PhD supervision
Interested in supervising students studying:
- Geotechnical engineering aspects infrastructure
- Climate and vegetation influence on groundwater
- Water and heat flow in unsaturated soils
- Slope stability and landslides
- Geotechnical case studies
Dr Kevin Briggs
BEng EngD
Profile
Kevin Briggs is a Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering. His research examines the transient influence of climate and vegetation on near surface (vadose zone) hydrology and its impact on geotechnical infrastructure.
Kevin graduated with a First Class BEng degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Bath in 2006.
After working as a consulting engineer he undertook an Engineering Doctorate (EngD) at the University of Southampton, sponsored by Mott MacDonald.
Kevin was awarded the EPSRC Doctoral Prize in 2011 and became a Research Fellow at the University of Southampton before joining the University of Bath in 2012.
Research
Kevin’s postgraduate and postdoctoral research involved the instrumentation, monitoring and modelling of railway embankments in the south-east of England.
This was used to examine the influence of seasonal weather changes, extreme weather events and the influence of trees on the seasonal deformation and ultimate stability of railway earthworks.
Teaching
- Geotechnical Engineering
Publications
Book Sections
Briggs, K., 2010. Charing embankment: climate change impacts on embankment hydrology. In: Ground Engineering Magazine. , pp. 28-31.
Articles
Briggs, K. M., Smethurst, J. A., Powrie, W., O'Brien, A. S. and Butcher, D. J. E., 2013. Forthcoming. Managing the extent of tree removal from railway earthwork slopes. Ecological Engineering
Briggs, K. M., Smethurst, J. A., Powrie, W. and O'Brien, A. S., 2013. Wet winter pore pressures in railway embankments. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Geotechnical engineering
Loveridge, F., Spink, T., O'Brien, T., Briggs, K. and Butcher, D., 2010. The impact of climate and climate change on infrastructure slopes with particular reference to southern England. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 43 (4), pp. 461-472.
