People
Academic and research staff
Majid Sedighi – Group lead and Senior Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering
William Craig – Emeritus Reader in Engineering
Negin Ghaemi – Research Associate
Mojgan Hadi Mosleh – Lecturer in Geo-environmental Engineering
Amanda Lea-Langton – Lecturer in Bioenergy Engineering
Domenico Lombardi – Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering
Mohd Ahmad Syed – Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering
PhD researchers
Yasser Al-towaijri
Modelling climate change impact on high-speed rail embankment.
yasser.altowaijri@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Mathieu Augustin
Seismic risk assessment of UK nuclear reactors.
mathieu.augustin@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Suleyman Bulbul
Advances in coupled hydraulic and mechanical behaviour of clays under thermal effects.
suleyman.bulbul@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Tian Chen
Effect of thermo-chemical processes on microstructure swelling in clays.
tian.chen@manchester.ac.uk
Weiqiang Chen
Relating single-pore mechanisms to pore-scale processes in porous media by molecular-level simulations.
weiqiang.chen@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Ruofeng Feng
Modelling internal erosion processes in porous materials by means of the Smoothed-particle hydrodynamics (SPH).
ruofeng.feng@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Linhua He
Thermo-hydro-chemical and mechanical behaviour of bentonite clays for use as plugs in abandonments.
linhua.he@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Stephen Irinyemi Ayanfe
Development of a probabilistic seismic risk assessment framework for dams in West-Africa.
stephen.irinyemi@manchester.ac.uk
Bashar Ismael
Seismic performance of pile-supported structures in liquefiable soils.
bashar.ismael@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Jorge Arturo Mendoza Ulloa
Lateral Soil-Structure Interaction of piled foundations in carbonate soils.
jorgearturo.mendozaulloa@manchester.ac.uk
Muhammad Omer
Non-destructive techniques for bridge inspection.
muhammad.omer@manchester.ac.uk
Siti Khadijah Che Osmi
Integrated methodology of seismic sensitivity and fragility evaluation of circular tunnels.
sitikhadijah.cheosmi@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Hamid Rajabi
Experimental and numerical studies on thermally advanced soil vapour extraction for remediation of fresh and aged heavy crude oil contaminated soil.
hamid.rajabi@manchester.ac.uk
Ziheng Wang
An experimental investigation of sand-based systems for purification of contaminated water.
ziheng.wang@manchester.ac.uk
Cong Yao
Numerical modelling of seismically-induced liquefaction using Smoothed-Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH).
cong.yao@manchester.ac.uk
Huaxian Yan
Modelling the erosion of compacted clay barrier and colloid-assisted chemical transport.
huaxiang.yan@manchester.ac.uk
Laboratory supervisor
Faten Ibrahim
faten.ibrahim@manchester.ac.uk
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