<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> David Malcolm Potts </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> 1952 (age 65--66) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Alma mater </Th> <Td> King's College, London, University of Cambridge </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Known for </Th> <Td> ICFEP </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Awards </Th> <Td> Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/d.potts </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Scientific career </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Fields </Th> <Td> Geotechnical engineering Numerical analysis </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Institutions </Th> <Td> Imperial College London Shell </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Thesis </Th> <Td> Behaviour of lined and unlined tunnels in sand (1976) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Doctoral advisor </Th> <Td> John H. Atkinson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Influences </Th> <Td> Peter Rolfe Vaughan, John Burland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> David Malcolm Potts </Th> </Tr>

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