Our research projects
Explore our current awards which are shaping the future of Civil & Structural Engineering.
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Current Projects
- Water Engineering
- Geotechnical Engineering
- Resources, Infrastructure Systems and built Environments
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Title Funding Body PI
BuildZero : Transforming the UK's buildings for zero material extraction, zero carbon
and zero wasteEPSRC Dr Danielle Densley Tingley Embedding circular economy considerations within built environment governance EPSRC IAA Multi-scale, circular economic potential of non-residential building stock EPSRC Dr Danielle Densley Tingley KE-EOI: The changing profile of climate related transport infrastructure failure in the North IAA Dr Hadi Arbabi - Structural Engineering & Materials
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Title Funding Body PI
Three-dimensional electrical tomography for imaging large concrete members EPSRC Dr Giacomo Torelli Efficient design approach for PV-membrane structures via layout optimization Royal Society Dr Linwei He Behavior of the interfaces between steel and timber members at elevated temperatures Innovation Fund Denmark UHP.RTYF.Geo-Crete EPSRC Dr Maurizio Guadagnini Study on the stability of high strength steel beams considering restraint and creep effects in fire Royal Society Dr Shan-Shan Huang New Generation of Resilient Lightweight Cold-Formed Steel Structures British Council Predictive thermo-hygral design of concrete for nuclear energy de-risking EPSRC IAA The second life of modern period architecture: Resilient and adaptive renovation towards net-zero carbon heritage buildings European Commission - Horizon Europe Dr Giacomo Torelli Contaminated concrete removal using controlled heat-induced spalling British Council Dr Giacomo Torelli Hybrid Lightweight Structural Systems for Low-Cost Housing (HYLIGHTS) EPSRC LIGHTSTEEL: New Generation of Lightweight Steel Elements for Sustainable Resilient Construction Innovate UK Prof Iman Hajirasouliha New Generation of Sustainable Lightweight Cold-Formed Steel Structures Royal Society Prof Iman Hajirasouliha Exploiting the resilience of masonry arch bridge infrastructure EPSRC Prof Matthew Gilbert Use of optimally placed laser cut steel to accelerate the adoption of low embodied carbon construction materials EPSRC IAA/Metlase (UK Industry) Hybrid optimization of skeletal and continuum structures LIMITSTATE LTD Dr Helen Fairclough - Blast & Impact Engineering
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Title Funding Body PI
MicroBlast: Understanding and predicting blast loading in complex environments EPSRC RAEng Industrial Fellowship - Machine Learning Applications for Blast Protection Engineering Royal Academy of Engineering Dr Sam Rigby High Explosive Advanced Diagnostics and Media Modelling (HEADaMM) EPSRC RAEng Chair in Near and Far Field Blast Research DSTL
Royal Academy of Engineering
Prof Andrew Tyas
Past Projects
- Water Engineering
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Title Funding Body PI TWENTY65 EPSRC Prof Joby Boxall Smart Water 4 Europe EU Prof Joby Boxall Contaminant Ingress into Distribution systems (CID) EPSRC Prof Joby Boxall Shift2Rail European Union / Network Rail Dr Andy Nichols Urban Green DaMS (Design and Modelling of Sustainable Drainage Systems) EPSRC Prof Virginia Stovin Effect of microbial community interactions on ETBE biodegradation potential in groundwater
CONCAWE Prof Steve Thornton Wat Qual EUROPEAN COMMISSION - HORIZON 2020 Prof Vanessa Speight Material Destiny ANGLIAN WATER SERVICES LIMITED Prof Vanessa Speight Residence Times in Vegetated Stormwater Ponds EPSRC Distributed Fibre-optic Cable Sensing for Buried Pipe Infrastructure EPSRC Prof Simon Tait CENTAUR EU Dr James Shucksmith Flood Interact EPSRC Dr James Shucksmith - Geotechnical Engineering
- Resources, Infrastructure Systems and built Environments
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Title Funding Body PI Sheffield Urban Flows Observatory EPSRC - Structural Engineering & Materials
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Title Funding Body PI Gre.a.te.r.s (GREen Advanced TEchnologies for the Retrofitting of masonry Structures)
Dr Maurizio Guadagnini - Blast & Impact Engineering
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Title Funding Body PI Mechanisms & Characterisation of Explosions EPSRC Prof Andrew Tyas MicroBlast de-risking MOD Dr Sam Rigby Blast and Impact Diagnostics Laboratory EPSRC
EPSRC Centre in Doctoral Training in Water Infrastructure and Resilience (WIRe CDT)
The department co-hosts the EPSRC WIRe CDT which aims to nurture a new generation of research leaders to provide multi-disciplinary, disruptive thinking to enhance the resilience of new and existing water infrastructure. WIRe PhD projects are developed and co-funded in partnership with the water sector, details of current WIRe students, projects and sponsors can be found below. For more information contact j.shucksmith@sheffield.ac.uk"
- WIRe CDT student researchers/projects