Dr. James Hambleton

Biography

Originally from rural Wisconsin, James Hambleton was educated at the University of Minnesota, where he completed his degrees (Bachelor of Civil Engineering, Master of Science, PhD) in Civil Engineering. He began his research involvement at a young age with an appointment as an Undergraduate Research Assistant in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota. Throughout his undergraduate and graduate studies, he completed an internship at Barr Engineering Company in Minneapolis. After receiving his PhD, he joined the Centre for Geotechnical Materials Modelling at the University of Newcastle, Australia, as a Post-doctoral Research Associate Research Academic. In this role, he was a member of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering (CGSE), a joint initiative between the University of Newcastle, University of Western Australia, and University of Wollongong, along with various industry partners. James later moved to Cambridge, where he took on the role of Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, USA.

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