Guy T. Houlsby Explained

Guy T. Houlsby
Workplaces:	University of Oxford
Alma Mater:	University of Cambridge
Thesis Title:	A Study of Plasticity Theories and Their Applicability to Soils
Thesis Url:	https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/250783
Thesis Year:	1981
Doctoral Advisor:	Peter Wroth

Guy Tinmouth Houlsby FREng^[1] is Professor of Civil Engineering and former Head of the Department of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford.^[2] He specialises in Geotechnical Engineering and more particularly in offshore foundations.

Education

He carried out research in Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Cambridge, under the advisory of Peter Wroth, leading to the award of a PhD degree in 1981 with his thesis titled "A Study of Plasticity Theories and Their Applicability to Soils".^[3]

Recognition

Professor Houlsby was invited to deliver the 54th BGA Rankine Lecture in 2014 at Imperial College, entitled "Interactions in Offshore Foundation Design".^[4] In 2001 he delivered the 5th BGA Géotechnique Lecture.

He was elected in 1999 as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng).^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: List of Fellows. 20 October 2014. 8 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160608094405/http://www.raeng.org.uk/about-us/people-council-committees/the-fellowship/list-of-fellows. dead.
2. Web site: Professor Guy T. Houlsby. https://web.archive.org/web/20200124063045/https://eng.ox.ac.uk/civil/people/gth-1/houlsby/. 24 January 2020.
3. http://www-civil.eng.ox.ac.uk/people/gth/b/Thesis.pdf Houlsby, G. T. (1981) A Study of Plasticity Theories and Their Applicability to Soils. PhD Thesis, University of Cambridge.
4. http://bga.city.ac.uk/cms/html/Rankine%20Lecture%20flyer%202014%20final.docx BGA 54th Rankine Lecture
5. Web site: List of Fellows. 20 October 2014. 8 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160608094405/http://www.raeng.org.uk/about-us/people-council-committees/the-fellowship/list-of-fellows. dead.