Dr. Richard Bathurst
Fellow
Current Employer
Royal Military College of Canada
Election Year
2017
Academy
Academy of Science
Discipline
Engineering
Department
Civil Engineering
Keywords
Geosynthetics, reinforced earth, probabilistic design, geotechnical earthquake design, particle mechanics, Civil (Geotechnical) Engineering
BATHURST, Richard, Royal Military College of Canada
Professor Bathurst has made innovative and impactful contributions to the advancement and understanding of modern civil engineering geosynthetic reinforced earth retaining structures and slopes. His work demonstrates a multi-disciplinary approach to the design, analysis and sustainability of these structures. His many acclaimed contributions also include themes related to earthquake geotechnical engineering, probabilistic design, full-scale model earth structure testing, materials testing, soil-structure interaction, transparent surrogate granular soils and granular particle mechanics.
Professor Bathurst has made innovative and impactful contributions to the advancement and understanding of modern civil engineering geosynthetic reinforced earth retaining structures and slopes. His work demonstrates a multi-disciplinary approach to the design, analysis and sustainability of these structures. His many acclaimed contributions also include themes related to earthquake geotechnical engineering, probabilistic design, full-scale model earth structure testing, materials testing, soil-structure interaction, transparent surrogate granular soils and granular particle mechanics.
Le professeur Bathurst a apporté des contributions novatrices et de grand impact à l'avancement et à la compréhension des structures et des pentes renforcées de géosynthétiques. Son travail démontre une approche multidisciplinaire pour la conception, l'analyse et la durabilité de ces structures. Ses nombreuses contributions acclamées incluent également des thèmes liés à l'ingénierie géotechnique sismique, à la conception probabiliste, à l'étude à pleine échelle des ouvrages géotechniques, aux essais sur matériaux, à l'interaction sol-structure, aux sols granulaires transparents substituts et à la mécanique des particules granulaires.