Newcastle University

Background

Prof Glendinning joined the School in 1998 and is a member of the Geotechnical Engineering and Structures Group

Prof Glendinning has an excellent track record in environmental geotechnics which is founded on a long history of engagement with industry and academic work in this field.  She recognized that a step-change in understanding climate change impacts on transport infrastructure could be made only once controlled experimentation could be undertaken, proving cause and effect and providing long-term datasets.  She led the EPSRC BIONICS project, which provided a unique embankment facility, and is helping to advance scientific understanding to enable more reliable prediction of future performance and targeted resource allocation. 

Prof Glendinning has helped advance the science of electrokinetic geosynthetics (EKG), and in the development of  commercial innovations for large volume waste reduction, soft soil consolidation and slope stabilisation. She is research Director of Electrokinetics Ltd.

Dr Glendinning is now pioneering the concept of the Living Laboratory, an initiative aimed at both creating local impacts from world-leading research and developing new first-class research through tackling local problems at life-scale.  Its working philosophy is essentially to treat the city-region as a full-scale laboratory in which to develop and demonstrate research and its impact. 

Roles and responsibilities 

Prof Glendinning Chairs the Undergraduate Programme Strategy Group responsible for the design and implementation of our new Undergraduate Programmes in Civil Engineering 

Qualifications

PhD Geotechnical Engineering (Loughborough University, 1995)

BSc Engineering (Civil) (Leicester University, 1989) 

Memberships

Graduate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers

Member of the British Geotechnical Association

Member of the International Geosynthetics Society

Member of Northumbria branch of ICE Committee

Industrial Experience

2008-2009

Half-time Royal Academy of Engineering secondee with Arup, Newcastle.

1989-91               

Graduate Engineer, Knight Piesold and Partners, Derby

2002 -

Director of Electrokinetic Ltd. 

Research Interests

Sustainable development, particularly in relation to cities and infrastructure

Impacts of, and adaptation to climate change on infrastructure, particularly in relation to slope stability

Ground improvement, particularly in relation to cementitious stabilisation and use of electrokinetics

Electrokinetics, particularly in relation to waste minimisation and slope stabilisation

Full-scale monitoring and modelling as a means of demonstrating research outputs and engaging user communities

Esteem Indicators

Member of the US Transportation Research Board Committee on Cementitious Stabilisation

Member of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Committee on Transportation Geotechnics (current)

Member of the EPSRC College (2002-2005, 2006-2009, 2010-)

Director Of spin-out company Electrokinetic

Member of Editorial Board of Geotechnique (2009-2012)

Editor of Engineering Sustainability (2010-) 

Recent and Current Funded projects

Research Council 

SHOCK (NOT) HORROR 01.09.11 -31.08.13 £269,498

Decision Theatre (via Impact Award) 01.09.11-30.06.12 £30,000

Transport – Living Lab (via Bridging the gaps award) 01.09.11-30.06.12 

Knowledge Transfer Secondment- Newcastle City Council 01.04.11-30.09.11 £35,168

Knowledge Transfer Secondment- Arup 01.02.11-31.01.12 £22 659

EKG China Summer School 01.03.09-30.04.09 £12,000

Climate Impacts on slopes - Learning from full scale 01.10.07-30.03.09 £95,973

BIONICS -01.09.04- 28.02.09 £895,435

Other funding sources

SRIF £240,000

Rail Safety and Standards Board £10,000

Undergraduate Teaching

CEG1202 Geotechnics - contribution to stage 1 introductory modules

CEG3001 and CEG3004 Design of Sustainaible Engineering Systems - leads the design and implementation of Stage 3 modules (40 credits in total)

Postgraduate Teaching

Leads modules in:

CEG8204 - 10 credits - Ground improvement techniques, building on research expertise and industrial contacts in this field

CEG8004 - 20 credits  - Enterprise for construction - building on commercialisation expertise 

Funding

Royal Academy of Engineering Secondment 01.11.08-31.10.9 £25,000

Royal Academy of Engineering (HE-STEM) Award 06.11-05.12 £6,000

• Glendinning S, Mendes J, Hughes P, Chambers J, Gunn D. Climate-induced pore water pressures in a clay embankment. Part1: Full-scale monitoring. 2013. In Preparation.
• Glendinning S, Rouainia N, Helm P. Climate-Induced vaiation of pore water pressures in a clay embankment. Part 2: Numerical Modelling. 2013. In Preparation.
• Walsh CL, Glendinning S, Dawson RJ, England K, Martin M, Watkins CL, Wilson R, Glenis V, McLoughlin A, Parker D. Collaborative platform to facilitate engineering decision-making. Engineering Sustainability 2013, 166(2), 98-107.
• Helm PR, Davie CT, Glendinning S. Numerical modelling of shallow abandoned mine working subsidence affecting transport infrastructure. Engineering Geology 2013, 154, 6-19.
• Glendinning S. Editorial. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Engineering Sustainability 2012, 165(4), 235-236.
• Cristelo N, Glendinning S, Fernandes L, Pinto AT. Effect of calcium content on soil stabilisation with alkaline activation. Construction and Building Materials 2012, 29, 167-174.
• Toll DT, Mendes J, Gallipoli D, Glendinning S, Hughes PN. Investigating the impacts of climate change on slopes: field measurements. Engineering Geology Special Publications 2012, 26(1), 151-161.
• Cristelo N, Glendinning S, Miranda T, Oliveira D, Silva R. Soil stabilisation using alkaline activation of fly ash for self compacting rammed earth construction. Construction and Building Materials 2012, 36, 727-735.
• Lamont-Black J, Hall JA, Glendinning S, White CP, Jones CJFP. Stabilisation of a railway embankment using electrokinetic geosynthetics. Engineering Geology Special Publication 2012, 26, 125-139.
• Cristelo N, Glendinning S, Pinto AT. Deep soft soil improvement by alkaline activation. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Ground Improvement 2011, 164(2), 73-82.
• Ng SK, Plunkett A, Stojceska V, Ainsworth P, Lamont-Black J, Hall J, White C, Glendenning S, Russell D. Electro-Kinetic Technology as a Low-Cost Method for Dewatering Food By-Product. Drying Technology 2011, 29(14), 1721-1728.
• Jones CJFP, Lamont-Black J, Glendinning S. Electrokinetic Geosynthetics in Hydraulic applications. Geotextiles and Geomembranes 2011, 29(4), 381-390.
• Hughes PN, Glendinning S, Manning DAC, White ML. Use of red gypsum in soil mixing engineering applications. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Geotechnical Engineering 2011, 164(3), 223-234.
• Kalumba D, Umutoni B, Kulabako R, Glendinning S. Using electro-osmosis technology in the improvement of a Ugandan Clay Soil. In: 15th African Regional Conference on SMGE: Resource and Infrastructure Geotechnics in Africa: putting theory into practice. 2011, Maputo, Mozambique: IOS Press.
• Glendinning S, Mok CK, Kalumba D, Rogers CDF, Hunt DVL. Design Framework for Electrokinetically Enhanced Dewatering of Sludge. Journal of Environmental Engineering 2010, 136(4), 417-426.
• Hughes PN, Glendinning S, Manning DAC, Noble BC. Production of 'green' concrete using red gypsum and waste. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Engineering Sustainability 2010, 163(3), 137-146.
• Glendinning S, Hall JW, Manning LJ. Asset-management strategies for infrastructure embankments. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability 2009, 162(2), 111-120.
• Kilsby CG, Glendinning S, Hughes PN, Parkin G, Bransby MF. Climate-change impacts on long-term performance of slopes. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability 2009, 162(2), 59-66.
• Kalumba D, Glendinning S, Rogers CDF, Tyrer M, Boardman DI. Dewatering of Tunneling Slurry Waste Using Electrokinetic Geosynthetics. Journal of Environmental Engineering 2009, 135(11), 1227-1236.
• Hong H, Hu L, Glendinning S, Wu W. Electro-osmosis experiment of soft clay with external loading. Qinghua Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Tsinghua University 2009, 49(6), 825-833.
• Hughes PN, Glendinning S, Mendes J, Parkin G, Toll DG, Gallipoli D, Miller PE. Full-scale testing to assess climate effects on embankments. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Engineering Sustainability 2009, 162(2), 67-79.
• Rouainia M, Davies O, O'Brien T, Glendinning S. Numerical modelling of climate effects on slope stability. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability 2009, 162(2), 81-89.
• Rogers C, Glendinning S. Proceedings of the Institute of Civil Engineers: Bridge Engineering: Editorial. Proceedings of the Institute of Civil Engineers: Bridge Engineering 2009, 162(2), 55-58.
• Glendinning S, Loveridge F, Starr-Keddle RE, Bransby MF, Hughes PN. Role of vegetation in sustainability of infrastructure slopes. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability 2009, 162(2), 101-110.
• Cristelo N, Glendinning S, Jalali S. Sub-bases layers of residual granite soil stabilised with lime. Soils and Rocks 2009, 32(2), 83-88.
• Manning LJ, Hall JW, Kilsby CG, Glendinning S, Anderson MG. Spatial analysis of the reliability of transport networks subject to rainfall-induced landslides. Hydrological Processes 2008, 22(17), 3349-3360.
• Glendinning S, Lamont-Black J, Jones CJFP, Hall J. Treatment of lagooned sewage sludge in situ using electrokinetic geosynthetics. Geosynthetics International 2008, 15(3), 192-204.
• Grine K, Glendinning S. Creation of an artificial carbonate sand. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering 2007, 25(4), 441-448.
• Lamont-Black J, Jones CJFP, Glendinning S. Conditioning Particulate Substrate structure and Method for Particulate Substructure Conditioning (EKG Conditioning of Turf). PCT, Europe and USA, PCT/GB03/01907, WO 03/094599, 2006.
• Glendinning S, Jones CJFP, Huntley D, Lamont-Black J. Dewatering of sewage sludge using Electrokinetic geosynthetics. In: Geosynthetics: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Geosynthetics. 2006, Yokahama, Japan: Millpress.
• Huntley D, Lamont-Black J, Glendinning S, Jones CJFP. Economic models for the use of electrokinetic geosynthetics. In: Geosynthetics: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Geosynthetics. 2006, Yokahama, Japan: Millpress.
• Jones CJFP, Huntley D, Glendinning S, Lamont-Black J. Soil consolidation and strengthening using electrokinetic geosynthetics – concepts and analysis. In: Geosynthetics: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Geosynthetics. 2006, Yokahama, Japan: Millpress.
• Lamont-Black J, Huntley D, Glendinning S, Jones CJFP. The use of Electrokinetic geosynthetics (EKG) in enhanced performance of sports turf. In: Geosynthetics: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Geosynthetics. 2006, Yokahama, Japan: Millpress.
• Glendinning S, Lamont-Black J, Jones CJFP. Treatment of sewage sludge using electrokinetic geosynthetics. Journal of Hazardous Materials 2006, 139(3), 491-499.
• Glendinning S, Jones C, Lamont-Black J. Chapter 35 The use of electrokinetic geosynthetics (EKG) to improve soft soils. Elsevier Geo-Engineering Book Series 2005, 3(C), 997-1043.
• Lamont-Black J, Glendinning S, Jones CJFP. Conductive Material (MMO application). PCT/GB2005/003764 and WO 2006/048594, 2005.
• Hughes PN, Glendinning S. Development of a Soil Mixing Binder Using Waste Materials. In: 1st International Conference on Engineering for Waste Treatment: Beneficial Use of Waste and By-Products (WasteEng 2005). 2005, Albi, France.
• Hall JW, Glendinning S, Younger PL. Is minewater a source of hazardous gas?. In: 9th International Mine Water Association Congress. 2005, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.
• Jones CJFP, Lamont-Black J, Glendinning S, Pugh RC. New Applications for Smart Geosynthetics. In: Geo-Frontiers 2005. 2005, Austin, Texas: ASCE Special Publications.
• Glendinning S, Jones CJFP, Pugh RC. Reinforced Soil Using Cohesive Fill and Electrokinetic Geosynthetics. International Journal of Geomechanics 2005, 5(2), 138-146.
• Glendinning S, Jones CJFP. The use of Electrokinetic Geosynthetics (EKG) to Improve Soft Soils. In: Indraratna, B; Chu, J, ed. Ground Improvement Case Histories. London: Elsevier, 2005, pp.1001-1049.
• Glendininng S, Jones CJFP, Lamont-Black J. The use of Electrokinetic Geosynthetics (EKG) to Improve Soft Soils. In: Indraratna, B; Chu, J, ed. Ground Improvement Case Histories. London: Elsevier, 2005, pp.1001-1049.
• Glendinning S, Lamont-Black J, Jones CJFP. Treatment of Sewage Sludge Using Electrokinetic Geosynthetics. In: 1st International Conference on Engineering for Waste Treatment. 2005, Albi, France.
• Hughes PN, Glendinning S. Deep dry mix ground improvement of a soft peaty clay using blast furnace slag and red gypsum. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology 2004, 37(3), 205-216.
• Boardman DI, Glendinning S, Rogers CDF. The influences of iron (III) and lead (II) contaminants on lime-stabilised clay. Géotechnique 2004, 54(7), 467-486.
• Heal K, Younger PL, Smith K, Glendinning S, Quinn PF, Dobbie K. Novel use of ochre from mine water treatment plants to reduce point and diffuse phosphorus pollution. Land Contamination & Reclamation 2003, 11(2), 145-152.
• Boardman DI, Glendinning S, Rogers CDF. Development of stabilisation and solidification in lime-clay mixes. Géotechnique 2001, 51(6), 533-543.
• Boardman DI, Glendinning S, Rogers CDF, Holt CC. In-situ monitoring of lime stabilized road subgrade. In: Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. 2001, Washington, DC, USA: Transportation Research Record, National Research Council.
• Rogers CDF, Glendinning S. Lime requirement for stabilization. In: GEOMATERIALS 2000. 2000.
• Rogers CDF, Glendinning S, Roff TEJ. Lime modification of clay soils for construction expediency. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Geotechnical Engineering 1997, 125(4), 242-249.
• Rogers CDF, Glendinning S. Stabilization of shallow slope failures using lime piles. In: Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. 1997, Washington, DC, USA: Transportation Research Record: US National Research Council.
• Rogers CDF, Glendinning S. The role of lime migration in lime pile stabilization of slopes. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology & Hydrogeology 1996, 29(4), 273-284.