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Research Interests

• Geotechnics - stability of river banks
• Scanning Electron Microscopy - mostly back-scattered and X-ray mapping of soils/sediments/rocks.
• Image processing and analysis and image restorationmethods of soil and sediment microfabric
• Energy Research - particularly environmental impacts

Current Collaborative Research with those overseas

• Dave Krinsley - University of Oregon
• Slava Sokolov - Moscow State University
• Wyss Yim - Hong Kong University
• Kathy Dadey - Hawaii

Teaching Interests

• Geotechnics/Process Geomorphology related to Slope Stability and Consolidation etc
• Energy Resources; Energy Conservation; Fossil Fuels

Education

• B.A.(Cantab) Mechanical Sciences - Corpus Christi College
• M.A.(Cantab) Mechanical Sciences
• PhD(Cantab)Thesis Title:- Electron Microscopy of Clays
• Member of Institution of Civil Engineers

Previous Appointments

• Assistant in Research, Cambridge University Engineering Dept. 1969-73
• Senior Assistant in Research, Cambridge University Engineering Dept. 1973
• Lecturer, School of Environmental Sciences, UEA, Norwich 1973-1988
• Senior Lecturer, School of Environmental Sciences, UEA, Norwich 1988-1993
• Visiting Professor, Dept. of Geology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 1979
• Geotechnical Engineer, Geotechnical Control Office, Hong Kong Government 1982-84

My Family

• Judy - my wife
• Martin - my elder son works with a firm of architectural engineers in Manchester. He is married and has a daughter Lilian
• Julia has now qualified as a doctor and is working in the Newcastle Area
• Simon - a final year student at Loughborough University studying Civil Engineering. DONT BELIEVE A WORD HE SAYS ON HIS PAGE!

My home and Surroundings

Phone 44-(0)1603-592550/592553

FAX 44-(0)1603-507719

E-mail k.tovey@uea.ac.uk