Associate Professor Denis Kalumba

Position:

• Director: Geotechnical Engineering Division
• Director of Social Responsiveness: Department of Civil Engineering

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

Research Interests:

• Soil/foundation interaction behaviour
• Soil reinforcement
• Geosynthetics
• Electro-kinetics
• Waste minimisation