Infrastructure and Environment

https://christopherjness.github.io/

I am a Reader in Chemical Engineering, investigating various aspects of soft matter including suspension rheology and granular materials. I am available for industrial consulting projects in any area related to suspension rheology (see my publication list here) and I am also recruiting PhD students.

• 2023-present: Reader in Chemical Engineering
• 2019-2025: Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh
• 2016-2019: Maudslay-Butler Research Fellow - Pembroke College, University of Cambridge
• 2012-2016: PhD Engineering - University of Edinburgh
• 2007-2011: BA, MEng Chemical Engineering - Clare College, University of Cambridge

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
• Associate Member of IChemE
• Associate Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry
• Associate Member of EPSRC Peer Review College
• Member of the Americal Physical Society
• Member of UKRI Early Career Forum (2021-2022)
• Member of RSC Formulation Science and Technology Committee
• Member of EPSRC Early Career Forum in Engineering (2018-2021)

• Chemical Engineering Design 4 (CHEE10010)
• Chemical Engineering Study Project 4 (CHEE10009)
• Chemical Engineering Research Project 5 (CHEE11017)

Rheology, soft matter, granular matter, particle-based simulation

I am available for consulting projects in the fields of suspension rheology (colloids, granular suspensions) and gelation. I have experience of modelling fundamental flows that elucidate the relationships between formulation (particle shape, size, surface details) and processing and also in modelling processes such as wet milling and extrusion.

I am currently recruiting PhD students and may have funding available.

Please get in touch by email for further information.

Spyros A. Karamanos, is Professor of Computational Structural Mechanics, at the University of Thessaly, Greece, Department of Mechanical Engineering. He teaches courses in Structural Mechanics and Finite Element Methods. From 2016-2019 he was Chair of Structural Engineering, at the School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh.

Spyros specializes in structural mechanics and integrity of energy infrastructure systems, with emphasis on steel structures. His research interests focus on buckling and fatigue of pipelines and offshore structures, mainly tubular components and systems, using computational (finite element) methods, and experimental testing. His research has been funded primarily by European research projects, with the participation of European steel and pipeline industry. He has published more than 180 papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings.

Spyros has a 5-year Diploma in Civil Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece (1989), and received his PhD in Structural Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin, USA (1993).

• 1993 Ph.D. in Structural Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, USA.
• 1991 Μ.Sc. in Structural Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, USA.
• 1989 Diploma (5-year degree) in Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece (Highest Honors, 1st out of 350 students).

1. Steel Tubular Structures and Components
   • Ultimate strength
   • Fatigue (high-cycle and low-cycle)
   • High-strength steel tubulars
   • Offshore wind energy platforms
2. Pipeline analysis and design
   • Offshore pipeline mechanics
   • Line pipe manufacturing
   • Geohazards and pipelines
3. Seismic analysis and behavior
   • Structural steel buildings
   • Pipeline systems (hydrocarbon, water)
4. Assessment of aging infrastructure
   • Defect analysis
   • Remaining strength and fatigue life
   • Applications to
     • industrial equipment (tanks, vessels, piping)
     • pipelines (hydrocarbon, water)
     • offshore platforms

• BEng, Civil Engineering, University of Liverpool
• MSc, Highway and Traffic Engineering, University of Birmingham
• PhD, University of Birmingham

• FIEE, Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers
• FIHT, Fellow of the Institute of Highways & Transportation
• FINDT, Fellow of the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing
• CEng, Chartered Engineer
• FREng, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
• FICE, Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers

• Geotechnics: Earthworks & Site Investigation
• Non-destructive testing (NDT) of concrete and masonry - bridges & structures - radar, sonics, ultrasonic tomography, acoustic emission (AE)

• Director: Institute for Research in Engineering, University of Edinburgh
• Editor: Journal: "Construction & Building Materials", Elsevier Science

Prof. Lindsay Beevers joined the University of Edinburgh in January 2022 as the Chair in Environmental Engineering. She is a Civil Engineer with over 20 years’ experience and is author to over 50 peer reviewed journal papers in high impact journals, and 6 book chapters.

She has worked both in industry as an engineer (Jacobs 2003-2007) as well as in academia. From 2007-2010 she worked in the Netherlands at UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education (now known as IHE Delft) where she was involved in education, capacity building and research projects in river systems across the world. Most of her work was focussed in Africa on the Nile and the Zambezi basins, and Asia on the Mekong river. In 2010 she joined Heriot-Watt University and in 2016 was awarded an EPSRC LWEC Challenge Fellowship to focus on Water Resilient Cities, focussing on climate change uncertainty and how we can adapt to its impacts for UK cities. In addition she was involved in research on climate change impacts to water resources across India, Sub-Saharan Africa and South America.

PhD: Civil Engineering - University of Glasgow: Morphological sustainability of estuarine barrages

M.Eng: Civil Engineering with Geology - University of Glasgow

PGCert: Academic Practice - Heriot Watt University

www.structuresinfireforum.com; www.iris-fire.com

• 2013 Doctor of Philosophy, University of Edinburgh
• 2008 Master of Engineering, University of Edinburgh

• Tools for Engineering Design 2 (TED2)
• Conceptual Design for Civil Engineers 3 (CDCE2)
• Behaviour and Design of Structures 2(BDS2)

• Chair of the Structures in Fire Forum
• Research Explorer Profile

• PhD (Civil Engineering), University of Edinburgh, 2013
• MEng in Civil Engineering (First Class Hons), University of Edinburgh, 2009

• Modelling of cohesive system - Discrete Element Method
• Modelling of bonded system - Discrete Element Method
• Multi Body Dynamics coupled with DEM