NECESSARY’ – Net zEro CEments for Soil Stabilisation via wAste RecoverY​

These scholarships will cover full-time PhD tuition fees for three years (subject to satisfactory academic performance) and will provide a £900 per annum research training support grant (RTSG) to help support the PhD researcher.

Applicants who already hold a doctoral degree or who have been registered on a programme of research leading to the award of a doctoral degree on a full-time basis for more than one year (or part-time equivalent) are NOT eligible to apply for an award.

Please note: you will automatically be entered into the competition for the Full Award, unless you state otherwise in your application.

The scholarship will cover tuition fees at the Home rate and a maintenance allowance of £19,000 (tbc) per annum for three years (subject to satisfactory academic performance).

This scholarship also comes with £900 per annum for three years as a research training support grant (RTSG) allocation to help support the PhD researcher.

Sargent, P. and Rouainia, M., 2023. A new framework for quantifying the structure of undisturbed and artificially cemented alluvium. Géotechnique, 73 (2), 143-164. https://doi.or ar g/10.1680/jgeot.21.00059.

​Sargent, P., Gonzalez, J. and Ennis, C. J., 2023. Compressibility, structure, and leaching assessments of an alluvium stabilized with a biochar-slag binder. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 149 (12), 04023114. https://doi.org/10.1061/JGGEFK.GTENG-11102 .

​Núñez, V., Lotero, A., Bastos, C. A., Sargent, P. and Consoli, N. C., 2023. Mechanical and microstructure analysis of mass-stabilized organic clay thermally cured using a ternary binder. Acta Geotechnica. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-023-01961-x .

​Gonzalez, J., Sargent P. and Ennis, C., 2021. Sewage treatment sludge biochar activated blast furnace slag as a low carbon binder for soft soil stabilisation. Journal of Cleaner Production. 311, 127553.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127553 .

​Sargent, P., Jaber, N. H. and Rouainia, M., 2020. Mineralogy and microstructure effects on the stiffness of activated slag treated alluvium. Géotechnique Letters. 10 (2), 327-335. https://doi.org/10.1680/jgele.19.00055 .

​Sargent, P., Rouainia, M., Diambra, A., Nash, D., and Hughes, P. N., 2020. Small to large strain mechanical behaviour of an alluvium stabilised with low carbon secondary minerals. Construction and Building Materials. 232, 117174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.117174 .

​Sargent, P., Hughes, P. N. and Rouainia, M., 2016. A new low carbon cementitious binder for stabilising weak ground conditions through deep soil mixing. Soils and Foundations. 56 (6), 1021-1034. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sandf.2016.11.007 .

​Sargent, P., Hughes, P. N., Rouainia, M. and White, M., 2013. The use of alkali activated waste binders in enhancing the mechanical properties and durability of soft alluvial soils. Engineering Geology 152 (1), 96-108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2012.10.013 .​