Kevin is a post-doctoral researcher in geotechnical engineering, focussing on ground modelling, onshore and offshore pile design, along with evaluating the remaining lifetime of foundations and retaining structures. This work is performed through field monitoring, numerical modelling and reliability-based approaches.

Kevin is part of the Urbiquay STABILITY project, an NWO-funded project focussing on lifespan extension measures of protected inner-city quay walls in Amsterdam. Through a combination of ground modelling, field testing and numerical modelling, the work aims to improve the understanding of quay wall reliability and assess the impact of the different renovation measures on the quay wall’s remaining lifetime.

Prior to his post-doctorate, Kevin’s PhD work focussed on the axial capacity of piles in sand as part of the InPAD project. Kevin’s established three different pile load test sites, where all the of the full-scale test piles were instrumented with fibre optic sensors. The results have been used refine axial pile design methods, particularly in dense to very dense sand where little prior data was available.

Kevin has also supervised numerous Bachelors and Masters students over the course of their final year project. He also assists with numerous Bachelors and Masters courses at the university, primarily Offshore Geotechnics, Experimental Methods, Soil-Structure Interaction, Deep Excavations and Design of Structures and Foundations I and II.