Staff Lead researchers Professor Mark Spearing Vice-President (Research & Enterprise) Connect with Mark Email: S.M.Spearing@soton.ac.uk Other 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 Connect with William Email: W.Powrie@soton.ac.uk Professor Stephen Boyd BEng, MSc, PhD Professor Research interests Maritime Composites Experimental and Numerical mechanics Non-contact full-field techniques for validation of numerical models Connect with Stephen Email: S.W.Boyd@soton.ac.uk Professor Anna Peacock Professor of Photonics Research interests Nonlinear Optics Fibre optics Silicon Photonics Connect with Anna Email: acp@orc.soton.ac.uk Professor Alex Dickinson Professor Connect with Alex Email: alex.dickinson@soton.ac.uk Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups Bioengineering Group We apply engineering principles to the fields of biology and healthcare. Research outputs