Hoey
professor trevor hoey took up the new role of pro vice-chancellor international & sustainability in october 2022. he has been vice-provost (international and academic partnerships), and professor of river science, at brunel university london in september 2019. previously he was at the university of glasgow as professor of numerical geoscience and dean of the university of glasgow singapore. with a background in environmental research, trevor is well placed to lead for the university on sustainability. he has advised government agencies in scotland, delivered training to government, industry and ngo staff, and has contributed to policy papers in the uk, china and the philippines. trevor has worked internationally throughout his career, starting as a commonwealth scholar in new zealand. he has researched collaboratively with colleagues in europe, east and south-east asia and north america, and has led field research projects in greenland, china, philippines and indonesia in recent years. he has taught on a transnational education programme in china, and has extensive experience of developing and maintaining international partnerships, and of international student recruitment. trevor’s research is in hydraulics and sediment transport, where he has combined field, laboratory and modelling approaches to understand the mechanics of sediment transport and how these control landscape developments. his current projects include refining flood-risk assessment in the philippines (nerc – post) sustainable mining in the philippines (project pamana, nerc post) and roughness in bedrock rivers. he has also researched climate change impacts on river c02 transfer from rivers into the atmosphere, and sustainable river basis management.
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Professor Trevor Hoey
Professor Trevor Hoey took up the new role of Pro Vice-Chancellor International & Sustainability in October 2022. He has been Vice-Provost (International and Academic Partnerships), and Professor of River Science, at Brunel University London in September 2019. Previously he was at the University of Glasgow as Professor of Numerical Geoscience and Dean of the University of Glasgow Singapore. With a background in environmental research, Trevor is well placed to lead for the University on sustainability. He has advised government agencies in Scotland, delivered training to government, industry and NGO staff, and has contributed to policy papers in the UK, China and the Philippines. Trevor has worked internationally throughout his career, starting as a Commonwealth Scholar in New Zealand. He has researched collaboratively with colleagues in Europe, East and South-East Asia and North America, and has led field research projects in Greenland, China, Philippines and Indonesia in recent years. He has taught on a transnational education programme in China, and has extensive experience of developing and maintaining international partnerships, and of international student recruitment. Trevor’s research is in hydraulics and sediment transport, where he has combined field, laboratory and modelling approaches to understand the mechanics of sediment transport and how these control landscape developments. His current projects include refining flood-risk assessment in the Philippines (NERC – post) sustainable mining in the Philippines (Project PAMANA, NERC Post) and roughness in bedrock rivers. He has also researched climate change impacts on river C02 transfer from rivers into the atmosphere, and sustainable river basis management.
Kebede
dr kebede is a senior lecturer (associate professor) in flood and coastal engineering and the pgr director in the department of civil and environmental engineering (cee), college of engineering, design and physical sciences (cedps) at brunel university of london. he is also a founding member and deputy director of one of brunel's interdisciplinary research centres, the centre for flood risk and resilience (cfr2). he also leads the department's flood, coastal and water engineering (fcwe) research group. prior to joining brunel, abiy worked as a researcher at the university of southampton, where he also completed his phd and part of his msc studies. his current research interests span from integrated assessment of the food-water-land-ecosystems nexus interactions and implications for sustainability and the sustainable development goals (sdgs), to investigating the potential impacts of climate change, sea-level rise and climate extremes and risks of hydro-geo-meteorlogical hazards (e.g., flooding and coastal erosion), and quantifying the costs and benefits of engineered- and nature-based solutions to climate and environmental risks and sustainability challenges at different spatial (local to global) and temporal (short- to long-term) scales for informing robust climate adaptation and risk management policies. his work explores the following key research questions: what are the physical, socio-economic and environmental impacts of climate change, sea-level rise and climate extremes in coastal areas and river deltas? what are the long-term implications of historic coastal landfills on shoreline management and engineering solutions to coastal risks? what are the direct and indirect impacts and key uncertainties of future changes in climate and socio-economic conditions on the built and natural environment? how can we devise robust adaptation policies across multiple sectors, scales, and scenarios to tackle environmental and sustainability challenges? climate change and coasts impacts of sea-level rise and extreme events issues of coastal landfills and shoreline management planning coastal management and adaptation to future changes the food-water-land-ecosystems nexus and sustainability engineered-/nature-based solutions to multi-hazard risks robustness of adaptation policies across sectors, scales, and scenarios geospatial data analytics, modelling, and visualisation keywords: flood and coastal engineering, food-water-land-ecosystems (fwle) nexus, climate resilience and sustainability, geospatial data analytics, modelling, and visualisation applications in civil and environmental engineering and infrastructure development.
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Dr Abiy Kebede
Dr Kebede is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Flood and Coastal Engineering and the PGR Director in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences (CEDPS) at Brunel University of London. He is also a founding member and Deputy Director of one of Brunel's interdisciplinary Research Centres, the Centre for Flood Risk and Resilience (CFR2). He also leads the Department's Flood, Coastal and Water Engineering (FCWE) Research Group. Prior to joining Brunel, Abiy worked as a Researcher at the University of Southampton, where he also completed his PhD and part of his MSc studies. His current research interests span from integrated assessment of the food-water-land-ecosystems nexus interactions and implications for sustainability and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to investigating the potential impacts of climate change, sea-level rise and climate extremes and risks of hydro-geo-meteorlogical hazards (e.g., flooding and coastal erosion), and quantifying the costs and benefits of engineered- and nature-based solutions to climate and environmental risks and sustainability challenges at different spatial (local to global) and temporal (short- to long-term) scales for informing robust climate adaptation and risk management policies. His work explores the following key research questions: What are the physical, socio-economic and environmental impacts of climate change, sea-level rise and climate extremes in coastal areas and river deltas? What are the long-term implications of historic coastal landfills on shoreline management and engineering solutions to coastal risks? What are the direct and indirect impacts and key uncertainties of future changes in climate and socio-economic conditions on the built and natural environment? How can we devise robust adaptation policies across multiple sectors, scales, and scenarios to tackle environmental and sustainability challenges? Climate change and coasts Impacts of sea-level rise and extreme events Issues of coastal landfills and shoreline management planning Coastal management and adaptation to future changes The food-water-land-ecosystems nexus and sustainability Engineered-/nature-based solutions to multi-hazard risks Robustness of adaptation policies across sectors, scales, and scenarios Geospatial data analytics, modelling, and visualisation Keywords: Flood and Coastal Engineering, Food-Water-Land-Ecosystems (FWLE) nexus, Climate Resilience and Sustainability, Geospatial Data Analytics, Modelling, and Visualisation Applications in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Infrastructure Development.
Mohamed
ashraf is a fellow member of the chartered institution of water and environmental management, chartered engineer (ceng), chartered environmentalist (cenv), and chartered water and environmental manager of ciwem (c.wem). he has a bsc, meng from egypt, and phd from the university of manchester, all in civil engineering. before joining academia, he worked in the industry for a short period in reinforced concrete design. ashraf is currently a reader at the department of civil and environmental engineering, brunel university london. before joining brunel, he was a lecturer at the school of natural and built environment, queen’s university belfast. ashraf has been involved in research grants totalling more than £9 million as principal investigator and co-investigator from eu, epsrc, newton, innovate uk, and other sources. ashraf is the principal investigator at brunel for the project we-act (€526,864, january 2023 - december 2026) where he leads a team to build a machine learning model for efficient water management in a transboundary river area at central asia. this horizon eu project is funded by ukri through the ukri horizon europe funding guarantee. current research interests include the use of artificial intelligence and deep learning in solving civil engineering problems, especially problems related to environmental issues, water flow, and the impact of climate change. ashraf is the developer and course director of the msc in water& environmental engineering. externally, he serves as a member of ciwem accreditation panel and is also an assessor of ceng, and cenv applications. deep learning with particular applications to environmental engineering problems. digital infrastructures. coastal aquifers management groundwater hydrology. structural health of earthfill dams & levees. stochastic modelling. coastal aquifers management, machine learning, big data, dams, levees, groundwater hydrology.
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Dr Ashraf Ahmed Mohamed
Ashraf is a fellow member of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management, chartered Engineer (CEng), chartered Environmentalist (CEnv), and Chartered Water and Environmental Manager of CIWEM (C.WEM). He has a BSc, Meng from Egypt, and PhD from the University of Manchester, all in Civil Engineering. Before joining academia, he worked in the industry for a short period in reinforced concrete design. Ashraf is currently a Reader at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Brunel University London. Before joining Brunel, he was a lecturer at the School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen’s University Belfast. Ashraf has been involved in research grants totalling more than £9 million as Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator from EU, EPSRC, Newton, Innovate UK, and other sources. Ashraf is the principal investigator at Brunel for the project WE-ACT (€526,864, January 2023 - December 2026) where he leads a team to build a machine learning model for efficient water management in a transboundary river area at central Asia. This Horizon EU project is funded by UKRI through the UKRI Horizon Europe Funding Guarantee. Current research interests include the use of Artificial intelligence and deep learning in solving Civil Engineering problems, especially problems related to Environmental issues, water flow, and the impact of climate change. Ashraf is the developer and course director of the MSc in Water& Environmental Engineering. Externally, he serves as a member of CIWEM accreditation panel and is also an assessor of CEng, and CEnv applications. Deep learning with particular applications to Environmental Engineering problems. Digital Infrastructures. Coastal aquifers management Groundwater Hydrology. Structural Health of Earthfill Dams & Levees. Stochastic modelling. Coastal aquifers management, Machine learning, big data, dams, levees, groundwater hydrology.
Martin-Moreta
pedro (ceng, phd, meng) is a lecturer in flood and coastal engineering in the department of civil and environmental engineering at brunel university london. he has 15 years of experience in flood risk, flood modelling and river engineering, both as a consultant and researcher. his principal research interests are flood hydraulics, flood defences and numerical modelling in rivers. · flood hydraulics · flood defences-earthdams, flood embankments · numerical modelling in rivers · effect of vegetation in river flow · natural flood management · ce 2701 structural and geotechnical design and flood defences, level 2, lecturer and module leader. · ce 2702 environmental hydraulics, level 2, lecturer. · ce3602 flood and coastal risk management, level 3, lecturer and module leader.
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Dr Pedro Martin-Moreta
Pedro (CEng, PhD, MEng) is a Lecturer in Flood and Coastal Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Brunel University London. He has 15 years of experience in flood risk, flood modelling and river engineering, both as a consultant and researcher. His principal research interests are flood hydraulics, flood defences and numerical modelling in rivers. · Flood Hydraulics · Flood Defences-earthdams, flood embankments · Numerical modelling in rivers · Effect of vegetation in river flow · Natural Flood Management · CE 2701 Structural and Geotechnical Design and Flood Defences, Level 2, lecturer and module leader. · CE 2702 Environmental Hydraulics, Level 2, lecturer. · CE3602 flood and Coastal Risk Management, level 3, lecturer and module leader.
Paterson
building on an academic transdisciplinary background in natural sciences (marine biology, resource management) and social sciences (climate adaptation, social justice, environmental policy), shona’s guiding focus remains the generation and translation of defensible research informed by the needs of society and co-created with the intended beneficiaries. her research is motivated by international frameworks such as the un 2030 agenda, the sendai framework for disaster risk reduction, and the cop21 paris agreement. she has spent her working career building partnerships and knowledge exchange networks with local communities and stakeholders to achieve mutually beneficial social and ecological goals. with a special interest in marginalised communities and social justice and equity, shona’s recent research has focused on global flood risk and resilience, climate risk assessments, adaptation and adaptive capacity in urbanising coastal areas. embracing a transdisciplinary approach, shona works at the interface of science-policy as well as effective and fit-for-audience communication of data and knowledge to ensure increased impactful discourse around risk. she has research experience in the caribbean, usa, uk and ireland, as well as a global perspective through involvement with future earth and its associated global research project future earth coasts. shona seeks to engage with a range of emerging global challenges through collaboration and co-production of knowledge by employing a transdisciplinary and applied bridging of science, social science, the arts and humanities at local, national, and international scales. co-production enables science and research to have greater impact on sustainable development outcomes. shona works to facilitate iterative and collaborative processes involving diverse types of expertise, knowledges and actors to co-produce context-specific pathways towards sustainable futures. there is a real and urgent need to understand and tackle intractable global challenges in the face of constantly shifting biophysical and social realities. shona’s work, with a range of partners across the globe, embraces this need, recognising that sustainability and equitable development, as illustrated by the un agenda 2030 sustainable development goals (sdgs), requires transformative social and economic pathways co-created with intended beneficiary communities. the overall achievement of the sdgs depends not only upon responsible economic development administered through the lens of environmental sustainability, but perhaps more significantly, through enhanced social inclusion and resilience building at all scales. at brunel, shona is the director of the centre for global lives, the co-lead of the equitable development and resilience research group as well as a member of the centre for flood risk and resilience. examples of on-going research projects include the eske project and catching a wave and the co-curation of an unwavering immersive virtual installation on long covid in partnership with artists and scientitsts through the new york gallery/forum relational space. she is also a partner in the ukri maximizing climate adaptation hub lead by kings college london. the macc hub aims to inform a national climate change adaptation plan by addressing current barriers around public awareness, policy, legislation and climate data that might be hindering the uk’s ability to adapt to global warming.
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Dr Shona Koren Paterson
Building on an academic transdisciplinary background in Natural Sciences (Marine Biology, Resource Management) and Social Sciences (Climate Adaptation, Social Justice, Environmental Policy), Shona’s guiding focus remains the generation and translation of defensible research informed by the needs of society and co-created with the intended beneficiaries. Her research is motivated by international frameworks such as the UN 2030 Agenda, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, and the COP21 Paris Agreement. She has spent her working career building partnerships and knowledge exchange networks with local communities and stakeholders to achieve mutually beneficial social and ecological goals. With a special interest in marginalised communities and social justice and equity, Shona’s recent research has focused on global flood risk and resilience, climate risk assessments, adaptation and adaptive capacity in urbanising coastal areas. Embracing a transdisciplinary approach, Shona works at the interface of science-policy as well as effective and fit-for-audience communication of data and knowledge to ensure increased impactful discourse around risk. She has research experience in the Caribbean, USA, UK and Ireland, as well as a global perspective through involvement with Future Earth and its associated global research project Future Earth Coasts. Shona seeks to engage with a range of emerging global challenges through collaboration and co-production of knowledge by employing a transdisciplinary and applied bridging of science, social science, the arts and humanities at local, national, and international scales. Co-production enables science and research to have greater impact on sustainable development outcomes. Shona works to facilitate iterative and collaborative processes involving diverse types of expertise, knowledges and actors to co-produce context-specific pathways towards sustainable futures. There is a real and urgent need to understand and tackle intractable global challenges in the face of constantly shifting biophysical and social realities. Shona’s work, with a range of partners across the globe, embraces this need, recognising that sustainability and equitable development, as illustrated by the UN Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), requires transformative social and economic pathways co-created with intended beneficiary communities. The overall achievement of the SDGs depends not only upon responsible economic development administered through the lens of environmental sustainability, but perhaps more significantly, through enhanced social inclusion and resilience building at all scales. At Brunel, Shona is the Director of the Centre for Global Lives, the co-lead of the Equitable Development and Resilience Research Group as well as a member of the Centre for Flood Risk and Resilience. Examples of on-going research projects include the ESKE project and Catching a Wave and the co-curation of an unwavering immersive virtual installation on Long COVID in partnership with artists and scientitsts through the New York Gallery/Forum Relational Space. She is also a partner in the UKRI Maximizing Climate Adaptation Hub lead by Kings College London. The MACC Hub aims to inform a national climate change adaptation plan by addressing current barriers around public awareness, policy, legislation and climate data that might be hindering the UK’s ability to adapt to global warming.
Argyroudis
dr sotirios argyroudis is a reader of infrastructure engineering at the department of civil & environmental engineering, college of engineering, design and physical sciences at brunel university london. he is leading the infrastructure risk and resilience research. he is the deputy scientific coordinator of the horizon/ukri recharged project. he co-founded the www.bridgeukraine.org initiative, aiming at accelerating ukraine's critical infrastructure recovery. he co-leads the www.metainfrastructure.org, which is an initiative that strives to develop solutions for sustainable and resilient infrastructure that is equitable, just and underpin the united nations sdgs.sotirios is a member of the centre for flood risk and resilience and the research group of geotechnical and environmental engineering at brunel university. before joining brunel he was a marie-skłodowska-curie research fellow at the department of civil and environmental engineering, at the university of surrey (transrisk project), and after the completion of his fellowship, he has been appointed as a visiting senior lecturer at the university of surrey, uk. he had previously worked at the aristotle university of thessaloniki, greece, as senior research and teaching staff (since 2006) and as a researcher (since 2001). he holds two degrees, one in civil engineering (meng) and the second one in geology (bsc), and a phd in geotechnical earthquake engineering. sotirios has been working across international partnerships and has visited and/or seconded to world leading institutes such as stanford university in usa, the norwegian geotechnical institute (ngi), the transportation research laboratory (trl) in uk, the national institute of geophysics and volcanology (ingv) in italy, and the national autonomous university of mexico (unam). sotirios has over 20 years of experience in vulnerability, disaster risk and resilience assessment of critical infrastructure and urban systems exposed to multiple hazards (e.g. floods, earthquakes) and climate change effects. whilst working in aristotle university (research unit of soil dynamics and geotechnical earthquake engineering) he participated and won important national and european research projects (syner-g, strest, reakt, safeland, sibyl, lessloss, risk-ue, srm-life among others). in the framework of these projects, he delivered research reports and results as well as tailored seminars to stakeholders, owners and risk managers. he has also delivered cpd training seminars in the uk dealing with quantitative and qualitative risk analysis and resilience assessment of critical infrastructure. sotirios is a fellow of the higher education academy, uk (fhea) and member of the institution of civil engineers (uk), ceng, mice. he supervised and co-ordinated several ug, msc and phd research students, delivered lectures and seminars on natural hazards, risk assessment and infrastructure resilience. sotirios authored over 120 project reports, scientific articles in high-impact journals, conferences and book chapters with over 2,700 citations (h-index 28, googlescholar). he acts as a reviewer for national research funds such as the epsrc and the european commission, and for several international scientific journals. he is vice-chair of the iabse task group 1.8 on ‘design requirements for infrastructure resilience’, member of the eaee working group 13 on ‘seismic assessment, design and resilience of industrial facilities’ and nominated member (uk) of the issmge (international society for soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering) technical committee tc202 on transportation geotechnics. sotirios has been awarded the 2022 european council on computing in construction (ec3) thorpe medal, for the paper: argyroudis, s.a., mitoulis, s.a., chatzi, e., baker, j.w., brilakis, i., gkoumas, k., vousdoukas, m., hynes, w., carluccio, s., keou, o., frangopol, d.m., linkov, i. (2022) "digital technologies can enhance global climate resilience of critical infrastructure," as a major contribution to practical and research aspects of engineering informatics disciplines in the built environment. sotirios is at the top 2% most highly cited scientists for 2021, 2022 and 2023, according to the elsevier/stanford list. resilience assessment of critical infrastructure under single and multiple hazards (climate change, flood/scour effects, earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis) vulnerability and risk assessment of transport infrastructure (highways, railways, port and airport facilities), networks and cities exposed to multihazards numerical modelling and analysis of infrastructure assets (bridges, tunnels, embankments, retaining walls, roads, railways, port facilities) resilience enhancement for critical civil infrastructure using emerging technologies resilience of critical infrastructure (highways, railways, ports, energy) to unexpected events (natural disasters, conflicts) climate change adaptation, including sustainability and climate resilience trade-offs data analytics to inform decisions, using emerging technologies and open-data systemic analysis and stress testing of interdependent infrastructure more details on infrastructure risk and resilience research can be found here sotirios is course director msc civil engineering, and is involved in the following modules: module coordinator: ce5602/5652 structural dynamics and seismic design (2020-2024) ce3613 resilient infrastructure and transport (2024- ) ce5513 research methods and professional development (2024- ) ce5516 civil engineering dissertation (jan 2023 starters) be1613 engineering mechanics and materials ii (2022/23) module contributor: ce5519/5660 infrastructure management (2023- ) ce3613 sustainable transport infrastructure engineering (2022-2024) c1605 engineering mechanics and materials ii (2021-2022) ce1702 engineering and environmental materials (2022) ce5006 group project
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Dr Sotirios Argyroudis
Dr Sotirios Argyroudis is a Reader of Infrastructure Engineering at the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences at Brunel University London. He is leading the infrastructure risk and resilience research. He is the Deputy Scientific Coordinator of the Horizon/UKRI ReCharged project. He co-founded the www.bridgeUkraine.org initiative, aiming at accelerating Ukraine's critical infrastructure recovery. He co-leads the www.metaInfrastructure.org, which is an initiative that strives to develop solutions for sustainable and resilient infrastructure that is equitable, just and underpin the United Nations SDGs.Sotirios is a member of the Centre for Flood Risk and Resilience and the Research Group of Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering at Brunel University. Before joining Brunel he was a Marie-Skłodowska-Curie research fellow at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, at the University of Surrey (TRANSRISK project), and after the completion of his fellowship, he has been appointed as a visiting Senior Lecturer at the University of Surrey, UK. He had previously worked at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, as senior research and teaching staff (since 2006) and as a researcher (since 2001). He holds two degrees, one in Civil Engineering (MEng) and the second one in Geology (BSc), and a PhD in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering. Sotirios has been working across international partnerships and has visited and/or seconded to world leading institutes such as Stanford University in USA, the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), the Transportation Research Laboratory (TRL) in UK, the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) in Italy, and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Sotirios has over 20 years of experience in vulnerability, disaster risk and resilience assessment of critical infrastructure and urban systems exposed to multiple hazards (e.g. floods, earthquakes) and climate change effects. Whilst working in Aristotle University (Research Unit of Soil Dynamics and Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering) he participated and won important national and European research projects (SYNER-G, STREST, REAKT, SAFELAND, SIBYL, LESSLOSS, RISK-UE, SRM-LIFE among others). In the framework of these projects, he delivered research reports and results as well as tailored seminars to stakeholders, owners and risk managers. He has also delivered CPD training seminars in the UK dealing with quantitative and qualitative risk analysis and resilience assessment of critical infrastructure. Sotirios is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK (FHEA) and member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (UK), CEng, MICE. He supervised and co-ordinated several UG, MSc and PhD research students, delivered lectures and seminars on natural hazards, risk assessment and infrastructure resilience. Sotirios authored over 120 project reports, scientific articles in high-impact journals, conferences and book chapters with over 2,700 citations (h-index 28, GoogleScholar). He acts as a reviewer for national research funds such as the EPSRC and the European Commission, and for several international scientific journals. He is Vice-Chair of the IABSE Task Group 1.8 on ‘Design requirements for infrastructure resilience’, member of the EAEE Working Group 13 on ‘Seismic assessment, design and resilience of industrial facilities’ and Nominated member (UK) of the ISSMGE (International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering) Technical Committee TC202 on Transportation Geotechnics. Sotirios has been awarded the 2022 European Council on Computing in Construction (EC3) Thorpe Medal, for the paper: Argyroudis, S.A., Mitoulis, S.A., Chatzi, E., Baker, J.W., Brilakis, I., Gkoumas, K., Vousdoukas, M., Hynes, W., Carluccio, S., Keou, O., Frangopol, D.M., Linkov, I. (2022) "Digital technologies can enhance global climate resilience of critical infrastructure," as a major contribution to practical and research aspects of engineering informatics disciplines in the built environment. Sotirios is at the top 2% most highly cited scientists for 2021, 2022 and 2023, according to the Elsevier/Stanford list. resilience assessment of critical infrastructure under single and multiple hazards (climate change, flood/scour effects, earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis) vulnerability and risk assessment of transport infrastructure (highways, railways, port and airport facilities), networks and cities exposed to multihazards numerical modelling and analysis of infrastructure assets (bridges, tunnels, embankments, retaining walls, roads, railways, port facilities) resilience enhancement for critical civil infrastructure using emerging technologies Resilience of critical infrastructure (highways, railways, ports, energy) to unexpected events (natural disasters, conflicts) Climate change adaptation, including sustainability and climate resilience trade-offs Data analytics to inform decisions, using emerging technologies and open-data Systemic analysis and stress testing of interdependent infrastructure More details on Infrastructure Risk and Resilience research can be found here Sotirios is Course Director MSc Civil Engineering, and is involved in the following modules: Module coordinator: CE5602/5652 Structural Dynamics and Seismic Design (2020-2024) CE3613 Resilient Infrastructure and Transport (2024- ) CE5513 Research Methods and Professional Development (2024- ) CE5516 Civil Engineering Dissertation (Jan 2023 starters) BE1613 Engineering Mechanics and Materials II (2022/23) Module contributor: CE5519/5660 Infrastructure Management (2023- ) CE3613 Sustainable Transport Infrastructure Engineering (2022-2024) C1605 Engineering Mechanics and Materials II (2021-2022) CE1702 Engineering and Environmental Materials (2022) CE5006 Group Project
Koenig
carola könig is a reader and vice dean international in the college of engineering, design and physical sciences at brunel university london. following her degree in mechanical engineering (dipl-ing) from the university of stuttgart, germany in 1992 and a short period in the automotive industry she obtained a phd from brunel in 1998. her expertise is in fluid mechanics, including cfd, within a variety of multi-disciplinary environments which comprise biomedical and bioprocess engineering as well as thermofluids engineering. prior to her international role she was course director of brunel’s flood and coastal engineering programmes, a programme suite of both, undergraduate and postgraduate courses sponsored by the environment agency and co-delivered with hr wallingford, a renowned, independent civil engineering and environmental hydraulics organisation. in conjunction to that role, her research has widened to include also adaptation to climate change, such as flooding, sea level rise and health. she is a charted engineer and member of the imeche where she is the immediate past chair of the thermofluids group and a member of its climate change adaptation working group. she is also a fellow of the institute of the higher education academy and has a keen interest in education management. cardiovascular flows and prostheses biological flows in health and disease, particularly diabetes impact of climate change on health climate adaptation of infrastructure and communities to heat as well as flooding including sea level rise integrated energy systems for net-zero fluid mechanics biomedical engineering thermofluids engineering climate change fluid mechanics biofluid mechanics artificial organs building services and heat transfer equipment environmental hydraulics and design
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Dr Carola Koenig
Carola König is a Reader and Vice Dean International in the College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences at Brunel University London. Following her degree in Mechanical Engineering (Dipl-Ing) from the University of Stuttgart, Germany in 1992 and a short period in the automotive industry she obtained a PhD from Brunel in 1998. Her expertise is in Fluid Mechanics, including CFD, within a variety of multi-disciplinary environments which comprise biomedical and bioprocess engineering as well as thermofluids engineering. Prior to her international role she was Course Director of Brunel’s Flood and Coastal Engineering programmes, a programme suite of both, undergraduate and postgraduate courses sponsored by the Environment Agency and co-delivered with HR Wallingford, a renowned, independent civil engineering and environmental hydraulics organisation. In conjunction to that role, her research has widened to include also adaptation to climate change, such as flooding, sea level rise and health. She is a Charted Engineer and Member of the IMechE where she is the immediate past Chair of the Thermofluids Group and a member of its Climate Change Adaptation Working Group. She is also a Fellow of the Institute of the Higher Education Academy and has a keen interest in education management. Cardiovascular flows and prostheses Biological flows in health and disease, particularly diabetes Impact of climate change on health Climate adaptation of infrastructure and communities to heat as well as flooding including sea level rise Integrated energy systems for net-zero Fluid Mechanics Biomedical Engineering Thermofluids Engineering Climate Change Fluid Mechanics Biofluid Mechanics Artificial Organs Building Services and Heat Transfer Equipment Environmental Hydraulics and Design
Fan
led/participated in research projects supported by industrial, governmental, and international organizations (e.g. royal society, natural sciences and engineering research council of canada, canada foundation for innovation, environment and climate change canada, saskatchewan ministry of the environment, ontario ministry of the environment and climate change, mitacs) produced high-quality peer-reviewed papers published on water resources research, earth's future, hydrology and earth system sciences, journal of hydrology, advances in water resources areas of research interests include water and environmental systems analysis, hydroclimatic extremes, hydroinformatics, climate change impacts. hydroclimatic extremes hydroinformatics water and environmental systems analysis climate change impacts ce1701 - river and coastal engineering science ce1804 – integrated projects ce2703 - hydrological modelling and flood estimation ce2802 – hydrological modelling, hydraulics and flood estimation ce3700 - mathematics, data handling and structural engineering ce3701 – river and coastal form, process, design and environmental assessment ce3802 – design for rivers and coasts ce5014 – water process engineering ce5703 – modelling, data management and programming for flood and coastal engineering ce5802 - flood and coastal engineering and modelling theory
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Dr Yurui Fan
Led/participated in research projects supported by industrial, governmental, and international organizations (e.g. Royal Society, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Canada Foundation for Innovation, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Saskatchewan Ministry of the Environment, Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change, Mitacs) Produced high-quality peer-reviewed papers published on Water Resources Research, Earth's Future, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Journal of Hydrology, Advances in Water Resources Areas of research interests include water and environmental systems analysis, hydroclimatic extremes, hydroinformatics, climate change impacts. Hydroclimatic extremes Hydroinformatics Water and environmental systems analysis Climate change impacts CE1701 - River and Coastal Engineering Science CE1804 – Integrated Projects CE2703 - Hydrological Modelling and Flood Estimation CE2802 – Hydrological Modelling, Hydraulics and Flood Estimation CE3700 - Mathematics, Data Handling and Structural Engineering CE3701 – River and Coastal Form, Process, Design and Environmental Assessment CE3802 – Design for Rivers and Coasts CE5014 – Water Process Engineering CE5703 – Modelling, Data Management and Programming for Flood and Coastal Engineering CE5802 - Flood and Coastal Engineering and Modelling Theory