Madhusudhan B N Murthy

Biography

Dr Madhusudhan BN Murthy is Research Fellow of Infrastructure Geomechanics within Engineering and the Environment at the University of Southampton.   Madhusudhan BN Murthy (Madhu) is Research Fellow of Infrastructure Geomechanics. After graduation, he spent a year in construction industry, working as a design engineer in commercial/residential buildings. In 2005 he pursued study for his Master’s degree at U.V.C.E, Bangalore University, India, which he completed with first class. He further pursued academic research at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, and was awarded a PhD in 2012. On completion of his PhD he joined the The University of Hong Kong as a Post-doctoral fellow in Geotechnical Engineering. He joined the University of Southampton in 2014.

Research Interest

Madhusudhan Murthy’s research is mainly focusing on geotechnical and geophysical characterisation of natural soils, which has been supported up by research on advanced laboratory testing and instrumentation and by multi-disciplinary collaborations into the characterisation of difficult geomaterials, such as the decomposed granite and shallow sub-seafloor sediments. His research and current research themes are: Mechanics and geophysics of hydrate bearing sediments. Geotechnics and geophysics of shallow sub-seafloor sediments Mechanics of natural and reconstituted soils Dynamic properties of unsaturated soils Characterising strength and volumetric behaviour of destructured chalk