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Structures group academic, Dr Jurgen Becque has won the ASCE Moisseiff Award for providing solutions to a century-unresolved set of equations. Dr Jurgen Becque has received the ASCE Moisseiff Award for his paper “Linking the von Karman Equations to the Practical Design of Plates” Journal of Engineering Mechanics, November 2021. which provides highl…

The Concrete Infrastructure Research Group which form part of the Structures Group have published work on the application potential of FRP-Reinforced concrete and the fracture behaviour of functionally layered concrete. Given that FRP materials are generally more costly and demand greater energy use during production, it is important to understand …

Cam Millar, who graduated from the MEng course in 2020, has won the 2020 Hangai Prize of the International Association of Shell and Spatial Structures for a paper about structural stability. The paper describes the results of Cam’s fourth year project, conducted under the supervision of Allan McRobie and Bill Baker. The award is open to applicants …

Congratulations to Michele Win Tai Mak who has been awarded two prizes at the Young Researchers' Conference (YRC) 2020, organised by the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) on the 4th September 2020. He participated in the oral presentation section, the top category, winning the 1st Prize from the scientific jury and the additional Peopl…

On 11th December, the Civil Engineering Technicians Support Team was awarded the University of Cambridge Professional Services Recognition Award. The annual scheme is open to all administrative staff across the University whose work supports research, teaching and scholarship. It celebrates the very best administrative and technical work across the…

More than 30 members of the Structures group got together at the Civil Engineering Staff hub to celebrate Christmas and the end of a great year.The group had a lovely time enjoying some jolly conversations and laughs over drinks, nibbles and the mandatory minced pies.

Cambridge PhD students joined their peers from 10 European countries to participate in a ‘Zero Carbon Hackathon’ set up to find ways to tackle carbon emissions from cement manufacture.Teams of students and mentors gathered over a weekend at the global LafargeHolcim Innovation Centre, in France, to examine a reference building – a real residential b…

Congratulations to Michele who has been awarded the ‘fib Italy YMG Award for Best Research Advances in Concrete and Concrete Structures’ for his work on the assessment of deteriorated reinforced concrete bridges.Michele presented a research paper titled 'Bond degradation and reduced cover in concrete with transverse reinforcement' to a committee of…

This year, 348 new students embarked on the Structural Design Course.  Working in pairs, students designed and built structures, which were then tested to destruction.  Bridges and cantilevers, straight and skewed were judged on design, cost and strength.  We were fortunate to have Bill Baker and Ian Firth, two world-renowned engineers, to give out…

Congratulations to Will Hawkins, a PhD student in the Structures Research Group, who was awarded a prize at the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) Future of Design conference in Birmingham. Will won his prize for his presentation titled 'Thinshell concrete floors for sustainable buildings', after winning the aud…

The competition to design a logo for the Structures Group was launched during Lent Term.  The Lunch & Learn sessions provided the setting for students and researchers to work on their designs.  The winning design, a simple fan vault, was unveiled on 8 May, during Structures Cake & Coffee, and our Student Representatives presented the winning team w…

Professor Janet Lees is a Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Cambridge and is a Chartered Engineer. Before embarking on a career in research, she spent three years in Industry working both for a consultant and for a contractor. She is the leader of the Concrete and Composite Structures Group (CCSG) within the Civil Engineering Divi…

The Glass & Facade Technology research group launches MATELab (Mobile Adaptive Technologies Experimental Lab): a new experimental facility to capture occupant response to smart facades. For more information go to: https://www.gft.eng.cam.ac.uk/matelab-a-new-experimental-facility-to-capture-occupant-response-to-intelligent-facades

The latest developments on façade engineering research projects at Cambridge were presented at the 10th Engineered Skins Research Symposium, hosted by the Glass & Façade Technology Research Group (https://www.gft.eng.cam.ac.uk/) and held at Christ’s College on 6th September 2018.  Ninety delegates from the UK, Europe and beyond attended the multidi…

Final year students presented their projects at the Annual Cambridge Civils Conference, which took place on 5 June at Emmanuel College and marked the end of four years of undergraduate study!