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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

A near-field Gaussian plume inversion flux quantification method, applied to unmanned aerial vehicle sampling
Adil Shah,
Grant Allen,
Joseph R. Pitt,
Hugo Ricketts,
Paul. I Williams,
Jonathan Hellmore,
Andrew Finlayson,
Rod Robinson,
Khristopher Kabbabe,
Peter Hollingsworth,
Tristan Rees-White,
Richard Beaven,
Charlotte Scheutz,
& Mark Bourn
, 2019 , Atmosphere , 10 (7)
DOI: 10.3390/atmos10070396
Type: article
Landfill gas emission monitoring
Richard Beaven,
& Charlotte Scheutz
, 2019 , Waste Management , 87 , 833--834
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2019.02.039
Type: letterEditorial
Mechanisms of settlement in municipal solid waste landfills
William Powrie,
xiao bing Xu,
David Richards,
Liang tong Zhan,
& yun-min chen
, 2019 , Journal of Zhejiang University - Science A (Applied Physics & Engineering) , 20 , 927–947
DOI: 10.1631/jzus.A1900315
Type: article
Doublet tracer tests to determine the contaminant flushing properties of a municipal solid waste landfill
Nicholas Woodman,
Tristan Rees-White,
Richard Beaven,
Anne Stringfellow,
& John Barker
, 2017 , Journal of Contaminant Hydrology , 203 , 38--50
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2017.05.008
Type: article
Evaluating landfill aftercare strategies: a life cycle assessment approach
David Turner,
Richard Beaven,
& Nicholas Woodman
, 2016 , Waste Management , 1--33
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2016.12.005
Type: article