David Taborda

Dr David Taborda is a Reader in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Imperial College London, specializing in Geomechanical Modelling and Energy Geotechnics. His research focuses on numerical simulation of soil-structure interaction, particularly in offshore wind turbine foundations and thermo-active ground-source heating systems.

Education:

• BEng in Civil Engineering, University of Coimbra (2004)
• PhD in Numerical Modelling of Dynamic Soil Behavior, Imperial College London (2010)

Research Interests include:

• Development of numerical methods for thermal and mechanical ground analysis
• Constitutive models for sands and clays under cyclic loading
• Thermo-active foundations (piles, retaining walls, tunnels)
• Offshore wind turbine foundation design (PISA project)

Recent Publications highlight advancements in:

• Liquefaction resistance and post-liquefaction soil behavior
• Machine learning applications for foundation diagnostics and surrogate models
• Multi-directional limit state envelopes for offshore monopiles
• Thermal conduction in granular materials using DEM and pore-scale models

Affiliations:

• Energy Futures Lab, Imperial College London
• Geotechnics Section, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Advising:

• Open to supervising PhD students with focus on numerical geomechanics and energy geotechnics