Projects per year
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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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Projects
Organic fingerprinting of groundwater to determine surface water origins
Radioactive Waste Management Limited
1/01/20 → 31/03/22
Project: Research
Research Output
Core surprise: what's inside a plate boundary?
McKay, L., Shipton, Z. & Lunn, R., 1 Jul 2020, In : Geoscientist. 30, 6, p. 11-15 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Desiccation behaviour of colloidal silica grouted sand: a new material for the creation of near surface hydraulic barriers
Pedrotti, M., Wong, C., El Mountassir, G., Renshaw, J. C. & Lunn, R. J., 5 Jun 2020, In : Engineering Geology. 270, 105579.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Datasets
Data for: "The effect of clay water content in the Jet Erosion Test"
Beber, R. (Creator), 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), University of Strathclyde, 4 Oct 2018
DOI: 10.15129/0f92623e-df99-4caf-9734-61cacb235913, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018WR023032
Dataset
Thesis
Assessing the options : disposal, recycling or re-use of UK legacy radioactive metals and depleted uranium
Author: Kemp, N., 16 Jun 2015Supervisor: Lunn, R. (Supervisor) & Belton, V. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
Cracking behaviour of clayey geomaterials
Author: Murray, I. W., 21 Dec 2017Supervisor: Tarantino, A. (Supervisor) & Lunn, R. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
Prizes
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
Rebecca Lunn (Recipient), Jun 2011
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Elected a Fellow of The Institution of Civil Engineers
Rebecca Lunn (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Election to learned society
Activities
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
Impacts
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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Equipment
Fluke 2 Channel Handheld Thermometer
Rebecca Lunn (Manager)
Civil And Environmental EngineeringFacility/equipment: Equipment
Fluke High Temperature PRT Probe
Rebecca Lunn (Manager)
Civil And Environmental EngineeringFacility/equipment: Equipment