Guy T. Houlsby

Guy T. Houlsby
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford
ThesisA Study of Plasticity Theories and Their Applicability to Soils (1981)
Doctoral advisorPeter Wroth
Websitewww.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.

Education[edit]

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[edit]

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]

References[edit]

  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".