Email: marcin.chwala@pwr.edu.pl

Unit: Faculty of Civil Engineering » Department of Geotechnology, Hydro Technology, and Underground and Hydro Engineering

OFFICE HOURS MON - 9:00-11:00, room 119 D-2

If you are a student and would like to join scientific work, please contact me!

My current research interests are probabilistic methods in geotechnical engineering, modelling the spatial variability of soil, foundation bearing capacity, slope stability analysis.

Recently I have been working on the stability of lunar lava tubes. My first paper on this subject was recently published in Icarus, you can read about the conducted research in a popular sciense article or listen on radio broadcasts [in Polish], Radio 357 in Partonautyka, Radio Rodzina or Radio Wrocław. 

I received my engineering degree and my master's degree from the Faculty of Civil Engineering at Wrocław University of Science and Technology in 2012 and 2013, respectively. My doctoral dissertation concerned the application of random field theory and multi-block failure mechanisms for the assessment of the bearing capacity of direct foundations accounting for the spatial variation of soil parameters. After obtaining my PhD in 2018, I have been working on the creation and development of novel methods for the optimal placement of soil soundings for foundation design and new approaches for considering soil spatial variability in foundation bearing capacity and slope stability assessment.  

I am pleased to be a member of Academia Iuvenum (2023-2025) and a member of the Engineering Practice of Risk Assessment and Management Committee (TC304) of the ISSMGE.

You can find more details about my research work in my CV, on my home page and Web of Science or Scopus.

 

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1	Artykuł 2026 Abdallah Alajrami, Marcin Chwała, Kamil Górniak, Slope stability analysis of the Mare Tranquillitatis Pit. Acta Astronautica. 2026, vol. 238, Pt A, s. 672-689. ISSN: 0094-5765; 1879-2030 Zasoby:DOIURLSFX
2	Artykuł 2025 Marcin Chwała, Maciej Bodlak, Patrick Whelley, Stability and collapse analysis of terrestrial lava tubes under irregular shapes: Case study of Skull and Valentine caves. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 2025, vol. 130, nr 8, art. nr e2025JE009109, s. 1-24. ISSN: 2169-9100; 2169-9097 Zasoby:DOIURLSFX
3	Artykuł 2025 Daniel Teshager, Marcin Chwała, Wojciech Puła, Probabilistic analysis of foundation settlement considering spatial variability in soil parameters: a comparison of hardening soil model and Mohr-Coulomb. Georisk - Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards. 2025, s. 1-21. ISSN: 1749-9518; 1749-9518 Zasoby:DOIURL
4	Artykuł 2025 Marcin Chwała, Kamil Górniak, Probabilistic characterization of lunar lava tube collapses: Implications for reliability-based design, safety, and exploration. Geoscience Frontiers. 2025, vol. 16, nr 4, art. 102076, s. 1-28. ISSN: 1674-9871; 2588-9192 Zasoby:DOIURLSFX
5	Artykuł 2024 Wengang Zhang, Ian Somerville, Gustavo Paneiro, Xingzhong Nong, Marcin Chwała, Wenyu Yang, Design and construction of tunnels and tunnelling: Understanding the importance of geological conditions, landslide susceptibility and risk assessment. Geological Journal. 2024, vol. 59, nr 9, s. 2365-2370. ISSN: 1099-1034; 0072-1050 Zasoby:DOIURLSFX
6	Artykuł 2024 Marcin Chwała, Goro Komatsu, Junichi Haruyama, Effects of layered roof for stability and exploration of lunar lava tubes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2024, vol. 643, art. 118918, s. 1-12. ISSN: 0012-821X; 1385-013X Zasoby:DOIURLSFX
7	Artykuł 2024 Fouzi Mancer, Alaoua Bouaicha, Marcin Chwała, Abdelhak Mabrouki, Probabilistic assessment of bearing capacity of skirted foundation under combined loadings with a rigid base. Geological Journal. 2024, vol. 59, nr 9, s. 2609-2622. ISSN: 1099-1034; 0072-1050 Zasoby:DOIURLSFX
8	Artykuł 2024 Marcin Chwała, Goro Komatsu, Junichi Haruyama, Structural stability of lunar lava tubes with consideration of variable cross-section geometry. Icarus. 2024, vol. 411, art. 115928, s. 1-17. ISSN: 0019-1035; 1090-2643 Zasoby:DOIURLSFX
9	Artykuł 2024 Chengxin Feng, Marcos A Valdebenito, Marcin Chwała, Kang Liao, Matteo Broggi, Michael Beer, Efficient slope reliability analysis under soil spatial variability using maximum entropy distribution with fractional moments. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 2024, vol. 16, nr 4, s. 1140-1152. ISSN: 1674-7755; 2589-0417 Zasoby:DOIURLSFX
10	Artykuł 2024 Danko J Jerez, Marcin Chwała, Hector A Jensen, Michael Beer, Optimal borehole placement for the design of rectangular shallow foundation systems under undrained soil conditions: a stochastic framework. Reliability Engineering & System Safety. 2024, vol. 242, art. 109771, s. 1-14. ISSN: 0951-8320; 1879-0836 Zasoby:DOIURLSFX