Ishicheli Reuben Agbidi
Start Date: 30th May 2010
Research Area: Geoscience
Title: The Geochemical Origin and Geological Age of Asphaltenes in Petroleum
Supervisors: Dr Geoffrey Abbott
Dinebari Akpee
Start Date: 26th September 2011
Research Area: Geomatics
Title: Design and management of Geospatial databases for sustainable development in rivers state, Nigeria
Supervisors: Dr Dave Fairbairn, Mr Philip James
Hasan Al-Ajmi
Start Date: 22nd September 2008
Research Area: Environment
Title: Fate of pharmaceutical wastes in Kuwait's waste water treatment
Supervisors: Dr Paul Sallis, Dr Russell Davenport
Mohammad Alalaween
Start Date: 10th January 2011
Research Area: Geoscience
Title: Organic geochemistry, depositional environment and hydrocarbon potential of the Jordanian oil shale
Supervisors: Prof. Thomas Wagner
Maythm Al-Bakri
Start Date: 22nd September 2008
Research Area: Geomatics
Title: Integrating geospatial data to develop a cooperative Spatial Data Infrastructure using User Generated Content (UGC) and Formal Data (FD) sources
Supervisors: Dr Dave Fairbairn, Mr Philip James
David Alder
Start Date: 24th September 2012
Research Area: Infrastructure
Title: Soil modification and reinforcement using Electrokinetic Geosynthetics
Supervisors: Prof. Stephanine Glendinning, Dr Mohamed Rouainia
Fanar Mansour Abed Al-Fadhly Start Date: 22nd September 2008
Research Area: Geomatics
Title: Robust adjustment of multi-source remote sensing datasets using additional constraints
Supervisors: Prof. Jon Mills, Dr Pauline Miller
Kauther Al-Hadhrami
Start Date: 7th January 2013
Research Area: Geoscience
Title: A petroleum geochemical approach to understanding the Natih and Tuwaiq petroleum systems of North Oman
Supervisors: Dr Martin Jones, Prof Andrew Aplin
Khalefah Alhumaidah Start Date: 27th September 2010
Research Area: Infrastructure
Title: A numerical investigation of factors affecting spalling of concrete at elevated temperature
Supervisors: Dr Colin Davie, Dr Sean Wilkinson
Nor Alias
Start Date: 24th September 2007
Research Area: Water
Title: Integrated Modelling of Pollutant in an Urban Flood Event
Supervisors: Dr Qiuhua Liang, Prof. Jim Hall
Abdulla Mohammed Saeed Alkaabi
Start Date: 24th September 2007
Research Area: Transport
Title: Traffic Incident Management
Supervisors: Dr Dilum Dissanayake, Dr Roger Bird
Seema Al-Langawi
Start Date: 28th November 2001
Research Area: Geomatics
Title: Management and dissemination of historical maps of the Gulf using GIS and WWW
Supervisors: Dr Dave Fairbairn
Nykky Allen
Start Date: 1st October 2008
Research Area: Geoscience
Title: Fundamental Controls on Gas Storage Capacity in Shales
Supervisors: Dr Andrew Aplin, Dr Mark Thomas
Abdulbaset Alrtimi
Start Date: 21st September 2009
Research Area: Infrastructure
Title: Measurements of thermal properties of soils
Supervisors: Dr Mohamed Rouainia
Abdulaziz Al-Shareedah
Start Date: 7th November 2011
Research Area: Environment
Title: Methanotrophic Reactive Barrier System for Fugitive Gas Release
Supervisors: Dr Paul Sallis, Prof David Graham
Ambisisi Ambituuni
Start Date: 24th September 2012
Research Area: Environment
Title: Environmental Disaster risk management in downstream oil and gas sector
Supervisors: Dr Jaime Amezaga, Mr Edward Byers
Ronak Amirhosseini
Start Date: 24th September 2012
Research Area: Infrastructure
Title: TBC
Supervisors: Dr Ben Bridgens
Reza Amouzgar
Start Date:26th September 2011
Research Area: Water
Title: Adaptive Grid Based Integrated Model for Tsunami Simulations
Supervisors: Dr Qiuhua Liang, Prof Peter Clarke
Stuart John Andrews
Start Date:27th September 2010
Research Area: Geomatics
Title: Improved Ice Mass Balance Estimates from GRACE Mascons
Supervisors: Prof Philip Moore, Prof Matt King
Suha Aqleh
Start Date:1st December 2010
Research Area: Geosciences
Title: Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of Jordan oil shale based on inorganic geochemistry data
Supervisors: Prof Thomas Wagner
Alero Arenyeka
Start Date: 15th February 2012
Research Area: Environment
Title: An investigation into the social acceptance of biochar-based soil remediation
Supervisors: Dr David Werner, Dr Jaime Amezaga
Mohammed Assiadi
Start Date: 26th April 2007
Research Area: Geomatics
Title: Enhancement of the accuracy of single epoch positioning for long baselines with application to structure deformation monitoring
Supervisors: Dr Stuart Edwards, Prof Peter Clarke
Emmanuel Ayodele
Start Date: 26th Septmber 2011
Research Area: Transport
Title: Development of a Robust Intelligent Transport System using Bluetooth Technology
Supervisors: Prof Margaret Bell, Dr Neil Thorpe, Dr Fabio Galatioto
Matt Bailey
Start Date:26th September 2011
Research Area: Environment
Title: A Technical and Economic Evaluation of the Resource Potential of Abandoned Mine Sites and Mine Water Discharges
Supervisors: Dr Adam Jarvis, Prof Paul Younger
Nick Barber
Start Date: 26th September 2009
Research Area: Water
Title: Nutrient transport regimes in the River Eden and the implication of soft engineered mitigation interventions
Supervisors: Dr Paul Quinn, Dr James Bathurst
Nicola Bartle
Start Date:27th September 2010
Research Area: Infrastructure
Title: A probabilistic material framework for the analysis of fabric structure
Supervisors: Prof Peter Gosling, Dr Ben Bridgens
Emma Bell
Start Date: 24th Septmber 2012
Research Area: Geoscience
Title: Microbial Biogeography and the Deep Biosphere
Supervisors: Dr Casey Hubert, Prof Ian Head, Dr Neil Gray
Maria Berdeli
Start Date: 20th June 2006
Research Area: Water
Title: Review of Basis for Forest and Water Policy in Greece
Supervisors: Dr James Bathurst, Dr Jaime Amezaga
Jasmine Black
Start Date: 26th September 2011
Research Area: Geoscience
Title: Effects of climate change on soil organic matter (SOM) C dynamics and turnover at the molecular level
Supervisors: Dr Geoffrey Abbott, Dr Helen Talbot, Prof Thomas Wagner
Jonathan Bradley
Start Date: 26th September 2011
Research Area: Geoscience
Title: Exploring soil biogeochemistry as a function of climate change
Supervisors: Dr Geoffrey Abbott, Dr Helen Talbot
Oliver Bratton
Start Date: 1st November 2011
Research Area: Transport
Title: TBC
Supervisors: Dr Neil Thorpe, Dr Joan Harvey
Mathew Brown
Start Date: 7th January 2013
Research Area: Environment
Title: TBC
Supervisor: Prof Tom Curtis
Shaun Brown
Start Date: 26th September 2011
Research Area: Geomatics
Title: Resilient Cities
Supervisors: Prof Richard Dawson, Prof Stephanine Glendinning
Khaled Mohammed Mossa Bushnaf
Start Date: 21st September 2009
Research Area: Environment
Title: Impact of bioavailability on the remediation of hydrocarbon contaminated soils and sediments
Supervisors: Dr David Werner, Dr Martin Jones
Edward Byers
Start Date:5th July 2010
Research Area: Environment
Title: Designing transition strategies for interdependent infrastructure planning
Supervisors: Dr Jaime Amezaga, Prof Jim Hall
Justin Cairns
Start Date: 5th February 2009
Research Area: Transport
Title: Modelling and Mapping air quality in Leicester, U.K.; application of low carbon strategy to the transport network
Supervisors: Prof Margaret Bell, Dr Anil Namdeo
Daniel Caparros-Midwood
Start Date: 26th September 2009
Research Area: Geomatics
Title: Managing climate risks in cities through optimised spatial planning
Supervisors: Prof Richard Dawson, Dr Stuart Barr
Matthew Caygill
Start Date: 21st September 2009
Research Area: Transport
Title: Developing high-speed land-based transport networks
Supervisors: Dr Neil Thorpe, Dr Anil Namdeo, Dr Joan Harvey
Weijia Chen
Start Date: 7th January 2013
Research Area: Transport
Title: Investigating the Potential for Innovations in Data Collection by the People, for the People Utilising Crowdsourcing Platforms to Deliver New Paradigms for Sustainable Personalised Traveller Information
Supervisors: Prof Phil Blythe, Dr Amy Guo
Jack Clarkson
Start Date: 24th September 2012
Research Area: Transport
Title: Modelling the behavioural characteristics of pedestrian and vehicle interactions in urban space
Supervisors: Dr Neil Thorpe, Prof Margaret Bell, Dr Fabio Galatioto
Sarah Cotterill STREAM
Start Date:24th September 2012
Research Area: Environment
Title: Sustainable Wastewater Treatment using Microbial Electrolysis Cells
Supervisors: Prof Thomas Curtis, Chris Jones (Northumberland Water)
Philippa Cowles
Start Date: 24th September 2012
Research Area: Geomatics
Title: Near-field GNSS for real-time tsunami early warning systems
Supervisors: Prof Peter Clarke, Dr Nigel Penna
Ayan Chakravartty
Start Date: 26th September 2011
Research Area: Transport
Title: Assessment of air quality and health impacts of strategic traffic management initiatives
Supervisors: Dr Anil Namdeo, Prof Margaret Bell, Prof Tanja PlessMulloli
Ziye Dai
Start Date: 24th September 2012
Research Area: Environment (Stream)
Title: Recovering value from water industry by-products and waste streams
Supervisors: Dr Jarvis, Prof Graham
Christopher Davies
Start Date: 24th September 2012
Research Area: Infrastructure
Title: PhD Studentship: SAFE Barriers- Investigating the geotechnical and physicochemical behaviour of the steel-clay interface in engineered barrier systems for geological disposal of radioactive wastes
Supervisors: Dr Colin Davies, Dr Paul Hughes
Davidson Davis
Start Date: 26th September 2011
Research Area: Geoscience
Title: Bioremediation of hydrocarbon contaminated soils and drill cuttings using composting with agricultural wastes
Supervisors: Dr Martin Jones, Dr Ian Singleton
Selma De-Brito Guerreiro
Start Date:15th January 2010
Research Area: Water
Title: Climate change and water resources in Iberia
Supervisors: Prof Chris Kilsby
Moftah Dieb
Start Date: 27th September 2010
Research Area: Geoscience
Title: Oil families and petroleum geochemistry of the western part of the sirt basin- libya
Supervisors: Dr Martin Jones
Michael Drews
Start Date:18th February 2008
Research Area: Infrastructure
Title: Lithological and Petrophysical Variability of Fine-Grained Sediments and its Impact on Fluid Flow
Supervisors: Prof Andrew Aplin, Dr Mohammed Rouainia
Sarah Dunn
Start Date: 27th September 2010
Research Area: Infrastructure
Title: Increasing the resilience of communities through advances in lifeline analysis
Supervisors: Dr Sean Wilkinson, Prof Richard Dawson
Stephen Edwards
Start Date: 21st September 2009
Research Area: Environment
Title: Algal Biomass to methane
Supervisors: Dr Paul Sallis, Dr Cesar Mota
Lucy Eland
Start Date: 21st September 2009
Research Area: Environment
Title: Carbon Neutral Waste Water Treatment Technologies- Molecular identification and quantification of microalgae in wastewater treatment and algae to biofuel ponds
Supervisors: Dr Cesar Mota, Dr Charlotte Paterson
Christopher Emmerson
Start Date: 27th September 2010
Research Area: Transport
Title: Developing an In-Vehicle Navigation System from Older Drivers’ Perspectives
Supervisors: Prof Phil Blythe, Dr Anil Namdeo, Mr Simon Edwards, Dr Amy Guo
Michael Eniojukan
Start Date: 26th September 2009
Research Area: Infrastructure
Title: Application of non-local and non-coaxial models in geomechanics
Supervisors: Dr Mohammed Rouainia, Dr Gaetano Elia
Onoriode Esegbue
Start Date: 20th October 2011
Research Area: Geoscience
Title: The petroleum systems of the Chad Basin: using petroleum geochemistry approach
Supervisors: Dr Martin Jones, Prof Andrew Aplin
Nathan Forsythe
Start Date: 22nd September 2008
Research Area: Water
Title: Investigating the impact of climate change on hydro-climatological variability and water resources in the Karakoram region of the Himalya
Supervisors: Prof Hayley Fowler, Prof Chris Kilsby
Anna Fraszczyk
Start Date: 24th September 2007
Research Area: Transport
Title: Do we travel too much?" The determinatents and quantificationof excess travel using GIS
Supervisors: Dr Stuart Barr, Dr Neil Thorpe
Blanca Garcia Navarrete
Start Date: 26th September 2011
Research Area: Water
Title: Broad scale urban flood risk analysis for climate impacts and adaptation
Supervisors: Dr Veranda Kutija, Prof Richard Dawson, Prof Hayley Fowler
Abdulhamed Gneeniss
Start Date: 5th May 2009
Research Area: Geomatics
Title: Calibration and validation of aerial digital cameras
Supervisors: Prof. Jon Mills, Dr Pauline Miller
Matthew Goode
Start Date: 22nd September 2008
Research Area: Geomatics
Title: New quality control procedures for precise point positioning
Supervisors: Dr Stuart Edwards, Prof Philip Moore
Catherine Hands
Start Date: 26th September 2011
Research Area: Environment
Title: Antibiotic resistance in the environment due to heavy metal and other pollutant releases
Supervisors: Prof David Graham, Dr Russell Davenport, Dr Ziauddin Shaikh
Rosalind Hen-Jones
Start Date: 24th September 2012
Research Area: Infrastructure
Title: Development and application of geophysical tools for imaging geotechnical property changes during development of near surface shear zones
Supervisors: Dr Paul Hughes, Prof Stephanie Glendinning
Tom Holderness
Start Date: 22nd September 2008
Research Area:Geomatics
Title: Earth observed metrics of city-scale building and neighbourhood heat vulnerability
Supervisors: Dr Stuart Barr, Prof Richard Dawson, Prof Jim Hall
Matthew Holmes STREAM
Start Date: 27th September 2010
Research Area: Water
Title: Infrastructure reliability and adaptation
Supervisors: Dr Sean Wilkinson, Prof Jim Hall
Kathryn Husband
Start Date: 27th September 2010
Research Area: Geoscience
Title: Chemical Evolution of the Mesoproterozoic-Cambrian Biosphere
Supervisors: Dr Simon Poulton, Dr Geoffrey Abbott
Gregg Iceton STREAM
Start Date:26th September 2011
Research Area: Water
Title: Next generation sequencing for the water industry
Supervisors: Dr Russell Davenport, Dr Thomas Curtis
Tarric Igun
Start Date: 28th May 2012
Research Area: Environment
Title: Employing the power of DNA-based microbial community structure analysis for the rational design of petroleum contaminated soil Remediation
Supervisors: Dr David Werner, Dr Russell Davenport
Chris Iliffe
Start Date: 26th September 2011
Research Area: Infrastructure
Title: A predictive model for the design of functional textiles
Supervisors: Dr Ben Bridgens, Prof Peter Gosling
Yala Amos Iorliam
Start Date: 24th September 2012
Research Area: Infrastructure
Title: Carbon capture potential of quick lime-activated, cement kiln dust stabilized soil
Supervisors: Prof Stephanie Glendinning, Dr Paul Hughes, Prof David Manning
Golnaz Jahanshashi
Start Date: 24th September 2012
Research Area: Water
Title: Uncertainties in the long term management of water resource
Supervisors: Prof Richard Dawson, Dr Lucy Manning, Prof Chris Kilsby
Mohammed Kaba’ah
Start Date: 19th February 2007
Research Area: Environment
Title: Treatment of organic sludge and putrescible solid waste materials by marine worm bioreactors
Supervisors: Dr Paul Sallis
Nada Mohammed Salih Mohammed Kadhim
Nada Mohammed Salih Mohammed Kadhim
Research Area: Geomatics
Title: The development of a multisource Earth Observation and GIS approach for monitoring urban change dynamics
Supervisors: Dr Stuart Barr, Dr Rachel Gaulton
Misgun Kahsu
Start Date: 26/09/2011
Research Area: Environment
Title: The Role of the African Union, African Governments and African Scholars in making Higher-Education Systems in the Continent African-Centred
Supervisors: Dr Jaime Amezaga
Seyedhamid Karimi
Start Date: 13th January 2011
Research Area: Geoscience
Title: Upscaling Petrophysical Properties of Heterogeneous Mud-Rich Sequences
Supervisors: Prof Andrew Aplin, Dr Kuncho Kurtev
Ruth Kennedy-Walker
Start Date: 20th June 2011
Research Area: Environment
Title: Planning and implementation of wastewater collection, treatment and re-use solution in peri urban areas
Supervisors: Dr Jaime Amezaga, Dr Charlotte Paterson
Tetyana Olegivna Korin
Start Date: 7th January 2013
Research Area: Geoscience
Title: Biogeochemistry and Microbial Ecology of Petroleum Systems
Supervisors: Prof Ian Head, Dr Casey Hubert, Dr Neil Gray
Hsiu-Yu Ku
Start Date: 22nd January 2010
Research Area: Infrastructure
Title: The influence of vegetation and climate on pore water pressure in slopes
Supervisors: Prof Stephanie Glendinning, Dr Paul Hughes
Matthias Kunz
Start Date: 22nd September 2008
Research Area: Geomatics
Title: Historic ice volume change in rugged terrain from ASTER-controlled archive stereophotography: Case study in the Antarctic Peninsula
Supervisors: Dr Jon Mills, Prof Matt King
Alex Leathard
Start Date: 24th September 2007
Research Area: Water
Title: A Water Grid for the UK
Supervisors: Prof Christopher Kilsby, Prof Hayley Fowler
Elizabeth Lewis
Start Date: 26th September 2011
Research Area: Water
Title: Developing UK wide hydrological models for climate change impacts and analysis of floods and droughts
Supervisors: Prof Christopher Kilsby, Prof Hayley Fowler
Michael Joseph Maguire
Start Date: 26th September 2005
Research Area: Geoscience
Title: Response of ammonia oxidising bacteria and other Chemoautotroph communities to environmental change
Supervisors: Prof Ian Head, Dr Nathan Gray
Sani Makarfi
Start Date: 4th January 2010
Research Area: Geoscience
Title: The variability, stability and impacts of biochars in soil environments
Supervisors: Dr Nathan Gray, Prof David Manning
George Mangse
Start Date: 26th September 2011
Research Area: Environment
Title: Assessing the effects of biochars on microbiological processes in petroleum polluted soils
Supervisors: Dr David Werner, Dr Russell Davenport
Ian Martin
Start Date: 8th August 2006
Research Area: Geomatics
Title: Towards cm-level real-time kinematic GNSS single point precise positioning
Supervisors: Prof Philip Moore, Dr Nigel Penna
Tim Martin
Start Date: 4th August 2009
Research Area: Environment
Title: Understanding the Influence of Microbial Inocula on Biodegradation Outcome Towards Modified Regulatory Screening Tests for Chemical Persistency
Supervisors: Dr Russell Davenport, Prof Ian Head
Hamad Matar
Start Date: 14th March 2010
Research Area: Transport
Title: Investigating the relationship between indoor and outdoor air pollution near busy, quiet and congested streets
Supervisors: Prof Margaret Bell, Dr Anil Namdeo
Eliza Mathia
Start Date: 1st October 2010
Research Area: Geoscience
Title: Geological controls on gas storage and production
Supervisors: Prof Andrew Aplin, Prof Mark Thomas
Andrew McClune
Start Date: 24th September 2012
Research Area: Geomatics
Title: Feature Extraction from Multi-Ray Photogrammetry for 3D Building Reconstruction
Supervisors: Prof. Jon Mills, Dr Pauline Miller
Obioma Mejeha
Start Date: 7th January 2009
Research Area: Geoscience
Title: A study on the microbial uptake of heavy metals associated with crude oil using hydrocarbon degrading microorganisms
Supervisors: Dr Nei Gray, Prof Ian Head, Dr Martin Jones
Kasim Mohammed
Start Date: 21st September 2009
Research Area: Environment
Title: Low-cost carbon capture in waste-water treatment
Supervisors: Dr Cesar Mota, Prof David Graham, Dr Ziauddin Shaikh
Adriana Monroy-Olaya
Start Date: 26th September 2011
Research Area: Transport
Title: The Location of Charging Points for Electric Vehicles in Tyne and Wear: Developing a Modelling Framework
Supervisors: Dr Anil Namdeo, Prof Margaret Bell, Prof Phil Blythe
Abraham Narh
Start Date: 26th September 2011
Research Area: Transport
Title: The Application of Chaos Theory to Manage Traffic Congestion in Signalised Urban Networks
Supervisors: Dr Neil Thorpe, Prof Margaret Bell, Dr Graeme Hill
Edmond Ndam
Start Date: 7th January 2013
Research Area: Environment
Title: Innovative Treatment Technologies for Recycle Liquors: Energy Reduction and Nutrient Recovery at Wastewater Treatment Plants
Supervisors: Prof David Graham, Dr Russell Davenport
Lindsay Kate Newbold
Start Date: 6th March 2006
Research Area: Geoscience
Title: Developing and applying phylogenetic signatures, stable isotope probing and community metagenomics to resolve the link between microbial community diversity, gene function and biogeochemical processes
Supervisors: Prof Ian Head, Dr A Whitely
Alex Nicholson
Start Date: 21st September 2009
Research Area: Water
Title: Development of an on-farm runoff storage and hydraulic network routing model to simulate mitigation effects on downstream flooding
Supervisors: Dr Paul Quinn, Dr Patrick O’Connell
Grace Nield
Start Date: 4th March 2011
Research Area: Geomatics
Title: Separating elastic and viscoelastic rebound in the Antarctic Peninsula
Supervisors: Prof Peter Clarke, Dr Matt King
Obinna Obiekweihe
Start Date: 26th September 2011
Research Area: Geomatics
Title: The Role of Volunteered Geographic Information in developing countries for improved mapping of infrastructure
Supervisors: Dr David Fairbairn, Dr Thomas Curtis
Stephen Obrike
Start Date: 26th September 2011
Research Area: Geomatics
Title: Landslide Susceptibility zonation in a transport corridor environment using remote sensing techniques
Supervisors: Dr Stuart Barr, Dr Pauline Miller
James O’Brien
Start Date: 15th January 2011
Research Area: Transport
Title: Air qualifty and environmental justice in the North East
Supervisors: Dr Anil Namdeo, Prof Margaret Bell, Dr Paul Goodman
Adebola Olowesegun
Start Date: 7th November 2012
Research Area: Transport
Title: Spatial Interaction Analysis and Decision Support System for Management of Urban Transport System
Supervisors: Dr Neil Thorpe, Dr Stuart Barr
Timi Utegha Oriaku
Start Date: 21st September 2009
Research Area: Geoscience
Title: The impact of bioavailability amendments on the remediation of hydrocarbon contaminated soils and sediments
Supervisors: Mr Martin Jones, Dr David Werner
Victoria Oriuwa
Start Date: 21st September 2009
Research Area: Geoscience
Title: Markers of Crude Oil Migration Pathways through Organic-Rich Sequences
Supervisors: Dr Martin Jones, Prof Andrew Aplin
Kate Osbourne
Start Date: 26th September 2011
Research Area: Geoscience
Title: Investigating the environmental controls of hopanoid biosynthesis via functional gene analysis
Supervisors: Dr Helen Talbot, Dr Neil Gray
Gareth Owen
Start Date: 9th January 2011
Research Area: Water
Title: Catchment characterisation and modelling schemes to address Natural Flood Management issues
Supervisors: Dr Quinn, Dr Mark Wilkinson
Stylianos Panayides
Start Date: 24th September 2007
Research Area: Infrastructure
Title: Design Procedures for Pile Assisted Rafts
Supervisors: Dr Rouainia, Prof Stephanie Glendinning
Christopher Pearson
Start Date: 24th September 2012
Research Area: Geomatics
Title: Integrity and Reliability Analysis of PPP Ambiguity Resolution
Supervisors: Dr Stuart Edwards, Prof Philip Moore
Ryan Pereira
Start Date:21st September 2009
Research Area: Geoscience
Title: The dynamic variability of organic matter and nutrients in a changing tropical rainforest: Iwokrama, Guyana
Supervisors: Prof. Thomas Wagner, Dr Geoffrey Parkin
Evangelos Petropoulos
Start Date: 1st October 2010
Research Area: Environment
Title: Investigating the true limits to low temperature anaerobic treatment of domestic wastewater
Supervisors: Prof. Thomas Curtis
Tom Pickering
Start Date: 9th January 2012
Research Area: Infrastructure
Title: Designing adaptation strategies for the UK electricity energy network
Supervisors: Dr Sean Wilkinson, Prof Richard Dawson
Purwantis Sri Pudyastuti
Start Date: 14th December 2009
Research Area: Water
Title: Integrated Flood Management for Transboundary River Basin
Supervisors: Prof Chris Kilsby, Dr James Bathurst
Graham Purvis
Start Date: 24th September 2012
Research Area: Geoscience
Title: The characterisation of biomarkers in endolithic microbial communities
Supervisors: Dr Neil Gray, Dr Geoffrey Abbott
Asari Abdul Rashid
Start Date: 7th January 2013
Research Area: Water
Title: Broad scale flood risk analysis of the Thames Estuary
Supervisors: Prof Richard Dawson, Dr Quihua Liang
Thomas Rexer
Start Date: 27th September 2010
Research Area: Geoscience
Title: Predicting Fluid Quantity and Quality in Heterogeneous Gas Shales
Supervisors: Prof Andrew Aplin, Dr K. Kurtev, Dr Mark Thomas
Aizat Mohd Taib
Start Date: 7th January 2013
Research Area: Infrastructure
Title: The Contribution of Soil Mix Technology in Slope Stability Induced by Heavy Rainfall
Supervisors: Dr Mohamed Rouainia, Prof Stephanie Glendinning
Glyn Rhys-Tyler
Start Date: 3rd October 2007
Research Area: Transport
Title: Environmental Impact of Traffic
Supervisors: Prof Margaret Bell, Prof Phil Blythe
Andrew Robinson
Start Date: 27th September 2009
Research Area: Transport
Title: Analysis of electric vehicle driver recharging behaviour in North East
Supervisors: Prof Phil Blythe, Prof Margaret Bell
Christopher James Robson
Start Date: 1st November 2006
Research Area: Infrastructure
Title: Thermal mechanical behaviour of concrete exposed to elevated temperatures
Supervisors: Dr Colin Davie, Prof Peter Gosling
Craig Robson
Start Date: 26th September 2011
Research Area: Geomatics
Title: A spatial database framework for the modelling and analysis of spatially complex interdependent networks
Supervisors: Dr Stuart Barr, Mr Philip James
Sian Rudall
Start Date: 21st September 2009
Research Area: Environment
Title: Source, fate, and transport of metal contaminants in the River Tyne basin: A technical and economic evaluation of aqueous metal dynamics and options for river basin scale remediation
Supervisors: Dr Jarvis, Prof Younger
Badruddeen Sani
Start Date: 24th September 2012
Research Area: Environment
Title: Study of Activated Carbon Adsorption Column for the Treatment of Petroleum Refinery Wastewater
Supervisors: Dr David Werner
Paul Sargent
Start Date: 27th September 2010
Research Area: Infrastructure
Title: The Use of Sustainable Materials in Soil Stabilisation
Supervisors: Dr Paul Hughes, Dr Mohammed Rouainia
Najm-Eddin Salem
Start Date: 22nd February 2007
Research Area: Geoscience
Title: Lower Jurassic Source facies from Dorset and Yorkshire
Supervisors: Dr Simon Poulton, Prof Tom Wagner
Darren Shako
Start Date: 7th January 2013
Research Area: Environment
Title: TBC
Supervisor: Dr Jaime Amezaga
Nor Shafiee Ismail
Start Date: 15th February 2010
Research Area: Geoscience
Title: Controls on carboxylic acid composition and acidity in crude oils
Supervisors: Dr Martin Jones, Dr Helen Talbot
David Simpson
Start Date: 1st November 2011
Research Area: Infrastructure
Title: Small Strain Stiffness properties of weak/weathered rock
Supervisors: Dr Mohammed Rouainia, Dr Paul Hughes
Luke Smith
Start Date: 24th September 2012
Research Area: Water
Title: High-resolution hydraulic modelling of flood attenuation features in catchments
Supervisors: Dr Qiuhua Liang, Dr Paul Quinn
Ciprian Spatar
Start Date: 26th September 2011
Research Area: Geomatics
Title: Measuring the centre of mass of Earth
Supervisors: Prof Phil Moore, Prof Pete Clarke, Dr Martin King
Linda Speight
Start Date: 3rd November 2008
Research Area: Water
Title: Spatial aspects of flood and wind hazard affecting the UK insurance portfolio
Supervisors: Prof Chris Kilsby, Prof Jim Hill
Charlotte Spencer-Jones
Start Date: 26th September 2011
Research Area: Geosciences
Title: Sedimentary microbial response to short term climate fluctuations within the Congo basin
Supervisors: Dr Helen Talbot, Prof. Tom Wagner
Martin Spurr
Start Date: 24th September 2012
Research Area: Geoscience
Title: MFC BOD Senors
Supervisors: Dr Ian Head, Eileen Yu
Ross Stirling
Start Date: 1st December 2009
Research Area: Infrastructure
Title: Numerical modelling of soil desiccation cracking and its influence on embankment pore water pressure
Supervisors: Prof Stephanie Glendinning, Dr Colin Davie
Peter Sykes
Start Date: 8th February 2011
Research Area: Transport
Title: Managing uncertainty in Transport Planning and Transport Policy
Supervisors: Prof Margaret Bell, Dr Dilum Dissanayake
Eleanor Swain
Start Date: 22nd September 2008
Research Area: Geoscience
Title: Carbon Turnover in forest and grassland soils - will global warming turn C sinks into sources?
Supervisors: Dr Geoffrey Abbott
Napaporn Tangtinthai
Start Date: 24th September 2012
Research Area: Geoscience
Title: Waste to Energy: Alternative Technology for Waste Management in Urban Area
Supervisors: Dr David Manning, Dr Oliver Heidrich
Chris Teasdale
Start Date: 9th January 2012
Research Area: Infrastructure
Title: Characterisation of Carbon Dioxide in the Near-Surface Ground Gas Environment
Supervisors: Dr Jean Hall, Dr David Manning
Fatai Tijani
Start Date: 10th November 2010
Research Area: Water
Title: Scale effects in nutrient transport along a rural river system, the river Eden, Cumbria
Supervisors: Dr James Bathurst
Olorunwa Khaerullah Tijani
Start Date: 17th July 2009
Research Area: Environment
Title: Sustainable Solid Waste Management Towards Energy Recovery
Supervisors: Prof David Graham, Dr Paul Sallis, Dr Ziauddin Shaikh
Kenan Toklu
Start Date: 7th January 2013
Research Area: Water
Title: Civil Engineering
Supervisors: Dr Vedrana Kutija, Prof Richard Dawson
Vesna Tripkovic
Start Date: 24th September 2007
Research Area: Water
Title: Quantifying and up scaling surface and subsurface runoff and nutrient flows under climate variability
Supervisors: Dr Geoff Parkin, Prof Thomas Wagner
Chandra Vemury
Start Date: 24th September 2007
Research Area: Infrastructure
Title: Seismic analysis of braced frames with shape memory
Supervisors: Dr Geoff Parkin, Prof. Tom Wagner, Prof Hayley Fowler, Prof Chris Kilsby
Maria Valdivia-Garcia STREAM
Start Date: 24th September 2012
Research Area: Environment
Title: THM from formation pre-cursors to management strategies
Supervisors: Dr David Werner, Prof David Graham
James Virgo
Start Date: 24th September 2012
Research Area: Water
Title: TBC
Supervisors: Prof Richard Dawson, Dr Stuart Barr
Chih-Heng Wang
Start Date: 22nd September 2008
Research Area: Geomatics
Title: The Applications of Digital Photogrammetry in Detecting Deformation in Structures
Supervisors: Prof. Jon Mills, Prof Peter Gosling, Dr Ben Bridgens
Jingchun Wang
Start Date: 26th September 2011
Research Area: Water
Title: Water Resources
Supervisors: Dr Qiuhua Liang, Dr David Werner
Miao Wang
Start Date: 15th September 2008
Research Area: Water
Title: A risk-based approach to the simulation of human responses to flood events
Supervisors: Prof Richard Dawson, Dr Qiuhua Liang
Andrew Waring
Start Date: 10th December 2012
Research Area: Geoscience
Title: A conceptual, hydrogeological model for fault-related, deep, geothermal energy resources in northeast England
Supervisors: Prof Paul Younger, Prof David Manning
Carla-Leanne Washbourne
Start Date: 21st September 2009
Research Area: Geoscience
Title: Engineering Soils to act as Carbon Sinks
Supervisors: Dr David Manning, Dr Colin Davie
Sam Webb
Start Date: 27th September 2010
Research Area: Geomatics
Title: Geophysical and atmospheric effects on kinematic GNSS
Supervisors: Dr Nigel Penna, Prof Peter Clarke
Jonathan Williams
Start Date: 21st September 2009
Research Area: Geoscience
Title: Fate and Transport of Lignin in the Soil-Water continuum
Supervisors: Dr Geoffrey Abbott, Dr Jenni Dungait
Xilin Xia
Start Date: 24th September 2012
Research Area: Water
Title: SPH simulation of fluid-like landslides
Supervisors: Dr Qiuhua Liang, Dr James Bathurst
Norhayati Yahya
Start Date: 1st February 2005
Research Area: Transport
Title: Evaluating the effects of travel time as an indication for bus reliability
Supervisors: Prof Margaret Bell, Dr Anil Namdeo
Yosritzal Yosritzal
Start Date: 21st September 2009
Research Area: Transport
Title: Understanding the role of ICT in Influencing the Perception of Travel Time by Train Traveller
Supervisors: Dr Dilum Dissanayake
Hongbin Zhang
Start Date: 27th September 2010
Research Area: Water
Title: Urban Flood Simulation by Coupling Hydrological and Hydraulic Models
Supervisors: Dr Liang, Prof Kilsby
