Staff
Director
Prof. ir. B. Stuyts
Research interests:
- offshore foundations and geotechnics
- cables and pipelines
- data-driven design methods
Academic staff
Em. prof. dr. ir. W. Van Impe
Research interests:
- foundation engineering
- in-situ and laboratory soil characterization
- ground improvement
Em. prof. dr. ir. A. Bezuijen
Research interests:
- ground improvement
- foundation engineering
- in-situ and laboratory soil characterization
Prof. dr. ir. W. Haegeman
Research interests:
- behaviour of soils at small-strain levels
- geophysical methods
- static and dynamic properties of geomaterials
Prof. dr. ir. H. Peiffer
Research interests:
- flow through (un)saturated porous media and grondwater flow
- centrifuge modelling for (un)saturated soils (patent owner)
- in situ soil testing
- foundation engineering
Prof. dr. ir. G. Di Emidio
Research interests:
- environmental geotechnics
- reuse of industrial by-products
- barrier systems
- development of new materials (HYPER clay inventor)
Administrative and technical staff
H. De Cooman
Secretary
J. Van der Perre
Technician
F. Van Boxstael
Technician
PHD Students
Muhammad Khizar Khan
Research topic: Soil improvement with recycled materials.
Chenhui Liu
Research topic: Tunnel-pile interaction
Chenghao Zhang
Research topic: Slurry infiltration characteristics under various conditions.
Zhongtian Chen
Research topic: Soil conditioning in TBM excavation
Wenjing Tian
Study of the influence of groundwater in the unsaturated zone on the stability of embankments, by developing a model for two-phase flow (air/water)
Post-Doc researcher
Carlos Sastre Jurado
Research topic: Integrated "digital twin" model of the offshore wind turbine