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Professor Stephen Hencher

  • Position: Emeritus Professor in Engineering Geology
  • Areas of expertise: engineering geology; rock mechanics; direct shear testing; description and classification of rock; expert witness
  • Email: S.R.Hencher@leeds.ac.uk
  • Phone: +44(0)113 343 5233
  • Location: 1.09

Research interests

  • Landslide mechanisms in weathered terrain.
  • Shear strength of rock joints and rock masses
  • Ground investigation techniques and rock classification.
  • Litigation in Civil Engineering and how to avoid it.
<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Any research projects I'm currently working on will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>

Qualifications

  • PhD and DIC Imperial College
  • CEng, CGeol

Professional memberships

  • Fellow of Institution Civil Engineers
  • Fellow of Geological Society of London
  • Member of Academy of Experts

Student education

Part time teaching to students at Leeds and at Hong Kong University.

  • Landslide mechanisms in weathered terrain.
  • Shear strength of rock joints and rock masses
  • Ground investigation techniques and rock classification.
  • Litigation in Civil Engineering

Research groups and institutes

  • Institute of Applied Geoscience
  • Petrophysics and Geomechanics