About
Kevin is an Associate Professor in Geomechanics and RAEng/HS2 Ltd Senior Research Fellow (2020-2025).
His ambition is to find the best way to assess, preserve and strengthen our transport, water and energy infrastructure, so that it is resilient to climate change and fit for purpose in the 21st Century.
Kevin was a PI for the UKRI-funded ACHILLES Programme (2018-2024) to examine the weather-driven deterioration of infrastructure earthworks. He held a five-year RAEng Senior Research Fellowship, supported by HS2 Ltd (2020-2025) and a RAEng Industry Fellowship (2017-2018), supported by Network Rail.
Research
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Research interests
- Deterioration processes in ageing of transportation earthworks (e.g. highway and railway embankments and cuttings)
- The impact of extreme weather and climate change on groundwater pressures beneath engineering structures
- The engineering properties of Jurassic and Triassic mudstones for geotechnical design (e.g. excavations, embankments and foundations)
- The influence of glacial and periglacial weathering on the engineering properties of the ground
- Moisture movement beneath floor slabs in historic buildings
Research projects
Completed projects
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Publications
37 publications
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Kevin Briggs, Yuderka Trinidad González, William Powrie, Simon Butler & Nick Sartain,
2025, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 58(3)
Type: article
Kevin M. Briggs, Yuderka Trinidad Gonzalez, Gerrit J. Meijer, William Powrie, Simon Butler & Nick Sartain,
2025, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 62
Type: article
Kevin M. Briggs, Yuderka Trinidad González, Gerrit J. Meijer, Andrew Ridley, William Powrie, Simon Butler & Nick Sartain,
2024, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 57(4)
Type: article
Dominika Malinowska, Pietro Milillo, Kevin Briggs, Cormac Reale & Giorgia Giardina,
2024, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 17, 16392-16410
Type: article
Grace A. Morris, Kevin Briggs, Michael Beare, Geoffrey Allen & Richard J. Ball,
2024, Studies in Conservation, 70(1), 51-66
Type: article
Tom Dijkstra, Stephanie Glendinning, Kevin Briggs & William Powrie,
2024, Transportation Geotechnics, 45
Type: letterEditorial
Yuderka Trinidad González, Kevin M. Briggs, Aleksandra Svalova & Stephanie Glendinning,
2023, Infrastructure Asset Management, 10(4), 207-222
Type: article
Kevin M. Briggs, Yuderka Trinidad González, William Powrie, Simon Butler & Nick Sartain,
2023, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 57(1)
Type: article
Kevin Briggs, Peter R. Helm, Joel A. Smethurst, Alastair Smith, Ross Stirling, Aleksandra Svalova, Yuderka Trinidad Gonzalez, Fleur A. Loveridge & Stephanie Glendinning,
2023, Transportation Geotechnics, 43
Type: article
Wengui Huang, Fleur A. Loveridge, Kevin M. Briggs, Joel A. Smethurst, Nader Saffari & Fiona Thomson,
2023, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 57(1)
Type: article
Biography
Prizes
- EPSRC RISE (Recognising Inspirational Scientists and Engineers) Connector award (2018)
- Shropshire Geological Society - Honorary Member (2023)
- EPSRC RISE (Recognising Inspirational Scientists and Engineers) Connector award (2018)
- Shropshire Geological Society - Honorary Member (2023)
- Membership of ISSMGE TC202 (Technical Committee for Transport Geotechnics) (2023)
- National committee member for British Geotechnical Association (BGA) (2022-2025) (2022)
- University of Bath: Recognising Excellence Scheme 2014 (Teaching) (2014)
- 41st Cooling Prize (British Geotechnical Association) (2010)
- EPSRC Doctoral Prize (A one-year research Fellowship) (2011)