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Dr Apollonia Gasparre

Apollonia Gasaparre

Dr Apollonia Gasparre is a geotechnical engineer with 20 years of experience in research and practice in the UK and abroad.

Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Dr Gasparre’s areas of expertise include ground characterisation, onshore and offshore ground investigation, laboratory testing, design of shallow and deep foundations, including the re-use of foundations, basement and retaining wall design, slope stability and earthworks and hydrogeology. She provides expert opinion in legal cases.

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  1. Gasparre, A., Crilly, M. S., Harland S. Atkinson G. (2023). Strip footings for the extension of a piled building. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers -Forensic Engineering ISSN 2043-9903 | E-ISSN 2043-9911, Volume 177 Issue 3, July 2024, pp. 95-103.
  2. Gasparre, A., Coop M.R. (2023). The interpretation of advanced triaxial tests for the assessment of small strain stiffness. Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials. Porto.
  3. Gasparre, A., Crilly, M. S., Higgins K. G. (2020). Developing a simplified model for the design of rafts with settlement reducing piles. Proceedings of the Piling 2020 Conference, Federation of Piling Specialist, BGA, accepted for publication.
  4. Gasparre, A., Hight, D. W., Coop, M. R. & Jardine, R. J. (2014). The laboratory measurement and interpretation of the small-strain stiffness of stiff clays. Géotechnique, 64, No. 12, pp 942–953.
  5. Grammatikopoulou, A., Schroeder, F. C., Kovacevic, N., Germano V. & Gasparre, A. (2011). The influence of stiffness anisotropy on the behaviour of a stiff natural clay. Proceedings 15th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering (XV ECSMGE), Athens, Greece (eds. A. Anagnostopoulos et al.), 1, pp. 545-550.
  6. Gasparre, A., Coop, M. R. & Jardine, R. J. (2008). Effects of recent stress history on a stiff clay. Proceeding of the International Conference of Geomaterials, Atlanta 2008
  7. Gasparre, A., Nishimura, S., Anh-Minh N., Coop, M. R. & Jardine, R. J. (2008). Characteristics of London Clay: stiffness and influence of structure, a summary. Proceeding of the International Conference of Geomaterials, Atlanta 2008
  8. Hight, D.W., Gasparre, A., Nishimura, S., Anh-Minh N., Coop, M. R. & Jardine, R. J. (2007). The London clay at T5: An overview of the characterisation study. Géotechnique, 57, No. 1, pp 3-18.
  9. Gasparre, A., Nishimura, S., Coop, M. R. & Jardine, R. J. (2007). The Influence of Structure on the Behaviour of London Clay,” Géotechnique, 57, No. 1, pp 19-31.
  10. Gasparre, A., Nishimura, S., Anh-Minh N., Coop, M. R. & Jardine, R. J. (2007). The small strain behaviour of natural London clay. Géotechnique, 57, No. 1, pp 33-47.
  11. Gasparre, A., Coop, M. R. (2007). The quantification of the effects of structure on the compression of a stiff clay. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. ISSN: 0008-3674, Vol: 45, Issue: 9, pp 1324-1335.
  12. Gasparre, A., (2005). Advanced Laboratory Characterisation of London Clay. PhD Thesis, Imperial College London.
  13. Gasparre, A., Coop, M. R. (2005). Technical Note: Techniques for performing small strain probes in the triaxial apparatus. Géotechnique, 56, No., pp 491-495
  14. Gasparre, A., Coop, M. R. Cotecchia F. (2003). An experimental investigation of creep processes in a crushable sand. Proceeding of the International Conference of Geomaterials, Lyon 2003, DiBenedetto H., Doanh T., Geoffroy H. & Saueat C. eds, Swets and Zeitlinger, Lisse, Vol.1, 773-778.
  15. Gasparre, A., (2001), Creep on a crushable sand, Tesi di Laurea, Technical University of Bari, Italy.

Areas of expertise

  • Soil characterisation
  • Field and laboratory testing
  • Foundations
  • Piling
  • Basement and retaining walls
  • Slope stability and earthworks
  • Ground movement
  • Hydrogeology
  • Mine disposal
  • Forensic engineering
  • Expert witness
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