School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering

The research activities within the EERC’s Geotechnical Engineering group span practical and theoretical aspects of geotechnical engineering, offering solutions and explanations to challenging problems involving geotechnical structures such as constitutive modelling, construction using compacted fills, impact of climate change on infrastructure, offshore foundations  and ground improvements.

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• Effect of climate change on the long term performance of sub-bases

Dr V Sivakumar, Dr David Hughes & Dr Shane Donohue

• Strengthening of soft marine and estuarine clays with fibre reinforced stone columns

Dr John D McKinley & Dr V Sivakumar

Our Research

• Affiliated Research Centres
• School Research Ethics Committee
• Studentship Opportunities
  • Advanced Structural Materials
  • Intelligent Infrastructure
  • Marine Renewable Energy
  • Hydraulic Modelling
  • Groundwater Management
  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Projects for own funding
  • Leverhulme Trust PhD