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Mott MacDonald will present our first Lunchtime Seminar featuring speakers Dr Francesca Burali D'Arezzo and Bonnie LeungDate:      12th October 2016Venue:    Boardroom, Engineering Dept, Trumpington Street, CB2 1PZTime:      12:30 - 14:00

MRes + PhD Studentships in Resilient Infrastructure EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Infrastructure and Built Environment: Resilience in a Changing World (FIBE2)Please see the FIBE2 website on https://www.fibe-cdt.eng.cam.ac.uk/

Phd Student Christiana Smyrilli wanted to use her engineering skills and knowledge for social development, and has therefore chosen a non-traditional research topic for her PhD: she aims to explore water and sanitation infrastructure in developing rural areas, with a specific focus on gender.Rural communities generally have very distinct gender rol…

Bryn travelled to the Ooka Lab, University of Tokyo in Japan to work on his PhD research interest on mathematical and metaheuristic optimization. He joined his supervisor, Dr Ruchi Choudhary, who was a visiting professor at the university and worked alongside a Japanese PhD student, Shintaro Ikeda.While there he spent his time developing a mixed in…

Petia presents project on “Tall modular buildings: height limits of stacked steel modules” at the IStructE Young Researcher's ConferenceSuccess for first year PhD student Petia Tzokova after participating in her first conference. Petia presented her research at the Young Researchers’ Conference run by the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStru…

Industry Day 2016 showcased an insight into the MRes year and future research collaborations with industry partners followed by student MRes presentations, done Pecha Kucha style.The FIBE-CDT hosted Industry Day 2016 with attendance from industry partners, Civil Engineering academics and students. The morning included presentations by Course Leader…

FIBE Cohort 2 student Deryck Chan contemplates Italian masonry while attending the Wikimania conference in Italy thanks to Estorick Scholarship from Magdalene College Deryck Chan from FIBE cohort 2 travelled to Milan and Esino Lario in late June to learn about Italian architecture and attend the Wikimania conference. He was sponsored by the Estoric…

Cohort 1 student Tim Hillel wins first prize in a competition in the Transferable Skills conference organised by the Civil Engineering Division According to the Geotechnical and Environmental Research website, Tim’s stand-out presentation titled Understanding passenger behaviour at urban scale won him the top step of the podium and a £150 cash priz…

The Engineering department in Cambridge University celebrates the opening of the new Dyson Building by Sir James DysonIn May 2016, Sir James Dyson visited Cambridge with family members to officially open the Dyson Building and the Dyson Centre, which received £8milion funding from the James Dyson Foundation (https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/the-james-dys…

Cohort 2 hosts seminar on the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project featuring the project Head of Turbines, Mr Mike Case, as speaker.As part of the FIBE CDT MRes programme, Cohort 2 are currently investigating the multidisciplinary aspects of the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon, which will be the largest marine energy development in the world, for their MRes M…

CDT Director Dr Janet Lees wins 5-year £1.29 million EPSRC Established Career Fellowship.Congratulations to Dr Janet Lees of the Structures Group, who has just been awarded a five-year £1.29 million EPSRC Established Career Fellowship. These are extremely prestigious and difficult-to-win awards.Dr Lees’s proposal is as follows: Tailored Reinforced …

FIBE-CDT Industry+ student Ioanna Papanikolaou shortlisted for Best Young Woman in Construction Award.Ioanna Papanikolaou, FIBE CDT I+ student currently undertaking her I+ year with industry partner Costain, has been shortlisted for the Best Young Woman in Construction Award at the European Women in Construction and Engineering Awards (WICE). The W…

Welcome to Dr Niamh Gibbons, new Course Leader of FIBE-CDT.New Course Leader Dr Niamh Gibbons joins FIBE-CDTDr. Niamh Gibbons is the MRes Course Leader for the Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Infrastructure and Built Environment. Her research interests are in fibre optic strain monitoring of civil engineering infrastructure, the dynamic beha…

Hannah Baker: Workshop and Safari in South AfricaThe perfect combination? It is for first-year PhD student Hannah Baker who went to Johannesburg, South Africa to host a workshop with undergraduate university students about her PhD topic: The Decision to Demolish or Adapt Existing Buildings on Brownfield Sites. The trip resulted from a link between …

Hannah Baker wins prize to present her ideas of what cities will be like at the first annual Future Cities conference in July 2016.Hannah Baker has been awarded a Future Cities Prize Fellowship after submitting her viewpoints on the need to consider the importance of retaining heritage assets. Hannah’s research focuses on the decision to demolish o…