Marina Miranda Manzanares

Marina-Miranda-Manzanares

PhD in Civil Engineering

Lecturer in Ground Engineering

Department of Soil Engineering and Material Science, University of Cantabria, School of Civil Engineering (E.T.C. Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos)

Av. de los Castros 44, 39005 Santader, Cantabria, Spain

Tel.: +34 942 20 18 13 / E-mail: mirandama@unican.es

Lecturer in Ground Engineering since 2017 in the University of Cantabria. PhD in Civil Engineering by the University of Cantabria since 2014. Teacher in Geotechnical Engineering in graduate programms in the University of Cantabria. Did a research stay at the Napier University of Edinburgh between 2015-2017, where she tought classes in graduate and postgraduate programms as well. Has been author of 3 publications in indexed journals, coauthor of 1 book and did 9 contributions for national and international conferences.

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Publications

Papers in journals

  • Miranda, M, Da Costa, A., Castro, J. and Sagaseta, C.  Influence of gravel density in the behaviour of soft soil improved with Stone columns. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 2015, 52 (12) 1968-1980.  DOI: 10.1139/cgj-2014-0487.
  • Miranda, M and Da Costa, A. Laboratory analysis of encased stone columns. Geotextiles and Geomembranes. 2016, 44(3) 269-277. DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2015.12.001.
  • Miranda, M., Da Costa, A., Castro, J. and Sagaseta, C. Influence of geotextile encasement in the behaviour of stone columns. Geotextiles and Geomembranes. 2017, 45(1) 14-22.  DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2016.08.004.
  • Sañudo, R., Miranda, M., Markine, V., Dell’olio, Luigi. The influence of train running direction and track supports position on the behaviour of transition zones. Transport research procedia. 2016. (18) 218-288.  DOI: 10.1016/j.trpro.2016.12.037.

Books

Miranda, M.2014 Influencia de la densidad y del confinamiento con geotextil en columnas de grava.

Papers in conferences

  • Bernal, J. McDougall, J., Barreto, D., Miranda, M., Marinelli, A., Dynamic Behaviour of Shredded Rubber Soil Mixtures. Procedings of 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering (16ECEE). Thessaloniki, Greece, 18-21 June 2018.
  • Castro, J., Casanueva, J., Cañizal, J., Da Costa, A., Miranda, M., Sagaseta, s. Numerical analyses of a pile wall at the toe of a natural slope. 9th NUMGE Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering in Porto, Portugal, 25-27 June 2018.
  • Miranda, M., Da Costa, A., Castro, J., Cañizal, J. and Sagaseta, C. Influence of geotextile encasement in triaxial tests on gravel. Proceedings of the 19th International conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. Seoul 2017, 2595-2598.
  • Castro, J., Sagaseta, C., Cañizal, J., Da Costa, A., Miranda, M., Foundations of embankments with encased Stone columns. Proceedings of the 18th International conference on Soil mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering in Paris 2013, 2445-2448.
  • Miranda, M., Da Costa, A., Cañizal, J., Castro, J., Sagaseta, C. and Cimentada, A. Caracterización de un árido de cantera y un RCD para empleo en tratamientos del terreno con columnas de grava. IX Simposio Nacional de Ingeniería Geotécnica. Cimentaciones y excavaciones profundas. Sevilla 17th to 19th October 2012.191-197.
  • Cañizal, J., Castro, J., Cimentada, A., Da Costa, A., Miranda, M., Sagaseta, C., Theoretical analyses of laboratory test of kaolin clay improved with Stone columns. ISSMGE-TC211 International Symposium on ground Improvement IS-GI Brussels 31May 1June 2012. 373-381.
  • Miranda, M. Influence of gravel density in clay reinforced with stone columns. Laboratory study: Proceedings of the 22nd European Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference. Gothenburg. 2012. 257-262.

Projects

1. Mechanical properties of municipal solid waste (MSW) for the design and exploitation of landfills (PROMERSU) (BIA2012-34956).

[expand title=”Details”]Entity: University of Cantabria
Principal researcher: César Sagaseta Millán
Number of researchers: 4
Funder: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness
Start date: 01/02/2013 Duration: 3 years – 1 day
Value: 105.300 €

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2. An integrated calculation procedure for stone columns, considering the influence of the method of installation (CALCOGRAVA)

[expand title=”Details”]Entity: University of Cantabria
Principal researcher: César Sagaseta Millán
Number of researchers: 5
Funder: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. Cantabria regional society for R&D
Start date: 01/05/2017 End date: 28/07/2017
Value: 148.750 €

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3. Remote Sensing Innovation for Civil Engineering Infrastructure and Slope Movement Monitoring.

[expand title=”Details”]Entity: Napier University of Edinburgh
Principal researcher: Daniel Barreto
Number of researchers: 3
Funder: Scottish Funding Council
Start date: 01/01/2010 End date: 31/12/2012
Value: 4.723 pounds

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4. Performance of geotextile encased stone columns under cyclic load.

[expand title=”Details”]Entity: Napier University of Edinburgh
Principal researcher: Marina Miranda
Number of researchers: 3
Funder: Napier University of Edinburgh. ECR funding competition
Start date: 01/11/2015 End date: 31/07/2016
Value: 4.800 pounds

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Contracts

Analysis and monitoring of topographic measurements of Meruelo Landfill.

[expand title=”Details”]Principal investigator: César Sagaseta Millán
Funder: Emilio Bolado, S.L.
Start date: 12/12/2006 End date:30/06/2013
Value: 52.147 €

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Geotechnical legal adviser course for professionals of technical control bodies.

[expand title=”Details”]Principal Investigator: César Sagaseta Millán
Funder: Structuralia, S.A.
Start date: 12/12/2003 End date:30/06/2016
Value: 22.640 €

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Grants

  • Predoctoral Research fellowship (FPI) provided by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (Ref.:BES-2010-032866). It is associate with the research project ”An integrated calculation procedure for stone columns, considering the influence of the method of installation”, (Ref.:BIA2009-13602).August 2010-July 2014.
  • Mobility predoctoral fellowship for short stays in foreign Institutions 2012 provided by the Spanish ministry if Sustainability and Innovation (Ref.: EEBB-I-13-06182). 4 Months Stay at the Civil an Environmental Engineering Department at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg.
  • Researcher Links and Newton fund travel grant for the 1st International Workshop Seismic Risk Assessment and Mitigation Strategies for Existing Buildings and Structures. October 2016.

General indicators of quality of the scientific production

Total citations: 17 (Web of Science), 25 (Scopus)

Citations per year in the last 5 years: 5.7 (Web of Science), 6 (Scopus)

Publications in Q1 journals: 2

Publications in Q1&Q2 journals: 3

H-index: 3 (Web of Science), 3 (Scopus)

Publications in JCR journals: 4

Institutional responsibilities, memberships of scientific societies

  • Reviewer of significant scientific geotechnical journals (Canadian Geotechnical Journal, International journal of Geomechanics…)
  • Teaching Fellow of Higher Education Academy since February 2017.
  • Early Career Researcher representative of School of Civil Engineering at Edinburgh Napier University. 2016-2017.
  • Internal examiner of one MRes by Panagiotis Giannakopoulos. Title: Laterally Loaded Large Diameter Skirted Monopiles: Analytical and Numerical Based Approach. 2017

CV Summary

  • Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering at University of Cantabria, 2010.
  • FPI Grant holder (2010-14)
  • Predoctoral secondment at Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden). 4 months, 2014
  • PhD by University of Cantabria in 2014.

[expand title=”More”] – Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering at Edinburgh Napier University (2015-2017). Teaching in graduate and postgraduate programs. Supervisor of several undergraduate and postgraduate final projects.
– Invited lecturer at Shanghai Normal University, China. 2 weeks in 2016
– Invited lecturer at California Unitec Institute of Technology in Yangon Myanmar. 1 week in 2017
– Early Career Researcher representative of School of Civil Engineering at Edinburgh Napier University. 2016-2017.
– Postgraduate Degree in Higher Education at Edinburgh Napier University, 2017
– MSc in Teaching Training for Secondary Compulsory Education at UNED, 2017
– Invited lecturer at Shanghai Normal University. China 1 week. 2017
– Lecturer (Professor Ayudante Doctor) in Geotechnical Engineering at University of Cantabria. (2017-current) Teaching in graduate programs.
– Invited lecturer at California Unitec Institute of Technology, Yangon Myanmar. 1 week 2018
– Post-doctoral secondment at Edinburgh University of Technology. 3.5 weeks in 2018.
– Participation in two Projects of Spanish National Competitive Calls and in one project provided by the Scottish Council Founding. Principal investigator of one project from the Internal Funding competition at Edinburgh Napier University.
– 3 publications in indexed journals, all as first author, 1 book and 9 contributions in national and international conferences.
– Reviewer of several recognised indexed journals in the field of geotechnical engineering.

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