Rebecca Lunn

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Professor, Civil And Environmental Engineering

Phone01415482826
Emailrebecca.lunn@strath.ac.uk

United Kingdom

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

Development of novel, low-carbon ground engineering technologies. Development of low viscosity injectable grouts for ground barrier formation and ground improvement The hydro-mechanical controls on fluid flow through geological structures, including faults

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Research Interests

Use of microbially mediated mineral precipitation for ground improvement and ground sealing
Development and application of colloidal silica-based grouts for ground improvement and ground sealing
Development of detectable cementitious grouts for reliable barrier formation
Fluid flow in geological faults, estimating fault permeability (particular relevance to radioactive waste disposal, CO2 sequestration and oil and gas exploitation)
The relationaship between fault permeability and seismicity - temporal and spatial evolution
Predicting ground permeability through structural geology and rock mechanics
Groundwater flow and contaminant transport
Rock mechanics and structural geology
Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems
Computer modelling

Education/Academic qualification

Master in Science, Newcastle University

Doctor of Engineering, Newcastle University

Bachelor of Arts, University of Cambridge

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Doctoral Training Partnership 2020-2021 University of Strathclyde | Eriksen, Jason
El Mountassir, G., Lunn, R. & Eriksen, J.
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/01/21 → 1/07/24
Project: Research Studentship - Internally Allocated
Organic fingerprinting of groundwater to determine surface water origins
Lunn, R. & Shipton, Z.
Radioactive Waste Management Limited
1/01/20 → 31/03/22
Project: Research

An experimental investigation into the use of mica as a material for the stabilisation of marginal clays in construction
Ibeh, C. U., Tarantino, A., Pedrotti, M. & Lunn, R. J., 12 Jun 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Construction and Building Materials.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Do intraplate and plate boundary fault systems evolve in a similar way with repeated slip events?
McKay, L., Lunn, R. J., Shipton, Z. K., Pytharouli, S. & Roberts, J. J., 1 Apr 2021, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 559, 8 p., 116757.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Data for: "The effect of clay water content in the Jet Erosion Test"
Beber, R. (Creator), Tarantino, A. (Contributor), Pedrotti, M. (Contributor) & Lunn, R. (Contributor), University of Strathclyde, 13 May 2019
DOI: 10.15129/bfe46085-cbb8-42ec-baa9-fef6398eb529, https://www.is-glasgow2019.org.uk/
Dataset
Data for: "Microscale analysis of fractured rock sealed with microbially induced CaCO3 precipitation: influence on hydraulic and mechanical performance"
Tobler, D. J. (Creator), Minto, J. (Creator), El Mountassir, G. (Contributor), Lunn, R. (Contributor) & Phoenix, V. (Contributor), University of Strathclyde, 4 Oct 2018
DOI: 10.15129/0f92623e-df99-4caf-9734-61cacb235913, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018WR023032
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Aberconway medallist 2011. Awarded by the Geological Society of London every 2 years to a researcher aged 45 years or less to recognise distinction in the practice of geology with special reference to work in industry
Lunn, Rebecca (Recipient), Jun 2011
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Elected a Fellow of The Institution of Civil Engineers
Lunn, Rebecca (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Election to learned society

5 Membership of committee
3 Consultancy
2 Participation in workshop, seminar, course
2 Invited talk
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Bone Dry: Hydroxyapatite as a water-resistant cement coating material
Ronnie Turner (Speaker) & Rebecca Lunn (Contributor)
6 May 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Field deployment of biomineral technologies for treatment and repair of concrete nuclear infrastructure
Ronnie Turner (Speaker) & Rebecca Lunn (Contributor)
3 Apr 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

Research on geological uncertainty informs UK Government policies on shale gas and radioactive waste disposal
Zoe Shipton (Participant) & Rebecca Lunn (Participant)
Impact: Impact - for External Portal › Policy and legislation, Public understanding, information and debate, Environment and sustainability - natural world and built environment

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Fluke 2 Channel Handheld Thermometer
Rebecca Lunn (Manager)
Civil And Environmental Engineering
Facility/equipment: Equipment
Fluke High Temperature PRT Probe
Rebecca Lunn (Manager)
Civil And Environmental Engineering
Facility/equipment: Equipment