To mark the end of the four year MEng programme in Civil and Environmental Engineering, and for many, the end of university life, a two-day Student Conference is held each year at the end of June.
It provides an opportunity for this year’s graduates to present the results of their research, carried out in the final year over a period of four months, to an audience of academic staff, industry, postgraduate researchers, and fellow undergraduates, in the form of a poster and an oral presentation. The Conference offers an excellent way to showcase the skills of our final year students as well as the diversity of research undertaken within the departmental Sections of Environmental and Water Resource Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, Geotechnics, Structures and Transport, and a copy of the Conference Schedule for each Section is listed below.
The event closed with an Awards ceremony at which the best student oral presentations, by Section, were recognised. This year’s winners (2018) were:
Section | Awards |
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EWRE | Award: Zi Qing Gan Groundwater and conflict: assessing groundwater resources during drought in Somalia using high frequency water level data Supervised by: Dr Adrian Butler/ Dr Wouter Buytaert/ Boris Ochoa Tocachi |
Fluid Mechanics | Award: Jack McCarthy Wave breaking in random seas Supervised by: Professor Chris Swan |
Geotechnics | Award: Christina Trigle Long-term tunnelling-induced settlements with special reference to Elizabeth House Supervised by: Dr Jamie Standing |
Structures | Award: Aleksandar Kirilenko Nonlinear mechanics of prestressed stayed beam-columns Supervised by: Professor Ahmer Wadee |
Transport | Award: Jean-Marc Feghali Barriers to the spatial orientation and autonomy of visually impaired users on the London Underground Supervised by: Dr Arnab Majumdar |
2018 Student Conference Prize Winners |
2018 Student Conference Schedule
Poster no# and Student | Title | Supervisor(s) |
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E01 - Zi Qing Gan | Groundwater and conflict: assessing groundwater resources during drought in Somalia using high frequency water level data | Butler, A.; Buytaert, W.; Ochoa Tocachi |
E02 - Elman Mazlan |
Extreme rainfall analysis of the Nepalese Himalayas using satellite precipitation and rain gauge data | Buytaert, W. |
E03 - Susie McAllister | Novel thermal insulation materials produced from foamed geopolymers | Cheeseman, C.R. |
E04 - Kosta Eleftheriou | Properties of hot-pressed non-woven feather fibre composites | Cheeseman, C.R. |
E05 - Jin Chen | Steps towards the recovery of value from mobile phones | Grimes, S.M.; Fowler, G.D. |
E06 - Jian Chew | Renewable energy in Malaysia – An energy, economic and environmental analysis of the use of municipal solid waste as a feedstock | Grimes, S.M. |
E07 - Vasilis Lyssiotis | Steps towards integrated solid waste management in Cyprus - A techno-economic assessment | Grimes, S.M.; Smith, S.R. |
E08 - Ka Ming (David) Cheung | Steps towards integrated solid waste management in Hong Kong - A proposal for food waste management | Grimes, S.M. |
E09 - Jamil Mohideen | A feasibility study for the reuse of CD&E waste in an agricultural setting | Grimes, S.M.; Short |
E10 - Harrysshan Edward | Circular economy as a concept for water neutrality | Mijic, A. |
E11 - Ziyan Zhang | Decision network for blue green solutions | Mijic, A. |
E12 - Jonathan Alianto | Inclusion of soil fertility and memory in a socio-hydrological model in Northern India | Mijic, A. |
E13 - Haolin Wu | Systems approach to urban water management | Mijic, A. |
E14 - Sin Ni Chim | Methods for recovering nitrogen from wastewater | Smith, S.R. |
E15 - Matin Mortezai Nejad | Nitrogen transformations, balance and energy demands in wastewater and sewage sludge treatment | Smith, S.R. |
E16 - Ching Yan (Polly) Man | Microbial decay of wood | Smith, S.R. |
E17 - Omar Zeitouni | Energy and resource recovery from sewage sludge and a multi criteria analysis of different treatment methods | Smith, S.R. |
E18 - Gui Shuen Tong | Processes and mechanisms responsible for microbial degradation of the chemical and structural integrity of concrete | Smith, S.R.; Buenfeld, N.R. |
E19 - Lewis Momen | Citizen science to assess water supply intermittency in cities in developing countries: case study of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal | Templeton, M.R. |
E20 - Richard Glass | Citizen science to assess water supply intermittency in cities in developing countries: case study of Lima, Peru | Templeton, M.R. |
Environmental Engineering (EWRE) |
Poster No# and Student | Title | Supervisor(s) |
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F01 - Syed (Azhar) Ali | An experimental study of impact loading | Swan, C. |
F02 - Jack McCarthy | Wave breaking in random seas | Swan, C. |
F03 - Chai Tephabutra |
The interaction between steep waves and a surface-piercing riser array | Swan, C. |
F04 - Shahd El Shafei | Emission modelling for 3D urban air quality simulation | van Reeuwijk, M. |
F05 - Ahmad El Obeid |
The effect of roughness on inclined gravity current dynamics and entrainment | van Reeuwijk, M. |
Fluid Mechanics |
Poster No# & Student | Title | Supervisor |
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G01 - Teng (Terence) Vu | Numerical modelling of the thermal performance of thermo-active piles | Gawecka KA. |
G02 - Heng Hoe Cheong | Numerical modelling of thermo-active tunnels | Gawecka KA. |
G03 - Gemma McNamara | Geotechnical aspects of the 1985 and 2017 Mexico City earthquakes | Kontoe, S. |
G04 - Xiaoxiao Ding | Effect of shearing on stress transfer within gap-graded soils | O'Sullivan, C. |
G05 - Christina Trigle |
Long-term tunnelling-induced settlements with special reference to Elizabeth House | Standing, J.R. |
G06 - Yick (Eric) Leung | A new material model for sand: application to laterally loaded piles | Taborda, D. |
G07 - Xiao Binn Neoh | Assessment of modelling techniques for thermo-active retaining walls | Taborda, D. |
G08 - Man Him (Chris) Pang | Numerical modelling of the thermal performance of thermo-active retaining walls and its impact on their design | Taborda, D. |
G09 - Ho Ching (Martin) Lee | Examination of the t-z design method for wind turbine jacket-pile foundations in sand | Zdravkovic, L. |
G10 - Hei Long (Ronnie) Li | Investigation of new design methods for offshore wind turbine monopiles | Zdravkovic, L. |
Geotechnics |
Poster No# and Student | Title | Supervisor(s) |
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S01 - Anna Schumacher | Material response of wire-arc additive manufactured stainless steel | Gardner, L. |
S02 - Kwan Lui | Geometric characterisation of 3D printed steel structural elements | Gardner, L. |
S03 - Laura Beseler Maxwell | Mesoscale simulations of historical masonry walls | Macorini, L. |
S04 - Ruoheng Zhang | Dynamic response of beams with optimised topologies | Malaga-Chuquitaype, C. |
S05 - Teo Marcel | Assessment of the performance of digitally manufactured Japanese joinery for modern timber construction | Malaga-Chuquitaype, C. |
S06 - Maria Stasi | Trabecular bone as a low-connectivity structure | Phillips, A.T.M |
S07 - Pei Ying (Dixon) Li | A computational approach to model human lumbar vertebrae: Structural adaptation of vertebral body in response to disc degeneration | Phillips, A.T.M |
S08 - Leire de Mariscal Perez | Out-of-plane instability in harp cable-stayed bridges | Ruiz-Teran, A. |
S09 - Siew Meng (Arthur) Mun | Out-of-plane stability of pylons in cable-stayed bridges with fan arrangement | Ruiz-Teran, A. |
S10 - Ludovica Pototschnig | Buckling of elastic spherical shells under external pressure and various boundary conditions | Sadowski, A. |
S11 - Petrina Constantinou | Buckling of elastic cylindrical shells under external pressure and various boundary conditions | Sadowski, A. |
S12 - Lukas Ziak | Assessment of draft EC2 design method for shear in members without shear reinforcement | Vollum, R.L. |
S13 - Aleksandar Kirilenko | Nonlinear mechanics of prestressed stayed beam-columns | Wadee, A. |
S14 - Peikai Lin | The effectiveness of hollow microspheres on reducing cracks in concrete | Wong, H.S. |
S15 - Marwa El-Fassi | Influence of vertical reinforcement spacer on transport properties and durability of concrete | Wong, H.S. |
S16 - Richard Man | Influence of surface texture on bond strength of spacer-concrete interface | Wong, H.S. |
Structures |
Poster No# and Student | Title | Supervisor(s) |
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T01 - Ioannis (John) Tsipouras | Optimal ship weather routing for the reduction of marine black carbon emissions | Angeloudis, P.; Stettler, M. |
T02 - Kisaanth Jeyarayan | Evaluating the impact of the integration of TNC services and a step-free TfL network on the travel utility of London's mobility impaired population | Angeloudis, P. |
T03 - Pau Boix | Validation and comparative analysis of passenger-to-train assignment methods in a simulation environment | Graham, D.J. |
T04 - Anthony Featherstone | A truncation correction for bias in passenger assignment models using large scale automated data | Graham, D.J. |
T05 - Shuo Zhang | Vulnerability analysis of Shanghai metro network | Han, K.; Graham, D.J. |
T06 - Bingyi Liu | Analysis of taxi hailing in adverse weather conditions in Beijing | Han, K. |
T07 - Tsz Cheuk Ho | Predicting floating bike flow in Beijing using multiple data sources and machine learning | Han, K. |
T08 - Sophia Hoy Yee Cheung | Analysing commuting patterns on the Beijing motorway network based on unsupervised learning of taxi GPS data | Han, K. |
T09 - Juehan Zeng | Trajectory clustering for analysing ride sharing patterns | Han, K.; Polak, JW. |
T10 - Alex Kao Shing Lee | Short-term prediction of passenger flows in the Shanghai metro using deep learning | Han, K. |
T11 - Hongye Li | Mobility patterns in floating bike-sharing system: A complex network perspective | Han, K. |
T12 - Marthe Boulleau | Using long short-term memory to predict air quality in Heathrow Airport | Han, K. |
T13 - Renneng Chen | Estimating and predicting network-wide traffic speed based on taxi GPS data in Beijing | Polak, JW.; Han, K. |
T14 - Qixian Zhang | The analysis of factors underlying safety in the ports of the United Kingdom | Majumdar, A.; Rogers |
T15 - Jean Marc Feghali |
Barriers to the spatial orientation and autonomy of visually impaired users on the London Underground | Majumdar, A. |
T16 - Yi Xu | Analysis of airspace infringements in the United States of America from 2008 to 2017 | Majumdar, A. |
T17 - Nisansa Igalawithana | Safety analysis of training helicopter accidents in the United Kingdom | Majumdar, A. |
T18 - Claudia Caravello | Fire evacuation modelling in the Imperial College London Skempton Building to ascertain the optimal fire evacuation procedure | Majumdar, A.; Bateman; Shipman |
T19 - Louis Brown | Operational performance analysis and human behaviour evaluation based on Beijing Metro incident database | Majumdar, A.; Fei |
T20 - Penghui Zhu | Analysis based on Beijing metro line 5 incident database | Majumdar, A.; Fei |
T21 - Fahmy Adan | Distributed ledger technology ameliorating import cargo clearance efficiency in the Port of Mombasa, Kenya | Ochieng, W. |
T22 - Fidias Ieridis | Impact of stationless bike sharing scheme on public transport in Beijing | Sivakumar, A.; Han, K. |
T23 - Lluis Colomes Barbara | Using RP data for valuation of travel time savings | Sivakumar, A.; |
T24 - Konstantinos Kakkavas | Development of a modelling framework for air travel demand; case study of the London multi-airport region | Sivakumar, A.; |
T25 - Frederick Lewis | A systems engineering approach to improve the use of requirements for prefabricated and offsite design towards buildability | Whyte, J. |
T26 - Zheng Guo | Risk management in modular construction | Whyte, J. |
T27 - Panukorn (Teddy) Taleongpong | Machine learning techniques to predict reactionary delays, travel times and dwell times on a busy UK railway network | Popo-Ola, SO.; Han, K. |
Transport |