Susan Gourvenec

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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.

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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

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References

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