Position:
- Professor
- Director: Geotechnical Engineering Division
- Director of Postgraduate: Department of Civil Engineering
Email:
Office:
- Room 3.13; New Engineering Building; UCT Upper Campus
Qualifications:
- PhD, University of Newcastle upon Tyne (2006)
- MScEng, University of Cape Town (1999)
- BScEng, Makerere University (1994)
Professional Affiliations:
- South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE)
- Geosynthetics Interest Group of South Africa (GIGSA)
- International Geosynthetics Society (IGS)
- Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
- British Geotechnical Association (BGA)
- International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)
- South-East Asian Geotechnical Society & Association of Geotechnical Societies in South-East Asia (SEAGS-AGSSEA)
Undergraduate Teaching:
- CIV3042F (Geotechnical engineering II)
Postgraduate Teaching:
- CIV5110Z (Laboratory and field techniques)
- CIV5114Z (Foundation design)
- CIV5111Z (Ground improvement techniques)
- CIV5124Z (Geosynthetics engineering)
- CIV5149Z (Slope stability and lateral earth supports)
Research Affiliation:
- Geotechnical Engineering Division
Publication Profile:
Research Interests:
- Soil/foundation interaction behaviour
- Soil reinforcement
- Geosynthetics
- Electro-kinetics
- Waste minimisation