About

Alan joined the University of Dundee as a Senior Lecturer in January 2018, having previously been an Assistant and Associate Professor in Civil Engineering at Heriot Watt University (2010-2017). Prior to this, he held a Postdoctoral Research Associate position at the University of Dundee (Civil Engineering) between 2001 and 2010 and was a graduate engineer in the Babtie Group (now Jacobs) between 1999 and 2001. He gained his BEng and PhD degrees in Civil Engineering at the University of Glasgow in 1995 and 2002, respectively.

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Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Universities and Academia

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His expertise includes the experimental and analytical modelling of environmental fluid mechanics problems, cohesive and non-cohesive sediment transport processes, and geophysical flows. His research interests fall into the following main areas: Flow-sediment interactions at multiple scales Stratified and buoyancy driven flows Environmental hydraulics associated with aquaculture Geophysical fluid dynamics and geohazards

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