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Read more at: Sakthy Selvakumaran awarded Newnham College Research Fellowship
Sivasakthy Selvakumaran

Sakthy Selvakumaran awarded Newnham College Research Fellowship

13 June 2019

PhD student at the Laing O'Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology receives research fellowship to continue work in satellite monitoring of infrastructure.

Read more at: Sakthy Selvakumaran and Christiana Smyrilli paper wins an ICE Publishing Award
Installation of biodigester at the Lobitos Fishermen’s Guild

Sakthy Selvakumaran and Christiana Smyrilli paper wins an ICE Publishing Award

12 June 2019

The 2019 ICE Environmental Engineering and Science Prize has been awarded to a paper by lead authors from the Laing O’Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology and the CDT in Future Infrastructure and the Built Environment.

Read more at: Construction Engineering Masters students debate the future of the construction industry
CEM Annual Debate (2019)

Construction Engineering Masters students debate the future of the construction industry

10 April 2019

The annual Construction Engineering Masters debate moot for 2019 was: This House believes that the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry of 2050 will be unrecognisable to today.

Read more at: Dr Kristen MacAskill - CEM Course Director will lead a Resilience Shift round-table in the United States
City-scale modelling and simulation for infrastructure resilience round-table

Dr Kristen MacAskill - CEM Course Director will lead a Resilience Shift round-table in the United States

18 January 2019

In January 2019, the Resilience Shift’s Technical Advisory Group is headed to the United States of America’s West Coast to continue the Resilience Shift round-table series.

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

 

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