Water, Environment and Infrastructure Resilience
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Research & Public Engagement about the Historical Flood Events of the City of Bath
The following post was contributed by Dr. Chrysoula Papacharalampou, a Research Associate in the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering. Research currently undertaken within the Research Unit for Water, Environment and Infrastructure Resilience (WEIR) sheds light on the utility of...
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Fellowship Success
Two members of staff at the University of Bath have recently been awarded Fellowships from NERC. Dr. Ilaria Prosdocimi from the Department of Mathematical Sciences has been awarded a Industrial Innovation Fellowship with a project titled "Developing Innovative Flood Frequency Estimation for a Resilient nation (DIFFER)"....
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Experimental work in University College London
The following blog post was contributed by WISE CDT student Ioanna Stamataki from the University of Bath who spent six weeks in University College London (UCL) undertaking her experimental work. The last six weeks have been a bit of a...
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The Future of UK Coastal Research
The following blog post was contributed by Chris Blenkinsopp from the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering. The 13th UK Young Coastal Scientists and Engineers Conference (YCSEC) was held at Bath on 11-12th April as part of the University’s 50th...
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The effects of oxygen availability and turbulence on water quality in lakes and reservoirs
This March sees the next talk in the monthly 'Water Colloquium' series organised by WIRC @ Bath exploring the breadth of water research being undertaken at the University of Bath. Title: The effects of oxygen availability and turbulence on water quality...
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Special WIRC PhD Colloquium
At this special WIRC colloquium, we are exicted to introduce Mr Qiang Chen and Miss Olivia Cooke, both PhD students at the Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering, University of Bath. When Thursday 16th February 2017 at 1.15pm Where Room...
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Towards an integrated approach to water for cities
Hope you had a very nice break and all the best for the new year! WIRC would like to welcome Martin Shouler, Associate Director at Arup, to give us some insight information on integrated approach to water for cities. ...
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Assessing the element of surprise of record-breaking flood events
This month WIRC @ Bath is exploring the breadth of water research being undertaken at the University of Bath. Title: Assessing the element of surprise of record-breaking flood events Speaker: Dr Thomas Kjeldsen When: Thursday 15 December 2016 at 1.15pm...
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Bioprocesses, biopolymers and biosensors: delivering new solutions to environmental problems through and understanding of microbial systems
By Dr Thomas Seviour, MIChemE CEng, SCELCE, NTU (Singapore) When: Thursday 23th June at 1.15pm Where: Room 2.01, Building 1 West, University of Bath Abstract: Cells mediate interactions with the environment through their membranes and extracellular matrices, which comprise a range of...