Recent Research on Engineering Geology and Geological Engineering / Sustainable Civil Infrastructures (PDF)

to the University of Leicester to join a large European-Chinese research team addressing loess landslide geohazards in the Lanzhou region of Gansu Province, China. This initiated a series of short-term research contracts at the universities of Royal Holloway, Utrecht and Loughborough. In 2000, he was awarded his PhD at Utrecht University for his work on 'Loess slope instability in the Lanzhou region, China' and he maintains a keen interest in geohazards research in Central China. In 1995, Tom joined the University of Sussex as a lecturer in Physical Geography and in 1997 he moved to Coventry University as a Senior Lecturer in Geotechnology. In 2001 he moved back to Loughborough University. A major aspect of his research is on climate change effects on UK slopes, including engineered earthwork transport infrastructure slopes. This started when he managed the UK response to IGCP 425 (IUGS / UNESCO) and, in 2000, introduced a new theme on 'Slope Instability in a Context of Progressive Environmental Change'. This research focus intensified when at Loughborough, including the EPSRC-funded UK network CLIFFS, research projects such as FUTURENET and iSMART, and the EU-funded COST TU1202 project. Research topics included developing an architecture for transport infrastructure earthworks resilience in a context of climate change, integrating a water balance model approach into transport network performance, and research into engineered earthworks deterioration. From 2012, he spent five years at the British Geological Survey where he enjoyed working on a wide range of collaborative projects addressing among others multi-temporal landslide inventory establishment in St Lucia, continental-scale landslide susceptibility and hazard assessments, and developing a water balance model approach to underpin the issuing of daily landslide hazard assessments as part of the Natural Hazard Partnership. A key aspect of his research focuses on the interactions between geohazards and communities and this has given him the opportunity to engage with multi-disciplinary research contracts in China, India, Nepal, the Caribbean. In September 2017, Tom re-joined the team at Loughborough University to continue this work and combine it with his passion for communicating knowledge with the students. Tom is on the editorial boards of Engineering Geology and the Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology. He has more 100+ publications and has been the editor of special issues on topics such including geohazards and landslide research in China. He holds honorary research positions at Lanzhou University (Gansu, China) and the BGS. He has supervised three PhDs to completion.