The National Science Foundation, an independent agency of the US government, has awarded a US$600,000 (£434,000) early career development grant to assistant professor Idil Akin for research into predicting which soils and mountainsides are susceptible to landslides after wildfires.
Researchers at the University of California, Davis, department of civil and environmental engineering have carried out studies to suggest piles modelled after snakeskin could stabilise buildings, bridges and offshore infrastructure in weak soils.
Canada’s Yukon University has received a C$400,000 (£234,000) donation from Montreal-based BMO Financial Group to support the establishment of a Permafrost Institute at its YukonU Research Centre.
Specialist engineering business Keltbray, in collaboration with City, University of London, has appointed Matthew Dearing as research associate to lead the hollow pile project.
Finest Bay Area Development, the company behind the Helsinki-Tallinn tunnel scheme, is planning to establish an underground research centre in one of Europe’s deepest mines in Pyhäjärvi, Finland.
The £4M Deep Digital Cornwall project aims to create a research hub to develop digital technologies for the underground environment.
Geological Survey Ireland has announced it awarded over €1.45M (£1.38M) under its Research Programme in 2020.
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