Civil Engineering
This research theme brings together engineering perspectives related to sustainability and climate change resilience.
Structural engineering
The structural engineering element focusses on:
- soil/structure interactions
- damage detection and structural testing
- stainless steel structures
- high strength steel structures
- composite structures
- structural fire engineering
- physical and numerical modelling applications
- health and safety
- construction management.
Materials science
The materials science element focusses on:
- construction materials
- environmental materials
- sustainable materials in construction.
Geotechnics
The geotechnics element focusses on:
- sustainable geotechnics
- soil/structure interactions
- physical and numerical modelling applications
- offshore soil mechanics.
Coastal flood and erosion risk management
The coastal flood and erosion risk management element focusses on:
- coastal hydrodynamics and sediment transport dynamics
- coastal flood modelling and forecasting
- coastal climate variability (remote sensing data, climate models data, machine learning algorithms)
- flood risk modelling frameworks for climate resilience.
Water engineering
The water engineering element focusses on:
- water quality engineering
- water and wastewater treatment and management
- blue-green Infrastructure concepts and water resources management concepts
- water-energy nexus
- ocean renewables
- numerical modelling applications.
Staff
- Dr Sam Abbey, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Antonia Chatzirodou, Lecturer
- Dr Sarah Fray, Lecturer
- Dr Ghassan Nounu, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Luc Pellecuer, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Tanvir Qureshi, Senior Lecturer
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