Doctor of Philosophy [Ph.D] [Civil Engineering (Geotechnical and Engineering Geology)] From Newcastle University

By pursuing research in the School of Engineering you will join an extremely successful research group focussing on geotechnical engineering and geology. Our mission is to foster, promote and conduct research of international quality. This means that we attract high quality graduates and researchers and train them to international standards.Within the School of Engineering we have a research group focussed on geotechnics and structures, which deals with the fundamental concepts of material behaviour, construction and design technology. Our research has a central theme of Earth systems science engineering and management, focussing on the concepts of:

• sustainability in construction
• climate change and the effects on civil engineering

We provide MPhil and PhD supervision within the broad disciplines of geotechnical engineering and engineering geology. Our current research areas are:

• seismic engineering and extreme loadings
• slope stability
• multi-phase flow and coupled multi-field analysis
• soil modelling
• waste minimisation and reuse
• ground improvement
• site characterisation

We also encourage multidisciplinary research, such as:

• ground improvement and remediation
• in situ testing
• geotechnical design
• geotechnical processes in construction and the natural environment.

As a result of our research we have been able to revolutionise electrokinetic geosynthetics, self-boring pressuremeters, geothermal testing and construct a full-scale embankment for field experimentation.