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Ellen Robson

 

 

 

 

 

Dr Ellen Robson

Ellen is a PDRA in Geotechnical Engineering at the IHRR. Her research focuses on developing stakeholder-focused guidance and methodologies in slope stabilisation for lower income countries. Ellen has just submitted her PhD thesis in Geotechnical Engineering at Newcastle University, which was sponsored by NERC IAPETUS. Her PhD aimed to further understand some of the causes for inadequate road slope stabilisation in lower income country settings and develop stakeholder-focused methodologies based on the findings to aid the planning and design of road slope stabilisation. During her PhD she carried out field work in Nepal and Laos, as well as conducting multiple numerical and lab-based slope stability experiments. Prior to her PhD, Ellen received an MSci in Geology from the University of Birmingham.