Guy T. Houlsby

Guy T. Houlsby
Institutions University of Oxford
Alma mater University of Cambridge
Thesis A Study of Plasticity Theories and Their Applicability to Soils (1981)
Doctoral advisor Peter Wroth
Website
www.eng.ox.ac.uk/civil/people/gth-1/houlsby

Guy Tinmouth Houlsby FREng[1] is Professor of Civil Engineering and former Head of the Department of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford.[2] He specialises in Geotechnical Engineering and more particularly in offshore foundations.

Education

He carried out research in Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Cambridge, under the advisory of Peter Wroth, leading to the award of a PhD degree in 1981 with his thesis titled "A Study of Plasticity Theories and Their Applicability to Soils".[3] He was elected in 1999 as a Fellow[4] of the Royal Academy of Engineering[5]

Recognition

Professor Houlsby was invited to deliver the 54th BGA Rankine Lecture in 2014 at Imperial College, entitled "Interactions in Offshore Foundation Design".[6] In 2001 he delivered the 5th BGA Géotechnique Lecture.

References

  1. ↑ "List of Fellows".
  2. ↑ Professor Guy T. Houlsby
  3. ↑ Houlsby, G. T. (1981) A Study of Plasticity Theories and Their Applicability to Soils. PhD Thesis, University of Cambridge.
  4. ↑ "List of Fellows".
  5. ↑ "List of Fellows".
  6. ↑ BGA 54th Rankine Lecture
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