This group has interests in the engineering geology of tills and other Quaternary soils, in the engineering geophysical investigation of offshore sediments, in the behaviour of soils under cyclic and dynamic loading using finite elements coupled with advanced constitutive models, in the application of knowledge-based systems to geotechnical engineering, and in limit state geotechnical design. Several collaborative programmes on marine geotechnics into the relationships between seismic stratigraphy, geoacoustic models and geotechnical behaviour have been set up with the British Geological Survey. All of these areas are the focus of current research interest. Other collaborative research covers the development of knowledge-based systems for site investigation and the design of earth retaining walls, and the control of earthworking in highway construction. Of particular interest is the numerical modelling of earthquake induced liquefaction of loose saturated granular material.
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