Strategic themes
Brownfield contaminated site - Abir Al-Tabbaa
Energy, transport and urban infrastructure
The urban population of the world now exceeds the rural population and continues to grow. Towns and cities dominate the demand for energy, transport, water and waste treatment. There is a pressing need to find integrated solutions for energy, transport and infrastructure, if towns and cities are to become truly sustainable. Urban systems are more easily optimised if built on greenfield sites and this is the focus of many efforts around the world; but we have chosen to focus on the harder problem, which is also the biggest problem. Our aim is to find engineering solutions for the vast numbers of existing towns and cities around the world, where rebuilding from scratch is not an option. Solutions that will enable them to become self-sufficient in energy and water while at same time providing their citizens with cleaner air, greater mobility and flexibility.
- Faculty within this theme
- Prof. David Cebon (Theme leader)
- Dr Anurag Agarwal
- Dr Abir Al-Tabbaa
- Dr Julian Allwood
- Prof. Gehan Amaratunga
- Dr Nick Atkins
- Prof. Holger Babinsky
- Dr Claire Barlow
- Prof. Malcolm Bolton
- Dr Chris Burgoyne
- Prof. Chris Calladine
- Prof. Stewart Cant
- Prof. David Cardwell
- Dr Ruchi Choudhary
- Prof. Roberto Cipolla
- Dr Fehmi Cirak
- Dr David Cole
- Prof. Harry Coles
- Prof. Nick Collings
- Dr Tim Coombs
- Prof. Peter Davidson
- Prof. Bill Dawes
- Dr Matt DeJong
- Prof. Ann Dowling
- Dr Dick Fenner
- Dr Andrew Flewitt
- Prof. Keith Glover
- Prof. Peter Guthrie
- Dr Stuart Haigh
- Dr Chez Hall
- Dr Paul Heffernan
- Prof. Simone Hochgreb
- Prof. Howard Hodson
- Dr Hugh Hunt
- Dr Tom Hynes
- Prof. Michael Kelly
- Prof. Nick Kingsbury
- Dr Janet Lees
- Dr Dongfang Liang
- Dr John Longley
- Prof. Jan Maciejowski
- Dr Sebastian Macmillan
- Dr Gopal Madabhushi
- Prof. Robert Mair
- Prof. Nondas Mastorakos
- Dr Richard McMahon
- Dr Allan McRobie
- Dr Graham McShane
- Prof. Cam Middleton
- Dr Rob Miller
- Prof. Bill Milne
- Dr Bill Nuttall
- Dr Mauro Overend
- Dr Patrick Palmer
- Dr Geoff Parks
- Mr Jim Platts
- Dr Graham Pullan
- Dr Paul Robertson
- Dr Stuart Scott
- Dr Ashwin Seshia
- Dr Hugh Shercliff
- Prof. Malcolm Smith
- Prof. Kenichi Soga
- Dr Michael Sutcliffe
- Dr Swami Swaminathan
- Dr Digby Symons
- Prof. Paul Tucker
- Prof. Florin Udrea
- Dr Glenn Vinnicombe
- Dr Garth Wells
- Dr Alex White
- Dr Liping Xu
- Prof. John Young