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STREAM: EngD & PhD

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About Stream

The Industrial Doctorate Centre for the Water Sector: industry and universities working together.

Coordinated by Cranfield University and including Imperial College London and the Universities of Sheffield, Newcastle and Exeter, the programme enables talented researchers to develop their skills and careers, while obtaining an Engineering Doctorate (EngD) degree.

An EngD is a four-year research degree awarded for industrially relevant research. The degree provides a more vocationally-oriented approach to obtaining a doctorate in engineering, commensurate with that of a PhD.

There is also a STREAM PhD, which takes place over three and a half years. The focus is on a research project, and there's no taught element.

STREAM: The Industrial Doctorate Centre for the Water Sector
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Staff

Our staff are drawn from across the School and across the University.

Academic Staff

Dr Jaime Amezaga
Reader in Environmental Sustainability

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Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 4876

Professor Stuart Barr
Professor of Geospatial Systems Engineering

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Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6449

Professor Thomas Curtis
Professor of Environmental Engineering

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Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6690

Dr Russell Davenport
Reader in Environmental Engineering

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Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5544

Professor Richard Dawson
Professor of Earth System Engineering

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Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6618

Dr Andrew Filby
Flow Cytometry Core Facility Director (SESO)

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Andrew Fuller
Experimental Scientific Officer

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 218 7079

Vassilis Glenis
Lecturer in Hydroinformatics

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Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6413

Professor David Graham
Professor of Ecosystems Engineering

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Dr Elizabeth Heidrich
Newcastle University Research Fellow

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Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8997

Dr Adam Jarvis
Reader in Environmental Engineering

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Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 4871

Professor Chris Kilsby
Professor of Hydrology and Climate Change

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Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5614

Dr Andy Large
Reader in River Science

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Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6342

Dr Elizabeth Lewis
Lecturer in Hydrology

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Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5921

Dr Chris O'Malley
Lecturer

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Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5378

Dr Dana Ofiteru
Lecturer

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Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5618

Dr Geoffrey Parkin
Senior Lecturer in Hydrology and Water Management

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Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6146

Dr Claire Walsh
Lecturer in Water Engineering

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Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6447

Professor David Werner
Environmental Systems Modelling

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Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5099

Dr Mark Willis
Senior Lecturer

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Research Staff

Dr Jan Dolfing
Senior Researcher in Environmental Engineering

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Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8352

Dr Nagvendra Kanoje
Research Associate

Dr Altan Onat
Research Associate

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Chioma Udeozor
Marie-Curie Early Stage Researcher

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Dr Shivaprasad Vijayalakshmi
Research Associate

Chen Yu
Research Associate

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Programme Administration

Justine Easten
Skills Technology Research & Management (STREAM) and Water Infrastructure & Resilience (WIRe) Programme Facilitator

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Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6034

Researchers

Our current EngD and PhD students.

Alumni

  • Ziye Dai
    • Title: Recovering Value From Water Industry By-Products And Waste Streams
    • Start Date: October 2012
    • Research Area: Environment 
    • Supervisors: Dr Adam Jarvis, Professor David Graham, Scottish Water, Northumbrian Water Group
    • Current Status: Junior Process Engineer, Aqua Enviro
    • We are delighted to announce that Dai passed his Viva on Thursday 2nd May 2019, and is looking forward to attending the Winter Graduation Ceremony in December 2019.
  • Cara Wray
    • Title: Roots And Causes Of Chlorine Resistance In Coliform And Other Indicator Organisms In Water Treatment Systems
    • STREAM EngD Cohort VI
    • Start Date: October 2014
    • Research Area: Environment
    • Supervisors: Prof David Graham, Dr David Werner, Severn Trent
    • Current Status: Senior Advisor, Public Health and Standards Team at Severn Trent Water.
    • We are delighted to announce that Cara passed her Viva on Friday 16 November 2018. Cara should officially graduate at the 2019 Congregations in Newcastle.
  • Robert Bertsch
    • Title: Exploring new technologies for simulation and analysis of urban flooding
    • STREAM EngD Cohort V
    • Start Date: 1 October 2013
    • End Date: March 2019 (EngD awarded July 2019)
    • Research Area: Water
    • Supervisors: Prof Chris Kilsby, Vassilis Glenis, Scottish Water
    • We are delighted to announce that Robert passed his Viva on Thursday 21 March 2019. Robert officially graduated on Friday 12 July 2019 at the Summer Congregations in Newcastle.
  • Sarah Cotterill
    • Title: Sustainable Wastewater Treatment Using Microbial Electrolysis Cells
    • STREAM EngD Cohort IV
    • Start Date: 1 October 2012
    • End Date: March 2017 (EngD awarded July 2017)
    • Research Area: Environment
    • Supervisors: Prof Thomas Curtis, Dr Jan Dolfing and Northumbrian Water Group
    • Innovation Knowledge Manager at Durham University. Recently received the Fulbright All Disciplines Scholar Award to enable her to carry out research at Pennsylvania State University on one of the most well-regarded and impactful scholarship programmes in the world.
    • Current Status: Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering at University College Dublin
  • Maria Valdivia-Garcia
    • Title: THM From Formation Pre-Cursors To Management Strategies
    • STREAM EngD Cohort IV
    • Start Date: 1 October 2012
    • End Date: May 2017 (EngD awarded July 2017)
    • Research Area: Environment
    • Supervisors: Dr David Werner, Prof David Graham and Scottish Water
    • Current Status: Mass Spectrometer Data Curator, Cardiff University (School of Medicine).
  • Gregg Iceton
    • Title: Next Generation Sequencing For The Water Industry
    • STREAM EngD Cohort III
    • Start Date:1 October 2011
    • End Date: EngD awarded March 2018; graduation July 2018
    • Research Area: Water
    • Supervisors: Dr Russell Davenport, Prof Thomas Curtis, Northumbrian Water Limited, WRc plc, United Utilities and Scottish Water
    • Current Status: After launching a company offering genetic profiling of bacteria, Gregg has returned to work in the NHS and is now a qualified paramedic.
  • Matthew Holmes
    • Title: Infrastructure Reliability And Adaptation
    • STREAM EngD Cohort II
    • Start Date: 1 October 2010
    • End Date: 31 March 15 (EngD awarded December 2015)
    • Research Area: Water
    • Supervisors: Dr Sean Wilkinson, Prof Richard Dawson, United Utilities, Severn Trent and Yorkshire Water
    • Current Status: Business Analyst (Water Network Strategy) at United Utilities
  • Linda Olsson
    • Title: The Rational Management Of The Risk Of Failure In Wastewater Treatment
    • STREAM EngD Cohort I
    • Start Date: 1 October 2009
    • End Date: 30 September 2012 (MPhil awarded September 2012)
    • Research Area: Environment
    • Supervisors: Prof Tom Curtis and Northumbrian Water Limited
    • Current Status: Operational Scientist at Anglian Water

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