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EPSRC Support by Research Area in Ground Engineering

Research areas are used to describe EPSRC's portfolio of excellent long term research and high quality postgraduate training.

Grants are classified using one or more research areas. All the grants listed below have some relevance to this research area. The value of the investment is the total awarded by EPSRC and does not reflect the proportion assigned to this research area.

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Grant TitlePrincipal
Investigator		OrganisationDepartmentTotal Grant
Value (£)
ASPIRE - Accelerated Supergene Processes in Repository EngineeringStewart, Professor DIUniversity of LeedsCivil Engineering 464,057
ASPIRE - Accelerated Supergene Processes in Repository EngineeringSinnett, Dr DUniversity of the West of EnglandFaculty of Environment and Technology 159,279
ASPIRE - Accelerated Supergene Processes in Repository EngineeringSapsford, Dr DJCardiff UniversitySch of Engineering 592,345
Assessment, Costing and enHancement of long lIfe, Long Linear assEtS (ACHILLES)Glendinning, Professor SNewcastle UniversitySch of Engineering 4,872,904
Climate Adaptation Control Technologies for Urban Spaces (CACTUS)Toll, Professor DGDurham, University ofEngineering 1,761,592
Coordination Node for UKCRICVarga, Professor LEUCLCivil Environmental and Geomatic Eng 3,532,637
CSIC Innovation and Knowledge Centre Phase 2Schooling, Dr JUniversity of CambridgeEngineering 2,999,396
Developing performance-based design for foundation systems of WIND turbines in AFRICA (WindAfrica)Osman, Professor ASDurham, University ofEngineering 1,270,180
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 4,458,552
FOCUS: Intelligent Fibre Optic Monitoring to Inform the Construction of Underground ServicesSheil, Dr BUniversity of OxfordEngineering Science 239,407
Geothermal Energy from Mines and Solar-Geothermal heat (GEMS)van Hunen, Professor JDurham, University ofEarth Sciences 1,421,761
Integrated Infrastructure for Sustainable Thermal Energy Provision (IN-STEP)Loveridge, Dr FAUniversity of LeedsCivil Engineering 583,108
Investigation of thermo-mechanical performance of PCM incorporated Geothermal Energy Pile (PCMinGEEP)Singh, Dr RUniversity of SurreyCivil and Environmental Engineering 214,354
It's soil, Jim, but not as we know it: unlocking the hydromechanical behaviour of hydrophobic sandsBeckett, Dr CTSUniversity of EdinburghSch of Engineering 216,105
Multiscale and probabilistic modelling of progressive slope failureZhao, Dr TBrunel University LondonCivil and Environmental Engineering 266,062
Pervasive Sensing for Buried PipesHoroshenkov, Professor KVUniversity of SheffieldMechanical Engineering 7,290,965
Prevention and Management of Road Surface DamageThom, Dr NHUniversity of NottinghamFaculty of Engineering 385,493
Prevention and Management of Road Surface DamageRahman, Professor MAston UniversityCollege of Engineering and Physical Sci 471,201
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
SaFEGround - Sustainable, Flexible and Efficient Ground-source heating and cooling systemsTaborda, Dr DMGImperial College LondonCivil & Environmental Engineering 1,520,505
SALINA- SALine INntrusion in coastal Aquifers: Hydrodynamic Assessment and Prediction of Dynamic Response.Butler, Professor AImperial College LondonCivil & Environmental Engineering 398,228
SALINA- SALine INntrusion in coastal Aquifers: Hydrodynamic Assessment and Prediction of Dynamic Response.Hamill, Professor GQueen's University of BelfastSch of Natural and Built Environment 1,098,863
The Application of Micro-Mechanical Research on Coarse Grained Soils to Create an "Avatar" Railway BallastCoop, Professor MRUCLCivil Environmental and Geomatic Eng 907,433
Workshop on Roadmapping of Quantitative Understanding of Cleaning & DecontaminationWilson, Professor DIUniversity of CambridgeChemical Engineering and Biotechnology 25,471
Workshop on Roadmapping of Quantitative Understanding of Cleaning and DecontaminationLandel, Dr JRUniversity of Manchester, TheMathematics 2,409

Total Number of Grants: 27
Total Value of Grants: £36,591,885

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