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Read more at: Smart monitoring system optimising energy efficiency at underground farm wins at NCE Tunnelling Festival Awards
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Smart monitoring system optimising energy efficiency at underground farm wins at NCE Tunnelling Festival Awards

19 December 2019

A CSIC monitoring and modelling system optimising energy-efficient growing conditions at an underground hydroponic farming facility housed in former WW2 air raid shelters has won the Innovation in Tunnel Fit-Out, Operations and Maintenance Award at the New Civil Engineer (NCE) Tunnelling Festival Awards 2019. The festival...

Read more at: Head of CSIC to speak at International Workshop on Data Centric Engineering
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Head of CSIC to speak at International Workshop on Data Centric Engineering

10 December 2019

Engineering experts from around the world are gathering at MIT, in Cambridge USA to discuss how data-centric methods can empower engineering research, education and the professional practice. Their goal is to identify salient engineering challenges and their associated methodological thrusts that will offer value...

Read more at: Head of CSIC presents City, University of London Anniversary Lecture
Robert Mair, City, University of London Anniversary Lecture

Head of CSIC presents City, University of London Anniversary Lecture

10 December 2019

Professor Lord Robert Mair, Head of CSIC, gave the 125 th Anniversary Lecture at the City, University of London hosted by the School of Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering, which is part of a year of events marking City’s anniversary. The lecture titled 'Smart civil engineering infrastructure and construction'...

Read more at: International Brunel Lecture series comes to Cambridge
Transportation Infrastructure and Interdisciplinary Interfaces on Complex Mega-Projects, Cambridge

International Brunel Lecture series comes to Cambridge

28 November 2019

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) 12 th Brunel International Lecture Series titled ‘Transportation Infrastructure and Interdisciplinary Interfaces on Complex Mega-Projects – Dreaming Big’ by Linda Miller, a Bechtel leader currently serving as Construction Director on the new Sydney Metro Tunnels & Stations...

Read more at: Head of CSIC presents the Schiffman Lecture at Cornell University

Head of CSIC presents the Schiffman Lecture at Cornell University

14 November 2019

Professor Lord Robert Mair delivered the 20th Schiffman Lecture at the Geotechnical Colloquium, Cornell University in the USA. The annual Cornell University Geotechnical Engineering Colloquium was created following a bequest by the late Dr. Robert L. Schiffman, Cornell Civil Engineering Class of 1944 and Professor Emeritus...

Read more at: Head of CSIC features in ‘The Life Scientific: Inventors’ book from the popular Radio 4 series

Head of CSIC features in ‘The Life Scientific: Inventors’ book from the popular Radio 4 series

14 November 2019

A new book of interviews with “the ingenious individuals who come into The Life Scientific studio” features Professor Lord Robert Mair, Head of CSIC. The book, titled ‘The Life Scientific: Inventors’ , written by Anna Buckley – the producer of the radio programme – publishes on 14 November and offers engaging and...

Read more at: Best paper presentation award for CSIC Investigator at rail conference

Best paper presentation award for CSIC Investigator at rail conference

10 November 2019

CSIC Investigator Dr James Talbot and University of Cambridge PhD student Tobias Carrigan have won the Best Paper Presentation award at an international railway conference in Ghent, Belgium. The paper titled ‘Extracting information from axle-box accelerometers: on the derivation of rail roughness spectra in the presence of...

Read more at: CSIC Research Associate elected to Council of International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure
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CSIC Research Associate elected to Council of International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure

3 November 2019

Nicholas de Battista, CSIC Research Associate, has been elected to the Council of the International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (ISHMII). The announcement confirming the newly-elected members was welcomed by the President, Zhishen Wu, and the ISHMII Executive Committee. ISHMII is...

Read more at: His Royal Highness The Duke of York, KG, visits CSIC laboratory at the National Research Facility for Infrastructure Sensing

His Royal Highness The Duke of York, KG, visits CSIC laboratory at the National Research Facility for Infrastructure Sensing

31 October 2019

The Head of CSIC, Professor Lord Robert Mair and academics and researchers from the Department of Engineering welcomed The Duke of York when he visited the UK Collaboratorium for Research on Infrastructure and Cities (UKCRIC) National Research Facility for Infrastructure Sensing (NRFIS) at the new Civil Engineering Building, on the West Site of the University of Cambridge, on 29 October.

Read more at: CSIC projects feature in Geospatial Engineering and Electro Optics
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CSIC projects feature in Geospatial Engineering and Electro Optics

25 October 2019

CSIC’s award winning collaborative project designing an early warning solution for slope failures at a mainline railway cutting is featured in the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors Geospatial Engineering 2019-2020. The article ‘On track: Fibre optic sensing for safer real-time rockfall monitoring of rail...

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Tongji University and University of Cambridge Forge Stronger Civil Engineering Ties Through Graduate Forum

23 June 2025

The Civil Engineering Division of the Department of Engineering at Cambridge welcomed a distinguished delegation from Tongji University, China, for a week-long graduate forum titled "From Concrete to Code: Civil Engineering in the Digital Era" , held from 17 -20th June 2025. The visit marked a significant milestone in the...

Cambridge Researchers Battle for Summer Research Support in CSIC’s “Dragon’s Den” Event

20 June 2025

CSIC hosted a dynamic and engaging "Dragon’s Den" event this week, where researcher associates and PhD and Master’s students pitched their innovative ideas to a panel of industry experts in the hopes of winning research support for the summer. Held on Wednesday morning 18 June at the University’s Cambridge West site, the...

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