Name:	Dr Michael DE FREITAS PhD, FGS
Job Title:	Reader in Engineering Geology - Civil and Environmental Engineering
Section:	Soil Mechanics
Department:	Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Faculty:	Engineering
Campus:	South Kensington
Telephone:	020 7594 6023
E-Mail:	m.defreitas@imperial.ac.uk
Web:	http://www.gse.ic.ac.uk/members/DeFreitas.html
Keywords:	Geology and its influence on foundations
	Tunnels
	Slopes
	Groundwater and contamination of the ground
	Survey and prediction of ground conditions
	Geological reasons why rocks and sediments have the strength and other properties they possess