Susan Gourvenec FREng is a British geoscientist who is Professor of Offshore Geotechnical Engineering and deputy director of the Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute at the University of Southampton. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2022.
Susan Gourvenec | |
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| Alma mater | University of Southampton University of Cambridge |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Queen Mary and Westfield [University of Southampton |
| Thesis | Three dimensional effects of diaphragm wall installation and staged construction sequences (1998) |
Early life and education edit
Gourvenec studied engineering at Queen Mary and Westfield, which is now part of Queen Mary University of London.[citation needed] She moved to the University of Southampton for research studies. Her doctoral research considered geotechnical engineering, and the development of 3D finite element limit analysis of wall installation.[1] She was a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Cambridge, where she spent two years before going to Perth. In Australia, Gourvenec worked at Advanced Geomechanics Pty, where she was a member of the Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems.[2][3]
Research and career edit
Gourvenec develops new technologies to understand ocean structures, including the seabed. These technologies include robotics, sensors and autonomous vehicles.[4] She moved to the University of Southampton in 2017, and was named a Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies.[5] She was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2022.[6]
Selected publications edit
- Randolph, M. F.; Gourvenec, Susan (2011). Offshore geotechnical engineering. Abingdon, Oxon: Spon Press. ISBN 978-0-203-88909-1. OCLC 727053453.
- Gourvenec, S.; Randolph, M. (2003-08-01). "Effect of strength non-homogeneity on the shape of failure envelopes for combined loading of strip and circular foundations on clay". Géotechnique. 53 (6): 575–586. Bibcode:2003Getq...53..575G. doi:10.1680/geot.2003.53.6.575. ISSN 0016-8505.
- Randolph, Mark F. (2012-05-29). "Offshore Geotechnics - The Challenges of Deepwater Soft Sediments". Geotechnical Engineering State of the Art and Practice. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers: 241–271. doi:10.1061/9780784412138.0010. ISBN 9780784412138.
References edit
- ^ Yan, Wai Man (1999). Three-dimensional modelling of diaphragm wall installation (Thesis). The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Library. doi:10.14711/thesis-b612496.
- ^ "Susan Gourvenec". the UWA Profiles and Research Repository. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
- ^ "Associate Professor Susan Gourvenec". Research Week 2017. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
- ^ Kingdom, Tel: +4423 8059 5000 Fax: +4423 8059 3131 University of Southampton University Road Southampton SO17 1BJ United. "Susan Mary Gourvenec". University of Southampton. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Prof. Susan Gourvenec: My policy journey, so far, retrieved 2022-09-22
- ^ "Professor Susan Gourvenec FREng". raeng.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-09-22.