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Read more at: Two Cambridge PhD candidates win first prize at ICCEM 2018
Ruodan Lu and Philipp Hüthwohl (centre)

Two Cambridge PhD candidates win first prize at ICCEM 2018

31 August 2018

Ruodan Lu and Philipp Hüthwohl, two PhD candidates in the Laing O'Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology, have won first prize at the 11th Innovation Competition in Construction Engineering and Management (ICCEM) held at Tsinghua University on 28th June 2018, in Beijing, China. Their project "Automated...

Read more at: Dissertation Conference Information
CEM Dissertation Conference

Dissertation Conference Information

31 August 2018

On the 14th of September, 2018, the 6th cohort of the Construction Engineering Masters (CEM) Programme will be presenting at this year's Dissertation Conference.

Read more at: Sakthy Selvakumaran on TEDx: Can satellites help us predict infrastructure collapses?
Can satellites help us predict infrastructure collapses? | Sakthy Selvakumaran | TEDxNewnham

Sakthy Selvakumaran on TEDx: Can satellites help us predict infrastructure collapses?

22 May 2018

Sakthy Selvakumaran MA (Cantab) MEng CEng MICE on TEDx: Can satellites help us predict infrastructure collapses? Sakthy, one of our Laing O'Rourke Centre students is currently undertaking an Industrial Case PhD sponsored by the National Physical Laboratory, with additional sponsorship from Laing O'Rourke, on risk and...

Read more at: Dr Shaun Fitzgerald Visiting Professor will be giving a Discourse at the Royal Institution
Dr Shaun Fitzgerald

Dr Shaun Fitzgerald Visiting Professor will be giving a Discourse at the Royal Institution

17 May 2018

Dr Shaun Fitzgerald will be giving a Discourse about The Physics of Hot Air from 7.20pm to 8.45pm, Thursday 24 May 2018 at Royal Institution. More information about this event...

Read more at: Dr Ioannis Brilakis, Dr Bella Nguyen and Patricio Vela have just been awarded the John O. Bickel Award
Dr Ioannis Brilakis, Dr Bella Nguyen and Patricio Vela have just been awarded the John O. Bickel Award

Dr Ioannis Brilakis, Dr Bella Nguyen and Patricio Vela have just been awarded the John O. Bickel Award

16 March 2018

Dr Ioannis Brilakis, Laing O’Rourke Reader and Dr Bella Nguyen and the co-author Patricio Vela, have been selected by the Construction Institute to receive the prestigious ASCE 2018 John O. Bickel Award for the paper, “ Optimized Parameters for Over-Height Vehicle Detection under Variable Weather Conditions ”, published in...

Read more at: Dr Shaun Fitzgerald Visiting Professor appointed Director of the Royal Institution of Great Britain

Dr Shaun Fitzgerald Visiting Professor appointed Director of the Royal Institution of Great Britain

8 February 2018

Dr Shaun Fitzgerald, RAEng Visiting Professor in Sustainable Buildings based in the Department of Engineering's Laing O’Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering & Technology, has been appointed Director of the Royal Institution of Great Britain (Ri). http://www.rigb.org/about/news/spring-2018/director-announcement

Read more at: CEM Dissertation Conference - 15 September 2017 at Robinson College, Cambridge

CEM Dissertation Conference - 15 September 2017 at Robinson College, Cambridge

28 July 2017

Register now. Contact cem.admin@construction.cam.ac.uk

Read more at: PhD Student Eva Agapaki wins Best "Rising Star" Poster

PhD Student Eva Agapaki wins Best "Rising Star" Poster

17 March 2017

The LOR Centre congratulates Eva Agapaki (one of Dr Ioannis Brilakis PhD Students), on receiving the award for the Best "Rising Star" poster at the 4th Oxbridge Women in Computer Science Conference, held on 16 March 2017 at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Oxford.

Read more at: Getting Virtual Infrastructure Models out of the Computer and into the Workspace

Getting Virtual Infrastructure Models out of the Computer and into the Workspace

25 January 2017

Read about our Construction Information Technology Laboratory's ground breaking work on Building Information Models.

Read more at: Modelling specialist Dr Weiwei Lin joins as Academic Visitor

Modelling specialist Dr Weiwei Lin joins as Academic Visitor

25 January 2017

We are pleased to welcome Dr Weiwei Lin of Waseda University, Tokyo, as an Academic Visitor to the Department of Engineering.

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