Research Seminars
The Centre for Water Systems at the University of Exeter holds a weekly research seminar delivered by water industry representatives and academics from a variety of institutions around the globe. Talks are focused on current and emerging issues, solutions and research trends for better management of water and environmental systems; with WISE CDT students strongly encouraged to attend all talks.
Past topics and speakers include:
- Solving the Charitable Water Crisis Rob Hygate, African Water Enterprises
- Strategic questions facing the UK water industry Hans Jensen, UK WIR
- Should we rely on national datasets to assess local, rural flooding? Rachel Bird, WSP Group
- Spatial Modelling of Extreme Precipitation in Urban Areas Chandra Rupa, Indian Institute of Science
- Beyond ‘flood hotspots’: co-production of knowledge between academia and stakeholders for improved resilience of emergency response to flood disasters Dr Dapeng Yu, Loughborough University
- A new experimental-based methodology to obtain the stability threshold for real vehicles exposed to flooding Eduardo Martinez, Flumen Institute
- ICT4WATER: Using ICT and Innovation to Address Societal Challenges and Promote Sustainable Living Professor Chrysi Laspidou, University of Thessaly
- Developments in the Coastal Zone James Prescott, Arcadis
- Smart water utilities – complexity made simple Professor Gustaf Olsson, Lund University
- Is doing flood risk science differently really an experiment in radical scientific method? Dr Mike Yearworth, University of Bristol
- Decision Making Strategies for Integrated Water Resources Management Professor Shaul Sorek, Ben-Gurion University of the NEGEV
- Urban water and sanitation strategy development in low income city areas of Africa Richard Wilson, Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor
- A Smart City for Disaster Mitigation Dr Sheng-Chi Yang, Taiwan Typhoon and Flood Research Institute
- Decision support systems for hydrocarbon remediation projects in Chile Professor Bernardo Gonzalez, University of Adolfo Ibanez
- Drinking Water Treatment through the Ages Ian Crossley
- Road Network Resilience and Flooding – Multiple Centrality Enrico Isnenghi, WSP Group
- What lies beneath? Surface-subsurface interactions in fluvial and coastal environments Professor Dubravka Pokrajac, University of Aberdeen