麻豆传媒

Background

I am a researcher and educator specialising in coupled problems of flow and conductivity in porous geomaterials. My research connects numerical modelling and experimental work to address complex conditions in concrete, soil and rock, from heat and fluid flow to chemical and microbial processes and applies to safer, more resilient infrastructure.

I have a track record working in varied areas including:

• concrete exposed to elevated temperatures with applications in nuclear power plant structures and fires in tunnels and structures
• engineered barrier systems for sustainable urban drainage and for geological disposal of radioactive waste
• deterioration and desiccation cracking of engineered soils with applications in stability of road and rail embankments and flood levees
• passive, responsive materials with applications in construction and building skins

I have taught across geotechnics, geology, and rock engineering, as well as concrete materials.

I have extensive experience in academic leadership roles at School (Director level) and Faculty (Associate Dean level) across Postgraduate and Global portfolios as well as in leadership of taught programs (UG and PG).

Qualifications

• BEng Civil Engineering with Geology (1998)
• MSc Geotechnical Engineering (1999)
• Ph.D (Particulate Mechanics Framework for Modelling Multi-Physics Processes in Fracturing Geomaterials) (2002)

Current Roles and Responsibilities

• Degree Program Director for undergraduate programs in Civil Engineering
• Degree Program Director for MSc Civil Engineering
• Academic Lead for School of Engineering Flexible Stage 1

Area of expertise

• Flow and conductivity in porous geomaterials

Industrial Experience

Various consultancy work for Magnox, AMEC Power and Process and EDF related to concrete exposed to elevated temperatures in nuclear applications. Secondments to Scottish Power (1998) and Halcrow Special Structures (2001).

Research Interests

I specialise in coupled problems of flow and conductivity in porous geomaterials. My research connects numerical modelling and experimental work to address complex conditions in concrete, soil and rock, from heat and fluid flow to chemical and microbial processes and applies to safer, more resilient infrastructure.

I have a track record working in varied areas including:

• concrete exposed to elevated temperatures with applications in nuclear power plant structures and fires in tunnels and structures
• engineered barrier systems for sustainable urban drainage and for geological disposal of radioactive waste
• deterioration and desiccation cracking of engineered soils with applications in stability of road and rail embankments and flood levees
• passive, responsive materials with applications in construction and building skins

I am actively recruiting Postgraduate Research Students in all areas of my interest. Please contact me for further discussion.

Research Projects and Funding

• CACTUS - Climate Adaptation Control Technologies for Urban Spaces - EPSRC
• SAFE Barriers - a Systems Approach For Engineered Barriers - EPSRC/NDA (EP/I036427/1)
• EPSRC Small Equipment Grant - EPSRC
• University EPSRC Impact Award - EPSRC
• MSc Engineering Geology. Masters Training Grant (MTG) - NERC
• MSc Enviro. Biogeochemistry. Masters Training Grant (MTG) - NERC
• An Advanced Numerical Tool for the Prediction and Analysis of Spalling in Concrete Structures Exposed to Combined Thermal and Mechanical Loading - EPSRC
• Thermo-mechanical behaviour in concrete at high temperatures – EPSRC/Halcrow Group Ltd.
• Management, monitoring and treatment of mine workings - NetworkRail
• Travel Grant – RAEng

Postgraduate Supervision

• Peter Helm - Void migration in shallow mine workings (Completed 2011)
• Chris Robson - Thermo-mechanical behaviour in concrete at high temperatures (Completed 2012)
• Carla-Leanne Washbourne - Engineering soils to create carbon sinks (Completed 2014)
• Ross Stirling - Cracking in engineered soils and compacted fills (Completed 2014)
• Chris Davies - Investigation of the geotechnical and physico-chemical behaviour of the steel-clay interface in engineered barrier systems for geological disposal of radioactive wastes (Completed 2014)
• Rose Hen-Jones - Electrical resistivity tomography monitoring of slopes (Completed 2017)
• Oboho Eminue - Crack development mechanisms in clay embankments (Completed 2018)
• Alfred Opukumo - Sodium Silicate Stabilization of Collapsible Clayey Calcareous Soils (Completed 2018)
• Jiayi Wang - Microstructural processes in concrete exposed to elevated temperatures (Completed 2020)
• Katie Gilmour - Microbial interactions and their limits within Engineered Barriers for Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste (Completed 2022)
• Kumaran Coopamootoo - Nanoscale simulation model of geopolymer microstructures (Completed 2022)
• Abbas Abubaker - Numerical Investigations of Spalling in Concrete Subjected to Fire (Completed 2023)
• Nikolaos Reppas - Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical analysis of rock formations subject to low temperature CO₂ sequestration (Completed 2023)
• Inga Sirbu - Imaging of water flow in soils using PET and XRCT with radio tracers (Completed 2024)
• Daha Aliyu - Influence of polypropylene on strength and transient thermal strain in cements subjected to elevated temperatures (Completed 2024)
• Emma McConnell - Investigating coupled interactions of desiccation cracking with moisture content and pore pressures within an embankment slope over different temporal and spatial scales (Completed 2025)
• Narryn Thaman -  Vegetation influences on soil-water dynamics in the built environment (Completed 2025)
• Gianluca Amicarelli - Multiscale fracture systems and fluid flows in granites and their implications for radioactive waste management, geothermal energy, and recovery of rare earth minerals from geothermal fluids (Completed 2025)
• Elena Mugarza - Drainage-based mitigation measures for climate change effects on slope stability
• Natalia Pynirtzi - Passive, responsive, variable porosity building skins
• Traad Alzhrani - Assessment of the Impact of Pre-Hydrated Cement on the Long-Term Performance of Concrete

National and International Recognition

• Member of the Geotechnique Assessors Panel (Jan 2016- Mar 2019)

• Reviewer for high impact international journals across concrete research and geotechnical engineering disciplines, including Cement and Concrete Research, Construction & Building Materials, Materials and Structures, Fire Safety Journal, Geotechnique, Computers and Geotechnics, 

• Reviewer for EPSRC responsive mode and first grant proposals

• Member of the Scientific Committee of 6th International Workshop on Concrete Spalling due to Fire Exposure, Sheffield, UK (2019)

• Member of the Scientific Committee for 8th International Conference on Material Problems in Civil Engineering, Cracow (2018)

• Member of the Scientific Committee of 5th International Workshop on Concrete Spalling due to Fire Exposure, Borås, Sweden (2017)

• Invited presentation – Computational fracture modelling workshop – Durham University (2016)

• Member of the Scientific Committee of 4th International Workshop on Concrete Spalling due to Fire Exposure, Leipzig, Germany (2015)

• Member of the RILEM Technical Committee 256-SPF ' Spalling of concrete due to fire: testing and modelling', (2013-Present)

• Member of the Scientific Committee of 3rd International Workshop on Concrete Spalling due to Fire Exposure, Paris, France (2013)

• Chair and co-organiser NAFEMS seminar on Concrete under Fire: Effects of Heat on Concrete, disseminating research to industry (2011) 

• Member of the Scientific Committee of 2nd International Workshop on Concrete Spalling due to Fire Exposure, TU Delft, Netherlands (2011)

• Invited session chair & presenter - European Conference on Computational Mechanics, Paris (2010)

• Invited presentation – Intl. Workshop on Geoenvironmental Engineering, Wuhan, China (2009)

• Invited speaker - Structures in Fire Forum, Sheffield University, (2009)

• Member of the Scientific Committee of 1st International Workshop on Concrete Spalling due to Fire Exposure, Leipzig, Germany (2009)

• Invited member of the RILEM Technical Committee 227-HPB 'Physical Properties and behaviour of High-Performance Concrete at high temperature'. Sole UK representative. (2008-2014)

• Mike Crisfield Prize in Computational Mechanics (2004)

• Prize for Best Paper in Computational Mechanics (Student)(ACME 2002)

• Scottish Geotechnical Group Trophy (2001)

• Prize for Best Paper in Computational Mechanics (Student - Runner-up)(ACME 2001)

I have taught a variety of subjects across geotechnics, geology, and rock engineering, as well as concrete materials.

I have experience of various formats of classroom teaching to large and small groups, laboratory and practical classes as well as leading field trips at home and abroad.

My current teaching:

Undergraduate

Materials for engineers (cement and concrete)

• ENG1006 Engineering Materials

Final year project lead

• CEG3099 Individual Design Project (BEng)

Project supervision:

• CEG8099 Investigative Research Project (MEng)

Postgraduate Teaching

Project supervision:

• CEG8296 Project and Dissertation in Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology (MSc)

• Articles

  • Debnath KB, Pynirtzi N, Scott J, Davie C, Bridgens B. . Energy & Buildings 2026, 358, 117192.
  • Debnath KB, Pynirtzi N, Scott J, Davie C, Bridgens B. . Energy & Buildings 2026, 357, 117104.
  • Arinze EE, Davie CT. . Journal of Engineering 2025, 2025, 542006.
  • Holmes J, Stirling R, Taggart R, Thaman N, Davie CT, Glendinning S. . Canadian Geotechnical Journal 2025, 62, 1-20.
  • Weber B, Davie CT, Millard A, Wang J, Dauti D, Zhang Y, Mindeguia J-C, Zeiml M, Dal Pont S, Pesavento F. . Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions 2025, 58(2), 65.
  • Reppas N, Wetenhall B, Gui Y, Davie CT. . International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences 2024, 184, 105954.
  • Reppas N, Wetenhall B, Gui Y, Davie CT. . International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences 2024, 184, 105954.
  • Reppas N, Gui Y, Wetenhall B, Davie CT, Ma J. . Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources 2024, 10, 29.
  • Wang J, Yio MHN, Zhou T, Wong HS, Davie CT, Masoero E. . Cement and Concrete Research 2023, 165, 107076.
  • Reppas N, Davie CT, Gui Y, Wetenhall B, Graham SP. . Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering 2023, 56, 7619-7637.
  • Abubaker AM, Davie CT. . Fire Safety Journal 2023, 141, 103990.
  • Opukumo AW, Glendinning S, Davie CT. . Geotechnical and Geological Engineering 2023, 42, 165-184.
  • Abubaker AM, Davie CT. . Magazine of Concrete Research 2023, 75(4), 176-186.
  • Gilmour KA, Davie CT, Gray N. . Science of the Total Environment 2022, 814, 152660.
  • Gilmour K, Davie C, Gray N. . Access Microbiology 2022, 4(5).
  • Opukumo AW, Davie CT, Glendinning S. . Journal of Engineering and Applied Science 2022, 69(1), 55.
  • Yu Z, Eminue O.O, Stirling R, Davie C, Glendinning S. . Géotechnique Letters 2021, 11(1), 1-21.
  • Gilmour KA, Davie CT, Gray N. . Applied Clay Science 2021, 205, 106039.
  • Reppas N, Gui YL, Wetenhall B, Davie CT, Ma J. . International Journal of Geotechnical and Geological Engineering 2020, 14(7), 177-184.
  • Davie CT, Pearce CJ, Kukla K, Bićanić N. . Cement and Concrete Research 2018, 106, 144-154.
  • Davies CW, Davie CT, Edward CA, White ML. . Geosciences 2017, 7(3), 69.
  • Stirling RA, Glendinning S, Davie CT. . Applied Clay Sciences 2017, 146, 176-185.
  • Stirling RA, Hughes P, Davie CT, Glendinning S. . Applied Clay Science 2015, 112-113, 123-133.
  • Davie CT, Pearce CJ, Bićanić N. . Engineering Structures 2014, 59, 536-551.
  • Stirling RA, Simpson DJ, Davie CT. . International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences 2013, 60, 1-11.
  • Helm PR, Davie CT, Glendinning S. . Engineering Geology 2013, 154, 6-19.
  • Zhang HL, Davie CT. . Fire Safety Journal 2013, 59, 102-110.
  • Davie CT, Zhang HL, Gibson A. . Computers & Structures 2012, 94-95, 54-69.
  • Davie CT, Pearce CJ, Bicanic N. . Transport in Porous Media 2012, 95(3), 627-646.
  • Davie CT, Pearce CJ, Bićanić N. . Materials and Structures 2010, 43(1 - Supplement), 13-33.
  • Davie CT, Pearce CJ, Bićanić N. . Numerical Heat Transfer Part A: Applications 2006, 49(8), 733-763.
  • Davie CT, Bicanic N. . Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering 2003, 19(9), 703-713.

• Book Chapter

  • Stirling RA, Hughes PN, Davie CT, Glendinning S. . In: Khalili K, Russell A, Koshghalb A, ed. Unsaturated Soils: Research and Applications. London: CRC Press, 2014, pp.1501-1505.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Mugarza E, Glendinning S, Stirling R, Davie C. . In: Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering (CSEE 2025). 2025, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Debnath KB, Pynirtzi N, Scott J, Davie C, Bridgens B. . In: CEES 2023 | 2nd International Conference on Construction, Energy, Environment & Sustainability. 2023, Funchal (Madeira Island), Portugal: Itecons (Institute for Research and Technological Development for Construction, Energy, Environment and Sustainability).
  • McConnell E, Holmes J, Stirling R, Davie CT, Glendinning S. . In: 8th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils (UNSAT 2023). 2023, Milos, Greece: EDP Sciences.
  • Pynirtzi N, Debnath KB, Lantzanakis G, Bloch K, Scott J, Davie C, Bridgens B. . In: International Conference on Bio-Based Building Materials (ICBBM 2023). 2023, Vienna, Austria: Springer.
  • Thaman N, Holmes J, Wilkinson P, Boyd J, Meldrum P, Chambers J, Stirling R, Davie C, Glendinning S. . In: 8th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils (UNSAT 2023). 2023, Milos, Greece: EDP Sciences.
  • Holmes JL, Stirling R, Davie CT, Thaman N, Glendinning S. . In: 8th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils (UNSAT 2023). 2023, Milos Island, Greece: EDP Sciences.
  • Debnath KB, Pynirtzi N, Scott J, Davie C, Bridgens B. . In: Proceedings of Building Simulation 2023: 18th Conference of IBPSA. 2023, Shanghai, China: International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA).
  • Reppas N, Davie C, Wetenhall B, Gui YL, Ma J. . In: 56th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium. 2022, Santa Fe, New Mexico: American Rock Mechanics Association.
  • Toll DG, Kerr H, Hughes PN, Johnson KL, Osman AS, Tripathy S, Wang H, Rees SW, Bengough AG, Boldrin D, Knappett JA, Thangarajah J, Pandey P, Sivakumar V, McKinnon P, Tsiampousi A, Petalas A, Zdravkovic L, Potts DM, Stirling RS, Holmes J, Glendinning S, Davie CT, Leung AK. . In: 20th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 2022, Sydney, Australia: Australian Geomechanics Society.
  • McConnel E, Holmes J, Stirling R, Davie C, Glendinning S. . In: 11th International Symposium on Field Monitoring in Geomechanics. 2022, Imperial College London, London, UK.
  • Reppas N, Gui Y, Wetenhall B, Davie C, Ma J. . In: 11th Conference of Asian Rock Mechanics Society ARMS11. 2021, Beijing: Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd.
  • Holmes JL, Stirling R, Davie CT, Glendinning S. . In: 15th International Conference on Urban Drainage. 2021, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Wang J, Davie CT, Masoero E. . In: The 6th International Workshop on Concrete Spalling due to Fire Exposure. 2019, Sheffield, UK: University of Sheffield, Department Of Civil & Structural Engineering.
  • Stirling RA, Glendinning S, Davie CT, Hen-Jones R, Hughes PN. . In: 7th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils (UNSAT2018). 2018, Hong Kong, China: UNSAT.
  • Manzano H, Duque-Redondo E, Masoero E, Lopez-Arbeloa I. . In: 10th International Conference on Mechanics and Physics of Creep, Shrinkage, and Durability of Concrete and Concrete Structure (CONCREEP 2015). 2015, Vienna, Austria: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
  • Del Gado E, Ioannidou K, Masoero E, Pellenq RJ-M, Ulm F-J, Yip S. . In: 10th International Conference on Mechanics and Physics of Creep, Shrinkage, and Durability of Concrete and Concrete Structure (CONCREEP 2015). 2015, Vienna, Austria: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
  • Ene GE, Davie CT, Okogbue CO. . In: XII International IAEG Congress. 2015, Tornio, Turin: Springer.
  • Stirling RA, Davie CT, Glendinning S. . In: XVI European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 2015, Edinburgh, UK: ICE Publishing.
  • Stirling RA, Davie CT, Glendinning S. . In: XVI European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure and Development. 2015, Edinburgh, UK: ICE Publishing.
  • Masoero E, Pinson MB, Bonnaud PA, Manzano H, Ji Q, Yip S, Thomas JJ, Bazant MZ, Van Vliet K, Jennings HM. . In: CONCREEP 10: 10th International Conference on Mechanics and Physics of Creep, Shrinkage, and Durability of Concrete and Concrete Structures, 2015. 2015, Vienna, Austria: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
  • Davie CT, Masoero E. . In: 10th International Conference on Mechanics and Physics of Creep, Shrinkage, and Durability of Concrete and Concrete Structures (CONCREEP 10). 2015, Vienna, Austria: ASCE.
  • Ioannidou K, Masoero E, Levitz P, Pellenq RJM, Del Gado E. . In: 10th International Conference on Mechanics and Physics of Creep, Shrinkage, and Durability of Concrete and Concrete Structures (CONCREEP 10). 2015, Vienna, Austria: ASCE.
  • Qomi MJA, Masoero E, Bauchy M, Ulm FJ, Del Gado E, Pellenq RJM. . In: 10th International Conference on Mechanics and Physics of Creep, Shrinkage, and Durability of Concrete and Concrete Structures (CONCREEP 10). 2015, Vienna, Austria: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
  • Stirling RA, Hughes PN, Davie CT, Glendinning S. . In: Sixth International Conference on Unsaturdated Soils, UNSAT 2014. 2014, Sydney, Australia: CRC Press.
  • Stirling RA, Davie CT, Glendinning S. . In: 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 2013, Paris, France.
  • Davie CT, Zhang HL. . In: Computational Modelling of Concrete Structures (EURO-C). 2010, Rohrmoos/Schladming, Austria: Taylor & Francis Group.
  • Davie CT, Zhang HL, Gibson A. . In: Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference of the Association for Computational Mechanics in Engineering. 2010, Southampton, UK.
  • Robson CJ, Davie CT, Gosling PD. . In: Computational Modelling of Concrete Structures (EURO-C). 2010, Rohrmoos/Schladming, Austria: Taylor & Francis Group.
  • Robson CJ, Davie CT. . In: Proceedings of the 17th Annual Conference of the Association for Computational Mechanics in Engineering - UK. 2009, University of Nottingham.
  • Zhang H, Davie CT. . In: 1st International Workshop on Concrete Spalling due to Fire Exposure. 2009, Leipzig, Germany: MFPA.
  • Zhang HL, Davie CT. . In: Proceedings of the 17th Annual Conference of the Association for Computational Mechanics in Engineering - UK. 2009, Nottingham, UK.
  • Zhang H, Davie CT, Pearce CJ, Bicanic N. . In: Applications of Structural Fire Eginnering: proceedings of international conference. 2009, Czech Technical University, Prague.
  • Helm PR, Davie CT, Glendinning S. . In: Advances in transportation geotechnics : proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics. 2008, Nottingham, UK: Taylor & Francis.
  • Helm P, Davie CT, Glendinning S. . In: Proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference of the Association for Computational Mechanics in Engineering. 2008, 麻豆传媒.
  • Zhang H, Davie CT. . In: Proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference of the Association for Computational Mechanics in Engineering. 2008, 麻豆传媒.
  • Robson CJ, Davie CT. . In: Proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference of the Association for Computational Mechanics in Engineering. 2008, 麻豆传媒.
  • Davie CT, Zhang HL, Pearce CJ, Bicanic N. . In: Fifth International Conference on Structures in Fire (SiF08). 2008, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore: NTU.
  • Kukla K, Pearce CJ, Davie CT, Bicanic N. . In: 15th Annual Conference of the Association for Computational Mechanics in Engineering - UK. 2007, University of Glasgow: Civil-Comp Press.
  • Bicanic N, Pearce C, Davie C. . In: Extreme Man-Made and Natural Hazards in Dynamics of Structures. 2007, Opatija, Croatia: Springer.
  • Pearce CJ, Kukla K, Davie CT, Bicanic N. . In: Computational Modelling of Concrete Structures, EURO-C. 2006, Mayrhofen, Tirol, Austria: Balkema.
  • Pearce CJ, Kukla K, Davie CT, Bicanic N. . In: 14th Annual Conference of the Association for Computational Mechanics in Engineering. 2006, Queen's University, Belfast.
  • Bicanic N, Pearce CJ, Davie CT, Kourepinis D. . In: 5th GRACM International Congress on Computational Mechanics. 2005, Limassol.
  • Pearce CJ, Davie CT, Bicanic N. . In: Proceedings of VIII International Conference on Computational Plasticity (COMPLAS VIII). 2005, Barcelona, Spain: CIMNE.
  • Davie CT, Pearce CJ, Bicanic N. . In: Proceedings of 13th Annual Conference of the Association for Computational Mechanics in Engineering - UK. 2005, University of Sheffield, Sheffield.
  • Davie CT, Pearce CJ, Bicanic N. . In: Proceedings of 12th Annual Conference of the Association for Computational Mechanics in Engineering - UK. 2004, University of Cardiff, Cardiff.
  • Davie CT, Pearce CJ, Bicanic N. . In: Multi-physics and Multi-scale Computer Models in Non-linear Analysis and Optimal Design of Engineering Structures under Extreme Conditions, NATO Advanced Research Workshop, PST.ARW980268. 2004, Bled, Slovenia: University of Ljubljana.
  • Pearce CJ, Davie CT, Nielsen CV, Bicanic N. . In: Proceedings of 11th Annual Conference of the Association for Computational Mechanics in Engineering - UK. 2003, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow: University of Strathclyde Publishing.
  • Pearce CJ, Davie CT, Nielsen CV, Bicanic N. . In: Proceedings of VII International Conference on Computational Plasticity (COMPLAS VII). 2003, Barcelona, Spain: CIMNE.
  • Davie CT, Bicanic N. . In: Proceedings of 10th Annual Conference of the Association for Computational Mechanics in Engineering - UK. 2002, University of Wales, Swansea: Faculty of Engineering.
  • Davie CT, Bicanic N. . In: Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Analysis of Discontinuous Deformation. 2001, Glasgow: University of Glasgow.
  • Davie CT, Bicanic N. . In: Proceedings of 9th Annual Conference of the Association for Computational Mechanics in Engineering - UK. 2001, University of Birmingham, Birmingham: School of Civil Engineering.

• Report

  • Davie CT. . Glasgow: University of Glasgow, 2002. Department of Civil Engineering.

• Research Dataset/Database

  • Yu Z, Stirling RA, Davie CT, Eminue O. . 2020. 麻豆传媒 upon Tyne: 麻豆传媒, 麻豆传媒 Data Repository.

• Review

  • Opukumo AW, Davie CT, Glendinning S, Oborie E. . Journal of Engineering and Applied Science 2022, 69, 17.