Mechanics of Unsaturated Soils for Engineering (MUSE project)
Unsaturated Soil (ISSMGE TC6 site)
Representation of Geo-Engineering Data in Electronic Form (JTC2 site)
GeotechML - a web-based format for geotechnical data
Geotechnical Computer-aided Learning
Geotechnical and Geological Engineering - an international journal
(page last updated 30 August 2007)
School of Engineering, University of Durham
Geo-Engineering
Overview
Geo-engineering at Durham incorporates Geotechnical Engineering, Geo-Environmental Engineering and Engineering Geology. Durham University has a long history of research and teaching in Geo-Engineering. Durham was the first university in the UK to run a course in Engineering, with a programme in Civil and Mining Engineering launched in 1838.
Topics for research include: Unsaturated and Tropical Soils, Numerical modelling of tunnels and underground cavities, Land remediation, Sustainable development, Flood defences, Knowledge-based (expert) systems, Geotechnical data exchange via the World Wide Web, Computer-aided learning. Current projects include the MUSE project, a EU funded Marie Curie Research Training Network for Unsaturated Soils and the BIONICS project (Biological & Engineering Impacts of Climate Change on Slopes). This is a collaborative venture between the universities of Bristol, Dundee, Durham, Loughborough and Nottingham-Trent, coordinated by the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. It involves constructing a full-scale, instrumented soil embankment, planted with a variety of flora, with controlled heating and rainfall at its surface.