Professor Susan Gourvenec FREng

Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technology, Intelligent and Resilient Ocean Engineering, University of Southampton 

Professor Susan Gourvenec is internationally recognised as an expert in offshore geotechnical engineering across academia and industry, and is a passionate educator and champion for equality, diversity and inclusion in engineering. Susan’s major engineering achievements include offshore foundation design methods now included in international standards that govern industry practice globally. Susan is an advocate and practitioner of multi-disciplinary research, working across life sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities to address complex challenges.