Michael Brown

Personal profile

Biography

Dr Michael Brown is currently a Reader in the Geotechnics Research Group at the University of Dundee. He graduated from the University of Bradford in 1995 with a first-class Honours degree in Civil & Structural Engineering, and obtained his doctorate from the University of Sheffield in 2004 for work on the rapid load testing (RLT) of piles in fine grained soils (Statnamic). He worked at the University of Sheffield as a research associate, firstly in the Geotechnical Engineering Research Group and then as consortium manager of the SUBR:IM project in the Groundwater Protection and Restoration Group. Prior to this he spent 5 years in industry working for specialist geotechnical contractors and consultants. He is the recent past editor of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Proceedings: Geotechnical Engineering. He is currently a member of ISSMGE Technical Committee TC212 on Deep Foundations, chair of CEN/TC 341/WG 7: Non-static tests on piles, an executive member of the SUT Offshore Site Investigation Group (OSIG) and a member of the EPSRC Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Research Alignment Group (RAG). He is a founding member of the Scottish Marine and Renewables Test centre (SMART) at the University of Dundee. He currently sits on the editorial panels of Geotechnique and JGS Soils and Foundations journal.

Professional Biography

BSc (Hons) Civil & Structural Engineering (1st Class), University of Bradford, 1995
PhD, University of Sheffield, 2004

Research

Rapid load Pile testing (Statnamic)

Rate Effects in fine grained soils

Offshore Geotechnics

Pipeline and cable ploughing and installation

Debris Flows and Landslides

Anchoring and foundations for marine energy generators

Alternative and silent foundation systems for offshore wind

Education/Academic qualification

Doctor of Philosophy, University of Sheffield

Award Date: 1 Jan 2004

Bachelor of Engineering, University of Bradford

Award Date: 1 Jan 1995

Keywords

TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)

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Projects

1 Not started
1 Active
9 Finished

NPIF EPSRC Doctoral Training Grant

Brown, M., Knappett, J. & Newman, T.

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

1/10/17 → 30/09/21

Project: Research

Innovative Rock Anchors for Aquaculture (joint with Sustainable Marine Energy Ltd and Gael Force Group Ltd)

Brown, M. & Knappett, J.

Project: Research

Development of Screw Anchors for Floating Marine Renewable Energy Systems Arrays Incorporating Anchor Sharing (SAFS) (Joint with University of Liege)

Brown, M., Cerfontaine, B. & Knappett, J.

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

1/08/17 → 31/07/19

Project: Research

Supergen Wind Challenge 2015: Screw Piles for Wind Energy Foundation Systems (Joint with Universities of Durham and Southampton)

Brennan, A., Brown, M. & Knappett, J.

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

26/02/16 → 25/07/19

Project: Research

Shaking Tunnel Vision (Joint with University of Leeds and Pontificia Unversidad Catolica de Valparaiso, Chile)

Brown, M. & Knappett, J.

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

1/02/16 → 31/05/18

Project: Research

Research Output

754 Citations
11 h-Index
61 Conference contribution
39 Article
8 Paper
8 Editorial
16 More

Implications of volume loss on the seismic response of tunnels in coarse-grained soils

Kampas, G., Knappett, J., Brown, M., Anastasopoulos, I., Nikitas, N. & Fuentes, R., 1 Jan 2020, In : Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. 95, p. 1-14 14 p., 103127.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

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1 Citation (Scopus)

63 Downloads (Pure)

On Lagrangian mechanics and the implicit material point method for large deformation elasto-plasticity

Coombs, W. M., Augarde, C., Brown, M., Brennan, A., Charlton, T., Knappett, J., Motlagh, Y. & Wang, L., 1 Jan 2020, In : Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 358, p. 1-32 32 p., 112622.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

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1 Citation (Scopus)

60 Downloads (Pure)

Centrifuge investigations of normal and reverse fault interaction with jack-up rig spudcan foundations

Oakes, K., Brown, M., Knappett, J. & Anastasopoulos, I., 12 Sep 2019. 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

Centrifuge testing to verify scaling of offshore pipeline ploughs

Robinson, S., Brown, M., Matsui, H., Brennan, A., Augarde, C. E., Coombs, W. M. & Cortis, M., 14 Nov 2019, In : International Journal of Physical Modelling in Geotechnics. 19, 6, p. 305-317 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

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141 Downloads (Pure)

Design of plate and screw anchors in dense sand: failure mechanism, capacity and deformation

Cerfontaine, B., Knappett, J., Brown, M. & Bradsaw, A. S., 25 Jun 2019, 7th International Symposium on Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials (IS-Glasgow 2019). Tarantino, A. & Ibraim, E. (eds.). 2019 ed. EDP Sciences, Vol. 92. p. 1-6 6 p. 16010. (E3S Web of Conferences; vol. 92).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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