Academic Staff

  • Aikaterini (Katerina) Tsiampousi

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    Aikaterini (Katerina) Tsiampousi Senior Lecturer

    Research Interests

    • Development of soil constitutive models, algorithms and numerical methodologies
    • Unsaturated soils
    • Applications in geotechnical infrastructures (soil-atmosphere interaction, nuclear waste disposal, tunnelling, slope stability, engineered barriers)
  • David M. G. Taborda

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    David M. G. Taborda Reader in Geomechanical Modelling

    Research Interests

    • Development of advanced models for soils
    • Applications in ground source energy
    • Data-driven models in geotechnical engineering
  • Stavroula Kontoe

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    Stavroula Kontoe Visiting Reader & Associate Professor at University of Patras

    Research Interests

    • Development and application of numerical methods to assess the performance of geotechnical structures
    • Geotechnical earthquake engineering (seismic performance of tunnels, retaining structures and dams, soil liquefaction, site response analysis, topographic effects on seismic ground motion)
    • Offshore geotechnics

Research Fellows & Research Associates

  • Dariel Hernandez Delfin

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    Dariel Hernandez Delfin MSCA Energy for Future Fellow

    Research Interests

    • Use of particle-scale simulations for calibrating and developing constitutive models
    • Constitutive modelling of soils under cyclic loading
    • Offshore geotechnics

Associates

  • Agustin Ruiz Lopez

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    Agustin Ruiz Lopez Honorary Research Associate & Research Engineer at Seequent PLAXIS

    Research Interests

    • Numerical modelling of underground construction processes
    • Software development for geotechnical modelling and design
    • Data science, machine learning and automation
  • Julia Katharina Moller

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    Julia Katharina Moller Honorary Research Associate & Senior Geotechnical Engineer at Wood Thilsted

Doctoral Researchers

  • Alison Provost

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    Alison Provost Research Postgraduate

    Research Interests

    • Thermal performance of thermo-active foundations
    • Ground source heating and cooling systems
    • Heat pump performance in the design of thermo-active piles  
  • Ethelbert Mezie

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    Ethelbert Mezie Research Postgraduate

    Research Interests

    • Soil-plant-atmosphere interactions on the stability of natural and man-made slopes
    • Capillary barrier applications for stability of unsaturated soil slopes
    • Unsaturated soil mechanics for geotechnical infrastructure
  • Fabian Ortiz Wall

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    Fabian Ortiz Wall Research Postgraduate

    Research Interests

    • Dynamic/seismic soil response analysis
    • Offshore geotechnics
  • Javier Sanchez Fernandez

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    Javier Sanchez Fernandez Research Postgraduate

    Research Interests

    • Evaluation of non-destructive integrity testing methods
    • Development of surrogate geothermal models for real-world applications
    • Numerical modelling of thermo-active structures
  • Jiaming Liu

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    Jiaming Liu Research Postgraduate

    Research Interests

    • Tunnel-pile-building interaction in London Clay
    • Tunnelling simulation in FE analysis
  • Maryam Maddah Sadatieh

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    Maryam Maddah Sadatieh Research Postgraduate

    Research Interests

    • Soil-Plant-Atmosphere interaction
    • Unsaturated soil mechanics
    • Effect of climate change on engineering infrastructure
  • Pishun Tantivangphaisal

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    Pishun Tantivangphaisal Research Postgraduate

    Research Interests

    • Development and practical application of advanced soil constitutive models
    • Bayesian methods to assess uncertainty in geotechnical characterisation and design
    • Offshore geotechnics
  • Shengjie Ma

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    Shengjie Ma Research Postgraduate

    Research Interests

    • Constitutive modelling in soil dynamics
    • Development of advanced models for soil dynamics
    • Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
  • Yunxiang Yang

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    Yunxiang Yang Research Postgraduate

    Research Interests

    • Development of surrogate models for geotechnical applications
    • Machine learning & Metaheuristics

Contact Geotechnics

Geotechnics
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Skempton Building
Imperial College London
South Kensington Campus
London, SW7 2AZ

Telephone:
+44 (0)20 7594 6077
Email: j.otoole@imperial.ac.uk
Alternatively, you can find a member of Geotechnics staff on the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering website

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