Platform Grant for Laboratory Soil Mechanics Research

这份申请是为了续签平台助学金，该助学金帮助帝国理工学院的实验土力学研究恢复活力。第一期拨款支持了英国最大的土壤元素研究实验室的运营，也是世界上最有影响力的实验室之一。更新的赠款很好地保持了过去四年的势头，支持博士后和技术人员，他们确保了实验室专业知识的连续性和研究组的持续成功。续签将使该小组能够留住关键工作人员，同时发展重要的实验研究和国际合作联系的新途径。Platform Grant基金将使有才华的年轻员工能够发展他们的职业生涯，从而培训高素质的学术人员和工程师，同时使帝国理工学院保持其在实验岩土研究方面的领先地位，为改善对土壤和软岩的理解和建模设定议程。新应用程序的一个重要特点是开发新的研究主题，涉及最近招聘的高能力员工：C.Fenton博士(地质学方面)、C.O‘Sullivan博士(机械力学和DEM)和J.Standeng博士(残留和非饱和土壤的力学，野外观察)。

This application is for a renewal of the Platform Grant that has helped to rejuvenate research en experimental soil mechanics at Imperial College. The first period of the grant has underpinned the operations of the largest soil element research laboratory en the UK and one of the most influential worldwide. The renewed grant well maintain the momentum gained over the last four years, supporting the post-doctoral and technical staff who ensure continuity of expertise in the laboratory and the continued success of the Research Group. Renewal will allow the group to retain key staff while developing important new avenues of experimental research and international collaborative links. The Platform Grant funding will enable talented young staff to develop their careers, so training high quality academic staff and engineers, while allowing Imperial College to maintain its position at the forefront of experimental geotechnical research, setting the agenda for improving the understanding and modelling of soils and weak rocks. An important feature of the new application is developing new research themes involving recently recruited highly able staff: Dr.C.Fenton (geological aspects), Dr.C.O'Sullivan (mecromechanics and DEM) and Dr.J.Standeng (mechanics of residual and unsaturated soils, field observations).