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MSc in WATER ENGINEERING 1 year full-time

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The TEAMThis MSc course is designed for both recent graduates and more experienced engineers who wish to update and enhance their expertise in the area of Water Engineering. The course is distinctive in bringing together a broad spectrum of applications within Water Engineering, covering advanced topics in civil engineering, chemical engineering, building services engineering, and water resources engineering,

This means the teaching and delivery core “Team” is composed of a range of both research active academics and industry professionals.

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Course Director, MSc Water EngineeringParneet PaulBSc(Eng) MSc MRes PhD C.WEM CEng CEnv FCIWEM MICE MIChemE

Dr Parneet Paul is a Chartered Civil and Chemical Engineer; a Chartered Water and Environmental Manager; and a Chartered Environmentalist who has broad experience gained in the UK and overseas environment. Parneet is both a specialist water engineer experienced in project management and systems design up to Principal Engineer level, and an academic researcher with specialist interests in wastewater treatment system’s design and development.

His first degree in Civil Engineering is from King’s College, London, and he has an MSc degree in Building Services Engineering from Brunel

University. Additionally he holds a Master’s of Research degree in the Built Environment from the University of Leeds and a PhD in Water Engineering from De Montfort University in which he specialised in membrane bioreactors for wastewater treatment.

Before joining Brunel University as a Lecturer in Hydraulics/Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Parneet worked as a Senior Research Fellow in the Process Control – Water Software Systems research group based in De Montfort University, Leicester. Whilst at De Montfort University, he was the Project Manager for a UK Government funded project entitled “Improving the design and efficiency of membrane bioreactor plant by modelling, simulation and laboratory analysis methods”.

Prior to that he carried out various water engineering assignments in different global locations over several years, e.g. Tuvalu – South Pacific; Swaziland – Southern Africa; Sierra Leone and Liberia – West Africa; East Timor and the Philippines – South East Asia. He is a member of the REDR organisation (Registered Engineer’s for Disaster Relief), and has carried out assignments with the European Commission’s Office in the Pacific, Skillshare International, Oxfam GB, Oxfam Australia, and PADCO Washington (via USAID). Finally, he has also worked for top UK engineering consultancy firms, namely Arups in Central London and Bullens (now part of AECOMM Group) in North West England.

Parneet has also recently been appointed the Director of Brunel University’s Water Sustainability Research Centre; and he is on the Board of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management as well as being a Fellow of the same institution.

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Professor Associate in Water EngineeringMichael NortonMBE BSc(Hons) C.WEM CEng FICE FCIWEM

Professor Michael Norton is a civil engineer with over 35 years of professional experience in the fields of urban water, water resources, and the environment. His current focus is on providing thought-leadership in the fields of water scarcity and water security. He has led major projects in Europe, Latin America, Middle East and Asia and is a specialist in the design of wastewater treatment plants in cool and tropical climates, including natural treatment processes. Michael is expert in technical due diligence for clients and lenders for urban water investment programmes. He is a Fellow of Institution of Civil Engineers,

Fellow of Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management, and Member of International Water Association. Michael is Professor Associate at Brunel University, he served for 3 years as Chair of Course Advisory Committee, Cranfield University School of Water Science, and is a visiting lecturer at Oxford University School of Geography. He is the Chair of the Water Expert Panel of the Institution of Civil Engineers, and currently Chair of the Water Security Programme Advisory Group of the Natural Environment Research Council. Michael’s current role is as Global Water Director with AMEC Environment & Infrastructure, where he is responsible for setting detailed strategy and spearheading growth of the AMEC global water business. He was awarded the MBE in 2009 in recognition of his services to water and to international trade.

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Visiting Lecturer in Water/Wastewater Treatment EngineeringRichard HillBSc(Hons) CEng FIChemE

Richard Hill is a Chartered Chemical Engineer with forty years’ experience in water and wastewater treatment. After graduating from the University of Leeds in 1970 he joined the Water Research Centre and subsequently worked with a number of water and wastewater treatment plant contractors in R&D, commissioning, design and sales before setting up his own independent consultancy in 1988.

He initially worked in the design and commissioning of water treatment systems for industrial boiler plant including high pressure steam boilers for power generation, he was appointed director of a

company specialising in packaged water purification systems. Here he developed a range of ion exchange and membrane plants for producing high purity water for pharmaceutical production, biotechnology and semiconductor manufacture. Subsequently he worked in the design of municipal water treatment plant and a variety of industrial wastewater treatment applications including oil refining, metal finishing, fine chemicals and food and drink. Since 1988 Richard has operated as an independent consultant in water and wastewater treatment process technology and has acted as a Visiting Expert for the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation assisting in transferring ion exchange and membrane separation technology to PR China. He is an advocate of industrial water management and has carried out a number of successful studies for clients in the UK, South Africa, and China. He has designed and delivered specialist engineering training to a number of commercial, industrial and municipal organisations including Yorkshire Water, ESB International and Abu Dhabi Water & Electricity Authority. He has also acted as Monitoring Officer for a number of wastewater related projects funded by the UK Government’s Technology Strategy Board and as Expert Witness in a number of litigations.

In 1980 he was appointed a Visiting Lecturer at the newly established Centre for Water Science at Cranfield University where he is still a Visiting Fellow and was a contributor to the Lorch ‘Handbook of Water Purification’, (McGraw Hill 1981). Since 1996 he has been a Visiting Lecturer in industrial water management for clean production at UNESCO-IHE, Delft and, since 2010, has been a Visiting Lecturer at Brunel University. Based on his experience in the contracting industry he was invited, in 1997, to take over a course at UCL covering financial aspects of project engineering and this resulted in “Engineering Money - Financial Fundamentals for Engineers” (Wiley, New Jersey, 2010).

Richard is a past Chairman of the Institution of Chemical Engineers’ Professional Formation Forum and past Secretary of the Institution’s Special Interest Group on Water.

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Visiting Lecturer in Building Services Public Health EngineeringMartin RatcliffeBSc(Hons) CEng MCIBSE

Martin Ratcliffe is currently a freelance Environmental Consultant for the Built Environment, with over thirty years of academic research and industry experience. He is a Visiting Lecturer at Brunel University in both the Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering disciplines. His recent consultancy work includes the modelling of future UK domestic and non-domestic heating energy consumption/CO2 emissions for DEFRA under their Market Transformation Program; and also the development of site-wide energy strategy for the Battersea Power Station Redevelopment.

Prior to his current role, Martin was for many years a Divisional Director of the Roger Preston Environmental Group. He headed up the Environmental Division of this leading Building Services consultancy firm. The division supported and worked closely with design groups involved with major building projects both in the UK and abroad. Staffed by engineers trained in building physics and building services, the division ran specialist thermal, day lighting and CFD software as well as developing in-house bespoke applications. One of the key functions of this Division was to provide detailed energy and water strategies at planning application stage to meet the requirements of, for example, the London Plan.

Martin also has worked as a Senior Lecturer at London South Bank University within the Faculty of Engineering Science and Built Environment. During this time, Martin was a co-director of the Centre for Energy Studies and taught on HND, BEng and MSc courses in Building Services Engineering in the fields of hydraulics, heat transfer and thermodynamics, HVAC systems design, passive and low energy design of buildings, CHP and low and zero carbon technology. He was subject leader in Energy and Course Director for the BEng Building Services Engineering. Additionally while at London South Bank University, he undertook a range of commercial research work including for the Building Research Establishment (domestic boiler anti-cycling), Teaching Company Scheme (potential of BMSs for commissioning of building services) and the Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham Health Action Zone (fuel poverty). He was also, on behalf of London South Bank University, a founding director of the Southwark Energy Agency (now Carbon Descent). Martin holds a BSc honours degree in Environmental Engineering gained from London South Bank University and is a Chartered Building Services Engineer.

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Professor Associate in Environmental ChemistryK. Clive ThompsonBSc PhD CChem CSci C.WEM FRSC FCIWEM FRSPH MCMI MWWMSoc DIC ARCS

Professor K. Clive Thompson is Chief Scientist at ALcontrol Laboratories UK which is one of the largest food and environmental contract laboratories in Europe. He is a Member of the American Chemical Society; Member of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. He has received a Distinguished Service Certificate from British Standards and is the holder of the 2003 Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) Environmental Medal.

He also serves on a number of ISO and CEN committees including ISO/TC 147 Water Quality; ISO/TC 190 Soil Quality; CEN/TC 308 Sludge

Characterisation; and CEN/TC 223 Soil Improvers and Growing Media

He serves on the Board of Trustees at SCI and also serves on the Science and Enterprise; Environment; Food and Health and Safety Groups of SCI. Over the last 40 years, he has gained very broad experience in the management of environmental analysis and food laboratories and also in the handling of a wide variety of associated technical issues. He has managed laboratories at both Severn Trent and Yorkshire Water. He also worked for the Metropolitan Water Board, the predecessor of Thames Water, whilst studying at Imperial College for his degree and subsequent PhD. He has produced over 50 peer-reviewed papers and a number of books. He also serves on over 20 national and international committees and has carried out consultancy work for a number of organisations including Yorkshire Water, BSI; the EC and UKWIR.

He has also carried out expert witness work and has helped to organise over 20 successful three day international conferences on a wide range of topics. He also ran the LEAP Proficiency Scheme for over 10 years, until it was sold to MAFF (now Fera) in 2000. This scheme covered a wide variety of chemical and microbiological parameters in waters, effluents and soil. This scheme and its predecessor organisation have been running since 1974. He has a large number of UK and worldwide professional contacts.

Professor in Civil Engineering / Head of DepartmentEur Ing John W. BullBSc PhD DSc CEng FICE FIStructE FCIHT FIHE FIWSc

Professor John W Bull graduated from Cardiff University with a first class honours degree in Civil and Structural Engineering and was awarded the Page Prize for the student with the highest marks. He gained his PhD for his thesis ‘Analysis of Shell Structures by Finite Elements’ and a DSc entitled ‘Computational Engineering Applied to Engineered Structures’ for his substantial contribution to the advancement of knowledge. He has 161 publications which include 14 authored or edited books, Following his PhD, John was a Section Engineer with Durham County

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Council designing and constructing bridges, roads and other civil engineering structures which resulted in him becoming a Chartered Civil Engineer. Following Durham County Council John moved to an academic career in civil engineering at a university in the north of England. He also worked with an EPSRC funded Engineering Design Centre and a Regional Centre for Innovation in Engineering Design. In one eighteen year period, he had research grants to the value of £3M.

John has been an Adjunct Professor at a University in Australia and a Visiting Professor in a Computer & Systems Engineering Department at a Japanese University. He has been a Specialist Assessor in Civil Engineering, for the Quality Assessment Division of the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, an assessor for EPSRC and a reviewer for South Africa’s National Research Foundation. John has been a member of the BSI Committee for ‘Timber Testing Methods’, representing the Institution of Structural Engineers and is presently a member of the BSI Committee for the ‘Structural use of Aluminum’ representing the Aluminium Federation. He is a member of the Editorial Boards for the International Journal of Computers and Structures and has been a member of the Editorial Boards of more than thirty three international conferences. He advises publishers on book proposals, referees papers for journals, has given key note lectures at conferences and provided industrial consultancy services.

John’s published research has been concentrated in a number of research areas with overlapping time lines, starting with the development of deep, thin, cylindrical shell finite elements using simple independent strain functions. Further research concerned the adaptive finite element analysis of stiffened shell structures incorporating automatic three dimensional mesh generation, mesh refinement and error estimators. Later a completely novel way of topological optimisation was developed, significantly reducing computing and mathematical requirements which required no prior knowledge of the expected outcome allowing any required topology to develop.

Another major research area concerned soil-structure interaction with the development of a national guide for the design and construction of concrete flag pavements. From this developed an analysis of runway repairs following cratering to determine runway repair requirements and estimate the fatigue life of the repaired runway. This research was further developed to determine the effect of an underground void beneath a concrete runway, developing a means of identifying and assessing the effect of the void, the fatigue life remaining in the runway and guidance on repair requirements.

John’s present research is in two areas. The first is in the classification of reclaimed structural timbers for reuse in the construction industry which follows on from his research into hardwood timber importing in the UK and the second is the design of structural aluminium linked to his work for a BSI committee.

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Lecturer in Construction Management and HydraulicsNuhu BraimahBSc(Hons) PhD

Dr Nuhu Braimah is a specialist researcher in construction/infrastructure management as well as in the water engineering field. He holds a first class honours degree in Civil Engineering received from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology based in Kumasi, Ghana, and he also has a PhD in Construction Management awarded by the University of Wolverhampton, Before joining Brunel University in his present position, Nuhu was a consultant with Acutus working within their Construction Project and Programme Management Team. Prior to that, he also worked as a Water / Sanitation Engineer in Ghana for

several years. His research interests include Project Planning and Programming; Risk and Contract Management; Project Change and Claims Management; Delay and Disruption Analysis; Project Procurement. Nuhu teaches on a range of modules under the BEng/MEng Civil Engineering with Sustainability course. These include specialist modules in Sustainable Construction and Management; Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics; and Water Engineering.

Senior Lecturer in Geology and Geotechnical Engineering and UG Course Director (Civil Engineering) / Deputy Head of DepartmentPhil CollinsBSc(Hons) PhD

Dr Phil Collins has specialist research interests in geotechnical engineering and the environment which includes: site diagnostics; characteristics and stability of soils and sediments; earthquake impacts; geomorphology and environmental change; coastal and floodplain environmental sensitivity; cold environment processes; environmental engineering. He also is interested in developing novel research techniques in soil characterisation and behaviour; geomorphology and morphostratigraphy; sedimentology; palaeoenvironmental diagnostics of site sensitivity; and radiometric dating.

Phil’s current UK based research includes the Quaternary geology of the Thames Basin; ground deformation diagnostics in Quaternary soils and sediments; and investigating evidence for environmental shifts in the Late Pleistocene and Holocene. He also has international research on-going based in Turkey, Italy, Crete and Norway in various aspects of the Geology and Geotechnical Engineering fields. He has been an academic researcher at Brunel University for over a decade and a half.

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Professor in Civil Engineering / Head of Departmental ResearchMizi FanBEng MSc PhD FIMMM

Professor Mizi Fan, Research Director, has both academic and industrial profiles previously developed at the University of Bath, the Building Research Establishment, UK (BRE) and universities in China over the last 20 years: He spent the early part of his career as a university lecturer in natural fibre, composite and engineering subjects before receiving his PhD from the University of Wales, UK in 1997. He then carried out major research and research consultancy at BRE for a period of 12 years before re-entering academics at the University of Bath. Upon his appointment as Chair in Civil Engineering at Brunel University, his research for the next

few years will centre on solving the critical issues of future building materials and systems, particularly in nano cellulose and fusion technology, and innovative low carbon materials.

In his research field of Fibre Science and Technology, Composites, Recycling and Zero Carbon Construction, he has an international profile with four international patents, three books, and over 160 journal and conference publications, including top journals in the field such as Materials Sciences, Wood Science and Technology, and Vibrational Spectroscopy. He was the winner of the BRE Trust Award for outstanding achievement in European projects, BRE Trust Award for outstanding achievement in recognition of outstanding success in the EULIFE programme and in winning bids from IRTU, and the BRE Trust Outstanding Publication Awards for the two best papers on Built Environment. In addition, Mizi has been the coordinator of several complex EU Framework projects. He has been appointed (by the UK Foundation of Science and Technology) as UK representative for the Committee of European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technological Research (COST E49 and F0904). He is editorial board member for three international journals, a regular reviewer of several leading journals, and involved in organizing numerous international conferences. Apart from his academic background, Mizi has strong industrial links: His research has been mostly developed in collaboration with leading companies, who have funded him with PhD/EngD studentships and supported his research. He is Principal Scientist associated to BRE, providing expert inputs in the related fields. Mizi teaches all aspects of civil engineering materials, construction, and sustainability subjects to undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Mizi is the Independent (Expert) Evaluator for R&D for the EU FP5, FP6 and FP7 Framework Programme for the European Commission. He is also the Independent (Expert) Evaluator for the Greek Ministry of Education for R&D programme.

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Affiliated TEAM MembersAdditional expert assistance will be provided by external professionals from academia and industry as specialist guest lecturers. They are as follows:

Guest Lecturer in Process EngineeringAlan MerryBSc(Hons) PhD CEng MIChemE

Dr Alan Merry is Director Water Treatment Solutions at Xylem. He is a Chartered Chemical Engineer with 30 years experience. He joined PCI Membranes in 1980 after completing first degree and PhD at Aston University. He held a number of posts in membrane development, applications development, business development and operations management. He is a past member of the EPSRC peer review college and has contributed to EU funded training courses, and membrane summer schools.

His current post includes evaluating new technology and technology developments relevant to water and waste water treatment in the municipal and industrial sectors.

Guest Lecturer in Membrane TechnologiesNick HankinsMA (Cantab) PhD PGCAP CEng MIChemE MRSC

Dr Nick Hankins is a University Lecturer in Chemical Engineering in the Department of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall (LMH), one of the 39 Colleges in the University. He has over six years of industrial experience in the petroleum and chemical industries with Shell Research and Aspen Technology, and over 17 years of professional academic experience in esteemed UK and US institutions.

Nick’s current research interests lie in the application of colloidal and interfacial phenomena to separation processes, with applications in sustainable treatment processes for potable water, and industrial or domestic waste-water. He is especially interested in membrane technologies such as membrane bioreactor technology and forward osmosis systems. He is the Research Director for the Centre for Sustainable Water Engineering, located at the Oxford University Begbrooke Science Park.

Nick’s teaching responsibilities involve the lecturing of undergraduate courses and the teaching of laboratories, the tutoring and pastoral care of engineering undergraduates at LMH, and the supervision of postgraduate research students reading for the DPhil degree in Engineering Science at Oxford University. He is also actively involved in recruitment, through UCAS, of undergraduate students to study Engineering Science at LMH.

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Guest Lecturer in Anaerobic Treatment SystemsDavid StuckeyBEng(Hons) MEng(Sci) PhD CEng FIChemE

Professor David Stuckey is a Professor of Biochemical Engineering at Imperial College London who specialises in two distinct research areas as follows: i) Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment: Treatment of dilute and heavy metal/dye containing wastes using a “Baffled Reactor” (ABR); production, characterisation and removal of soluble microbial products (SMPS) from anaerobic digester effluents; sulphate reduction to disinfect and remove metals from sludges; use of solid-phase gas membrane separation in anaerobic digestion to control shock loads; and ii) Downstream Separations in Biotechnology: Selectivity, activity

recovery, kinetics and contactor design using reverse micelles to extract proteins from fermentation broths; colloidal liquid aphrons to extract non-polar (erythromycin) and polar (phenylalanine) solutes from broths; interfacial mass transfer in solvent extraction in the presence of proteins/surfactants and cell debris looking at Marangoni instabilities.

David holds degrees from the University of Melbourne, and has a PhD in Civil Engineering from Stamford University. He worked extensively at as a post doctoral researcher at the SINTEF/NTH in Norway, EAWAG in Switzerland, and at the University of Sussex, before joining Imperial College.

Guest Lecturer in Water Utilities ResearchSteven KayeBSc(Hons) MIMechE MBA

Professor Steven Kaye is the Head of Innovation at the Anglian Water Group. After having worked in the UK Water Industry for many years and knowing the key issues facing water utilities, he has been instrumental in getting Anglian Water to set the aspirational target of generating around 25% of the energy used by the business from renewable sources by 2015. Even with his current plans for two wind turbine sites and to increase the percentage produced from biogas CHP, there will still be a 10% gap in meeting this target. He has ensured that all of the key Anglian Water managers are involved in this renewable energy strategy and the challenges and the opportunities that will arise from it. He also

has been involved in getting more innovation from the supply chain i.e. introducing open innovation to the water industry, etc.

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Guest Lecturer in Design of Water Engineering SystemsRoger NorthBEng(Hons) CEng C.WEM FICE FCIWEM MIAM

Roger North is a Chartered Civil Engineer with over 40 years’ water industry experience in the UK and overseas. He is the Managing Director, Water Operations, for Atkins Water & Environment. He is responsible for a consultancy business having some 430 staff and an annual turnover of around £30m providing expertise spanning the complete water cycle including asset management, water and wastewater network management, engineering design of capital projects, mechanical, electrical and process engineering services in the UK and overseas.

During his career Roger has been responsible for work with all the UK Water and Sewerage companies as a major bid and project director responsible for bid and project delivery of major projects in the UK and overseas particularly where we are forging long term working alliances with our key clients.

Roger has managed major water and infrastructure projects, including integrated institutional, social, environmental and engineering schemes. He has extensive overseas experience through projects undertaken in Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa, USA and the Far East, working with private and public authority clients often using finance from the major international funding agencies, including the ADB, World Bank, DFID, EU, JBIC and JICA. Roger has been responsible for setting project objectives with monitoring and evaluation criteria. He has extensive experience of reviewing and monitoring performance of projects to ensure that delivery objectives are met within the timescales and budgets allocated.

He is a member of UKTI Environmental and Water Sector Advisory Group, and the “Walbrook Warden” of the Worshipful Company of Water Conservators’ which is one of the City of London’s Livery Companies. Roger graduated from the University of Sheffield in 1969 with an Honours Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Civil and Structural engineering. His final year specialisation was in Water Engineering.