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 (RLT) 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. He is currently editor of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Proceedings: Geotechnical Engineering. He is chairman of the ICE Scottish Geotechnical Group (SGG) and a member of ISSMGE Technical Committee TC212 on Deep Foundations.

Professional Biography

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

• Full-scale rapid load (RLT) pile testing (Statnamic) in fine grained soils
• The performance of Continuous Displacement Helical (CHD) piles in granular soils
• Rate effects and high strain rate triaxial testing in fine grained soils
• Prediction of offshore ploughing tow forces and progress rates
• Offshore pipeline installation and novel foundations
• Foundations and anchoring for renewable marine energy generators

• Knappett, J.A., Brown, M.J., Bransby, M.F., Hudacsek, P., Morgan, N., Cathie, D., Maconochie, A., Yun, G., Ripley, A.G., Brown, N. & Egborge, R. (2012) Capacity of grillage foundations under horizontal loading. Geotechnique 62, 811-823.
  
• Lauder, K., Brown, M.J., Bransby, M.F. & Gooding, S. (2012) The variation of tow force with velocity during offshore ploughing in granular materials. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. Published online 29/10/12.
  
• 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.

Dr Michael Brown

Division of Civil Engineering

University of Dundee

Nethergate

Dundee

DD1 4HN