Orestis Adamidis

Orestis Adamidis is an Associate Professor of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford, affiliated with the Department of Engineering Science. His research focuses on element-level soil response under partially drained conditions, examining how soils behave under non-standard drainage scenarios. He has conducted studies on the deformation mechanisms of liquefiable soils during seismic events and investigated the impact of partial drainage on offshore foundation design. Adamidis has also explored liquefaction susceptibility in layered deposits and the interaction between liquefiable soils and shallow foundations. His work includes numerical modelling and experimental analysis, with a particular emphasis on improving constitutive models to capture partially drained soil behavior. He is a Tutorial Fellow at St Catherine's College and maintains an active research profile at the University of Oxford.

Orestis Adamidis is a researcher in Geotechnical Engineering, Earthquake Engineering, and Civil Engineering. His work focuses on the behavior of foundations under seismic conditions, including nonlinear rocking stiffness, liquefaction mechanisms, and soil-structure interaction. He has conducted extensive experimental and numerical studies on the effects of earthquake-induced liquefaction on shallow foundations and the role of viscous pore fluids in dynamic centrifuge modeling. His research also explores innovative geotechnical applications, such as 3D printing of granular media. Adamidis has contributed to studies on the 2023 Türkiye earthquake sequence, emphasizing the importance of understanding earthquake environmental effects and structural response.