Research Interests

Open to PhD applications from candidates in the field of Civil Engineering (hydraulics and maritime) and Geo-Environmental Science to join teams working in the saline intrusion in coastal aquifers and fluid / structure interaction of scour at bridges under localized flooding.

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Current Research Opportunities

• Prediction of the Dynamic Response of a Saline Intrusion in a Tidally Influenced Coastal Aquifer

Research students

PhD title: Load interactions on bottom hinged wave energy convertors.
Years of Study: 2015-2019
Country: UK

PhD title: Structural Health Monitoring of Scour in FlexiArch™ Bridge Structures
Years of Study: 2017-2020
Country: Greece

PhD title: Optimization of a vortex retention brake.
Years of Study: 2018 - 2021
Country: UK

PhD title: The hydrodynamic response of saltwater intrusion in heterogeneous  aquifers
Years of Study: 2018- 2021
Country: Greece

PhD title: The influence of tidal surge of saline intrusion in a coastal aquifer.
Years of Study: 2018 - 2021
Country: UK

Alumni: Where are they now

PhD title: An investigation into turbulence and the onset of separation in oscillating flow.
Years of Study: 1990 - 1993
Country: UK
Current position: Vice President and National Technical Leader at AECOM Water, USA

PhD title: Simulations of a ship’s propeller jet.
Years of Study: 2005- 2008
Country: China
Current position: Professor Tianjin University China

PhD Title: Hydrodynamics of saltwater intrusion in heterogeneous coastal aquifers
Years of Study: 2014-2018
Country: UK
Current Position: Chief Engineer: Hydraulics, FP McCann

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