Mike's in Oslo this week, presenting vibration free piling at the NGI International Workshop on Virtual Laboratory Testing and Micromechanics

At the UoD Geotechnics we have access to some excellent equipment for material characterisation! In this case Mercury intrusive porositmery and XRD were used to check out the pore space and material composition respectively! Can you guess what one has a high clay account?

New year - new you? PhD opportunity in offshore renewable anchoring here at Dundee, in collaboration with Bruce Anchors and University of Aberdeen: bit.ly/3IQdYlj Please share with any interested colleagues!

Still open: PhD opportunity in offshore renewable anchoring here at Dundee, in collaboration with Bruce Anchors and University of Aberdeen: bit.ly/3IQdYlj Please share with any interested colleagues!

Delighted that our work with #Heerema on silent piling has been nominated for the IMCA Award on Environmental Sustainability. Full details on bit.ly/3IQPNlA Results announced 6 June, fingers crossed!

Congratulations to Professor Michael Brown and Science & Eng, UoD, whose work with Heerema HFG to develop “silent foundations” for offshore wind turbines won IMCA’s Environmental Sustainability award 🌊 🏆 Read more about the project here 👉 buff.ly/2Yod5Yw

Great presentation from Dr Robert Bird at NUMGE2023 (@ImperialCiveng) on modelling Cone Penetration Tests (CPTs) using the material point method as part of Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council-funded project (EP/W000970/1). The model was validated using UoD Geotechnics centrifuge data.

Our first MPM-based anchor penetration simulation from our Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council-funded project on protecting offshore wind power cables in collaboration with UoD Geotechnics and BGS. Things to fix but good progress. See here: wmcoombs.github.io/Cable-Burial/ to learn more about the project.

The UKACM 2024 conference website is now live, and open for abstract submissions. sites.google.com/view/ukacm2024… The deadline for submitting a one-page abstract is 30th November. We hope to see you in Durham!

We're very proud to reveal that the #ICEAwards 2023 Geotechnical Research Medal has been won by our paper on Physical Modelling of Screw Piles in Geotechnique: shorturl.at/fNOU2, joint with Durham & Soton. Thanks to project partners and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council for funding 🏅

A chance to join our team at UoD Structural Engineering! Lectureship in Structural Engineering available here in Dundee, details at shorturl.at/bnovK

Abstract submissions for the 5th European Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics (ECPMG 2024) have been extended to Friday 1st of December 2023. Please check the website here tc104-issmge.com/ecpmg-2024/man… for further information on the abstract submission.

The new edition of the ICE Manual of #Geotechnical Engineering has arrived!! Borrow Vol. 1: Geotechnical engineering principles, problematic soils and site investigation. ice.soutron.net/Portal/Default… Vol. 2: Geotechnical design, construction and verification. ice.soutron.net/Portal/Default…

The submission window is still open!

Mike's and coauthors' baby has come out in 2nd edition👶! To get your own copy of the #ICE Manual of Geotechnical Engineering, follow the link below ⬇️

It’s publication day for the new edition of the Manual of Geotechnical Engineering! Written and edited by leading specialists, this is the definitive reference on geotechnical engineering solutions. Discover more here: bit.ly/3MMLj1s #geotechnicalengineering

Congratulations to Thomas Graham, MEng Civil Engineering graduate, who was named ‘Best Graduate Structural Engineer’ at the Scottish Structural Engineering People Awards. Find your future in Civil Engineering at the University of Dundee today: buff.ly/3Tz2Ez8

I have a fully funded PhD postition open for applications: Sustainable Green Urban Spaces: Assimilation of Citizen-Science Data for Air Quality Monitoring via Digital-Twin Simulation Explore data assimilation techniques in fluid dynamics. findaphd.com/phds/project/l…

🏅 The ICE Publishing Award's esteemed #TelfordGoldMedal is awarded to 'Control of Screw Pile Installation for Offshore Energy Optimization.' Huge congrats to @B_Cerfontaine, Michael J. Brown, Jonathan A. Knappett, and team! 🌟 Read the article here📖👇: bit.ly/46RYgjp

"It's to try to meet Scotland's ambitious targets for 2045 to reach net zero." University of Dundee Moray UK Research and Innovation have awarded a project £2.5 million in order to strengthen Scotland's position in the offshore wind sector.