Water and Environmental Engineering
Research in the water environment and hydrology concentrates on flooding and climate change, and the water balance in arid Climates and urban Areas. Our future plans include extending the investigation of the urban water balance to the catchment scale.
RECENT POST-GRADUATE RESEARCH
- The analysis of water quality data from the River Clyde using Monte Carlo simulation. (PhD 1999)
- Modelling of evapo-transpiration losses in Sudan. (PhD 2001)
- Simulating diffuse pollution in urban areas (PhD 2004)
- The Management and Control of Algae in a Freshwater Loch. (MPhil 2005)
- An Investigation of the water balance of paved surfaces (PhD ongoing)
SELECTED CONSULTANCY PROJECTS
- A preliminary assessment of water and renewable energy resources on holy island for the Samye Ling Tibetan Centre
- Computer analysis of borehole water supply at National Semi-conductors, Greenock for Abbey Metal Fabrications
- Feasibility study on the control of water levels in Barr Loch and Aird Meadow for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
- A feasibility study on the use of Thornley Dam for Paisley Partnership.
- Testing of a 1/10 scale model floating flood wall for Meiklewall Ltd.
- An estimation of coastal and fluvial flood risk for a development in Carron
- An investigation of the water balance at Paisley Moss for Renfrewshire Council
Investigating the control of water levels in Barr Loch
