Research projects
Explore our current awards which are shaping the future of the school's engineering research.
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Current projects
- Water Engineering
Title Funding Body PI ROYAL SOCIETY Dr Isabel Douterelo Soler INFLUENCE: Impact of Nitrate Fluxes to Water from Seasonally Frozen Soils under Climate Warming EPSRC Prof Steve Thornton EPSRC Dr Charles Rouge Water-Quality-as-a-Service (Treatment to Tap) Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) EPSRC UK INDUSTRY Managing Background Leakage Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) EUROPEAN UNION EPSRC - Geotechnical Engineering
Title Funding Body PI Rooting for Resilience EPSRC Dr Alessandro Leonardi Dr Elisabeth Bowman, Prof Joby Boxall, Dr Richard Collins, Edward John ICE Dr Elisabeth Bowman EPSRC Dr Alessandro Leonardi - Resources, Infrastructure Systems and built Environments
Title Funding Body PI EPSRC Dr Danielle Densley Tingley IAA Dr Hadi Arbabi EPSRC IAA Innovation Fund Denmark Martyn McLaggan; Ian Burgess; Buick Davison; Shan-Shan Huang EPSRC Dr Danielle Densley Tingley - Structural Engineering
Title Funding Body PI UKRI Dr Behzad Nematollahi Safe, Sustainable and Swift Reconstruction of Ukraine UK INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Dr Maurizio Guadagnini EPSRC Dr Zuhal Ozdemir EPSRC IAA Dr Linwei He ROYAL SOCIETY Dr Behzad Nematollahi Digitally engineered stone-masonry building structures EPSRC Prof Matthew Gilbert New Generation of Sustainable Lightweight Cold-Formed Steel Structures ROYAL SOCIETY Prof Iman Hajirasouliha SINCERE: The second life of modern period architecture: Resilient and adaptive renovation towards net-zero carbon heritage buildings European Commission - Horizon Europe Dr Giacomo Torelli Predictive thermo-hygral design of concrete for nuclear energy de-risking EPSRC IAA Contaminated concrete removal using controlled heat-induced spalling BRITISH COUNCIL Dr Giacomo Torelli Efficient design approach for PV-membrane structures via layout optimization ROYAL SOCIETY Dr Linwei He Study on the stability of high strength steel beams considering restraint and creep effects in fire ROYAL SOCIETY Dr Shan-Shan Huang Innovation Fund Denmark EPSRC EPSRC Dr Maurizio Guadagnini Use of optimally placed laser cut steel to accelerate the adoption of low embodied carbon construction materials EPSRC IAA/Metlase (UK Industry) INNOVATE UK Prof Iman Hajirasouliha - Blast and Impact Engineering
Title Funding Body PI High Explosive Advanced Diagnostics and Media Modelling (HEADaMM) EPSRC RAEng Industrial Fellowship - Machine Learning Applications for Blast Protection Engineering Royal Academy of Engineering Dr Sam Rigby EPSRC RAEng Chair in Near and Far Field Blast Research DSTL
Royal Academy of Engineering
Prof Andrew Tyas
Past projects
- Water Engineering
- Geotechnical Engineering
- Resources, Infrastructure Systems and built Environments
Title Funding Body PI UKRI/Mitacs DecarboN8 EPSRC Technical and Behavioural challenges to improving ventilation is small scale hospitality PROTECT national core study in Covid prevention, 91Ö±²¥ City Council and HEIF Dr Abigail Hathway UKRI Dr Abigail Hathway HEIF Active Building Centre Research Programme EPSRC CORONA EPSRC EPSRC - Structural Engineering
Title Funding Body PI Hybrid optimization of skeletal and continuum structures LIMITSTATE LTD Dr Helen Fairclough Three-dimensional electrical tomography for imaging large concrete members EPSRC Dr Giacomo Torelli British Council Dr Zuhal Ozdemir EPSRC Prof Matthew Gilbert Structural performance of 3D concrete printed composites EPSRC Professor Luca Susmel INTEGRADDE FRGeo-Crete Professor Kypros Pilakoutas Dr Maurizio Guadagnini FRAMED
Professor Luca SusmelModelling size-dependent electro-magneto-mechanical coupling ROYAL SOCIETY Professor Harm Askes Practical 3D model of masonry arch bridges and tunnel linings NETWORK RAIL LIMITED Masonry arch bridges containing internal spandrels NETWORK RAIL LIMITED RCUK-TUBITAK Research Partnerships EPSRC - Blast & Impact Engineering
Title Funding Body PI MOD Dr Sam Rigby Mechanisms & Characterisation of Explosions EPSRC Prof Andrew Tyas Blast and Impact Diagnostics Laboratory EPSRC - Digitwin
DigiTwin was a £5M EPSRC funded programme grant, that ran from February 2018 until September 2023, led by the University of 91Ö±²¥.
EPSRC Professor David Wagg
Professor Simon Neild (Bristol)
EPSRC Centre in Doctoral Training in Water Infrastructure and Resilience (WIRe CDT)
The school co-hosts the EPSRC which aims to nurture a new generation of research leaders to provide multi-disciplinary, disruptive thinking to enhance the resilience of new and existing water infrastructure. WIRe PhD projects are developed and co-funded in partnership with the water sector, details of current WIRe students, projects and sponsors can be found below. For more information contact j.shucksmith@sheffield.ac.uk.
- WIRe CDT student researchers/projects
Student Academic Supervisor(s) Industrial Sponsor(s) Project Title & Details Jade Rogers Scottish Water Reinar Lokk United Utilities Thomas Langshaw UKWIR Matthew MacRorie Anglian Water, WaterAid STANTEC Edward John UKWIR Prof. Steve Thornton Scottish Water Thames Water Isabel Carneiro Cardoso da Silva Prof. Joby Boxall UKWIR Scottish Water Thames Water Scottish Water Kaeli Brazier H2020 EU Co-UD Labs Environmental Monitoring Solutions (EMS) Severn Trent Water Northumbrian Water Severn Trent Water
Welsh Water
Scottish Water
Anglian Water
South Staffordshire Water Network Rail