| Malcolm D. Bolton | |
| Birth Place: | England |
| Nationality: | English |
| Fields: | Soil Mechanics, Geotechnical Engineering |
| Workplaces: | Cambridge University, UK University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) |
| Alma Mater: | Cambridge University, UK University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Andrew N. Schofield |
| Known For: | Mobilisable strength design (MSD), Geotechnical centrifuge modelling |
| Awards: | 52nd Rankine Lecture, 2012 Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering |
Malcolm David Bolton (born 1946) is a British soil mechanics engineer and professor of geotechnical engineering at the University of Cambridge.
He read engineering at the University of Cambridge. He then studied for a MSc at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) and then did research in soil mechanics at Cambridge which led to the award of a PhD.[1]
He currently holds the Chair of Soil Mechanics at the University of Cambridge and his is the Director of the Schofield Centrifuge Centre for Geotechnical Processes and Construction. He published extensively [2] [3] in the field of fundamental soil mechanics, geotechnical centrifuge testing and geotechnical design. For the latter topic, he introduced the mobilisable strength design (MSD) method.[4] [5] In 2012, he was invited to deliver the prestigious 52nd Rankine Lecture, titled "Performance-based design in geotechnical engineering".[6] [7] In 1991 he delivered the 2nd BGA Géotechnique Lecture.