Associate Professor Britta Bienen

Qualifications

Education

• 2008
  PhD, University of Western Australia
• 2001
  Dipl.-Ing., University of Technology (RWTH) Aachen, Germany
• 1999
  BEng with Distinction, Napier University, Edinburgh, UK

Employment

• 2011
  Associate Professor, Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems (UWA)
• 2011
  Postdoctoral Fellow, Australian Research Council, 4 yrs
• 2011
  The Lloyd’s Register Educational Trust Assistant Professor, 4 yrs
• 2008
  Assistant Professor, Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems (UWA)
• 2008
  Geotechnical Engineer, Advanced Geomechanics, Perth
• 2006
  Geotechnical Engineer, Golder Associates Pty Ltd, Perth
• 2002
  Research Assistant, University of Technology, Munich, Germany

Research Interests

• Offshore geotechnics
• Centrifuge modelling
• Numerical modelling
• Soil–structure–fluid interaction
• Development of foundation–soil interaction models
• Offshore foundations under combined loading
• Mobile jack-up platforms and their spudcan foundations
• Foundations for offshore wind energy installations