The research work in this group is multidisciplinary and covers a wide range of interests from wastewater treatment to contaminated land, waste minimisation and sustainable urban development, including air pollution, water and energy issues. Much of our research is in collaboration with industry and academics in other disciplines, and includes conceptual, modelling, laboratory- and field-based activities.
Research Areas
Sustainable Energy and Resource Management
- biofuels
- utility distribution and infrastructure in the developing world
- relationships between society and technology in environmental issues
Engineering, Culture and Water
- sustainable infrastructure
- water reuse
- engineering engagement
Fluid Dynamics
- air pollution
- ventilation
- double-diffusion
Municipal and Industrial Wastewater Treatment
- chemical treatment
- fate and behaviour of emerging contaminants
Municipal and Industrial Solid Waste Management
- contaminated land and sediments
- cement-based stabilisation/solidification
- energy from waste
- decision support systems
Academic Staff
Senior Lecturer, MSc Programme Director (Environmental Systems Engineering) Co-Director UCL Environmental Institute
Reader in Environmental Engineering, Undergraduate Programme Director (Environmental Engineering)
BEng, MEng, PhD DIC, PEng(Ontario)
Lecturer, Water Resources Planning and Management
Research Staff
Research Students
Research Engineering (EngD Candidate), Environmental Engineering Science
BSc (Hons), CMS, MSc
EngD
PhD Candidate
Research Student - Environmental Engineering
PhD/EngD Research Project Examples
Cecile Andre - Adsorption treatment for the removal of humic substances from drinking water (2007)
Kate Crawford - Sustainable livelihoods and infrastructure provision in Cusco, Peru (2009)
Jason Go - Modelling of contaminant reaction and transport in bed-sediments (2008)
Aiduan Li – Conversion of municipal waste to biofuel (2008) 
Karen Clode – Sewage sludge auditing (in progress)
S. Leonard – Management of petroleum industry wastes (in progress)
Crystal Fenwick - Assessing water scarcity: a case study of Chiapas, Mexico (in progress)
Joe Hillier - Hydropolis: a history of water engineering in London (2009)
Styliani Karra - Dispersion of traffic-related pollution in one-way and two-way streets (in progress)
Tori Aitken - Public engagement with water reuse and conservation (in progress)
Hui-Tse Teh - Hydro-urbanism: distributed water cycle infrastructures (in progress)
Andrew Chilvers - Engineering engagement (in progress)
Links
Undergraduate Degree in Environmental Engineering
MSc in Environmental Systems Engineering
UCL Environment Institute