New state-of-the-art Soil Lab opened in Civil Engineering
Officially opened in April 2013, the School of Engineering’s refurbished Soil Mechanics lab has state-of-the-art geotechnical equipment and will combine teaching and research in exciting areas including soil contamination and wastewater filtration engineering.
In addition to the bright and airy teaching space, the new soil lab for Civil Engineering has had two modern research rooms created with new equipment including an advanced NanoSight nanoparticle tracking and analysis (NTA) system which will be used for undergraduate and postgraduate projects.
Geotechnical studies - understanding the mechanics of the soils and rocks which underpin buildings, bridges and other structures- are a core part of Civil Engineering. The new Soils lab, with its high tech apparatus, will enable students and researchers at the School of Engineering to improve our understanding of wastewater interactions with soils and filter media, which will assist in identifying more efficient and effective ways of reducing and remediating environmental contamination.
The new Soils lab will give our Civil Engineers the exciting opportunity to link these studies with geotechnical analyses such as compression, shear and permeability tests which will allow the direct impacts of construction activity on these other important soil functions to be investigated.
Steve Jones, Programme Director for Civil Engineering said, “The new Soil lab is a fantastic addition to our Civil Engineering facilities and offers versatility of resources and equipment that will enable our team of experts, as well as students, to develop and progress our important research in geotechnical fields.”
ENDS
For more information please contact lbarker@liverpool.ac.uk
Notes to editors:
The Advanced NanoSight Nanoparticle Tracking and Analysis (NTA) system, has been funded through Liverpool's successful EPSRC Small Equipment Grants for Early Career Researchers funding.