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Type
Lecture

56th Cooling Prize final

Event organised by ICE

Date
11 February 2025
Time

This event has now ended

Overview

The Cooling Prize is named after Dr Leonard Cooling, one of the founders of British Soil Mechanics, a former chair of the BGA, and the 2nd Rankine Lecturer.

At this year’s event there will be a short presentation on the history of the competition, followed by each of four finalists presenting their papers. Each finalist will give a 10 minute presentation before a short question and answer period. The four finalists are:

  • Serena Pak Chi Che – ‘Overcoming challenges in horizontal directional drilling with geotechnical engineering’
  • Maria Chalakatavaki – ‘A geotechnical plasticity framework for cable-seabed interaction modelling’
  • James Creasey – ‘ROBOCONE p-y module: A new site investigation tool’
  • Alexander Swallow – ‘Grout injection in open caisson shaft construction’


There will be a short keynote lecture from Professor Fleur Loveridge, former winner of the Cooling Prize, before the winner of the 56th Cooling Prize is announced.

Programme

17:30 - 18:00

Refreshments

18:00 - 20:00

Finalist presentations and lecture from Prof. Fleur Loveridge