Jack - looking the partJack Giles, Mark Leybourne, Kevin Briggs and Jonathan Dewsbury all met whilst studying their Engineering Doctorates at the University of Southampton and have an enthusiasm for solving complex problems.
Mark - testing out the waves - fully clothed!Kevin and Jonathan are geotechnical engineers, and have previously been awarded the Cooling Prize for their research.
Mark and Jack specialise in renewable energy. Jack’s research focused on the optimising a marine tidal energy device, where Mark pioneered the design of a device to convert wave energy.
Kevin on a very tough assignmentIn addition to their academic backgrounds the group have a range of practical and industrial experience to draw upon when facing the challenges in Nepal. Jack has previously worked on a Pico-hydro project for a remote island community, and Mark has vast experience in scale modelling of marine renewable energy devices. 
Jon - Stuck in the office again!On site the team will be able to utilise Kevin’s expertise in assessing landslide hazards, field surveying and hydrogeology. They will also hope to take advantage of Jonathan’s experience from ground investigations, constructing foundations and utilities in the UK and Qatar.
All of the team have experience of working with international consultancies. Jack (GL Garrad Hassan) is currently situated in Shanghai supporting the development of a new Asia-Pacific Offshore team. Mark (IT Power) and Jonathan (Buro Happold) are based in the UK working on system modelling for marine renewable energy and the regeneration of Battersea Power Station respectively, whereas Kevin now teaches at the University of Bath. Thus the team have links to a wide network of expertise which will be vital when tackling the challenge ahead.
