Dr Stephen Suryasentana

Chancellor’S Fellow - Senior Lecturer

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Personal statement

Currently available PhD studentships

- A fully-funded PhD studentship to investigate the behaviour of suction caisson foundations under pressure cycling.

https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/industry-linked-phd-studentship-investigation-of-suction-caisson-behaviour-under-pressure-cycling/?p159942

I joined Strathclyde in 2020 as a Chancellor's Fellow (Lecturer), and was previously a Junior Research Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford. My research is focused on developing innovative offshore geotechnics solutions to prepare for the digitalisation age. This includes developing AI-driven modelling tools and novel sensor-based solutions to help engineers improve their decision-making in offshore ground modelling, site investigation planning, foundation design optimisation and installation risk management.

For more details (including past publications), please visit my lab website at http://www.autogeolab.com

Research Opportunities

I am currently accepting undergraduate/Masters final year project students and PhD applicants who are interested in working in the areas of machine learning in geotechnical engineering, offshore soil-structure interaction and automated ground modelling, amongst others (see list of research interests below). If you are interested in doing research with me, please contact me by email with your background and an outline of your proposed research topic.

Expertise

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Prize And Awards

Wolfson College Junior Research Fellowship: Recipient; 12/2018
SUT OSIG Conference: Best Poster and Presentation Award: Recipient; 2017

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Publications

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Publications

Physics-informed machine learning in geotechnical engineering : a direction paper: Yuan Biao, Choo Chung Siung, Yeo Lit Yen, Wang Yu, Yang Zhongxuan, Guan Qingzheng, Suryasentana Stephen, Choo Jinhyun, Shen Hao, Megia Maria, Zhang Jiangwei, Liu Zhongqiang, Song Yanjie, Wang Hui, Chen Xiaohui; Geomechanics and Geoengineering (2025); https://doi.org/10.1080/17486025.2025.2502029
Enhancing CPT-based suction caisson penetration design : insights from back-analysis of large-scale field installation data: Suryasentana Stephen K, O’Boyle Brendan F, Davidson John, Bartkus Sarunas, Schroeder Felix, Zhou Zefeng; Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Vol 151 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1061/jggefk.gteng-13304
Uncertainty‐guided U‐Net for soil boundary segmentation using Monte Carlo dropout: Zhou X, Sheil B, Suryasentana S, Shi P; Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering Vol 40, pp. 1370-1387 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1111/mice.13396
Practical approach for data-efficient metamodeling and real-time modeling of monopiles using physics-informed multifidelity data fusion: Suryasentana Stephen K, Sheil Brian B, Stuyts Bruno; Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Vol 150 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1061/jggefk.gteng-12395
Multifidelity data fusion for the estimation of static stiffness of suction caisson foundations in layered soil: Suryasentana Stephen K, Sheil Brian B, Stuyts Bruno; Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Vol 150 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1061/jggefk.gteng-11819
Investigation of local soil resistance on suction caissons at capacity in undrained clay under combined loading: Suryasentana Stephen K, Burd Harvey J, Byrne Byron W, Shonberg Avi; Computers and Geotechnics Vol 169 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2024.106241

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Research

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Research Interests

Machine learning:

Bayesian Optimisation
Physics-informed Machine Learning
Multi-fidelity data fusion

Offshore soil-structure interaction:

Development of analytical models for offshore foundations
Finite element modelling of soil-structure interaction
Convex constitutive modelling

Professional Activities

5th International Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics: Participant; 9/6/2025
Applicatons of machine learning in offshore geotechnical engineering: Speaker; 12/11/2024
Session on 'Pile Design': Participant; 14/9/2023
Talk on 'Demystifying the connections between Gaussian Process Regression and Kriging': Speaker; 14/9/2023
9th International SUT OSIG Conference: Participant; 14/9/2023
AI in Offshore Geotechnics session: Participant; 30/8/2023

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Projects

Hybrid Ocean Renewables in A Changing Climate: Kamranzad, Bahareh (Principal Investigator) Suryasentana, Stephen (Co-investigator) Jia, Laibing (Co-investigator) Arredondo Galeana, Abel (Co-investigator); EPSRC Research Excellence Award Studentship; 01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2028
DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | McWhirter, John-Luke: Kamranzad, Bahareh (Principal Investigator) Suryasentana, Stephen (Co-investigator) McWhirter, John-Luke (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2028
Pressure cycling control on flow and soil deformation for suction caisson installation: Suryasentana, Stephen (Principal Investigator); 22-Jan-2024 - 21-Jan-2025
Digital Twin-driven Risk Assessment and Monitoring of Suction Caisson Installation Under Soil Plug Hazard: Suryasentana, Stephen (Principal Investigator) Perry, Marcus (Co-investigator); 31-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2024
iDrive: Intelligent Drivability Forecasting for Offshore Wind Turbine Monopile Foundations: Suryasentana, Stephen (Principal Investigator); 10-Jan-2021 - 09-Jan-2022
ETP studentship: Suryasentana, Stephen (Principal Investigator); 01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2025