Two of our recent papers are on mycelium-like networks and lessons to stabilise soil, mimicking fungal hyphae to enhance structure and resilience. #Mycelium #Biomimicry #SoilStabilisation #Geotechnics #Bioinspired #SustainableEngineering #BioCivilEngineering #SoilScience #NatureBasedSolutions
28.06.2025 23:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Thanks to Sociedad #Mexicana de IngenierΓa Geotecnica - #Mexico Society of Geotechnical Engineering for inviting me for a talk. We discussed how high cycle low strain amplitude leads to fatigue, particle breakage, CSL movement and more. Stay tuned. Diagrams coming!
26.06.2025 21:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
#pyroclastic silty sands of #Guadalajara provide #drainage, good #acidic #phosphorus growing environmental for #Agave, & equally high potential of #piping, softening & static flow for #building s. Good #Tequila, troubled #Foundation - picture: Agave, and hills of Cerro del Cuatro
25.06.2025 21:13 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
My sincere thanks to ITESO, Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara, for inviting and hosting me earlier this month. We discussed a broad range of topics, from #eurocode to #biomimetics, #sand, flow and liquefaction to #WaterManagement.
25.06.2025 18:39 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Materials that breath, regulate temperature and humidity of their surroundings, and can even self form food for cohabiting #organisms. #material that are printable, and gain strength as they age. That's the ambition.
26.01.2025 10:32 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The 3rd NiSE conference, the #nature inspired Solutions for the #Built #Environment, took place in early December last year.
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NiSE2:
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NiSE1:
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NiSE3:
nce2024.ktimo.org
NiSE4 will return to #London
25.01.2025 14:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
First post!
Greetings from London. What's your take on roughness? What does measure it? Martinez et al. appreciate it's effect in snakeskin-like inclusions in #sands. We ditto for insect-X-like biochips in sand. Llano-Serna et al. 2022 cast doubts for #fallcone in #clay. Many oppose.
24.01.2025 17:00 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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