Research project

Platform Grants

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor William Powrie

Professor of Geotechnical Engineering

Research interests

  • Railway track and trackbed behaviour and performance
  • Geotechnical transportation infrastructure (earthworks, retaining walls, tunnels)
  • Groundwater and groundwater control
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Other researchers

Professor David Richards BEng MSt PhD CEng FICE

Professor in Ground Engineering
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Emeritus Professor Charles Banks

Research interests

  • Controlled anaerobic and aerobic biodegradation of municipal and industrial solid wastes
  • Concepts for an integrated farming system for non competitive food and fuel production
  • Energy production from digestion of crops and agricultural wastes
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Research outputs

J.K. White, D. Nayagum & R.P. Beaven, 2014, Waste Management, 34(9), 1644-1656
Type: article
R.P. Beaven, K. Knox, J.R. Gronow, D Greedy, O Hjelmar & H Scharff, 2014, Waste Management, 34(7), 1191-1198
Type: article
A. Stringfellow, W. Powrie, W. Castano-Tejada, S. Whatmore, A. Gilbert, R. Manser & R. Maslen, 2011, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Waste and Resource Management, 164(3), 179-190
Type: article