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Lead researcher

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.
Other researchers

Professor David Richards BEng MSt PhD CEng FICE

Professor in Ground Engineering

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

Research outputs

Single-well injection-withdrawal tests as a contaminant transport characterisation tool for landfilled waste
Tristan Rees-White,
Nicholas Woodman,
R.P. Beaven,
John Barker,
& James Rollinson
, 2021 , Waste Management , 128 , 142--153
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2021.04.047
Type: article
Experimental study of the intrinsic permeability of municipal solid waste
Xiao Bing Xu,
William Powrie,
Wen Jie Zhang,
David Stuart Holmes,
Hui Xu,
& Richard Beaven
, 2020 , Waste Management , 102 , 304--311
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2019.10.039
Type: article
Installation and performance of horizontal wells for dewatering at municipal solid waste landfills in China
Jie Hu,
Han Ke,
Liang Tong Zhan,
Zu Yu Chen,
Ji Wu Lan,
William Powrie,
& Yun Min Chen
, 2020 , Waste Management , 103 , 159--168
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2019.12.035
Type: article
AERMOD as a Gaussian dispersion model for planning tracer gas dispersion tests for landfill methane emission quantification
F. Matacchiera,
C. Manes,
R.P. Beaven,
T.C. Rees-White,
F. Boano,
J. Mønster,
& C. Scheutz
, 2019 , Waste Management , 87 , 924--936
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2018.02.007
Type: article
Validation and error assessment of the mobile tracer gas dispersion method for measurement of fugitive emissions from area sources
A. M. Fredenslund,
T. C. Rees-White,
R. P. Beaven,
A. Delre,
A. Finlayson,
J. Helmore,
G. Allen,
& C. Scheutz
, 2019 , Waste Management , 83 , 68--78
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2018.10.036
Type: article
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