[Energy Geotechnics Webinar] We are delighted to announce that our speaker on 20th Sep (Monday) is Prof. Richard Jardine, a Fellow of the UK Royal Academy of Engineering. Welcome to join through the Tencent Meeting link: meeting.tencent.com/dm/cJS4AkWDfI5…

Our recent study investigated the fluid particle interactions on monodisperse angular particles. Together with Catherine ParticleSoilMechanic, we present how particle angularity affects permeability, tortuosity, and drag force. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Great pleasure and honor to join UCD earth institute UCD Earth Institute. In tomorrow’s event, I will discuss how my research on hydro-chemo-mechanically coupled process in geomaterials could help tackle our energy and climate changes.

[Energy Geotechnics Webinar] We are delighted to announce that our speaker on 4th Oct (Monday) is Prof. Carlos Santamarina. Welcome to join through the Tencent Meeting link: meeting.tencent.com/dm/hghXpYo1dtS…

[Energy Geotechnics Webinar] We are delighted to announce that our speaker on 8th Oct (Friday) is Prof Holger Ott. Welcome to join through the Tencent Meeting link: meeting.tencent.com/dm/ogu2z0Mai22…

[Energy Geotechnics Webinar] We are delighted to announce that our speaker on 19th Oct (Tuesday) is Prof Kenichi Soga. Welcome to join through Microsoft Teams: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/…

[Energy Geotechnics Webinar] We are delighted to announce that our speaker on 17th Nov (Wednesday) is Prof Suby Bhattacharya. Welcome to join through the Tencent Meeting link: meeting.tencent.com/dm/2DioUzqju9yv

Tenure-track position in UCD civil engineering

Very exciting to get the first trial scan image on the gap-graded soil sample with our newly developed mini triaxial loading cell. The scan was conducted with kindly support from Saoirse Tracy and Gordon Kavanagh in UCD Rosemount

We just received two devices WP4C and HYPROP to measure a complete and high-resolution soil water retention curve from METER Group. Very exiting to adopt them in our current study on desiccation crack formation metergroup.com/en/meter-envir…

We fabricated this microfludics chip to investigate the pore-scale multi-physics processes involved in Carbon Geological Storage #CCS. This has been done in Dr Nan Zhang’s lab UCD College of Engineering & Architecture

We are looking for a PhD candidate on Low-Field NMR Monitoring of Hydro-Thermo-Mechanical Processes in Fine Sediments. Please help circulate and contact me if interested. euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/743369

Excellent support from Saoirse Tracy and Gordon Kavanagh for the test setup and scanning. Hopefully we could get our results on internal erosion soon.

Doing science with limited fund - microfluidics chip fabrication and borrowed syringe pump from Dr Nan Zhang’s lab UCD College of Engineering & Architecture + borrowed microscope from Kevin Nolan + pressure sensor €10 + homemade data-logger with Ardiuno by Dave Morgan €40 😀

We review the principles of NMR and demonstrate its capability to monitor pore water in fine sediments - astm.org/gtj20210144.ht…. Five years after the first experiment at KAUST looking at pore water in glass beads with MRI. A long but rewarding journey!

Very interesting discussion on climate change between scientists, science advisors to government, and science communicator #EGU22

“It’s just summer.” 🙄

Four-year PhD scholarship in Geotechnical Engineering starting in Jan 2023 University College Dublin. 10 days before deadline. euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/839524

[UCD Seminar] Geothermal Energy, Thermal Energy Storage and District Heating - 15th Dec at UCD University Club UCD Earth Institute UCD Civil Engineering UCD Earth Sciences UCD Centre for Critical Infrastructure Research UCD College of Engineering & Architecture On-site attendance: eventbrite.ie/e/472627099377 Online attendance: ucd-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

[PhD Scholarship] Three-year PhD scholarship in Geotechnical Engineering on Seabed Anchor at UCD starting in Sep 2023. Application deadline - 14th April. euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/81281 The project is funded by SEAI with Mike Long, Mark Coughlan, Jen Rubio, and Pat Naughton.