Dr James Shucksmith

Lecturer in Water Engineering

Address:
Department of Civil and Structural Engineering
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD

Telephone: +44 (0) 114 222 5706
Fax: +44 (0) 114 222 5700
Email: j.shucksmith@sheffield.ac.uk

Qualifications

MEng (Hons), PhD

Profile

James Shucksmith joined the Water Engineering Group as a research student in 2004. In 2008 he was awarded a PhD for his work on the impact of vegetation in open channels on flow resistance and solute mixing. From 2008 he took up a position as a KTP Associate for Yorkshire Water Services and the Departments of Mechanical and Civil and Structural Engineering at the University of Sheffield. During this period he worked on developing a method of leak detection in water distribution systems based on the analysis of induced pressure transients. He was appointed Lecturer in Water Engineering in August 2010.

His main research themes are:

• The transport of pollutants in open channel flow
• Understanding the flow and quality implications of the presence of vegetation in open channels
• Leakage detection in pipeline networks

Activities and Distinctions

• Winner of the 2010 SWIG (Sensors for Water Interest Group) early career researchers' prize.

Selected Publications

• Ghazali, MF, Beck, SBM, Shucksmith, JD, Boxall, JB and Staszewski, WJ (2011) Comparative study of instantaneous frequency based methods for leak detection in pipeline networks Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. Article in Press. DOI 10.1016/j.ymssp.2011.10.011
• Shucksmith, JD, Boxall, JB and Guymer, I (2011) Bulk Flow Resistance in Vegetated Channels: An Analysis of Momentum Balance Approaches Based on Data Obtained in Ageing Live Vegetation. ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 1 (262), DOI 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000457
• Shucksmith, JD, Boxall, JB and Guymer, I (2011), Determining longitudinal dispersion coefficients for submerged vegetated flow. Water Resources Research, 47, W10516, DOI 10.1029/2011WR010547
• Shucksmith JD, Boxall JB and Guymer I (2010) Effects of emergent and submerged natural vegetation on longitudinal mixing in open channel flow. Water Resources Research, 46, April, p W04504. ISSN 0043–1397. DOI 10.1029/2008WR007657
• Ghazali MF, Staszewski WJ, Shucksmith JD, Boxall JB and Beck SBM (2010) Instantaneous Phase and Frequency for the Detection of Leaks and Features in a Pipeline System. Structural Health Monitoring, 9, ISSN 1475-9217. DOI 10.1177/1475921710373958
• Shucksmith JD, Boxall JB and Guymer I (2007) Importance of advective zone in longitudinal mixing experiments. Acta Geophysica, 55 (1), March, pp 95-103. ISSN 1895-6572. DOI 10.2478/s11600-006-0042-7

Teaching

• SMR for CIV6727 – Flood Risk Management
• Lecturer on CIV3203 - Integrated Design Project
• Lecturer on CIV471/CIV6771 - Environmental River Processes
• Year 1 Tutor to Taught Undergraduate Programmes