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Frederick Levy (University of Southampton/National Grid UK)

Martyn Willan (Golder Associates)

Piotr Kowalczyk (Donaldson Associates)

David Muir Wood, Professor of Geotechncial Engineering at the University of Dundee, read Mechanical Sciences at Cambridge University, graduating in 1970. He received his PhD there in 1974 for research on the true triaxial behaviour of clays, followed by a lectureship from 1975-1987, moving to Glasgow University where he was the Cormack Chair of Civil Engineering. In 1995 he was elected Chair of Civil Engineering at Bristol University, becoming Dean of the Faculty of Engineering in 2003. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1998.

Professor Muir Wood's current research explores themes concerned with the particle-continuum duality of soils. He is developing constitutive models for soils with breakable particles, for soils whose finer particles are being transported away by internal flow of water, and for soils whose mechanical response is improved by the addition of short flexible fibres. The ongoing challenge for each of these is to obtain appropriate experimental data to support the modelling hypotheses.
Date 5 MARCH 2013
Time 18:00 - 20:00
Event Type Associated Society

The final of the BGA's 44th Cooling Prize Competition will be hosted by the University of Glasgow and the Scottish Geotechnical Group in the Main Lecture Theatre in the Charles Wilson Building of the University.

Three young geotechnical engineers will present papers as follows:

Frederick Levy (University of Southampton/National Grid UK):  The Uplift Capacity of Transmission Tower Foundations

Martyn Willan (Golder Associates): Geotechnical Properties of Patagonian Tephra Tuff

Piotr Kowalczyk (Donaldson Associates): A Comparison between Classical Bearing Capacity Theory and a Numerical Approach for Onshore Wind Turbine Foundations

The event will also feature a special lecture given by David Muir Wood on Rooting for Sustainable Performance (Modelling Interation of Roots and Soil) while the judges deliberate.

The BGA is delighted that Christine Cooling, daughter of Dr Leonard Cooling who instigated the prize to encourage junior engineers, will once again be present. 

The event is free and no advance registration is required.

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The Charles Wilson Building Main Lecture Theatre
1 University Avenue
Corner of Gibson Street and University Avenue
GLASGOW
UK
G12 8QQ

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