
Chief Investigator
Professor Andrei Lyamin
Chief Investigator
Qualifications
PhD, BSc (Mathematics), BSc (Mathematics & Physics)Education
- 1999
PhD (Civil Engineering), University of Newcastle
- 1987
BSc (Mathematics), Dzerzhinsky Rocket Force Academy, Russia
- 1978
BSc (Mathematics & Physics), Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Awards and Honours
- 2011
Editor’s Choice, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, for paper
Stability of a single tunnel in cohesive–frictional soil subjected to surcharge loading
- 2011
Excellent Contributions Award, International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics
- 2008
Excellent Paper Award, International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG), for the work on 'A new discontinuous upper bound limit analysis formulation' (published in International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 63: 1069-1088, 2005).
- 2007
Telford Premium, Institution of Civil Engineers London, for the best paper on applied mechanics: 'Three-dimensional lower-bound solutions for the stability of plate anchors in sand' (published in Géotechnique, 56, 123-132, 2006).
- 2005
Significant Paper Award, International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG), for the work on 'Lower bound limit analysis using nonlinear programming' (published in International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 55: 573-611, 2002).
- 2002
APD Fellowship. An ARC Fellowship with a success rate of just 15% in 2002.
Employment
- 2007
Associate Professor, University of Newcastle, 5 yrs
- 2005
Senior Lecturer, Univesrity of Newcastle, 2 yrs
- 2002
Research Academic, University of Newcastle, 3 yrs
- 2000
Research Fellow, University of Newcastle, 2 yrs
- 1998
Research Assistant, University of Newcastle, 2 yrs
- 1990
Co-founder & Research Engineer, SPE Termotech, Kaliningrad, 3 yrs
- 1987
Research Officer, Dzerzhinsky Rocket Force Academy, 2 yrs
Research Interests
- Adaptive Mesh Generation
- Finite Elements
- Limit Analysis
- Optimization
- Shakedown Analysis
- Variational Multiscale Modelling