Guy T. Houlsby

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Guy T. Houlsby
Alma mater University of Cambridge
Scientific career
Institutions University of Oxford
Thesis A Study of Plasticity Theories and Their Applicability to Soils  (1981)
Doctoral advisor Peter Wroth
Website www.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.

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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]

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References

  1. "List of Fellows".
  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".