André ARCHER

André specializes in geotechnical engineering, a field within civil engineering relating to the behavior of soil. The current focus of his research is the impact of climate change on transport embankments, specifically how soil embankments, constructed for highways and railways, will respond to future increases in temperature and solar radiation. Aiming to transform current design practice and assist geotechnical engineers, André hopes that his research will be of particular use in his native South Africa, where the impact of climate change could be particularly acute in the coming decades...(Read more)