Géotechnique Lecture
# Géotechnique Lecture

The Géotechnique lecture is an biennial lecture on the topic of soil mechanics, organised by the British Geotechnical Association named after its major scientific journal Géotechnique.

This should not be confused with the annual BGA Rankine Lecture.

## List of Géotechnique Lecturers

| No | YEAR | LECTURER | SUBJECT | AFFILIATION |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1989 | David M. Potts & Richard J. Jardine | Offshore Piling | Imperial College |
| 2 | 1991 | Malcolm D. Bolton & Scott Steedman | Dynamic soil behaviour | University of Cambridge & BEQE Ltd |
| 3 | 1993 | William Powrie & Martin Preene | Groundwater control in fine soils | University of Southampton & W J Groundwater Ltd |
| 4 | 1999 | Chris R. I. Clayton & William Powrie | Recent research on embedded retaining walls | University of Southampton |
| 5 | 2001 | Guy T. Houlsby & Roy Butterfield | Foundations on sand: towards a more secure basis for design | University of Oxford & University of Southampton |
| 6 | 2003 | Matthew R. Coop | From laboratory tests to design in sand | Imperial College |
| 7 | 2005 | Simon J. Wheeler | The mechanics of unsaturated soils | University of Glasgow |
| 8 | 2007 | Kenichi Soga | | University of Cambridge |
| 9 | 2009 | Jamie R. Standing | Geology, engineering and ground response to tunnelling | Imperial College |
| 10 | 2011 | Byron W. Byrne | Foundation Design for Offshore Wind Turbines | University of Oxford |
| 11 | 2013 | Lidija Zdravković | Geotechnical numerical analysis: a road map | Imperial College |
| 12 | 2015 | Catherine O'Sullivan | A Particulate Perspective on Soil Mechanics | Imperial College |
| 13 | 2017 | Jonathan A. Knappett | Use of vegetation in low-carbon Geotechnical Engineering | University of Dundee |
| 14 | 2019 | David J. White | Designing infrastructure for an evolving seabed | University of Southampton |
| 15 | 2021 | Stuart K. Haigh | Performance-Based Design of Propped Retaining Walls | University of Cambridge |
| 16 | 2023 | Susan Gourvenec | Emerging technologies in offshore geotechnical engineering | University of Southampton |
| 17 | 2025 | | | |
