- Laboratory study of drag forces acting on aquatic plants
The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2007. Collaboration with Dr B. Statzner, CNRS-Laboratory of Fluvial Ecosystems, France; Dr N. Lamouroux, Laboratory of Quantitative Hydroecology, Cemagref, France; Dr P. Sagnes, University Lyon-1, France.
- In situ PIV investigation of near-bed hydrodynamics and stream biota in gravel-bed rivers
FQRNT, Québec, CANADA, 2007-2010.
- Experimental and Numerical Modelling Study of Swash Zone Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport
EPSRC, 2007 – 2010. Collaboration with Prof. Dodd, University of Nottingham.
- TelepathTM – a new non-invasive approach to locating leaks in subsea umbilicals
Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with Brinker Technology, 2007-2009.
- The development of a novel and innovative multiphase flow meter for in line measurement of oil and gas flows
Knowledge Transfer Partnership, 2007-2009.
- Study of fluid flow and heat transfer in mini/micro channels
The Royal Society of London, 2007-2009
- Integrated infrastructural initiative HydraLab III – ‘TRANSKEW: sand transport induced by acceleration-skewed waves and currents’
EC Framework-6, Transnational Access to Hydralab Major Research Infrastructures, 2007-2008.
- Integrated infrastructural initiative HydraLab III – 'Unsteady friction in pipes and ducts'
EC Framework-6, Transnational Access to Hydralab Major Research Infrastructures, 2007-2008.
- Aberdeen Beach Coastal Monitoring Project (ABCoMP)
Aberdeen City Council and Scottish Executive, 2006 – 2008. With R Wright (Geography & Environment) and Professor Bill Ritchie (Aberdeen Institute for Coastal Science and Management).
- Dependence of transient pipe friction on turbulence dynamics
EPSRC, 2006-2008.
- Internal hydraulics of gravity currents descending a rough slope
The Royal Society of London, 2006-2007.
- Modelling of hydrodynamics and water quality in estuaries
The Royal Society of London - international incoming fellowship, 2006-2007.
- Sand Transport in Oscillatory Flows in the Sheet-flow Regime (SANTOSS).
EPSRC, 2005 – 2009. 4-year project with University of Twente, The Netherlands and a number of UK and Dutch industrial partners. Dutch side funded by STW.
- Design and development of an abrasive water jet cutting system
Knowledge Transfer Partnership, 2005-2007.
- Modelling of heat transfer to fluids at supercritical pressure
EPSRC, 2003-2006.
- Increasing the fluid-carrying capacity of open channels
Scottish Enterprise (Proof of Concept)
- Spatially-averaged Flow over Rough Boundaries
EPSRC, 2001-2005.
- SANDPIT: Sand Transport and Morphology of Offshore Sand Mining Pits
EC, 5th Framework project, 2002-2005.
- Long-term Performance of Stormwater Infiltration Systems
SEPA supported, 2002-2005.
- Leak Detection and Leak Sealing
Proof of Concept, 2001-2002 and SMART award, 2003-2004.
- Total Sediment Transport Rate Prediction in Wave-Current Sheet Flow with Graded Sand
EPSRC funded (with Liverpool University and University of Wales, Bangor), 2001-2004.
- Towards Sustainable Urban Groundwater Management
UNESCO funded, 2002-2007.
- Waves in Submerged Particulate Beds
Marsden Fund, New Zealand, 2002-2006. Collaboration with Dr S. Coleman and Prof. B. Melville (Auckland University), and Dr D. Goring (NIWA).
- Stochastic Mechanics of Soil Erosion.
Marsden Fund, New Zealand, 2002-2006. Collaboration with Dr A. Sidorchuk, Landcare, NZ.
- Commercialisation of Novel Leak Detection and Leak Sealing System
Royal Society of Edinburgh and Scottish Enterprise, 2002-2003.
- Granular Surfaces: Structure, Organization, Memory
Marsden Fund, New Zealand, 2001-2004.
- Velocity Measurements to Understand Complex Flows and Sediment Behaviour in the Natural Environment
NERC, 2001 – 2003. With Prof. C.Soulsby, Geography, University of Aberdeen.
- Discrete Particle Modelling of Sediment Grains
EPSRC, 2001-2003.