• 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.