Guy T. Houlsby

Guy T. Houlsby
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford
ThesisA Study of Plasticity Theories and Their Applicability to Soils (1981)
Doctoral advisorPeter Wroth
Websitewww.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]

Recognition

Professor Houlsby was invited to deliver the 54th BGA Rankine Lecture in 2014 at Imperial College, entitled "Interactions in Offshore Foundation Design".[4] In 2001 he delivered the 5th BGA Géotechnique Lecture.

He was elected in 1999 as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng).[5]

References

  1. ^ "List of Fellows". Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Professor Guy T. Houlsby". Archived from the original on 24 January 2020.
  3. ^ Houlsby, G. T. (1981) A Study of Plasticity Theories and Their Applicability to Soils. PhD Thesis, University of Cambridge.
  4. ^ BGA 54th Rankine Lecture
  5. ^ "List of Fellows". Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2014.