for 2018 by the Canadian Geotechnical Journal in recognition of its high caliber and topical importance. The paper authored by Cai et al. (2018) is entitled "Undrained behaviour of intact soft clay under cyclic paths that match vehicle loading conditions". doi:10.1139/cgj-2016-0636 (Spiral http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/45598). 2017 BGA FLEMING AWARD The PISA Project was awarded the BGA Fleming Award in Dec. 2017. 2016 GEOTECHNICAL RESEARCH MEDAL Avgerinos, V. Potts D. M. & Standing, J. R. (2016) The use of kinematic hardening models for predicting tunnelling-induced ground movements in London Clay Géotechnique 66(2) 106-120 2013 OUTSTANDING PAPER INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEO-ENGINEERING CASE HISTORIES Burland, J.B., Jamiolkowski, M.B., Viggiani, C. (2012) Leaning Tower of Pisa: Behaviour after Stabilization Operation International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories Vol. 1, No. 3, Paper # IJGCH_1_3_2 2012 GEOTECHNICAL RESEARCH MEDAL Puzrin, A.M, Burland, J.B., Standing, J. R. (2012) Simple approach to predicting ground displacements caused by tunnelling in undrained anisotropic elastic soil Géotechnique 62(4), 341 –352 2012 BGA MEDAL Potts D. M. & Zdravkovic L. (2012), Accounting for partial material factors in numerical analysis Geotechnique 62 (12): 1053-1065. 2010 MANBY PRIZE S. Nishimura, C. J. Martin, R. J. Jardine and C. H. Fenton (2009) A new approach for assessing geothermal response to climate change in permafrost regions Geotechnique 59(12): 213-227 2010 BGA MEDAL Potts, V. J. and Zdravkovic, L. (2010) Finite-element study of arching behaviour in reinforced fills Proc. ICE - Ground Improvement 163, Issue GI4, 217–229 2008 BGA MEDAL Kontoe S, Zdravkovic L, Potts DM, Menkiti C.O. (2008) Case study on seismic tunnel response, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 2008, Vol:45, Pages:1743-1764. 2008 ICE GEOTECHNICAL RESEARCH MEDAL Hight, D.W., Gasparre, A., Nishimura, S., Anh-Minh, N., Jardine, R.J. & Coop, M.R. (2007) Characteristics of the London clay from the Terminal 5 site at Heathrow Airport. Symposium in Print on Stiff Sedimentary Clays Geotechnique, 57(2), pp 3-18. 2008 ICE BILL CURTIN MEDAL FOR INNOVATION Bourne-Webb P.J., Potts D.M. & Rowbottom D.(2007) Plastic bending of steel sheet piles, Geotechnical Engineering 160, Issue GE3, 2007, 129-140. 2008 IACMAG OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS AWARD Awarded to Prof. David Potts for contributions throughout his career by the Int. Assoc. for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics. FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS EPSRC GRANTS (2021-2024) Sustainable, Flexible and Efficient Ground-source heating and cooling systems (SaFEGround) D. Taborda (PI) (2017-2021) Climate Adaptation Control Technologies for Urban Spaces (CACTUS) D. Potts, L.Zdravkovic, K.Tsiampousi (2017-2019) ALPACA: Axial-Lateral Chalk Analysis for Piles Applying multi-scale field and laboratory testing R. Jardine (PI) S. Kontoe (CI) (2017-2020) Particle-scale investigation of seepage induced geotechnical instabilities. C. O'Sullivan (PI) (2015-2016) Effect of time on the evolution of soil behaviour: new advanced triaxial creep cell experimentsW.W. Sim (PI) (2010-2014) Assessing ground interaction effects and potential damage on existing tunnels before and after new excavation works JR Standing (PI), J. Burland (CI), D.M. Potts (CI), R. Vollum (CI) Link to project website. (2009-2013) Micromechanics of seismic wave propagation in granular materials C. O'Sullivan (PI), P. Kelly (CI) (2007-2010) The Properties and Structure of British Stiff Clays and Mudrocks R. Jardine (PI), C. Fenton (CI), M. Coop (2006-2011) Platform Grant for Laboratory Soil Mechanics Research R. Jardine (PI), D.M. Potts (CI), M. Coop (2006-2009) Using blinding as struts in cut and cover excavations R. Vollum (PI), B. Izzuddin (CI), D.M. Potts (CI) NERC Grants (2020-2023) Rapid deployment of multi-functional modular sensing systems in the soil C. O'Sullivan (PI) HORIZON 2020 (2019-2022) MATHEGRAM Marie Curie ITN (led by the University of Surrey) C. O'Sullivan, D. Taborda (2017-2021) BEACON (Bentonite Mechanical Evolution Prof. Lidija Zdravkovic, Prof. David Potts, Dr. Aikaterini Tsiampousi, Dr. Jamie Standing Institution of Civil Engineers 2021 Ground and existing tunnel response to building demolition, excavation and new construction. J. Standing (PI) Leverhulme Trust 2017-2021 Fundamental analysis of the influence of structure on clay behaviour C. O'Sullivan (PI) INVITED PRESTIGE LECTURES 2016 BRITISH GEOTECHNICAL ASSOCIATION RANKINE LECTURE, LONDON Prof. Richard Jardine 2015 BRITISH GEOTECHNICAL ASSOCIATION GÉOTECHNIQUE LECTURE, LONDON Dr. Catherine O'Sullivan 2014 17TH SOWERS LECTURE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, USA Prof. Richard Jardine 2013 BRITISH GEOTECHNICAL ASSOCIATION GÉOTECHNIQUE LECTURE, LONDON Prof. Lidija Zdravkovic 2013 BISHOP LECTURE - INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR SOIL MECHANICS AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING, PARIS Prof. Richard Jardine 2012 THE LYMON C. REESE DISTINGUISHED LECTURE AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN Prof. John Burland 2012 THE JENNINGS MEMORIAL LECTURE TOUR, SOUTH AFRICA Prof. John Burland 2012 ZEEVARAT LECTURE, MEXICO Prof. David Potts 2011 28TH MANUEL ROCHA LECTURE, LISBON, 2011 Prof. John Burland 2010 LIDDIARD LECTURE OF THE INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS, MINERALS AND MINING Prof. John Burland 2009 BRITISH GEOTECHNICAL ASSOCIATION GÉOTECHNIQUE LECTURE, LONDON Dr. Jamie Standing 2008 7TH LOVELL LECTURE, USA Prof. David Potts 2008 SIXTH ATHENIAN GEOTECHNICAL LECTURE, ATHENS Prof. John Burland RECORDED LECTURES Members of staff in the section are often invited to deliver invited lectures, some of which are recorded for subsequent broadcasting. Links to these lectures are given here: 2021 On March 11 2021 Prof. Catherine O'Sullivan presented a Granular Matter Webinar: Polydispersity – implications for granular material behaviour and modelling challenges 2019 On Feb 20 2021 Prof. Catherine O'Sullivan presented her inaugural lecture: Engineering sand: From the micro- to the macro-scale 2016 On March 16 2016 Prof. Richard Jardine delivered the BGA Rankine lecture Energy & Geotechnics 2015 On Nov 17 2015 Prof. Catherine O'Sullivan delivered the BGA Géotechnique lecture "A Particulate Perspective on Soil Mechanics" On June 25 2015 Prof. Lidija Zdravkovic delivered her inaugural lecture "Advanced geomechanics: hot, dehydrated and shaken" 2014 Expedition Workshed have recorded Prof. Burland giving an Introduction to Soil Mechanics. On 19th February Prof. Burland spoke at a BGA Young Career Group Meeting: The title was "Good practice for young geo-engineers: Boots, computers and engineering judgement." The recording is available here. 2013 On 13th November Prof. Lidija Zdravkovic delivered the BGA Geotechnique Lecture Dr Lidija Zdravkovic. The title was: Geotechnical numerical analysis: a road map. The recording is available here. SPIN OUT COMPANY Geotechnical Observations A company formed by Professor Vaughan and Doctors Dineen and Ridley, previous members of the academic staff here, specialising in the measurement and monitoring of soil suctions using the Imperial College Suction Probe. COMPLETED PHD RESEARCH Expand all GEOTECHNICS ALUMNI 2020-2021 2021 NameTitle and supervisor Kirkham, Andrew Development of a new temperature-controlled oedometer Supervised by: Tsiampousi, A.; Potts, D.M. 2020 NameTitle and supervisor Ghiadistri, Giulia Marianna Numerical study of bentonite buffers homogenisation upon re-saturation Supervised by: Zdravkovic, L.; Potts, D.M.; Tsiampousi, A. Nguyen, Hoang Micromechanics of shear wave propagation and non-linear stiffness of granular materials Supervised by: O’Sullivan C. Sailer, Eleonora Numerical modelling of thermo-active retaining walls Supervised by: Taborda, D.; Zdravkovic, L. Salim, Hendarto Assessing local and global displacements from tunnelling and water extraction in Jakarta Supervised by: Standing, J.R. GEOTECHNICS 2008-2009 2009 NameTitle and supervisor Abela, J Blinding struts in cut & cover excavations Supervised by: Professor D. Potts/Dr R. Vollum/Professor B. A. Izzuddin Aldama Bustos, G An exploratory study of parameter sensitivity, representation of results and extensions of PSHA: Case Study - United Arab Emirates Supervised by: Professor J. Bommer Barreto Gonzalez, D Numerical and experimental investigation into the behaviour of granular materials under generalised stress states. Supervised by: Dr C. O'Sullivan/Dr L. Zdravkovic Cavarretta, I The Influence of Particle Characteristics on the Engineering Behaviour of Granular Materials Supervised by: Professor M. Coop; Dr C. O'Sullivan Zolghadr Zadeh Jahromi, H Nonlinear Soil-Structure Interaction Supervised by: Professor B. A. Izzuddin; Dr L. Zdravkovic 2008 NameTitle and supervisor Bodas Freitas, T M Numerical Modelling of the Time Dependent Behaviour of Clays Supervised by: Professor D. Potts Zabidi, H Studies of karst in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Supervised by: Dr M. de Freitas Pre-2008 Information about completed PhD research prior to 2009 may be available from the section but is only available to registered members of the Department. Please contact Sue Feller. 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