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EPSRC Support by Research Topic in Ground Engineering

We classify grants using one or more research topics. Value is the total value of the grants awarded, not the proportion assigned to different research topics, so it does not show the level of investment in different research areas.

Grant TitlePrincipal
Investigator		OrganisationDepartmentTotal Grant
Value (£)
An energy free pump: nanoporous gels to passively lift subsurface waterPedrotti, Dr MUniversity of StrathclydeCivil and Environmental Engineering 267,945
Assessment, Costing and enHancement of long lIfe, Long Linear assEtS (ACHILLES)Glendinning, Professor SNewcastle UniversitySch of Engineering 4,872,904
Braced Excavations: What about the corners?Knappett, Professor JAUniversity of DundeeCivil Engineering 459,722
Braced excavations: what about the corners?Augarde, Professor CDurham, University ofEngineering 470,691
Climate Adaptation Control Technologies for Urban Spaces (CACTUS)Toll, Professor DGDurham, University ofEngineering 1,761,592
CSIC Innovation and Knowledge Centre Phase 2Schooling, Dr JUniversity of CambridgeEngineering 2,999,396
Digital RoadsBrilakis, Professor IUniversity of CambridgeEngineering 2,780,338
Discrete element modelling of clayMcDowell, Professor GUniversity of NottinghamFaculty of Engineering 508,049
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Infrastructure and Built EnvironmentAl-Tabbaa, Professor AUniversity of CambridgeEngineering 4,460,290
EPSRC Core Equipment Award 2022/23Spearing, Professor SMUniversity of SouthamptonSch of Engineering 925,000
EPSRC-SFI: ROBOCONE: intelligent robotics for next generation ground investigation and designDiambra, Dr AUniversity of BristolCivil Engineering 1,203,430
Geobatteries: energy storage in the pedosphere to enable the renewables revolutionHarbottle, Dr MJCardiff UniversitySch of Engineering 201,583
Geothermal Energy from Mines and Solar-Geothermal heat (GEMS)van Hunen, Professor JDurham, University ofEarth Sciences 1,421,761
GigaWatt-Hour Subsurface Thermal Energy storAge: Engineered structures and legacy Mine shafts: STEaMShipton, Professor ZKUniversity of StrathclydeCivil and Environmental Engineering 978,270
GigaWatt-Hour Subsurface Thermal Energy storAge: Engineered structures and legacy Mine shafts: STEaMShipton, Professor ZKUniversity of StrathclydeCivil and Environmental Engineering 978,270
GigaWatt-Hour Subsurface Thermal Energy storAge: Engineered structures and legacy Mine shafts: STEaMShipton, Professor ZKUniversity of StrathclydeCivil and Environmental Engineering 978,270
GigaWatt-Hour Subsurface Thermal Energy storAge: Engineered structures and legacy Mine shafts: STEaMMolnar, Dr IUniversity of EdinburghSch of Geosciences 215,571
GigaWatt-Hour Subsurface Thermal Energy storAge: Engineered structures and legacy Mine shafts: STEaMShipton, Professor ZKUniversity of StrathclydeCivil and Environmental Engineering 978,270
ICE-PICK: Installation effects on cyclic axial and lateral performance of displacement piles in chalkCiantia, Dr M OUniversity of DundeeCivil Engineering 310,664
Incorporating Size Effects into Multiscale Adhesion Modelling of Bitumen-Mineral InterfacesAirey, Professor GDUniversity of NottinghamFaculty of Engineering 509,715
Incorporating Size Effects into Multiscale Adhesion Modelling of Bitumen-Mineral InterfacesZhang, Dr YAston UniversityCollege of Engineering and Physical Sci 416,228
Influence of Fracture Heterogeneity on Rock Deformation and Failure (INFORM): A Mechanics-based Multi-scale Framework for Radioactive Waste DisposalShang, Dr JUniversity of GlasgowSchool of Engineering 403,820
Martian Rammed EarthHughes, Dr PNDurham, University ofEngineering 199,354
Modelling the Mixing and Erosion at the Head of Gravity CurrentsSkevington, Dr EWGUniversity of HullEnergy and Environment Institute 324,697
Multiscale and probabilistic modelling of progressive slope failureZhao, Dr TBrunel University LondonCivil and Environmental Engineering 266,062
Offshore Cable Burial: How deep is deep enough?Coombs, Professor WMDurham, University ofEngineering 464,312
Offshore Cable Burial: How deep is deep enough?Carter, Mr GBritish Geological SurveyEnergy & Marine Geoscience 289,420
Offshore Cable Burial: How deep is deep enough?Brown, Professor MJUniversity of DundeeCivil Engineering 390,572
Pervasive Sensing for Buried PipesHoroshenkov, Professor KVUniversity of SheffieldMechanical Engineering 7,290,965
Process-based soil behaviour modelling for subsea structure foundations in carbonate sand environmentZhang, Dr XUniversity of LiverpoolCivil Engineering and Industrial Design 228,760
RAINDROP: tRansforming Acoustic SensINg for leak detection in trunk mains and water DistRibutiOn PipelinesMuggleton, Dr JUniversity of SouthamptonSch of Engineering 702,768
Reuniting Micro And Macro Mechanics In Sands: A Systematic ApproachBaudet, Dr BAUCLCivil Environmental and Geomatic Eng 666,080
SaFEGround - Sustainable, Flexible and Efficient Ground-source heating and cooling systemsTaborda, Dr DMGImperial College LondonCivil & Environmental Engineering 1,520,505
SOURCE: Improved insitu Stiffness measurements for Offshore foundation design considering Uncertainty, Repeatability and Common sources of ErrorBuckley, Dr RUniversity of GlasgowCollege of Science and Engineering 414,092
STRUCTURAL LIFE-CYCLE ENHANCEMENT OF NEXT-GENERATION ONSHORE AND OFFSHORE WIND FARMSTombari, Dr AUniversity of BrightonSch of Environment and Technology 220,947
Unlocking the potential of biopolymer soil stabilisationSmith, Dr CCUniversity of SheffieldCivil and Structural Engineering 201,197

Total Number of Grants: 36
Total Value of Grants: £41,281,510

The grant value may include the cost of access to facilities (these funds are not awarded to the grant holding organisation).