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Grants

Current Active Grants

  • 2025 - 2029 (the original Project coordinator, PI), "BETTER"
  • 2025 - 2029 (the original Project coordinator, PI), "RESOLVE"
  • 2025 - 2029 (Warwick PI), "MONUGEO"
  • 2024 - 2028 (the original Project coordinator, PI), "UPGRADE".
  • 2024 - 2028 (the original Project coordinator, PI), "POSEIDON".
  • 2023 - 2025 (PI), "Multiphysics modelling of soil-energy geostructure interaction".
  • 2023 - 2025 (PI), "Climate Adaptive Railway Earthworks (CARE)".
Past Grants
  • 2021 - 2023 (Project coordinator, PI) for H2020 MSCA "BALANCE".
  • 2021 - 2023 (Project coordinator, PI) for H2020 MSCA " ETERNAL".
  • 2021 - 2024 (Project coordinator, PI) for H2020 MSCA "DIGI-BIO-RAIL".
  • 2018 - 2023 (Project coordinator, PI) H2020 MSCA RISE "HERCULES'.
  • 2020 May - November (Co-I, Project with Hughes Darren) "Coventry Very Light Rail - Track".
  • 2019 - 2022 (Project coordinator, PI) for H2020 MSCA 'CLEAN'.
  • 2014 - 2022 (Co-I), Centre for Doctoral Training in Urban Science and Progress (EPSRC, EP/L016400/1).
  • 2015 April - 2019 March (Warwick PI, Project Co-I): Local Scientist in Charge at the University of Warwick for H2020 MSCA RISE, "GEO-RAMP".
  • 2016-2018 (PI) Royal Society.
  • 2017.06 - 2017.09 (Engineering PI) "Feasibility study for very light weight tram - Track system".
  • 2016-2017 (PI) "Geosynthetic-Reinforcement in long-term slope deformation".
  • 2015- 2017 (PI) "Soil crack propagation in clays under dynamic loads".
  • 2015-2017 (PI) “Bearing capacity degradation and deformation of a single pile multi-directional cyclic lateral load”.
  • 2012 - 2012 (Chief Investigator), Australian Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities Scheme.
  • CARE project workshop
  • FICE
  • CVLR project entered the Finalists for the 2021 The Engineer Collaborate to Innovate Award
  • British Science Festival

"We are working on new ways to protect global towns and cities in the face of climate changes." - Dr Xueyu Geng

  • The University of Warwick - Zhejiang University of Technology Geotechnical Engineering Joint Research Centre

  • Canadian Geotechnical Society honour. Link

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The recognition was for their paper: “The effectiveness of partially penetrating vertical drains under a combined surcharge and vacuum preloading”, Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 2011, 48: 970-983.

  • Excellence in Research Awards, 2013, the University of Wollongong, Australia.

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