Catherine O’Sullivan

Imperial College London

Project Co-Lead

Biography

Prof. Catherine O’Sullivan is a Professor of Particulate Soil Mechanics. She is currently head of the Geotechnics Section of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Imperial College.

She completed her PhD studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and has worked as a geotechnical engineer in California. Recognition for her research includes the 2015 Geotechnique lecture and the 2016 Shamsher Prakash Research Award.

She is currently Editor in Chief of the ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. She is the author of Particulate DEM: A geomechanics perspective and has contributed to over 120 journal papers.

Posts

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Feb 3, 2026 Past, Present and Future of Particle Technology Conference 2026 - Early-Career Researcher Competition JP Morrissey, Kevin Hanley, Catherine O’Sullivan 2 min CCC-ParaSolS to support early-career researchers to participate in PPFPT 2026. News, Events, Conference, Competition

Jan 27, 2026 CCC-ParaSolS - Year One Update JP Morrissey, Kevin Hanley, Catherine O’Sullivan 5 min Review of our first year’s activities and achievements, and vision for the future. News, Events, Resources

Jan 21, 2026 Coming Soon: Network Event 4 JP Morrissey, Kevin Hanley, Catherine O’Sullivan 1 min Our fourth network event is being planned and we hope to see you there. News, Events

Jan 12, 2026 Network Event 3 - Summary & Resources JP Morrissey, Kevin Hanley, Catherine O’Sullivan 2 min Training resources and slides now available News, Events, Resources

Nov 21, 2025 CCC-ParaSolS mini-symposium at UK ACM 2026 JP Morrissey, Kevin Hanley, Catherine O’Sullivan 3 min CCC-ParaSolS to host mini-symposium at the upcoming UKACM2026. News, Events, Conference, Competition

Nov 17, 2025 Coming Soon: Network Event 3 JP Morrissey, Kevin Hanley, Catherine O’Sullivan 1 min Our third network event is being planned and we hope to see you there. News, Events

Oct 31, 2025 CCC-ParaSolS Community Forum JP Morrissey, Kevin Hanley, Catherine O’Sullivan 3 min An online space for the community to interact outside of the physical events. News, Resources
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