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ISMART - Sustainable management and resilience techniques for infrastructure

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
Connect with William

Email: W.Powrie@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Joel Smethurst BEng PhD GMICE FHEA

Professor
Research interests
  • Deterioration of geotechnical infrastructure subject to both seasonal cycles of wetting and d…
  • The effect of extreme weather events and climate change on the performance of earthworks (cut…
  • The effects of vegetation transpiration and root reinforcement on the performance of earthwor…
Connect with Joel

Email: J.A.SMETHURST@soton.ac.uk

Research outputs