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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

Multiple-tracer tests for contaminant transport process identification in saturated municipal solid waste
N.D. Woodman,
T.C. Rees-White,
A. Stringfellow,
R.P. Beaven,
& A.P. Hudson
, 2015 , Waste Management , 38 , 250--262
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2014.12.012
Type: article
A new economic instrument for financing accelerated landfill aftercare
R.P. Beaven,
K. Knox,
J.R. Gronow,
D Greedy,
O Hjelmar,
& H Scharff
, 2014 , Waste Management , 34 (7) , 1191--1198
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2014.03.024
Type: article
A multi-component two-phase flow algorithm for use in landfill processes modelling
J.K. White,
D. Nayagum,
& R.P. Beaven
, 2014 , Waste Management , 34 (9) , 1644--1656
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2014.05.005
Type: article
Mechanical heat treatment of municipal solid waste
A. Stringfellow,
W. Powrie,
W. Castano-Tejada,
S. Whatmore,
A. Gilbert,
R. Manser,
& R. Maslen
, 2011 , Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Waste and Resource Management , 164 (3) , 179--190
DOI: 10.1680/warm.2011.164.3.179
Type: article