Dr Manjola Caro is Lecturer in Structures and Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA) in the School of Civil, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bristol. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Structural Engineering from the University of Birmingham. Her research focused on the resilience and sustainability of existing and new reinforced concrete infrastructure using the novel deep embedment (DE) technique with FRP composites. It was recognised through the Hufton Post-Graduate Scholarship award and received the Winner Prize of the Young Designers’ Paper Competition at the IABSE Future of Design Conference in London 2019. She has complemented her research with industry experience as a bridge engineer during her employment with Jacobs for various international schemes. 
 
2009-2013 MEng (Hons) in Civil Engineering, University of Birmingham  
Achievements: Coultas Prize, West Midlands Concrete Society Prize, Institution of Civil Engineers Prize, WS Atkins Prize, Geoffrey Osborne and College of Engineering Scholarship for outstanding academic performance.

2013-2018 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Birmingham      
-EPSRC L010364/1 Implications of the Deep Embedment technique for Improving the Resilience and Sustainability of RC Infrastructure
-Teaching Associate: MEng/MSc Civil Engineering programme
-Pedagogic research: Education Enhancement Project BALI (TESTA) HEA 

2016-2020 JACOBS Engineering, Bridge Engineer, Birmingham
-Clients:High Speed 2, Highways England, Environment Agency, Transport for Scotland
-Public Relation ICE Officer:West Midlands Birmingham Solihull and Black Country Branch
-Asset Management Advisory business group member:application of FRPs for infrastucture resilience