Memorandum 37
Submission from Durham University
1. INTRODUCTION
This paper describes Durham University's work
with respect to energy research. It supports the University's
and ONE North East's Energy and Environment Strategies.
2. BACKGROUND
Society's use of energy and the impact which
it is having on our environment is one of the most pressing social
and scientific issues of the age. This is exemplified by scientific
observation, Government policy, social comment and media interest.
The North-East has a long history as an important
energy region for the UK economy, but faces critical challenges
in securing a role in the new energy economy and developing a
sustainable energy future.
These challenges include the technical issues
of obtaining energy supply from fossil and renewable sources,
the capacity to develop new energy sources, including nuclear,
understanding the changing nature of demand for energy, addressing
environmental impacts, engaging the public in different energy
scenarios, coping with fuel poverty, and the wider issues of security.
Durham University has a long history studying
social, technological and scientific aspects of the environment
and is addressing these challenges by identifying the key determinants
of sustainable energy futures.
3. DURHAM STRENGTH
IN ENERGY
TEACHING AND
RESEARCH
Durham University runs undergraduate degrees
in Natural Science (BSc), Environmental Science (MSci) and New
& Renewable Energy (MEng). It also runs postgraduate courses
in Environmental Science (MSc), New & Renewable Energy (MSc)
and Plant Biomass Development (MSc).
Durham has four interdepartmental Research Centres
working on the study of these issues:
— Centre for Research into Earth
Energy Systems (CeREES) with expertise in fossil fuels, CO2
sequestration and earth-visualisation.
— Durham Centre for Renewable
Energy (DCRE) with expertise in a wide range of renewable energy
technologies, their integration, and role in society.
— Institute of Hazard and Risk
Research (IHRR) with expertise on energy in society, specialising
in the environmental, social, cultural and political dimensions
of energy use.
— Institute of Plant and Microbial
Sciences (IPMS) with expertise in plant and microbial genetics
and crop productivity for biofuels and biomass.
These Research Centres are based upon Durham's
strengths in the following:
— World class research work in
Energy & Environment in a combination of scientific, technological
and social science Research Departments working on a compact campus
in an interdisciplinary environment.
— The high research standing of
these Departments (RAE Grades Physics 5, Chemistry 5**, Biological
and Biomedical Sciences 5, Engineering 5, Earth Sciences 4 and
Geography 5**).
— The connectivity of the research
work being done to Regional, National & International agenda.
Including the development of regional businesses and spin-out
companies, involvement with the New and Renewable Energy Centre,
Blyth (NaREC), academic leadership in national research programmes,
including the SUPERGEN, advice to national and international businesses,
and a range of connections to international research organisations
and universities.
This research impact is described in detail
in Appendix II, underlining the excellence of the research base.
4. DURHAM ENERGY
RESEARCH VISION
Durham's interdisciplinary expertise places
it in a strong position to address the Nation's research strategy
in Energy & Environment, working with Regional partners to
develop an innovative research agenda which contributes to the
joint Research Council's Energy Programme (RCEP).
In the past energy research has been characterised
by reliance on technology and economics as the basis for policy.
In the future technical, economic, environmental,
social, political and cultural dimensions will need to be addressed
in a holistic manner. Durham University proposes to focus research
in Energy & Environment, together with regional partners,
on the four multidisciplinary University Research Centres described
above.
Durham's strategy prioritises multidisciplinary
research which integrates future social, scientific and technological
work in the following holistic Themes:
— Systems, Products and Materials
for New Energy Futures (DCRE) including:
— Energy, Environment and Society
(IHRR & IPMS) including:
— governing energy systems;
— public engagement with energy futures;
— plant and microbial genetics for
biomass and biofuel production.
— Carbon Sequestration and Petroleum
Geoscience (CeREES):
— carbon Capture and Storage; and
— subsurface characteristics.
The following Venn diagram illustrates Durham's
Energy Research structure, described in more detail in the Appendices.
A list of Durham staff involved in Energy research are listed
in Appendix III.
5. APPENDIX I,
RESEARCH CENTRES,
GROUPS AND
COMPANIES
5.1 University Research Centres
5.1.1 Durham Centre for Renewable Energy
(DCRE) Director Prof K Durose, Physics, Engineering, Chemistry
& Geography Depts:
— Photovoltaic materials,
— Thermodynamic and electrical
energy conversion,
— Microgeneration and networks,
and
— Social implications of new energy
sources.
5.1.2 Centre for Research on Earth Energy
Systems (CeREES) Director Prof R Davies, Sciences, Engineering,
Mathematical Sciences, Computer Sciences, Chemistry Depts:
— Digital acquisition and visualisation
of sub-surface features reservoirs,
— Forecasting and analysing risk,
— Geomechanical modelling of reservoirs
and wells,
— Global exploration studies,
and
— Enhancing petroleum recovery.
5.1.3 Institute of Hazard & Risk Research
(IHRR) Director Prof P Macnaghten, Geography, Biological and Biomedical
Sciences, Engineering Depts:
— Interdisciplinary Institute
bridging science & social sciences,
— Responding to hazards &
risks pervading natural & social life,
— Public response to risk in energy
technologies including the nuclear industry, and
— Strong potential to develop
and understand the social science impacts on/of energy use articulated
though increased dialogue between the traditional, fossil fuel,
and renewable technologies.
5.1.4 Institute of Plant & Microbial
Sciences (IPMS) Director of Research Prof K Lindsey, Biological
and Biomedical Sciences:
— Metabolic engineering for increased
yields of starch and oils in plants,
— Metabolic engineering for increased
ethanol production in micro-organisms,
— Engineering of stress resistance
in crops to maximize crop yield in response to climate change,
and
— Engineering of crop protection
against pests and pathogens to maximize crop yield in response
to climate change.
5.2. Spin-Out Companies
5.2.1 Durham Pipeline Technologies (DPT):
— A supplier of innovative technical
solutions for pipeline access, inspection and cleaning based on
patented bristle tractor technology.
— Has an ambitious R&D programme
backed by an extensive network of leading industrial and academic
resources.
5.2.2 GeoPressure Technology (GPT):
— Provide highly acclaimed training
and consultancy in sub-surface pressure problems,
— Projects backed by a suite of
niche software designed to manage and visualise pressure data,
— http://www.geopressure.co.uk/index.htm
5.2.3 Geospatial Research Ltd (GRL):
— Specialises in digital mapping
and survey, and the application of geospatial technologies in
petroleum and mineral exploration,
— Virtual outcrop models—reservoir
analogues,
— 3D immersive visualisation,
— http://www.dur.ac.uk/grl/index.htm
5.2.4 Evolving Generation Ltd (EGL):
— Design of novel permanent magnet
generator topologies suitable for large wind turbines.
— http://www.dur.ac.uk/scientific.enterprise/Evolving%20Gen%20Page.htm
6. APPENDIX II,
DURHAM'S
RESEARCH IMPACT
6.1 Regional Impact
Areas of Regional impact for Durham's research:
— The creation from the University
research platform of four successful, energy-related commercial
spin-out companies, based in the North East, DPT, GPT, GRL &
EGL. Details given above.
— Prof Durose collaborates via the
PV.NE network with Romag Ltd, Consett, the largest manufacturer
of architectural glass laminated solar modules in the world.
— DCRE is working with 4 local companies
to develop new & renewable products, EMAT, Northumbria Plastics,
Econnect, AMEC Wind Energy.
— CeREES is working with County Durham
Environment Trust to do research on carbon sequestration involving
regional partners such as HJBanks.
— CeREES is setting up collaborative
outreach and research projects related to Earth energy resources
with Sherburn Stone Ltd, the North Pennines World Geopark, Killhope
Lead Mining Museum and Durham Country Council.
— North-East Centre for Environmental
Science and Industry (NECESI), set up by Prof Huntley, undertakes
contract work for the environmental industry sector in the Region
and helps other clients address environmental problems. The Centre
collaborated with Newcastle International Airport and Port of
Tyne in developing environmental management schemes.
— New and Renewable Energy Centre
(NaREC) established by ONE North East at Blyth:
— Prof Tavner is a Director of NaREC
and Chairman of their Advisory Panel
— Prof Durose works with PV Technology
Centre, the UK's only centre for advanced products and industry
-development interfacing.
— DCRE has set up of some of the electrical
test equipment at NaREC.
— Newcastle Photovoltaic Applications
Centre (NPAC) at University of Northumbria
— Prof Durose collaborates with NPAC,
which is is a member of the SUPERGEN PV-21 consortium.
6.2 National Impact
Areas of National impact for Durham's research:
— Prof Durose is Principal Investigator
for "Photovoltaic Materials for the 21st Century—PV-21"
SUPERGEN III, £3 million grant, 2004-08.
— Prof Tavner is Principal Investigator
for "Wind Energy Technologies" SUPERGEN V, £2.5
million grant, 2006-10.
— NERC "CLASSIC, Climate
and Land-Surface Systems Interaction Centre" Centre of Excellence.
Seeks to improve the representation of the land surface in climate
models, thus contributing to improved predictions of potential
future climate change that results principally from fossil fuel
use. Prof Huntley is a Principal Investigator.
— NERC research on the potential
impacts of climate change on Arctic ecosystems and feedback to
the climate system. Prof Huntley and Dr Baxter are joint-funded.
— PV NET Durham University are
founder members of the UK network of researchers in PV Materials
and Devices. Prof Durose was coordinator for the Research Position
Document for UK used by funding bodies in determining Strategy.
— Two lectureships in Earth Sciences
are funded directly by national oil companies (Total, Statoil
UK).
— DCRE is working with national companies
to develop new and renewable products, Carbon Concepts, Rugged
Renewables, Future Solutions.
— Engineering has established the first
New and Renewable final year option in K for four year MEng.
— Engineering has established a one
year New and Renewable Energy MSc.
— Earth Sciences has a long history
of training PhD and MSc students who have careers in the international
oil and gas industry. The new Petroleum Geoscience PhD Scholarship
Programme has funding from 10 oil and gas companies totalling
£1 million.
— Prof Davies of CeREES has strong
links with the oil and gas industry in the UK and DTI, through
his career with Esso and Mobil.
— CeREES has been set up in collaboration
with the Halcrow Group Ltd and involves sharing of laser scanning
equipment.
— The Sea Level Research Unit has strong
linkages with the nuclear power industry (Halcrow , Sellafield
and Nuclear Electric) with respect to coastal stability.
— National Advisory bodies:
— Dr Bulkeley (IHRR) is an advisor
to the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research advising on
the social science impacts on governance and policy associated
with climate change.
— Prof Hudson (IHRR) is a specialist
advisor to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister on the Select
Committee on Coalfields Regeneration.
— Prof Lindsey (IPMS) is a member of
the UK Government Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment.
— Prof Lindsey (IPMS) was a contributor
to a House of Lords European Union Select Committee report on
European Strategy for Biofuels (2006).
— Prof Slabas (IPMS) is a member of
BBSRC's panels on Sustainable Agriculture and Bioenergy,
Royal Society Fellowship Panel, Programme Advisory Committee for
the DEFRA BBSRC LINK programme on Renewable Materials.
— Prof Holdsworth (CeREES) is Deputy
Chair of the Information Advisory Group of the British Geological
Survey.
— DCRE has five members of the EPSRC
College (KD, KSC, JSOE, MCP, PJT).
6.3 International Impact
Areas of International impact for Durham's research:
— EU FP 3,4 and 5 funding for
PV Materials work, DCRE, Physics, Prof Durose.
— EU FP4 funding for Dynamics
of the Arctic Treeline project, Biological & Medical Sciences,
Prof Huntley.
— EU FP 5 funding for Electrical
Extraction Technology in Hybrid Diesel Vehicles, Engineering,
Dr Bumby.
— DCRE members are working with
international companies, Cummins, Baxi Potterton, Pilkington,
Antec Solar, First Solar, Whispertech New Zealand, to develop
new and renewable products.
— CeREES is working with the Abu
Dhabi National Oil Corporation on the cleanup of oil producer
waste waters.
— CeREES research is funded substantially
to work on hydrocarbon exploration and production-related projects
in the Caspian region, SE Brazil, offshore Norway and Greenland,
Australia and SE Asia. Sponsors include BP, Shell, BG, Statoil
and the UK government through both NERC and the DTI.
— Dr McCaffrey (CeREES) currently
holds a Royal Society Industrial Fellowship working with the Global
Structural Geology Network in BP.
— Prof Davies (CeREES) has strong
international links to major upstream oil and gas companies, eg
BP, Shell, ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, ChevronTexaco.
— Dr Bulkeley (IHRR/DCRE) is working
with Sanyo to investigate factors influencing uptake of PV in
the EU.
— International Advisory bodies:
— Prof Durose (DCRE) is a founder member
of "SOLARPACT" Transatlantic research network for thin
film solar cells and EU lobby group.
— Dr Bulkeley (IHRR) collaborates on
the social science impacts of climate change with the US National
Centre for Atmospheric Research, Boulder Colorado and with Colorado
State University.
— Prof Lindsey (IPMS) advises the Swiss
National Science Foundation funding panel on GM crops.
— Prof Hussey (IPMS) advises the Centre
for Plant Molecular Biology ZMBP at the University of Tbingen,
and the Canada Board for Research Chairs.
— Prof Hudson (IHRR) is a collaborator
to the MATISSE European Framework Programme assessing sustainable
development and energy issues at the EU-level.
— Prof Hudson (IHRR) has international
collaborations with the Jordanian and Saudi governments concerning
sustainable energy policies.
— Prof Tavner (DCRE) is Technical Adviser
to FKI plc an international manufacturing company for the energy
industry.
7. APPENDIX III
RESEARCH FUNDING
List of Research Funding totalling £23
million at Durham provided by ETI Industrial, Regional & Research
Partners in the energy area:
LIST OF RESEARCH FUNDING AT DURHAM PROVIDED
BY ETI INDUSTRIAL, REGIONAL & RESEARCH PARTNERS IN THE ENERGY
AREA
|
| Category | Durham Centre
| Funder | Project
| Funding, £k |
Years | Data Source
| Notes |
|
| Category 1 with ETI Industrial Partners |
Centre for Research into Earth Energy Systems
| BP | GeoPOP Phase II.
| 210 | 1994-
2000
| Richard Davies | BP have paid in the region of £35k per annum
|
| | BP
| Chalk data for mudstone rock property database.
| 5 | 2004
| Richard Davies |
|
| | BP
| Geological study of the Absheron Peninsula.
| 168 | April-
May
2005
| Richard Davies |
|
| | BP
| Quantifying fault zone evolution in rifted continenal margins.
| 150 | Completed 2005
| Richard Davies | Ocean Margins LINK with NERC & Statoil
|
| | BP
| Geological study of the onshore area, Absheron Peninsula.
| 36 | Nov 2005-
Sep
| Richard Davies |
|
| | BP
| Basement-influenced oblique tectonics.
| 100 | 2005-08 still running
| Richard Davies |
|
| | BP
| Investigating the porosity and permeability ehaviour of chalk and calcareous mudrocks.
| 44 | 2005-present
| Richard Davies | £44k from BP, with Dr R E Swarbrick and British Gas
|
| | BP
| Support for NERC CASE studentship.
| 45 | 2007-09 estimated 3 years
| Richard Davies | £10-15k per year
|
| | BP
| Mud volcanoes in the Azeri, Gunashli and Chirag Fields, Caspian Sea.
| 58 | 2003-05
| Richard Davies |
|
| | BP
| Extrusive Domains of Mud Volcanoes.
| 3 | 2004-07
| Richard Davies |
|
| | BP
| Intrusive Domains of Mud Volcanoes.
| 105 | 2007-present
| Richard Davies |
|
| | Shell
| Fractured Reservoir 3-D Digital Atlas.
| 120 | 2006-08 still running
| Richard Davies | ITF consortium with British Gas and DTI
|
| Durham Centre for Renewable Energy
| Rolls Royce | Advanced Technology Acquisition Programme (Passage Shaping)
| 248 | 2003-07
| Grant Ingram |
|
| | Rolls Royce
| Support for Reseach Associate. Compressor blade design.
| 65 | 2005-08
| Li He | |
| | Rolls Royce
| Wind generator technologies
| 6 | 2001
| Jim Bumby |
|
| | Rolls Royce
| Marine current turbine technologies
| 6 | 2002
| Jim Bumby |
|
| | EDF
| Strategic Alliance Project Autonomous Regional Active Network Management Systems
| 50 | 2006-present
| Phil Taylor |
|
| | Eon UK
| Network Impacts of Microgeneration
| 50 | 2006-present
| Phil Taylor |
|
| TOTAL: |
| 1,469 |
| |
|
|
Category 2
with Regional Industrial Partners
| Centre for Research into Earth Energy Systems
| Chevron Texaco, BP, Statoil, Ikon Science, Clair Field partnership, ENI, BG, Total, WesternGeco, Veritas and PGS
| 12 PhD topics to carry out research into Petroleum Energy and related themes.
| 1,000 | 2006-07
| Richard Davies |
|
| | Neftex
| Neftex Black Sea—Greater Caspian project
| 21 | Dec 2005-
Jan 2007
| Richard Davies |
|
| | | WE project.
| 33 | Dec 2005-
Jan 2007
| Richard Davies |
|
| | Statoil
| PhD studentship | 60
| Oct 2007-09 | Richard Davies
| Estimated at £20k per year for 3 years
|
| Institute of Hazard Risk Research
| SANYO | Solar Cities in Europe: embedding photovoltaics
| 71 | 2007-10
| Harriet Bulkeley | with DCRE
|
| | EAGA
| Shower Flow Restrictor Study
| 30 | 2007
| Harriet Bulkeley |
|
| | CE Electric
| Distribution Network Risk |
110 | Oct 2007-10
| Phil Taylor |
|
| | Econnect
| Network Integration of Renewable Energy, Demand for Wind, Grid Connection tool
| 50 | 2007-09
| Phil Taylor |
|
| | PB Power
| Exploitation of thermal properties of power systems
| 50 | 2006-09
| Phil Taylor |
|
| | Evolving Generation
| Support for CASE studentship, towards a zero maintenance wind turbine
| 12 | 2005-07
| Peter Tavner |
|
| | Smith Electric Vehicles
| Support for KTP associate. Development of electric vehicle drivers
| 20 | 2006-09
| Jim Bumby |
|
| | ONE Nort East
| Building the Regional Capacity in Plant Biotechnology and Proteomics
| 143 | 2004-06
| Keith Lindsey |
|
| | NaREC
| Support for research studentship. Network Impacts of Microgeneration
| 21 | 2006-09
| Phil Taylor |
|
| | NaREC
| Support for research studentship. Fault tolerant low cost power converters
| 21 | 2005-09
| Li Ran | |
| | NaREC
| SSEZ laboratory facilities
| 21 | 2005-08
| Phil Taylor |
|
| | CPower
| Tidal stream turbine—generator design
| 3 | 2007
| Jim Bumby |
|
| | Quiet Revolution
| Braking system for small wind turbine
| 2 | 2007
| Jim Bumby |
|
| | Cummins Generator Technology
| Thermal midelling of advanced generator configuration
| 250 | 2007-10
| Khamid Mahlamov |
|
| | Cummins Generator Technology
| Support for CASE studentship. Generator thermal management
| 22 | 2007-10
| Khamid Mahlamov |
|
| | Cummins Turbo Technology
| High speed induction motor models
| 2 | 2007
| Jim Bumby |
|
| | Siemens Power Technology
| Support for Research Associate. Power turbine blade design.
| 65 | 2007-10
| Li He | |
| | Scottish Power
| Exploitation of thermal properties of power systems
| 50 | 2006-09
| Phil Taylor |
|
| | Scottish Power
| Strategic Alliance Project Autonomous Regional Active Network Management Systems
| 50 | 2006-present
| Phil Taylor |
|
| TOTAL:
| | 2,106
| | |
|
|
Category 3
with Research Partners |
Centre for Research | NERC
| Support for CASE studentship.
| | | Richard Davies
| |
| | HEFCE
| SRIF Support for energy related equipment
| 280 | 2006-07
| Richard Davies |
|
| Durham Centre for Renewable Energy
| EU FP5 | High speed turbcharger assist for large diesel engines
| 227 | 2003-06
| Jim Bumby | Industrial partners IVECO. Cummins
|
| | EPSRC
| SUPERGEN Wind Project |
2,550 | 2006-10
| Peter Tavner | Total Project Value, Durham is Principal Investigator, working with Eon UK, Scottish Power, AMEC Wind, Garrad Hassan
|
| | EPSRC
| Support for CASE studentship. Generator thermal management
| 45 | 2007-10
| Peter Tavner |
|
| | EPSRC
| Fault tolerant low cost power converters
| 227 | 2005-08
| Li Ran | |
| | EPSRC
| Condition Monitoring of Power Electronic Converters, COMPERE
| 260 | 2007-09
| Li Ran | |
| | EPSRC
| Support for CASE studentship, towards a zero maintenance wind
| 45 | 2005-07
| Peter Tavner |
|
| | EPSRC
| SUPERGEN Photovoltaics-PV21
| 4,100 | 2004-08
| Ken Durose | Total Project Value, Durham is Principal Investigator, working with Kurt Lesker Ltd, Crystallox, First Solar, Antec Solar, Pilkington, Semimetrics
|
| | EPSRC
| Strategic Alliance Project Autonomous Regional Active Network Management Systems
| 2,500 | 2006-09
| Phil Taylor | The Project Value, Durham is Work Package Leader, working with ABB, EdF
|
| | EPSRC
| Active Energy Management |
125 | 2005-07
| Phil Taylor |
|
| | BBSRC
| Functional analysis of regulatory genes expressed in spatially restricted domains of the Arabidopsis embryo
| 220 | 2004-07
| Keith Lindsey |
|
| | BBSRC
| Oils in plants | 2,200
| 2007-11 | Toni Slabas
| |
| | DTI
| Support for KTP associate. Development of electric vehicle drives
| 70 | 2006-09
| Jim Bumby |
|
| | DTI
| Exploitation of thermal properties of power systems
| 1,000 | 2006-09
| Phil Taylor | Total Project Value, Durham carrying out all basic research elements
|
| | HEFCE
| SRIF III, Chemical Genetics
| 2,991 | 2006-08
| Keith Lindsey |
|
| | HEFCE
| SRIF Support for Energy including electron microscopes, workshop & testing equipment
| 2,800 | 2006-08
| Ken Durose |
|
| TOTAL:
| | 19,755
| | |
| | |
| | | |
|
| GRAND TOTAL:
| | 23,330
| | |
|
8. APPENDIX IV STAFF
|
| Centre for Research into Earth Energy Systems (CeREES)
|
| Name | Position/Role
| Department | Principal Research Interests
|
|
| Richard Davies | Professor
Director of CeREES
| Earth Sciences | Global Petroleum Systems and Processes
|
| Bob Holdsworth | Professor,
Coordinator,
Deputy Director
| Earth Sciences | Basin structures and 3-D visualisation
Chairman, Geospatial Research Ltd
|
| Mark Allen | Reader,
Deputy Director
Secretary
| Earth Sciences | Global to regional basin tectonics and stratigraphy
|
| David Toll | Senior Lecturer
Deputy Director
| Engineering | Geotechnical engineering systems and geo-mechanical properties
|
| Michael Goldstein | Professor
Deputy Director
| Mathematical Sciences |
Bayesian statistical analysis & uncertainty analysis for physical models
|
| Malcolm Munro | Professor
Deputy Director
| Computer Sci/ e-Sciences Inst
| Visualisation; Software Development, Maintenance and Evolution
|
| Maurice Tucker | Professor
| Earth Sciences | Carbonate systems and basins
|
| Roger Searle | Professor
| Earth Sciences | Marine geophysics & ocean-floor geomorphology & tectonics
|
| Neil Goulty | Professor
| Earth Sciences | Applied geophysics & overpressure
|
| Brian Straughan | Professor
| Mathematical Sciences |
Fluid flow modelling |
| Jas Pal Badyal | Professor
| Chemistry | Surface chemistry and petroleum
Refining
|
| Richard Swarbrick | Reader
Chairman & MD of Geo-pressure Technology Ltd
| Earth Sciences | Overpressure in sedimentary basins, mud-rock compaction and basin modelling
|
| Christine Peirce | Reader
| Earth Sciences | Marine geophysics, seismic acquisition
|
| Daniel Donoghue | Reader
| Geography | Geographical Information Systems
|
| David Petley | Reader
| Geography | Landslides and geotechnical processes
|
| Fred Worrall | Senior Lecturer
| Earth Sciences | Carbon dioxide sequestration
|
| Ken McCaffrey | Senior Lecturer
Director of Geospatial Research Ltd.
| Earth Sciences | Basin structures, 3-D visualisation and Digital Geological Mapping
|
| Howard Armstrong | Senior Lecturer
| Earth Sciences | Palaeontology and palaoenvironments
|
| David Wooff | Senior Lecturer
| Mathematical Sciences |
Bayesian statistics |
| Allan Seheult | Senior Lecturer
| Mathematical Sciences |
History matching and prediction. Robust analysis of variance.
|
| Jonathan Imber | Statoil Lecturer in Petroleum Structural Geology
| Earth Sciences | Offshore tectonics, seismic interpretation & numerical modelling
|
| Dougal Jerram | Total Lecturer in Petroleum Geosciences
| Earth Sciences | Volcanic rifted margins, quantifying rock textures and 3-D visualisation
|
| Stuart Jones | Lecturer
| Earth Sciences | Clastic systems and basins; landscape evolution
|
| Moyra Wilson | Lecturer
| Earth Sciences | Carbonate systems and basins
|
| David Selby | Lecturer (from 09/05)
| Earth Sciences | Petroleum systems geochemistry
|
| Steve Parman | Lecturer
| Earth Sciences | High pressure experimental geochemistry
|
| Colin Macpherson | Lecturer
| Earth Sciences | Stable Isotopes & geochemistry
|
| Glenn Milne | Lecturer
| Earth Sciences | Modelling sea-level change & global geophysics
|
| James Casford | Lecturer
| Geography | Marine sedimentology and palaeo-ecology
|
| Peter Craig | Lecturer
| Mathematical Sciences |
Bayesian statistics & statistical analysis of computer models
|
| Djoko Wirosoetisno | Lecturer
| Mathematical Sciences |
Modelling fluid dynamics |
| Nick Holliman | Lecturer
| Computer Sci/e-Science Inst.
| 3-D visualisation technology, applications & display systems
|
| Shamus Smith | Lecturer
| Computer Sci | Hazard analysis & safety
|
| Charles Augarde | Lecturer
| Engineering | Numerical modelling of sub-surface processes
|
| Richard Hobbs | NERC Senior Research fellow
| E-Sciences | Seismic processing, imaging & modelling 3-D visualisation
|
| Richard Jones | Research Fellow
MD of Geospatial Research Ltd
| E-Sciences | Digital characterisation of sub-seismic structures, 3-D visualisation, software development, quantification of uncertainty
|
| Anthony Mallon | Research Fellow
| Earth Sciences | Compaction & sealing of fine-grained sediments
|
|
|
| Durham Centre for Renewable Energy (DCRE)
|
| Name | Position/Role
| Department | Principal Research Interests
|
|
| Ken Durose | Professor,
Director of DCRE
| Physics | Solar energy materials and device research
|
| Karen Bickerstaff | Lecturer
| Geography | Public response to risk / Social factors in energy
|
| Andy Brinkman | Reader
| Physics | Crystal growth, thin film deposition
|
| Harriet Bulkeley | Lecturer
| Geography | Urban sustainability / social factors in energy
|
| Jim Bumby | Reader
| Engineering | Electrical machines and systems, Hybrid electrical vehicles
|
| Karl Coleman | Royal Society University Research Fellow
| Chemistry | Carbon nano-materials
|
| Alan Craig | Senior Lecturer
| Mathematics | Mathematical modelling and numerical analysis
|
| Antje Danielson | Sustainable Energy Advisor
| Earth Sciences | Sustainable Energy Advisor / carbon sequestration
|
| Danny Donoghue | Reader
| Geography | Remote sensing and costal monitoring
|
| Rob Dominy | Reader
| Engineering | Aerodynamic flow around vehicles and wind generators
|
| Ivana Evans | EPSRC Advanced Fellow
| Chemistry | Inorganic materials and structure—physical property relationships
|
| John Evans | Reader
| Chemistry | Solid state chemistry and new materials
|
| Li He | Professor
| Engineering | Computational fluid dynamics
|
| Douglas Halliday | Senior Lecturer
| Physics | Luminescence spectroscopy of energy materials
|
| Ray Hudson | Professor, Director of the Wolfson Research Institute
| Wolfson Research Institute
| Sustainable development and sustainable energy strategies
|
| Michael Hunt | Lecturer
| Physics | Surface science / carbon nanotubes
|
| Keith Lindsey | Professor
| Biological Sciences | Oil bearing plants
|
| Khamid Mahkamov | Lecturer
| Engineering | Stirling engines, Solar thermal power, Micro CHP
|
| Mike Petty | Professor
| Engineering | Organic electronics
|
| Li Ran | Lecturer
| Engineering | Power electronics; machine and power system control
|
| Tim Short | Lecturer
| Engineering | Solar power implementation
|
| David Sims-Williams | Lecturer
| Engineering | Solar car / power implementation
|
| Ed Spooner | Emeritus Professor,
MD of Evolving Technology
| Engineering | Machines of unusual topology for power extraction from renewable sources
|
| Peter Tavner | Head of School of Engineering, Technical Director FKI Energy Technology
| Engineering | Electrical machines, wind power, connection to network, condition monitoring
|
| Phil Taylor | Lecturer,
Director of EConnect
| Engineering | Integration of Renewable Energy in Electrical Networks / MSc course leader in New and Renewable Energy
|
|
|
| Institute of Hazard and Risk Research (IHRR)
|
| Name | Position/Role
| Department | Principal Research Interests
|
|
| Phil Macnaghten | Professor, Director of IHRR
| Geography | Public attitudes, cultural dimensions of environmental and innovation policy,
Public engagement with emerging technologies.
|
| Ash Amin | Professor
| Geography | Economic and political geography; cities and regions in Europe.
|
| Louise Amoore | Lecturer
| Geography | Global geopolitics and the governance of worker and migrant bodies; the politics and practices of risk management (with specific reference to the rise of risk consulting as a technology of governing); and political and social theories of resistance and dissent.
|
| Sarah Atkinson | Reader
| Geography | Health and risk.
|
| Karen Bickerstaff | Lecturer
| Geography | Public understanding of environmental and technological risk.
|
| Harriet Bulkeley | Lecturer
| Geography | The multi-scale politics of climate change; environmental policy processes.
|
| Alex Densmore | Reader
| Geography | Tectonics and topography of mountains.
|
| Danny Donoghue | Reader
| Geography | Remote-sensing of vegetated terrain; hillslope geomorphology; computer aided learning techniques.
|
| Christine Dunn | Senior Lecturer
| Geography | Geographical Information Systems, with particular reference to use in Low Income Countries.
|
| Rob Ferguson | Professor
| Geography | River channels, sediment yield, meltwater hydrology, water chemistry, hillslope, glacial, and aeolian geomorphology.
|
| Ray Hudson | Professor, Director of the Wolfson Research Institute
| Geography | Sustainable development and sustainable energy strategies.
|
| Matthew Kearnes | RCUK Fellow
| Geography | Technology and risk.
|
| Stuart Lane | Professor
| Geography | Geomorphological surfaces, computational fluid dynamics, sediment transport, in-stream ecology, water quality, hillstream hydrology.
|
| Antony Long | Professor
| Geography | Coastal dynamics; sea-level and crustal movements on active and passive coastal margins; Late Quaternary Greenland ice sheet history.
|
| Rachel Pain | Reader
| Geography | Social identities and exclusions in urban space, especially violence, fear of crime and community safety. Geopolitics of fear and everyday experience.
|
| Dave Petley | Professor, Wilson Chair in Hazard & Risk
| Geography | Landslides and geotechnical processes.
|
| Sim Reaney | RCUK Fellow
| Geography | Risk based modelling of diffuse agricultural pollution.
|
| Jonathan Rigg | Reader
| Geography | Problems, tensions and potentialities of development in the Southeast Asian region.
|
| Nick Rosser | RCUK Fellow
| Geography | Slope failure. Ian Shennan Professor Geography Sea-level, coastal and environmental change, including future changes and impacts.
|
| Ian Simmons | Emeritus Professor
| Geography | Human-environmental relations, past and present.
|
| Susan Smith | Professor
| Geography | Geographies of inequality, geographies of housing policy, personal finance and community safety.
|
| Jeff Warburton | Reader
| Geography | Hydrology and geomorphology of gravel-bed rivers and mountain streams; peat erosion; geocryology; experimental geomorphology.
|
| Yongqiang Zong | Senior Lecturer
| Geography | Past and future coastal evolution, natural hazards, environmental monitoring and management using GIS and remote sensing technologies.
|
| Catherine Panter-Brick | Professor
| Anthropology | Critical risks to health and well-being; interdisciplinary studies of vulnerablity and resilience with exposure to adversity.
|
| Di Bailey | Reader
| Applied Social Sciences |
Interdisciplinary risk assessment, planning and management in health and social care.
|
|
|
| Institute of Plant and Microbial Sciences (IPMS)
| | | |
|
| Name | Position/Role
| Department | Principal Research Interests
|
| Brian Huntley | Professor, Director of IES
| Biological & Biomedical Sciences
| Response of organisms, especially higher plants, to changing environment forecasting impacts of future change, with ecological and biogeographical consequences.
|
| Ralf Ohlemuller | RCUK Fellow
| Biological & Biomedical Sciences
| Climate and ecology. |
| Steve Lindsay | Professor
| Biological & Biomedical Sciences
| Climate change impacts upon vector-borne diseases including malaria and West Nile Virus.
|
| Bob Baxter | Senior Lecturer
| Biological & Biomedical Sciences
| Climate change impacts upon ecosystem structure and function in the Arctic.
|
| Martyn Lucas | Lecturer
| Biological & Biomedical Sciences
| Impacts of environmental change upon river ecosystems and their biota.
|
| Steve Willis | Lecturer
| Biological & Biomedical Sciences
| Modelling climate change impacts upon species and biodiversity, especially butterflies and birds.
|
| Jon Davidson | Professor
| Earth Sciences | Volcanic hazards.
|
| Richard Davies | Professor
Director of CeREES
| Earth Sciences | Global petroleum systems and processes.
|
| Bob Holdsworth | Professor
| Earth Sciences | Landslides and the application of laser scanning to map surfaces in 3-D.
|
| Claire Horwell | RCUK Fellow
| Earth Sciences | Potential health hazards of volcanic dust.
|
| Glenn Milne | Lecturer
| Earth Sciences | Future climate change and sea-level rise.
|
| Fred Worrall | Senior Lecturer
| Earth Sciences | Environmental risk assessment of new chemicals, vulnerability assessment of ground and surface waters to contamination, drought assessment.
|
| Joy Palmer-Cooper | Professor
| Education | The origins and development of environmental knowledge.
|
| Charles Augarde | Senior Lecturer
| Engineering | Numerical modelling of geotechnical and structural problems using non-linear finite element (FE) methods.
|
| Peter Tavner | Professor,
NAREG group leader, Technical Director FKI Energy Technology
| Engineering | Electrical machines, wind power, connection to network, condition monitoring.
|
| Francisco Klauser | RCUK Fellow
| School of Government & International Affairs
| Security and risk. |
| Rachel Casiday | Research Fellow
| School for Health | Risk and public engagement with science in the School for Health.
|
| Frank Coolen | Professor
| Mathematical Sciences |
Generalized methods for uncertainty and risk (eg interval-valued probability) in combination with statistical inference.
|
| Michael Goldstein | Professor
| Mathematical Sciences |
Bayesian/subjectivist approaches to statistics, the synthesis of expert judgements and experimental data under partial prior belief specification.
|
| James Stirling | Professor
| Physics | Particle physics.
|
| Roy Boyne | Professor
| Sociology | Cultures of risk, risk and reflexivity.
|
|
P J Tavner
Engineering
July 2007
|
|
