McAuliffe welcomes second PhD student onto Cambridge University programme

19 Jan 2023

A second McAuliffe-sponsored PhD student has joined The University of Cambridge’s Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Infrastructure and Built Environment: Resilience in a Changing World (FIBE2 CDT) programme.

Second McAuliffe-sponsored PhD student has joined The University of Cambridge Programme

India Harding, who holds a Master’s in Civil Engineering from Durham University, joins fellow McAuliffe student, Han Ding, on the four-year studentship.

Both India and Han are completing new research into using waste as cost-effective and sustainable stabilisation binders for remediation.

As part of her doctorate, India will investigate the opportunity to use excavation and mining waste streams as resources for earthen construction materials, which typically have poor durability.

Aluminosilicates present within excavation and mining waste have been found to aid the formation of cementitious bonds within the soil, which increases compressive strength. India’s studies will identify how kaolin-extraction waste can improve the hydromechanical properties in earthen construction materials.

The resulting framework will be implemented in civil infrastructure industries to help them work towards carbon neutral, as well as contributing to UN Sustainable Development Goals.

John McAuliffe, Group Managing Director of McAuliffe Group, said:

“Han and India’s research directly supports one of the sector’s key challenges – finding sustainable and effective stabilisation binders.

It’s great to add another brilliant mind to the cause, and we’re excited to see the results of their investigations.”

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