Platform Grant for Laboratory Soil Mechanics Research

这个应用程序是一个更新的平台补助金，有助于振兴研究恩实验土力学在帝国理工学院。第一阶段的赠款支持了英国最大的土壤元素研究实验室的运作，也是世界上最有影响力的实验室之一。新的拨款很好地保持了过去四年的势头，支持博士后和技术人员，确保实验室的专业知识的连续性和研究小组的持续成功。更新将使该小组能够保留关键员工，同时开发实验研究和国际合作联系的重要新途径。平台赠款资金将使有才华的年轻员工能够发展他们的职业生涯，从而培养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前沿的地位，为提高对土壤和软弱岩石的理解和建模制定议程。新应用程序的一个重要特点是开发新的研究主题，涉及最近招募的高能力的工作人员：博士C.芬顿（地质方面），博士C.奥沙利文（mecromechanics和DEM）和博士J.斯坦登（残积和非饱和土壤力学，实地观察）。

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).