Awards

2024      ESPRC Fellowship.

2024      Geotechnical Engineering Proceedings lecture (biennial lecture nominated by the Editorial Panel of ICE Proceedings Geotechnical Engineering).

2024      British Geotechnical Association Case History Award.

2024      Crampton Prize award for the best paper submitted to the journal Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers – Geotechnical Engineering.

2023      Editorial Board Member Award for “outstanding editorial board service and dedication for Underground Space”.

2023      COP28 Prototypes for Humanity “Data Science & AI-Enabled Solutions” category award (student: Maral Bayaraa).

2023      Crampton Prize award for the best paper submitted to the journal Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers – Geotechnical Engineering.

2023      75th Géotechnique Anniversary “insightful paper on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics in geotechnics published in the decade 2013-2023” (co-author; lead author Dr Pin Zhang).

2023      ISSMGE ‘Bright Spark Lecture Award’.

2022      Editor Choice Award for paper published in ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics (May issue; DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.000211).

2022      Civil Engineering Research Association of Ireland Young Researcher Award 2022.

2022      Royal Society International Exchange Award.

2022      Editor Choice Award for paper published in ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics (Feb issue; DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.00020).

2020      Department of Engineering Science Bronze Teaching Award based on student feedback for the 2019/20 academic year.

2018      Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship.

2018      Junior Research Fellowship at St Catherine’s College, University of Oxford.

2012      Fulbright Scholarship alternate award.

2010      College of Engineering and Informatics Postgraduate Fellowship.

2009      Awarded three scholarships for academic performance in Civil Engineering in NUI, Galway.