Theme Affiliates

Interests

Thermally compensated structural health monitoring, large-scale metal 3D printing, wire and arc additive manufacturing, numerical modelling.

Affiliated research themes: Engineering net zero and beyond , Resilient and secure built environment

Teaching:  MEng and MSc modules on Professional Engineering Practice, Business and Project Management, Mechanics of Materials and Metals.

Interests

Fundamental fluid mixing in the presence of buoyancy (temperature differences) and indoor environment quality - especially air quality in schools.

Affiliated research themes: Resilient and secure built environment (Theme Lead), Engineering net zero and beyond

Teaching: Fluid mechanics, maths, mathematical modelling, sir and energy flows within building, and design projects.

Other roles: Co-Theme Lead for Resilient and secure built environment 

Interests

 The role of ocean waves in engineering and climate.

Affiliated research themes: Sustainable natural environment , Engineering net zero and beyond

Teaching: F luid mechanics, wave mechanics, air-sea interaction dynamics and design projects.

Interests

Micro-mechanics of geomaterials, with a particular emphasis on clay, to better understand particulate matter in order to manipulate and enhance their properties. 

Affiliated research themes: Engineering net zero and beyond , Sustainable natural environment

Interests

Waste management, resource efficiency, industrial symbiosis, the circular economy, low carbon materials and greenhouse gas removal technologies.

Affiliated research themes: Engineering net zero and beyond , Sustainable natural environment

Other roles:   Head of Materials

Interests

Recovery of value from waste for conversion to commercially useful products; decision support tools for sustainable waste management.

Affiliated research themes: Sustainable natural environment , Engineering net zero and beyond

Other roles: Undergraduate Year 4 Coordinator, Admissions Tutor, Examinations Officer and Director of MSc in Environmental Engineering , Course Director for MSc Environmental Engineering with Data Science

Interests

Fluid mechanics for climate, energy and environmental sustainability, with a focus on buoyancy-driven flows in natural, industrial and built environments.

Affiliated research themes: Engineering net zero and beyond (Theme Lead), Connected efficient cities

Teaching: Undergraduate (MEng) programme, MSc (Fluid Mechanics) programme, and the MSc in Sustainable Energy Futures .

Other roles: Head of Fluid Mechanics Section , Theme Lead for Engineering net zero and beyond , Chair of Board of Examiners for MSc Fluid Mechanics , and Departmental Representative for  EPSRC Centre for   Doctoral Training in the   Mathematics for our Future Climate .

Interests

Offshore Geotechnics, soft ground engineering, deep foundations, flood defences, constitutive behaviour and cyclic loading.

Affiliated research themes: Engineering net zero and beyond , Resilient and secure built environment

Teaching: offshore Geotechnics and the Geotechnics main field course for MSc programme

Interests

Stochastic description of waves and wave-related processes: extreme waves, coastal processes and erosion, wave-structure interaction and marine renewables.

Affiliated research themes: Engineering net zero and beyond , Sustainable natural environment

Teaching:   Modules related to coastal engineering, wave mechanics and statistics.

Other roles:   Director of the Hydrodynamics Laboratory

Interests

Testing, numerical modelling and development of design guidance for steel structures, with a focus on metallic 3D printed structural members and composite cold-formed steel systems. 

Affiliated research themes: Engineering net zero and beyond , Resilient and secure built environment

Other roles: Director of MSc in Structural Steel Design , Admissions Tutor for Advanced Structural Engineering MSc courses , and Graduate Teaching Assistant Coordinator

Interests

Flows around offshore structures and vessels, the fluid loading arising on these structures, and the subsequent assessment of structural reliability.

Affiliated research themes: Engineering net zero and beyond , Resilient and secure built environment

Interests

Seismic protection, performance-based design, AI, computational modeling, extraterrestrial structures.

Affiliated research themes: Engineering net zero and beyond , Resilient and secure built environment

Teaching:  Earthquake engineering, structural dynamics, seismic design, timber & steel structures.

Other roles: Director of the MSc in Earthquake Engineering , Director of Undergraduate Admissions, and Postdoc Champion

Interests

Quantitative sustainability assessment of infrastructure, critical materials, and industrial processes; cement and concrete chemistry.

Affiliated research themes: Engineering net zero and beyond , Sustainable natural environment

Teaching: Materials (MEng); Sustainable Development (MSc); Cementitious Materials (MSc).

Other roles: Examination Officer for MSc Advanced Materials for Sustainable Infrastructure , Chair of Department Sustainability Committee , and Chair of Climate and Sustainability Teaching Committee

Interests

Different applications of thermal and fluid dynamics, including geophysical flows, stratified turbulence, mixing, and energy optimisation in buildings.

Affiliated research themes: Engineering net zero and beyond , Resilient and secure built environment

Teaching: Air-sea fluid mechanics.

Interests

Different applications of thermal and fluid dynamics, including geophysical flows, stratified turbulence, mixing, and energy optimisation in buildings.

Affiliated research themes: Engineering net zero and beyond , Resilient and secure built environment

Teaching:   Air-sea fluid mechanics.

Interests

Theoretical and computational simulation of the strength and stability of complex metal shell structures.

Affiliated research themes:   Engineering net zero and beyond

Teaching: Theory of Shells and Computational Methods.

Interests

Urban energy systems; transport and energy system models; sustainable transport and public health; consumer choice behaviour; land use-transport models; equity, health and well-being implications of socio-technical systems.

Affiliated research themes: Connected efficient cities , Engineering net zero and beyond

Teaching:  Transport planning and policy; activity-based, tour-based and four-step models of travel demand; consumer demand models; discrete choice models; demand analysis for the electrification of transport.

Other roles: Chair of the Equality, Diversity and Departmental Culture (EDDC) committee , and Departmental Tutor for Women

Interests

Treatment and agronomic properties of sludges and organic wastes recycled to land and their environmental impact, including nutrients, potentially toxic elements, organic contaminants and pathogens.

Affiliated research themes: Resilient and secure built environment , Engineering net zero and beyond

Teaching: Environmental microbiology, wastewater and biodegradable solid waste treatment and management.

Other roles: Head of Environmental and Water Resource Engineering (EWRE) Section

Interests

Computational modelling of ground source energy systems, offshore foundations and urban excavations, development of advanced material models for soils, application of data-driven approaches for design optimisation, implementation of the observational method and infrastructure management.

Affiliated research themes: Resilient and secure built environment, Engineering net zero and beyond

Teaching: Coordinates the Year 1 MEng module on Mathematics and the MSc module Strength and Deformation.

Other roles: Departmental ICT Representative, and Director of PhD Programme

Interests

Effect of climate change on geotechnical infrastructure, numerical methodologies for incorporating soil-atmosphere interaction in geotechnical analysis, engineered barriers for preventing flooding in urban areas, and isolating nuclear waste from the living environment. 

Affiliated research themes: Resilient and secure built environment , Engineering net zero and beyond

Teaching:  Unsaturated soil mechanics.

Other roles: Director of the MSc Programme

Interests

Transport processes in fluids, with applications in urban areas (urban heat island, dispersion, microclimate), atmospheric convection, and building ventilation (stratified environments, plumes/jets, exchange flows).

Affiliated research themes: Connected Efficient Cities , Sustainable Natural Environment

Other roles: Director of Research (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering)

Interests

Advanced laboratory testing, soil and site characterisation and field experiments that contribute to resolving geotechnical problems encountered in the near and offshore industry.

Affiliated research themes: Engineering net zero and beyond , Resilient and secure built environment

Other roles: Director and Admissions Tutor for MSc in Geotechnical Engineering

Interests

All aspects of design and analysis of reinforced concrete structures with emphasis on design for shear.

Affiliated research themes: Resilient and secure built environment , Engineering net zero and beyond

Teaching: Reinforced Concrete Design on MEng and MSc programmes.

Interests

Cement and concrete materials; microstructure; petrography; mass transport in porous media; degradation mechanisms; durability; sustainability; low-carbon construction.

Affiliated research themes: Engineering net zero and beyond

Teaching:  MEng modules on Materials and Structural Mechanics, and MSc modules on Concrete Materials and Cementitious Materials.

Other roles: Director of MSc in Advanced Materials for Sustainable Infrastructure , Undergraduate Year 2 Coordinator, and Director of Materials Laboratory .

Interests

Composite materials and technologies with exceptional performance metrics to enable the new generation of energy infrastructure to achieve Net Zero and a green transition, with applications in wind, solar, tidal, geothermal, nuclear, and hydrogen energy.

Affiliated research themes: Engineering net zero and beyond , Resilient and secure built environment

Teaching:  MEng and MSc modules in Polymers and Polymer Composites, Assessment Monitoring and Repair of Structures, and Mechanics of Materials.

Other roles:  UKRI Future Leaders Fellow and Admissions Tutor for MSc in Advanced Materials for Sustainable Infrastructure

Interests

Material characterisation techniques, development of low-carbon cements, microstructure and durability of concrete.

Affiliated research themes: Engineering net zero and beyond , Resilient and secure built environment

Teaching:  MSc Advanced Materials for Sustainable Infrastructure module 'Characterisation of Materials'.

Other roles: Manager of Materials Laboratory

Interests

Development and application of numerical methods in geotechnical design, renewable energy including wind and geothermal, lifecycle assessment of infrastructure with the changing climate, radioactive waste disposal, experimental protocols and equipment for thermo-hydro-mechanical soil characterisation.

Affiliated research themes:   Resilient and secure built environment , Engineering net zero and beyond

Teaching: MEng and MSc modules from Fundamental Soil Mechanics to Advanced Numerical Analysis and Geotechnical Design