The University of Sheffield
Department of Civil and Structural Engineering

Dr Virginia Stovin

Dr Virginia Stovin

Senior Lecturer

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

Telephone: +44 (0) 114 222 5051
Fax: +44 (0) 114 222 5700
Email: v.stovin@sheffield.ac.uk

Qualifications

PhD, University of Sheffield; BSc, University of Manchester

Profile

Dr Virginia Stovin was appointed a lecturer in 1995, after spending the previous three years as a research assistant in the Department. Originally a Geography graduate from the University of Manchester, her main research interests are in the fields of urban drainage, SUDS and green roofs.

Ongoing work focuses on the use of computational fluid dynamics to optimise the design of combined sewer overflows and other sewer ancillary structures. This requires both the flow field and pollutant transport (sediment or solute) to be accurately modelled, increasingly in three-dimensions and in response to time-dependent inputs.

More recently her research has focused on sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS), in which the retention of rainfall at source may assist in the control of urban flooding and sewer discharges. She is leading work in the UK on the potential to retrofit SUD systems into existing catchments, and is part of the Sheffield-based Green Roof Centre.

She has been involved in the supervision of 8 PhD students and her research has resulted in the publication of 19 refereed journal papers. She is responsible for the introduction of two 'environmental awareness' modules into the Department's core undergraduate teaching programme, and has previously taught hydrology, construction planning and risk assessment.

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