Head of Geotechnical and Environmental Group, Cambridge University
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Malcolm Bolton graduated in Engineering from Cambridge University in 1967 and subsequently took an MSc by research in structural engineering from Manchester University and a PhD in soil mechanics from Cambridge University. |
His academic career in geotechnical engineering started in Manchester where he helped to develop the UK’s first geotechnical centrifuge, but in 1980 he returned to Cambridge where he is now Professor of Soil Mechanics, Director of the Schofield Centre for Geotechnical Process and Construction Modelling, and Head of the Geotechnical and Environmental Group in the Department of Engineering.
He is the author of a book and 200 publications covering the fundamental mechanics of granular materials and a wide variety of civil engineering applications from tunnels through foundations, and from earthquake effects to landslide hazard reduction. He served on the drafting panel of the UK Code of Practice on Earth Retaining Structures, BS 8002 (1994). Professor Bolton acts as a consultant to oil companies and offshore engineering companies in relation to soil-pipeline interactions on the sea bed, and served for four years on the Slope Stability Technical Review Board of the Hong Kong Government. He is the chairman of Technical Committee 35 “Geomechanics from Micro to Macro” for the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. Professor Bolton holds various prizes from the UK Institutions of Civil Engineers and Structural Engineers: a British Geotechnical Association Prize, a Telford Premium, the T K Hsieh Award (twice), an Oscar Faber Award, and the Sir Benjamin Baker silver medal. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. |
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