Paul Jaquin

School of Engineering
University Science Laboratories
South Road
Durham
DH1 3LE

0191 3342415

p.a.jaquin@dur.ac.uk

I am a final year PhD student at Durham University studying historic rammed earth structures. I received a 2.1 in Civil Engineering at Durham University, and was a recipient of the ICE QUEST scholarship. I was sponsored through university by Whitbybird and have around five months structural design experience in their London office.

Academic

2000 – 2004 Durham University

MEng Civil Engineering  2.1

1993 – 2000 Ermysted’s Grammar School Skipton

A Levels

GCSEs

Relevant Experience

2003 JBA Consulting

Working on a large scale flood modeling exercise for the Environment Agency. The project was a 2D river model of England and Wales based on new radar gained topographical data. I corrected river profiles and cross sections in order to make the computer model work more effectively.

2001 and 2002 Whitby Bird & Partners

I have worked for Whitby Bird and Partners for the previous two summers. The main project I have been involved in is a £100M residential development in central London. In summer 2001 I was responsible for the design of the stability walls and transfer beams in reinforced concrete. In summer 2002 I worked on the same project this time doing the stability analysis of a 10 storey high block of highly irregular shape. I also designed a number of floor slabs and was responsible for issuing drawings to other consultants, and the checking of RC detail drawings.

Positions held and responsibilities

I am secretary of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Graduates and Students (G&S) Committee and am involved in the organisation of events and meetings to help graduate members attain chartered status. I am also a member of the G&S National Committee of the ICE which aims to promote the views of the younger members within the ICE.

I am a demonstrator in the civil engineering laboratory which involves teaching undergraduates some of the fundamentals of engineering such as concrete design, mechanics of solids and soil mechanics.

I am a Science and Engineering Ambassador and promote engineering in schools and colleges in the northeast.

At school I was Deputy Head boy and captain of the rugby 2^nd XV. I was a member of the cross country club, and represented the school at swimming, orienteering and athletics.

Languages

Intermediate German
Basic French, Spanish and Arabic

Research Interests

I am currently researching rammed earth construction with an emphasis on historic rammed earth. I am attempting to find better ways to model rammed earth buildings, using finite element techniques combined with soil models. This way rammed earth structures can be better assessed and more informed decisions taken about their stability and repair. For more information see www.historicrammedearth.co.uk

Presentations

School of Engineering Research Day 25 June 2007 - Soil Mechanics group presentation

Advanced Mechanics Research Group, Durham University 23 November 2006 - Modelling rammed earth using soil mechanics principles

Structural Analysis of Historic Constructions 9 November 2006 - Analysis of Historic Rammed earth

Archaeology Department, University of Durham 02 May 2006 - Historic Rammed Earth structures in Spain

ICE North Papers competition 05 April 2006 - Rammed earth structures

IStructE Young Researchers Conference 15 March 2006 - Analysis of Historic Rammed Earth

House of Commons Presentations by Top UK Younger Scientists and Engineers 13 March 2006 - Analysis of Historic Rammed Earth

SAHC 2004 11 November 2004 - Analysis of Rammed Earth structures for modern use and conservation

Prizes

School of Engineering Research Day 2007 - Winner of poster competition

School of Engineering Research Day 2006 - 2nd prize

ICE North Papers competion 2006 - 2nd prize £50

IStructE Young researchers competion 2006 - 2nd prize £250

IStructE Rowen Travel Award 2006 £1200

Publications

Conference papers

Jaquin, PA, Augarde, CE, Gerrard, CM, 2003 Analysis of Rammed Earth structures for modern use and conservation, International Seminar, Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions, Padua, 2004.

Photograph credits

Two historic rammed earth building photographs in Easton, D. The Rammed Earth House. Chelsea Green Publishing Company. Reprinted August 2007

Two photographs of historic rammed earth buildings used in Desert Living Center in Las Vegas, showing the history and development of the rammed earth techniqure

Skills

Engineering Software

Stress Analysis

I am experienced in the use of Strand7 finite element software which I have used for much of my PhD work. I have also used Plaxis the soil modelling program and used Robot Millennium while at Whitbybird. I also have some experience using Itasca Discrete Element code.

Drawing

I am an accomplished user of Solidworks and have constructed a number of complex models during my time at university.

Mapping

I spent around three months using the Arc map suite of software while working at JBA Consulting and have also used MapInfo products.

Office applications

I am an expert Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint user. I also have experience with LaTeX and with the OpenOffice suite. I have experience writing html and am skilled using Dreamweaver and Fireworks. I maintain the Historic Rammed Earth website, and wrote the Advances in Continuum Mechanics course website

Interests and activities

I am a keen runner and compete regularly. I have run six full marathons and two half marathons. I also compete in triathalons and mountain marathon events.

I enjoy being outdoors and am a keen mountain biker and climber. I have a passion for travel and have travelled in much in Europe. I recently climbed Stok Kangri in the Indian Himalayas (6121m) and mountain biked the Tour du Mont Blanc. I was a Scout leader for 5th Skipton Scouts for a number of years and have organised and run a large number of Scouting activities. I have also worked as a lifeguard and am a qualified leader for a national walking company.

Some of the things I get up to