Dr Michael Brown

Michael Brown 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 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.

Professional Biography

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

• Understanding full-scale rapid load pile testing (Statnamic) in fine grained soils
• Investigating the performance of Continuous Displacement Helical (CHD) piles in granular soils
• Understanding and prediction of rate effects in fine grained soils
• Improving the performance of existing models for prediction of offshore ploughing tow forces and progress rates
• Investigating damage mitigation for piling through buried archaeology
• Biomechanics of the human cornea

• Brown, M.J. & Powell, J.J.M. (2012) Comparison of rapid load test analysis techniques in clay soils. ASCE Journal of Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering. Published online 21/03/12.
• Milne, F.D., Brown, M.J., Knappett, J.A. & Davies, M.C.R. (2012) Centrifuge modelling of hillslope debris flow initiation. Catena 92, 162-171.
• Bransby, M.F., Knappett, J.A., Brown, M.J., Hudacsek, P. (2012) The vertical capacity of grillage foundations. Geotechnique 62, 201-211.
• Bransby, M.F., Brown, M.J., Knappett, J.A., Hudacsek, P., Morgan, N., Cathie, D., Maconochie, A., Yun, G., Ripley, A.G., Brown, N. & Egborge, R. (2011) The vertical capacity of grillage foundations in sand. Canadian Geotechnical Journal 48, 1246-1265.
• Bransby, M.F., Brown, M.J., Hatherley, A. & Lauder, K. (2010) Pipeline plough performance in sand waves. Part 1: Model testing. Canadian Geotechnical Journal 47, 49-64.

Dr Michael Brown

Division of Civil Engineering

University of Dundee

Nethergate

Dundee

DD1 4HN