Geotechnics and Structures (GEST) group at @EngineeringNCL . We deal with the fundamental concepts of material behaviour, construction and design technology
Newcastle upon Tyne
Joined November 2019
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This blog by Dr Haoyu Huang @EngineeringNCL & Prof Wen-Shao Chang @unilincoln explores innovative methods to strengthen #timberstructures – protecting #historicbuildings & advancing eco-friendly #construction. Read it here bit.ly/3AuDhaI #SmartCitiesAI
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Sign up for @anushashah1's public lecture this Thursday @UniofNewcastle Curtis Auditorium at 5.30pm "Making connections for a nature- and people-positive world" at tinyurl.com/ytcv3f5c or call 0191 208 6136. I am chairing!
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63rd Rankine Lecture by Professor Kenichi Soga...
🟢 Event Date - 19th March 2025
🟢 Time - 5.30pm - 7.30pm
🟢 Venue - The Great Hall, Sherfield Building, Imperial College London,
Full details here - lnkd.in/etsYerga
#BGA
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Read about our latest project, led by research student Madeleine Tate, on combatting excess storm water in residential areas using #SuDS Planters: blogs.ncl.ac.uk/sustainabili…
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Have you been thinking about registering for the Planetary Geoscience Conference? Registration is OPEN and is free for members of the Geological Society! geolsoc.org.uk/geofutures
#GeoFutures24 #PlanetaryScience #PlanetaryGeoscience #Geoscience #Geology #EarthScience
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Our CEO Nichola Tasker is touring the North East visiting universities and colleges - including 2023 Prize-winners @UniofNewcastle and their flagship water security research programme. Pictured here with Newcastle professors @profrichdawson and @clwnewc. #QAPrizes
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Academic colleagues in @engineeringncl have developed a new model to significantly improve the prediction of life-threatening flash flooding.
Read the full article here:⤵️ from.ncl.ac.uk/flash-floods-…
ALT Flooding on a main street.
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Welcome to prospective students and parents attending our September Open Day! A full atrium for our first Engineering session in the Stephenson Building this morning 😀
#nclvisit @Sage_NCL
ALT Visitors attending the Open Day in the Stephenson Building atrium.
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Coal Authority investigates whether M80 subsidence is linked to old mine shaft
The @CoalAuthority is carrying out ground investigations at the site of a significant subsidence incident on a slip road off the M80 motorway south of Bannockburn in Scotland.
geplus.co.uk/news/coal-autho…
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Happy International Women in Engineering Day! We're proud of our incredible community of women in engineering 🌟 #INWED24 #WomenInEngineering
We're celebrating our incredible women in engineering this International Women in Engineering Day! Hear why they chose engineering and their advice for aspiring women engineers 👇 #INWED24
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Wyoming landslide likely triggered by ‘soil saturation from rapid snowmelt’
A #landslide in Wyoming that caused a road to “catastrophically” fail was likely caused by soil saturation from rapid snowmelt due to warmer than average spring temperatures.
geplus.co.uk/uncategorised/w…
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Day 6 of the MSc in Geotechnical and Geological Engineering field trip to France and we are using our field data collection skills to assess the stability of a rock slope with some interesting features. Plus time to squeeze in one more dam.
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Day 5 of the MSc in Geotechnical and Geological Engineering | Newcastle University field trip and we are picking up on lessons learned yesterday to map another very large landslide with some different features and issues.
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Day 4 of the MSc in Geotechnical and Geological Engineering | Newcastle University and it’s been a hot day mapping a landslide. Students learn to identify and record the clues showing past, continuing and potential for future movement in the slope.
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Day 3 of our MSc in Geotechnical and Geological Engineering | Newcastle University field trip and we are mapping discontinuities with a view to assessing stability of the road cutting.
Newcastle University
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Day 2 of our MSc in Geotechnical and Geological Engineering | Newcastle University international field trip and it’s all about rock mass classification in the context of tunnels. How big a span is feasible?
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Day 1 of our MSc in Geotechnical and Geological Engineering | Newcastle University field trip to the south of France. Assessing the Malpasset dam failure. Looking at how the dam interacted with the rock mass.
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Warming up for the MSc in Geotechnical and Geological Engineering | Newcastle University residential field trip with a look over @GEST_NCL @EngineeringNCL’s full scale research embankment and a trip down the Yorkshire coast looking at slope stability in glacial tills.
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Newcastle University announces scholarship schemes to extend support to international students indiaeducationdiary.in/newca…
