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Professor Roger Falconer
DSc(Eng), FREng, Acad.CAE, FLSW, FEurASc, CEng, CEnv, FICE, FCIWEM
Professor / Sêr Cymru Research Chair in Neurobiology
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Career Overview
Roger graduated as a civil engineer, and has since spent over 40 years in academia, specialising in water engineering and management and acquiring extensive research experience in developing and applying computational hydro-environmental models for environmental impact assessment studies and engineering design. At Cardiff he founded the Hydro-environmental Research Centre and managed the Department of Civil Engineering at his previous university (Bradford). He was a member of the 2008 UK Research Assessment Exercise (RAE2008) and Chair of the Civil and Construction Engineering Sub-Panel for the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF2014). He was elected President and Honorary Member (2017) of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research – IAHR (2011-15) and is currently a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (2016-date). He has published extensively in the field of computational hydro-environmental modelling and has delivered numerous keynote and external lectures world-wide. He has worked extensively on providing specialist advice, to industry and government departments, on a wide range of water environmental impact assessment (EIA) projects, both in the UK and overseas; for example, he was involved in an international high profile court case (Malaysia v. Singapore, 2003) and in the follow up EIA study. He has also interacted extensively with consulting engineering companies and regulatory agencies, through the provision of his hydro-environmental computer models. He has also participated extensively in TV and Press interviews, on a wide range of topics, most notably: the Severn Barrage, flooding, and global water security etc..
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Contracts
| Title | People | Sponsor | Value | Title | Student | Status | Degree |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compuational modelling of hydrodynamic processes in the nearfield | STUBBS Alex | Current | PhD | ||||
| Water quality modelling in estuaries | ABU BAKAR Amyrhul Bin | Current | PhD | ||||
| Integrated Modelling Studies Of Solute Transport In River Basin Systems | OSEI-TWUMASI Anthony | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| Numerical And Experimental Modelling Of Flow And Kinetic Processes In Serpentine Disinfection Tanks | ANGELOUDIS Athanasios | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| Model Development for River Restoration | BOCKELMANN Bettina Nicole | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| Integrated Modelling of Hydrodynamic Processes, Faecal Indicator Organisms And Related Parameters With Improved Accuracy Using Parallel (GPU) Computing | BOYE Brian | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| Wave-Induced Currents and Sediment Transport on Gravel and Mixed Beaches | ANTONIADIS Christos | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| A 2D Finite Volume for Groundwater Flow Simulations: Integrating Non-Orthogonal Grid Capacity into Midflow | LOUDYI Dalila | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| MODELLING HYDRODYNAMIC AND SHALLOW WATER PROCESSES OVER VEGETATED FLOODPLAINS | WESTWATER David Christopher | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS IN WALES: RAINFALL MODELLING TO FLOOD INUNDATION MODELLING. | KVOCKA Davor | Current | PhD | ||||
| Development of an Integrated Hydro-environmental Model and its Application to Macro-tidal Estuary | YUAN Dekui | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| Environmental Hydroinformatics Tools for Water Quality Management. | HARRIS Emma Lowri | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| Modelling the Phosphorus Processes in Estuarine and Coastal Waters | AL-ENEZI Eqbal | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| Study Of The Hydrodynamic Processes Of Rivers And Floodplains With Obstructions | TEO Fang Yenn | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| Field and Laboratory Investigations of the Adsorption of Nitrogen Compounds on Estuarine Based Sediments. | ABDULGAWAD Fathia | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| Modelling the impacts of coastal defence structures on nearshore morphodynamics | ALVAREZ MARTINEZ Fernando | Current | PhD | ||||
| Numerical Modelling of Hydrodynamic and Sediment-Bacteria Interaction Processes in Estuarine and Coastal Waters | GAO Guanghai | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| Development Of A Physics-based Morphodynamic Model And It's Application To Braided Rivers | YANG Haiyan | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| Analysis of Gravity Dams with Drainage Systems using Finite Element Method | KAREEM Hayder Hatif | Current | PhD | ||||
| Physical and Numerical Modelling Study of meandering in Fluval Rivers | KUANG Hongwei | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| Numerical and Laboratory Model Studies of Solute Transport in Groundwater/Riverine Flow Interactions | MOHAMED BASHER Hoosein | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| Physical and Numerical Modelling of Marine Renewable Energy Technologies, with {Articular Focus on Tidal Stream And Tidal Range Devices | BRAMMER James | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| Impacts of Climate Change and Human Activities on the UK Hydrological Cycle | SHI Jie | Thesis Submitted | PhD | ||||
| MODELLING FLOOD INUNDATION EXTENT, HAZARD MAPPING AND PATHPOGENS USING HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING. | KING Jonathan Auryn | Current | PhD | ||||
| Characterisation of wave energy resources | SHUTTLEWORTH Joseph David | Current | PhD | ||||
| HYDRODYNAMICS AND WATER QUALITY IN MANGROVE ESTUARIES: EXPERIMENTAL AND MODELLING STUDIES | STRUVE Juliane | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| Development of an Integrated Free Surface and Groundwater Flow Model. | EBRAHIMI Kumars | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| Development of Hydroinformatics Software Tool Enteric BacteriaTransport Modelling Associated With Sediment Transport | YANG Lei | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| A Fully Three-Dimensional Non-Hydrostatic Free Surface Flow Model for Hydra-Environmental Predictions. | MONTAZERI NAMIN Masoud | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| NEARFIELD PLUME MODELING USING LARGE EDDY SIMULATION | CEVHERI Mehtap | Current | PhD | ||||
| Data Driven Modelling for Environment Water Management | SYED Mofazzal Haider | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| Numerical Modelling of Wind-Induced Circulation in Lakes and Reservoirs | KOCYIGIT Musteyde | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| Modelling hydrodynamic, solute and sediment transport processes for marine renewable energy tidal range structures | COZ Nejc | Current | PhD | ||||
| Modelling of Water Quality and Sediment Transport in Aquatic Basins Using an Unstructured Grid System | KOCYIGIT Onder | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| LARGE EDDY SIMULATION OF TIDAL TURBINES | OURO BARBA Pablo | Current | PhD | ||||
| Floodplain Woodland Hydrodynamics | XAVIER Patricia Anne | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| Modelling The Hydrodynamic Drag Force Of Flexible Riparian Woodland | WHITTAKER Peter | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| Three Dimensional Modelling of Flow and Disinfection in Chlorine Contact Tanks | AMINI Ramin | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| Modelling Hydroynamic & Baceterial Processes through Linked River, Floodplain & Coastal System: with Particular Application to Marine Turbines, Breach | AHMADIAN Reza | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| Effect of Rigid Vegetation on the Velocity, Turbulence and Wave Structure in Open Channel Flows | MORTAZAVY DORCHEH Saied Ahmad | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| Multiscale Hydro-environmental Modelling of Marine Renewable Energy Devices, with Particular Application to the Severn Barrage | BRAY Samuel | Current | PhD | ||||
| Modellling of Hydrodynamic and Faecal Indicator Organism Processes in Swansea Bay | BOMMINAYUNI Sandeep Kumar | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| Fate and Behaviour of Heavy Metals in the Humber Estuary | GUNAPALA Sasamukhi Rundhi | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| Modelling Flow, Water Quality and Sediment Transport Processes in Riverine Basins | KASHEFIPOUR DEZFULLY Seyed Mahmood | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| Modelling of Flood Flows Through Hydraulic Structures And Interaction With Sediment | FAGHIHIRAD Shervin | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| Modelling of Flood Flows Through Hydraulic Structures And Interaction With Sediment | FAGHIHIRAD Shervin | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF AN INNOVATIVE SUSTAINABLE URBAN DRAINAGE SYSTEM | ZBALA Talib Abed | Current | PhD | ||||
| Development Of A Refined Linked 1-D/3-D Computational Fluid Dynamics Model Predicting the Faecal Indicator Organism Levels in River and Coastal Water | TEDJAKUSUMA Teddy | Thesis Submitted | PhD | ||||
| Integrated Surface Water - Groundwater Modelling Linking Surface Water and Groundwater using DivastSG | SPARKS Timothy Daniel | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| Physical Testing And Numerical Modelling Of A Novel Vertical Tidal Stream Turbine | HARRIES Tom | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| Integrated 2D-3D Free Surface Hydro-Environmental Modelling | KAMALIAN Ulrich Reza | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| Development of a Model for Predicting Wave-current Interactions and Sediment Transport Processes in Nearshore Coastal Water | NAVERA Umme Kulsum | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| Physical and Numerical Modelling Flow of 3D and Mixing Processes in Contact Tanks | RAUEN William Bonino | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| Development and Application of an Integrated Hydro-environmental Model for Predicting the Distribution of Nutrients in Estuaries and Coastal Waters | WANG Xiaolin | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| Hydro-Environmental Modelling Of The Arabian Gulf And Kuwait Bay | AL OSAIRI Yousef | Graduate | PhD | ||||
| Environmental Hydraulic Model Development for Sutainable River Restoration. | ABD JALIL Yusri | Current | PhD |
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Education and Qualifications
1994 DSc(Eng) Computational Hydraulics and Environmental Modelling, University of London
1992 DEng Numerical Modelling of Hydrodynamic, Water Quality and Sediment Transport Processes in Rivers, Estuaries and Coastal Basins, University of Birmingham
1976 PhD, DIC Mathematical Modelling of Jet-Forced Circulation in Reservoirs and Harbours, Imperial College, London
1974 MSCE in Hydraulic Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
1973 BSc(Eng) in Civil Engineering, King's College, University of London
Career Overview
- 1997-date: Professor of Water Management (Part-time since 2016) - sponsored by Hyder ( 1997-00) and CH2M and Halcrow (2000-15), School of Engineering, Cardiff University; Founding Director, Hydro-environmental Research Centre HRC (1997-14) - Responsible for strategic planning, leading research projects and co-ordinating research activities of centre, typically including 30 research associates and research students; Leader, Institute of Environment and Sustainability (2003-12).
- 2011-15: President, International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR)
- 1987-97: Professor of Water Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Bradford; Deputy (1987-93) and Head of Department (1993-97), and Director of Environmental Hydraulics Research Centre (1987-97).
- 1977-86: Lecturer in Hydraulics, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Birmingham.
- 1976-77: Assistant Engineer, Mott MacDonald, Consulting Engineers, Cambridge
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- Honorary Member of te International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research, 2017 (Awarded for " outstanding contriution in promoting the development of computational modelling in hydro-environmental engineering and research and for his devoted service to IAHR, including as president 2011-15")
- Royal Academy of Engineering Silver Medal, 1997 (Awarded for “Outstanding and demonstrated personal contributions to British engineering leading to market exploitation”)
- International Association for Hydraulic Research Ippen Award, 1991 (Awarded for `Outstanding contributions in area of computational flow modelling of coastal and estuarine waters and environmental problems`)
- Tianjin Municipal People’s Government (China) Hai He Award of Honour, 2007 (Awarded in “Support for Development of Tianjin Municipality”)
- Institution of Civil Engineers Robert Alfred Carr Prize, 2002 and 2006
- Institution of Civil Engineers Telford Premium, 1993
- Cardiff School of Engineering Teacher of the Year Awards (Large Class Teaching),2005-06, 2007-08 and 2014-15
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Main Academic and Learned Society Appointments
- Vice-President, International Association for Coastal Reservoir Research (2017-)
- Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Water (2017-)
- Member, Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, Search Committee (2015-17)
- Member, Inst. of Civil Engineers, State of the Nation Water Panel (2011-12)
- President, Inter. Assoc. Hydro-Environment Engin. & Research (2011-15)
- Chair, Research Excellence Framework, Civil Engineer. Sub-Panel (2010-14)
- Chair, IAHR Task Force on Contribution to Global Water Security (2010-15)
- External Examiner, University of Malayia, Malaysia (2009-12)
- Member, Royal Society Brian Mercer Awards Panel (2008-13)
- External Assessor, Promotions Com., Univ. of Malayia, Malaysia (2008-13)
- Member, Royal Academy of Engineering Eng. Policy Committee (2008-12)
- Chair, Marine Renewable Energy Task Group for Wales (2008-10)
- Member, Royal Academy of Engin. Pro-Active Nomination Com. (2008-09)
- Editorial Board Member, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science (2007-12)
- Editorial Board Member, Journal of Hydro-environmental Research (2007-)
- British Council, Specialist Advisor Delphi–EAP Partnership (2006-12)
- External Examiner, Heriot Watt and Glasgow Universities (2006-10)
- External Examiner, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (2005-08)
- Guest Professor, Dept. of Mechanics, Tianjin University, China (2005-)
- External Examiner, Open University, Milton Keynes (2003-08)
- Member, RAEng Committee for Research and Secondment (2003-07)
- Lead Assessor, RAEng Research in Civil Engineering (2002-05)
- Member, RAEng Engineering Committee (2002-03)
- Founding Editor, Journal of River Basin Management, IAHR (2002-)
- Founding Editor, Journal of Water Management, ICE Proceedings (2003-06)
- Editor, Water and Maritime Engineering, ICE Proceedings (2001-03)
- Elected Member, ICE Council (2000-04)
- Member, Royal Academy of Engineering, Membership Panel (2000-03)
- External Examiner, National University of Ireland, Galway (1999-02)
- Advisor, Association of Commonwealth Universities Fellowships (1998-03)
- Founding Editor, Journal of Hydroinformatics, IWA (1998-04)
- Elected Member, CIWEM Council (1997-03)
- External Examiner, University of Liverpool (1996-00)
- External Examiner, Queen`s University, Belfast (1995-99)
- Chair, ICE Yorkshire Association (1995-96)
- Member, EPSRC Peer Review College (1994-)
- Associate Editor, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE (1994-01)
- External Examiner, University of Ulster (1992-96)
- Chair, CIWEM Tyne and Humber Branch (1991-92)
- Advisory Professor, Dept. of Env. Eng., Tongji Uni., Shanghai, China (1987-)
Main Advisory and Professional Appointments
- Director, Dragon River & Tidal Energy Ltd (2017-)
- Professional Consultant, Natural Energy Wyre, Wyre Tidal Gateway Project (2017-)
- Consultant, ITPEnergised for Hendry Review of Tidal Lagoons, UK Government (2016-17)
- Member, Trustee Board, Chartered Institution of Water & Environmental Management (2016-)
- Member, Regional Board & Expert Panel, Hafren Power (2012-14)
- Member, Mersey Tidal Power - Design Advisory Group (2010-11)
- Member, Global Water Security Pan, Report Govt. Chief Scientist (2009-10)
- Member, Govt. Expert Panel for Severn Tidal Power Studies (2008-10)
- Expert Witness, Public Inquiry on Preston Sewage Works, Southport (2007)
- Member, National Resources Wales Flood Risk Management Com. (2006-)
- Member, Grp. of Experts Singapore Land Reclamation Study (ITLOS) (2004)
- Expert Witness, Inter. Tribunal Law of Sea, Malaysia v. Singapore (2003-05)
- Consultant, Tianjin Municipal Government, China (1999-)
- Member, Environment Agency Estuaries Advisory Committee (1998-08)
- Advisor, Environment Agency Anglian Flow Forecast Model Sys. (1997-98)
- Advisor, US Navy (Environment), Hydro-ecology of Mugu Lagoon (1995-96)
- Expert Evaluator of Danish Hydraulic Institute, Danish Government (1995)
- Advisor, BP Chemicals Ltd., Humber Estuary EIA Study (1993-94)
- Advisor, Brit. Nuclear Fuels, Sellafield & Chapelcross EIA Studies (1993-94)
- UN Expert on Mission, Central Water & Power Research Station, India (1993)
- Advisor, Southern California Edison, Wetland Management Proj. (1992-93)
- Advisor, China Nat. Env. Protection Agency, Shanghai Sewer Proj. (1987-92)
- Expert Witness, Public Inquiry, Integrated Treatment Centre, Hull (1992)
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- 1997 - present: Professor of Water Management (Sponsored by Hyder - 1997 - 2000, and Halcrow/CH2M - 2000- 2015) and Founding Director of the Hydro-environmental Research Centre (1997 - 2015), School of Engineering, Cardiff University, UK
- 1987 - 1997: Professor of Water Engineering and Director of the Environmental Hydraulics Research Centre, Head of Department (1993 - 97), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Bradford, UK
- 1977 - 1986: Lecturer in Hydraulic Engineering, University of Birmingham, UK
