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Organization profile
Organisation profile
The Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering has a unique combination of multi-disciplinary expertise including civil, environmental, chemical, mechanical and electrical engineering plus materials science, geoscience, physics, chemistry and
microbiology.
Its world-class research portfolio includes leadership of international and multi-institutional research consortia in close collaboration with both industry and government.
The Department's researchers work across three main interdisciplinary centres:-
• Ground Engineering & Energy Geoscience
• Intelligent Infrastructure
• Water, Environment, Sustainability & Public Health
Centre for Ground Engineering & Energy Geoscience
Our researchers have expertise in a range of different disciplines, including:
-ground barrier technologies
-experimental geomechanics
-geotechnical engineering
-geophysics
-site investigation
-structural geology
-hydrogeology
-constitutive & numerical modelling of geomaterials
Centre for Intelligent Infrastructure
We are committed to transforming traditional structural engineering through cross-disciplinary research, recognising and transposing the recent radical innovations in material science, communication and sensor technology.
Our expertise includes:
-intelligent infrastructure & artificial intelligence
-sensors & automation
-sustainable construction materials
-safety, resilience & economic assessment
-computational modelling
Centre for Water, Environment, Sustainability & Public Health
We undertake fundamental and applied research to provide novel solutions to some of the most pressing environmental challenges, working both locally and internationally.
Our expertise includes:
-water
-public & environmental health
-soil contamination, restoration & remediation
-environmental assessment
-waste, energy & the circular economy
-international development
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Profiles
Projects
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Doctoral Training Partnership 2020-2021 University of Strathclyde | MacDonald, Anna
White, C., Phoenix, V. & MacDonald, A.
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/12/20 → 1/06/24
Project: Research Studentship - Internally Allocated
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Urban Atmospheric Microplastic Pollution – from creation to inhalation of MP in our living spaces
30/11/20 → 30/06/24
Project: Research - Studentship
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CERESiS: ContaminatEd land Remediation through Energy crops for Soil Improvement to liquid fuels Strategies
Lord, R., Torrance, K. & Nunn, B.
1/11/20 → 30/04/24
Project: Research
Research Output
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Accessing European strong-motion data: an update on ORFEUS Coordinated Services
Lanzano, G., Luzi, L., Cauzzi, C., Bienkowski, J., Bindi, D., Clinton, J., Cocco, M., D'Amico, M., Douglas, J., Faenza, L., Felicetta, C., Gallovič, F., Giardini, D., Ktenidou, O-J., Lauciani, V., Manakou, M., Marmureanu, A., Maufroy, E., Michelini, A., Özener, H. & 6 others, , 11 Jan 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Seismological Research Letters.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Gathering at the top? Environmental controls of microplastic uptake and biomagnification in freshwater food webs
Krause, S., Baranov, V., Nel, H. A., Drummond, J. D., Kukkola, A., Hoellein, T., Sambrook Smith, G. H., Lewandowski, J., Bonnet, B., Packman, A. I., Sadler, J., Inshyna, V., Allen, S., Allen, D., Simon, L., Mermillod-Blondin, F. & Lynch, I., 1 Jan 2021, In: Environmental Pollution. 268, 115750.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Influence of particle morphology of ground fly ash on the fluidity and strength of cement paste
Ma, J., Wang, D., Zhao, S., Duan, P. & Yang, S., 7 Jan 2021, In: Materials. 14, 2, 18 p., 283.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Antibiotic resistance genes found in soils across the entire Scottish landscape (2007-10)
Knapp, C. (Creator), Graham, D. W. (Contributor), Freitag, T. (Contributor), Pagaling, E. (Contributor), Hough, R. (Contributor), Avery, L. (Contributor), Zhu, Y. (Contributor), Su, J. (Contributor) & Zhou, X. (Contributor), 31 Jan 2020
DOI: 10.5285/d3498e93-4ac5-4eab-bc1a-eb2328771d24
Dataset
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Community antimicrobial resistance genes and concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and metals in NE England soils (2016)
Knapp, C. (Creator), Graham, D. W. (Creator), Cooke, M. (Creator), McCann, C. (Creator), Zhu, Y. (Contributor) & Su, J. (Contributor), 31 Jan 2020
DOI: 10.5285/35b49db6-8522-4c6b-a779-820268292603, http://doi.org/10.5285/35b49db6-8522-4c6b-a779-820268292603
Dataset
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Data for: "An Infiltration column to investigate experimentally the response of the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Continuum"
Dainese, R. (Creator), Belli, A. (Creator) & Tarantino, A. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 30 May 2019
DOI: 10.15129/d824b377-d25a-4541-830e-506724c2b7b0
Dataset
Prizes
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1st Place Winner and Audience Award at the Falling Walls Lab Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Salifu, Emmanuel (Recipient), 26 Sep 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2008: TOPCON Award, 13th FIG Symp. on Deformation Measurements (€ 600) Prize for the best young researchers’ paper, Lisbon, Portugal.
Pytharouli, Stella (Recipient), 2008
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2014 Person of the Year Award for outstanding contribution to the field of Structural Health Monitoring
Daniele Zonta (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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37th General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission
John Douglas (Participant)
Sep 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organiser of special symposia
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37th General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission
John Douglas (Participant)
Sep 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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EURO-Conference on Rock Physics & Geomechanics
Kate Dobson (Member of programme committee) & Kate Dobson (Organiser)
30 Aug 2021 → 5 Sep 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organiser of major conference
Impacts
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Cafe Logistique
Joan Aitken (Participant), Iain Docherty (Participant), Derek Halden (Participant), Neil Ferguson (Main contact) & Malcolm Reed (Participant)
Impact: Impact - for External Portal › Public understanding, information and debate, Economic and commerce, Environment and sustainability - natural world and built environment, Policy and legislation
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Climate change, unpacking the burden on food safety
Steven Allen (Participant), Deonie Allen (Participant) & Vernon Phoenix (Participant)
Impact: Policy and legislation
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Climate Justice and Groundwater Resource Management in Malawi Africa
Robert Kalin (Participant)
Impact: Impact - for External Portal › Environment and sustainability - natural world and built environment, Policy and legislation
Equipment
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1,000 PSIG panel mounted Loading Hassler
John Carlin (Manager)
Civil And Environmental EngineeringFacility/equipment: Equipment
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10,000 PSIG Quick Loadin Hassler Cell
John Carlin (Manager)
Civil And Environmental EngineeringFacility/equipment: Equipment
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170-9081 Decode System for DGGE
Mara Knapp (Manager)
Civil And Environmental EngineeringFacility/equipment: Equipment
Student theses
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A comprehensive optimum integrated water resources management approach at a river basin level : application at Diylala river basin in Iraq
Author: Al-Jawad, J., 20 Nov 2018Supervisor: Kalin, R. (Supervisor) & Zawdie, G. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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A molecular dynamics study on cementitious materials and nanocomposites
Author: Fan, D., 26 Apr 2019Supervisor: Yang, S. (Supervisor) & Xu, Y. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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An experimental investigation on the micromechanics of non-active clays in saturated and partially saturated states
Author: Pedrotti, M., 2 May 2016Supervisor: Tarantino, A. (Supervisor) & Karstunen, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis