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| Personal Information | ||
| Name | Farrell, Eric Raymond | |
| Main Department | Civil Structural & Environ Eng | |
| College Title | Adjunct Senior Lecturer | |
| efarrell@tcd.ie | ||
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| Web | http://people.tcd.ie/efarrell | |
| Biography | |
| Joined Trinity College, Dublin in 1982 as lecturer and became Senior lecturer in 1987. Previous experience included managing ground investigation companies in Ireland, and geotechnical, road and structural design experience in Ireland, the UK and in the Sultanate of Oman. Studied for MS in Cornell University (USA) on scholarship and fellowship and for PhD in Trinity College on a research contract funded by the European Office of the US Corps of Engineers. | |
| Representations |
| Details | Date |
| Chairman of the Irish National Annex committee of EC 7 Irish Liaison Engineer to SC 7/TC250 Eurocode Past Chairman of the civil division of the Instution of Engineers of Ireland. Member of European Techical Committee of the Evaluations of Eurocodes (ETC 10) Past member of TC 15 of ISSMGE on peat. Past member of ETC 5 of ISSME on laboratory testing | |
| Reviewer for Geotechnique | |
| Reviewer for ASCE | |
| Irish Liason Engineer to SC 7/TC250 Eurocode |
| Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies |
| Details | Date From | Date To |
| Fellow of Engineer's Ireland | 1986 | |
| Chartered Member of Institution of Civil Engineers | 1973 | |
| European Engineer (Eur Ing) | 1990 | |
| Fellow of the Geological Society | 1992 | |
| Member of European Technical Committee of the Evaluation of Eurocode (ETC 10) | ||
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| Awards and Honours | |
| Award | Date |
| Francis Edge Prize in Geology | 1966 |
| Samuel Rubin Foundation | 1968 |
| Fellowship from Cornell University | 1968 |
| Smith Testimonial | 1988, 1991, 1996 |
| Geotechnical Prize | 1991, 1994, 2003, 2005 |
| More Awards and Honours>>> | |
| Description of Research Interests |
| Behaviour of peat and organic soils at low effective stresses. Determining ground water response to short and long term de-watering events in engineering projects, including the assessment of in-situ permeability and the use of finite element numerical methods. Developement of numerical models for predicting deformations in very hard lodgement tills. Assessment of the behaviour of compacted material from laboratory and in situ tests, including from soil suction measurements. Stabilisation methods for organic and inorganic soils. Behaviour of embankments on soft soils. Design to Eurocodes. Geotechnical properties of lodgement tills, Embankments of soft soils, Coastal & Glacial Aquifers |
| Research Interests | |||
| Advanced Materials & Manufacturing | Bioengineering | COASTAL ENGINEERING | CUTOFF WALLS AND BARRIERS |
| Civil Engineering | Civil Engineering, Pavements and Structures | Communications engineering | DISPLACEMENT |
| Digital Media | Energy | Engineering Geology | Environmental engineering |
| GEOTEXTILES | GLACIAL DEPOSITS | Geotechnical Engineering | Geotechnics |
| Groundwater | Highway Engineering | Highway engineering | Landslides |
| Manufacturing engineering | PORE PRESSURES | Pavements | RETAINING WALLS, SEEPAGE |
| Soil Mechanics & Foundations | Soil/Structure Interaction | Structures | TILL |
| Transport Technology, Engineering | WEATHERING |
| Research Projects | |
| Project title | M7 Kildare Town By-pass Motorway Project |
| Summary | De-watering study. Funding €50,000 |
| Funding Agency | National Roads Authority |
| Programme | |
| Type of Project | |
| Date from | 2004 |
| Date to | 2004 |
| Person Months | |
| Publications and Other Research Outputs |
| Peer Reviewed |
| Farrell, E. R., and Coppinger, J., Passive groundwater control system for a motorway, Geotechnical Engineering, 157, (GE4), 2004, p209 - 217 | |
| Hebib, S., and Farrell, E.R., Some experiences on the stabilisation of Irish peats, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 40, (1), 2003, p107 - 120 | |
| Orr. T.L.L. , and Farrell, E.R, Geotechnical Design to Eurocode 7, Springer-Verlag, 1999, 174pp | |
| FARRELL, E, LEHANE, B, LOOBY, M, AN INSTRUMENTED DRIVEN PILE IN DUBLIN BOULDER CLAY, PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS-GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING, 131, 1998, p233 - 241 | |
| Determination of Atterbergy Limits in, Recommendations of the ISSMGE for geotechnical laboratory testing, Beuth-Verlag, 1995, pp39 - 45, [Farrell, E.R.,] | |
| More Publications and Other Research Outputs >>> | |
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