Susan Gourvenec

Susan Gourvenec
Alma mater	University of Southampton University of Cambridge
Scientific career
Institutions	Queen Mary and Westfield [University of Southampton
Thesis	Three dimensional effects of diaphragm wall installation and staged construction sequences  (1998)

Susan Gourvenec FREng is a British geoscientist who is Professor of Offshore Geotechnical Engineering and deputy director of the Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute at the University of Southampton. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2022.

Early life and education

Gourvenec studied engineering at Queen Mary and Westfield, which is now part of Queen Mary University of London.^{[ citation needed ]} She moved to the University of Southampton for research studies. Her doctoral research considered geotechnical engineering, and the development of 3D finite element limit analysis of wall installation. ^[1] She was a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Cambridge, where she spent two years before going to Perth. In Australia, Gourvenec worked at Advanced Geomechanics Pty, where she was a member of the Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems. ^{[2] [3]}

Research and career

Gourvenec develops new technologies to understand ocean structures, including the seabed. These technologies include robotics, sensors and autonomous vehicles. ^[4] She moved to the University of Southampton in 2017, and was named a Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies. ^[5] She was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2022. ^[6]

Selected publications

• Randolph, M. F.; Gourvenec, Susan (2011). Offshore geotechnical engineering. Abingdon, Oxon: Spon Press. ISBN   978-0-203-88909-1. OCLC   727053453.
• Gourvenec, S.; Randolph, M. (2003-08-01). "Effect of strength non-homogeneity on the shape of failure envelopes for combined loading of strip and circular foundations on clay" . Géotechnique. 53 (6): 575–586. Bibcode:2003Getq...53..575G. doi:10.1680/geot.2003.53.6.575. ISSN   0016-8505.
• Randolph, Mark F. (2012-05-29). "Offshore Geotechnics - The Challenges of Deepwater Soft Sediments" . Geotechnical Engineering State of the Art and Practice. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers: 241–271. doi:10.1061/9780784412138.0010. ISBN   9780784412138.

References

1. Yan, Wai Man (1999). Three-dimensional modelling of diaphragm wall installation (Thesis). The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Library. doi:10.14711/thesis-b612496.
2. "Susan Gourvenec". the UWA Profiles and Research Repository. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
3. "Associate Professor Susan Gourvenec". Research Week 2017. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
4. Kingdom, Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] University of Southampton University Road Southampton SO17 1BJ United. "Susan Mary Gourvenec". University of Southampton. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
5. Prof. Susan Gourvenec: My policy journey, so far , retrieved 2022-09-22
6. "Professor Susan Gourvenec FREng". raeng.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-09-22.