STREAM: EngD & PhD
STREAM-IDC
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.
Academic Colleagues
Our academic colleagues are drawn from across the School and across the University.
Dr Jaime Amezaga
Reader in Environmental Sustainability
Email: jaime.amezaga@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 4876
Professor Thomas Curtis
Professor of Environmental Engineering
Email: tom.curtis@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6690
Professor Russell Davenport
Engineering for the Environment and Human Health
Email: russell.davenport@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5544
Professor Richard Dawson
Professor of Earth Systems Engineering, Director of Research & Innovation
Email: richard.dawson@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6618
Dr Andrew Filby
Innovation Methodology and Application (IMA) Theme Lead and FCCF Director
Email: andrew.filby@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)7976286119
Andrew Fuller
Experimental Scientific Officer and IMA Theme Web and Social Media Lead
Email: andrew.fuller@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)191 218 7079
Vassilis Glenis
Lecturer in Hydroinformatics
Email: vassilis.glenis@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6413
Professor David Graham
Professor of Ecosystems Engineering
Email: david.graham@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7930
Dr Elizabeth Heidrich
Newcastle University Research Fellow
Email: elizabeth.heidrich@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8997
Dr Adam Jarvis
Reader in Environmental Engineering
Email: adam.jarvis@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 4871
Professor Chris Kilsby
Professor of Hydrology and Climate Change
Email: chris.kilsby@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5614
Dr Andy Large
Professor in River Science
Email: andy.large@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6342
Dr Elizabeth Lewis
Lecturer in Computational Hydrology
Email: elizabeth.lewis2@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7544
Dr Chris O'Malley
Senior Lecturer
Email: chris.o'malley@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5378
Dr Geoffrey Parkin
Reader in Hydrology and Water Management
Email: geoff.parkin@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6146
Dr Luke Smith
Lecturer in Data-centric Civil Engineering
Email: luke.smith@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 191 208 6766
Dr Claire Walsh
Senior Lecturer
Email: claire.walsh@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6447
Professor David Werner
Environmental Systems Modelling
Email: david.werner@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5099
Dr Mark Willis
Senior Lecturer
Email: mark.willis@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 7242
Justine Easten
SAgE Faculty EPSRC CDT Manager
Email: justine.easten@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6034
Cohort X: 2018
- Sven Berendsen
- PhD Title: Whole city modelling of water usage
- Start Date: September 2018
- Research Area: Water
- Supervisors: Prof Chris Kilsby, Prof Richard Dawson, Northumbrian Water Group
- Colin Nicholson
- PhD Title: Exploiting urban water monitoring data
- Start Date: September 2018
- Research Area: Water
- Supervisors: Prof Chris Kilsby, Dr Claire Walsh, Northumbrian Water Group
- Trevor Pearman
- EngD Title: Water assets and networks: geospatial data representation for modelling and monitoring
- Start Date: September 2018
- Research Area: Environment
- Supervisors: Dr Luke Smith, Prof Chris Kilsby, Northumbrian Water Group
Cohort IX: 2017
- Lindsey Furness
- EngD Title: Advancing the use of Flow Cytometry (FCM) in the water sector
- Start Date: September 2017
- Research Area: Environment
- Supervisors: Prof Tom Curtis, Dr Dana Ofiteru, Dr Andrew Filby, Northumbrian Water Group
- Daryl Hughes
- EngD Title: Understanding and communicating impacts of water resource infrastructure removal
- Start Date: September 2017
- Research Area: Water
- Supervisors: Dr Jaime Amezaga, Dr Geoff Parkin, United Utilities
- Harry Laing
- PhD aligned, EPSRC Case Studentship Title: Investigation of Control and on-line optimisation opportunities of a waste-water treatment plant
- Start Date: September 2017
- Research Area: Engineering
- Supervisors: Dr Mark Willis, Dr Chris O’Malley, Northumbrian Water Group
- Daniel Leicester
- PhD aligned, EPSRC Case Studentship Title: To achieve net energy production through the treatment of sludge concentrate
- Start Date: September 2017
- Research Area: Engineering
- Supervisor: Dr Elizabeth Heidrich
Cohort VIII: 2016
- Lianna King
- EngD Title: Engineering metaldehyde removal in water treatment through a deeper understanding of biological mechanisms
- Start Date: October 2016
- Research Area: Environment
- Supervisors: Dr Russell Davenport, Dr David Werner, Northumbrian Water Group
- Read Lianna's blog
Cohort VII: 2015
- Daniel Aiken
- EngD Title: Rational Design of Bioelectrochemical Systems
- Start Date: October 2015
- Research Area: Environment
- Supervisors: Prof Tom Curtis, Dr Jan Dolfing, Northumbrian Water Group
- Dominic Carver
- EngD Title: Predicting Hydromorphological Responses to Dam Removal
- Start Date: October 2015
- Research Area: Water
- Supervisors: Dr Geoff Parkin, Dr Andy Large, Dr Jaime Amezaga, United Utilities
Cohort VI: 2014
- Aidan Robson
- EngD Title: The Development Of A Next-Generation Microbial Source Tracking Analytical Tool
- Start Date: October 2014
- Research Area: Environment
- Supervisors: Dr Russell Davenport, Prof Chris Kilsby, Northumbrian Water Group
- Current Status: Zero Waste Policy Manager, Scottish Government
- Aidan was awarded his EngD in the Summer of 2020
- 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.
- Cara was awarded her EngD in the Summer of 2020
Cohort V: 2013
- Robert Bertsch
- Title: Exploring new technologies for simulation and analysis of urban flooding
- Start Date: 1 October 2013
- End Date: March 2019 (EngD awarded July 2019)
- Research Area: Water
- Supervisors: Prof Chris Kilsby, Vassilis Glenis, Scottish Water
- Robert was awarded his EngD in the Summer of 2019
- Current status: Consultant at DHI, Austria
Cohort IV: 2012
- Sarah Cotterill
- Title: Sustainable Wastewater Treatment Using Microbial Electrolysis Cells
- STREAM EngD Cohort IV
- 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
- 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
- Ziye was awarded his EngD in the Winter of 2019
- Maria Valdivia-Garcia
- Title: THM From Formation Pre-Cursors To Management Strategies
- 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: Research Associate in Metabolomics at Imperial College London
Cohort III: 2011
- Gregg Iceton
- Title: Next Generation Sequencing For The Water Industry
- 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
Cohort II: 2010
- Matthew Holmes
- Title: Infrastructure Reliability And Adaptation
- 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
Cohort I: 2009
- Linda Olsson
- Title: The Rational Management Of The Risk Of Failure In Wastewater Treatment
- 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
Congratulations to Cara Wray on graduating
Congratulations to Cara Wray, who has officially been awarded her PhD, and is currently working as Senior Advisor, Public Health and Standards Team at Severn Trent Water.
Published 31 October 2019
Researchers and staff at Challenge Week, Cranfield 2019
Published 21 October 2019
Dominic Carver wins Best Presentation award
Dominic Carver of Cohort VII won the award for "Best Presentation" at this year's Challenge Week Conference. The conference was hosted by Cranfield at Severn Trent HQ.
The award was presented by Prof Paul Jeffrey, STREAM Programme Director.
Congratulations to Dom!
Published July 2019
Robert Bertsch graduates
We are delighted to announce that Robert Bertsch passed his Viva on Thursday 21 March 2019. Robert officially graduated on Friday 12 July 2019 at the Summer Congregations in Newcastle.
Robert belonged to Cohort V of STREAM, starting in October 2013. He has graduated with an EngD. His project title is Exploring new technologies for simulation and analysis of urban flooding.
Published July 2019
Ziye Dai joins Aqua Enviro
Congratulations to Ziye Dai on securing a role with Aqua Enviro as a Junior Process Engineer.
Published May 2019
Daryl Hughes wins Presentation Award at the School of Engineering PGR Conference
Daryl Hughes presented his current research "Understanding and communicating impacts of water resource infrastructure removal" and impressed the judges to win the presentation prize in the morning session.
Daryl belongs to Cohort IX, starting in September 2017. His EngD project is entitled Understanding and communicating impacts of water resource infrastructure removal.
Congratulations to Daryl.
Published May 2019
Harry Laing's article in 200th edition of IoW magazine
Harry Laing is using Big Data to optimise biogas use.
Harry Laing is a STREAM Cohort IX PhD student at Newcastle University, working with Northumbrian Water. He wrote a brief case study included in the feature on Energy Efficiency in the 200th edition of the Institute of Water magazine.
The case study looked at why the Digital Revolution should be embraced and how digital plant data can be used for optimisation. Harry described the strategy he used to optimise biogas use in the Advanced Anaerobic Digestion facility of a wastewater treatment plant.
Harry also won the poster competition at the Wastewater Network Conference held on Wednesday 28 November 2018. His poster provided a brief summary of two projects he has undertaken with Northumbrian Water.
- Investigation of control and on-line optimisation opportunities of a wastewater treatment plant (PDF: 735KB)
Published December 2018