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PhD Studentship - Modelling soil dewatering and recharge for cost-effective and climate resilient infrastructure  School of Engineering Location:   Highfield Campus Closing Date:   Tuesday 31 August 2021 Reference:  1298020DA Supervisor:  Tiina Roose Co-supervisor  William Powrie   Project description Soil is one of the most complex and important self-assembling organo-mineral composites in the world. All human food supply, ecosystem and infrastructure services depend on soil. Movements of water into, within and out of soil are especially important. In the context of geotechnical infrastructure, a detailed understanding of the processes involved is needed both for the control of groundwater levels and pore pressures during construction, and potentially for the active management of soil water content to mitigate more extreme cycles of seasonal wetting and drying that are predicted to occur as a result of climate change. Particular issues and questions that...