Research Outputs
CDT WIRe students actively contribute to research on water infrastructure and resilience. Here, you will find research published by our PhD researchers.
| Outputs | No. |
|---|---|
| Peer Reviewed Journal Publications | 33 |
| Conference Presentations | 104 |
Journal Publications
Conference Presentations
| Student | Conference | Title | Format | Date | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Hollands | The 18th Conference of the UK Water Network | Disrupting Disruptions: Drinking Water Resilience to Chemical Supply Shortage | Talk | June 2025 | |
| Zachary Thompson | 11th Microbial Ecology and Water Engineering Conference | Linking activated sludge emissions to process and microbial factors | Poster | June 2025 | |
| Anne Kamau | Royal Society of Chemistry #EnvChem2025 - Chemistry of The Whole Environment | Influence of source water characteristics on formation of emerging nitrogenous disinfection by-products (DBPs) in drinking water | Poster | June 2025 | |
| Emily Jane Blackburn | Environmental Biotechnology Innovation Centre workshop: Environmental biotechnology for the management of PFAS and beyond | Statistical analysis of PFAS and catchment characteristics in the UK | Talk | June 2025 | |
| Kaeli Brazier | IAHR SimHydro 2025 | Experimental study of the transport and deposition of sewer sediments from pipe systems to surface flows via manholes during urban flooding events | Talk | June 2025 | |
| Alan Smalley | IAHR SimHydro 2025 | Implementing a machine learning approach for predicting Cryptosporidium river concentrations to assist operational water resource decisions on the River Thames | Talk | June 2025 | |
| Rachael Giles | IWA Resource Recovery Conference | Biological coagulant recovery: a novel method to increase resilience and sustainability in drinking water and wastewater treatment processes | Poster | May 2025 | |
| Siqi Xu | IWA Resource Recovery Conference | Exploring the effect of variability in sewage sludge characterisation on pyrolysis outputs | Poster | May 2025 | |
| Mark Powders | IWA Resource Recovery Conference | Low-energy thermal stripping to recover quality ammonia for the water sector | Talk | May 2025 | |
| Pinelopi Savvidou | SETAC Europe 35th Annual Meeting | Predicting the Fate of 40 Emerging Contaminants: A Case Study of SimpleTreat and TOXCHEM | Talk | May 2025 | |
| Matthew Pitt | EGU25 | Understanding seasonal variability in shrink-swell clay soils and the impact on parameterisation of soil-water mass transfer models | Poster | May 2025 | |
| Siqi Xu | UK Carbon Capture and Storage Research Centre Research Community Spring Conference 2025 | Feasibility of pyrolysis using different sludges | Poster | March 2025 | |
| Sreelakshmi Babu | 2025 SAgE PGR Conference | The Future of Wastewater-based Epidemiology | Talk | January 2025 | |
| Ana Amezaga-Kutija | 2025 SAgE PGR Conference | Proactive management of Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) in Drinking Water Catchments | Talk | January 2025 | Best Presentation |
| Siqi Xu | European Biosolids & Bioresources Conference & Exhibition | Feasibility of pyrolysis using different sludges | Poster | November 2024 | Student and Early Career Professionals' Poster Prize |
| Raman Suri | Anglian Water Innovation Student Summit | Ceramic nanofiltration for more resilient drinking water production | Talk | November 2024 | |
| Samuel Yeboah Nyarko | Anglian Water Innovation Student Summit | The role of organic matter on water treatability to secure drinking water supplies | Talk | November 2024 | |
| Mark Powders | Anglian Water Innovation Student Summit | Ammonia to energy as a key decarbonisation strategy for the water sector | Talk | November 2024 | |
| Blessing Mobolaji | Anglian Water Innovation Student Summit | Nitrous oxide management in a membrane aerated bioreactor | Talk | November 2024 | |
| André Araujo Frota | UKWIR 5th Annual Conference | Catchments as the first stage of treatment | Poster | October 2024 | |
| Isabel Carneiro Cardoso Da Silva | UKWIR 5th Annual Conference | Achieving biologically stable / low assimilable organic carbon (AOC) water in the UK | Poster | October 2024 | |
| Anne Kamau | UKWIR 5th Annual Conference | Understanding the role of nitrogen in the formation of nitrogenous disinfection by-products in drinking water treatment systems | Poster | October 2024 | |
| Polly Grundy | UKWIR 5th Annual Conference | Using model compounds to enhance understanding of brominated disinfection by-product formation | Poster | October 2024 | |
| Anne Kamau | Disinfection and Disinfection By-Products Conference 2024 (DDBP24) | Characterization of organic nitrogen precursors and investigation of formation of nitrogenous disinfection by-products in drinking water | Talk | October 2024 | |
| Polly Grundy | Disinfection and Disinfection By-Products Conference 2024 (DDBP24) | Investigating the Key Role of Aliphatic Carbonyls in the Formation of Brominated Haloacetic Acids | Talk | October 2024 | |
| Ali Leonard | International Water Association World Water Congress and Exhibition | Collaborative Multi-scale Water Resources Planning In England And Wales | Poster | August 2024 | |
| Matthew MacRorie | International Water Association World Water Congress and Exhibition | Harnessing Smart Meters To Investigate Household Water Usage Under Intermittent Water Supply (IWS) | Talk | August 2024 | |
| Ravina Bains | International Water Association World Water Congress and Exhibition | Water Quality For Electrolysis: Utilizing Wastewater Final Effluent As A Feedwater Source | Poster | August 2024 | |
| Polly Grundy | International Water Association World Water Congress and Exhibition | Understanding The Chemistry Of Brominated Disinfection By-Product Formation | Poster | August 2024 | Best Poster Prize |
| Edward John | International Water Association World Water Congress and Exhibition | Experimental observations of the initial leaks formed in pitted grey cast iron water pipes due to cyclic water pressure fatigue loading | Talk | August 2024 | |
| Charlie Whitelegg | The 3rd International Joint Conference on Water Distribution Systems Analysis & Computing and Control for the Water Industry (WDSA/CCWI 2024) | Characterizing the Impact of Hydrants on Transients | Talk, Paper | July 2024 | |
| Killian Gleeson | The 3rd International Joint Conference on Water Distribution Systems Analysis & Computing and Control for the Water Industry (WDSA/CCWI 2024) | A Data-Driven Analysis for Understanding and Risk Estimation of Discolouration in Drinking Water Distribution Systems | Paper | July 2024 | |
| Reinar Lokk | The 3rd International Joint Conference on Water Distribution Systems Analysis & Computing and Control for the Water Industry (WDSA/CCWI 2024) | Identifying Hydraulic Conditions for Discolouration Material Accumulation | Talk, Paper | July 2024 | |
| Isabel Carneiro Cardoso da Silva | The 3rd International Joint Conference on Water Distribution Systems Analysis & Computing and Control for the Water Industry (WDSA/CCWI 2024) | Regrowth of Microorganisms from Treatment to Tap in Operational Drinking Water Supply Networks | Talk, Paper | July 2024 | |
| Matthew MacRorie | The 3rd International Joint Conference on Water Distribution Systems Analysis & Computing and Control for the Water Industry (WDSA/CCWI 2024) | Modelling Consumer Demand in Intermittent Water Supply (IWS) Networks: Evidence from Nepal | Talk, Paper | July 2024 | |
| Edward John | The 3rd International Joint Conference on Water Distribution Systems Analysis & Computing and Control for the Water Industry (WDSA/CCWI 2024) | Experimental Investigation of the Fatigue Strength and Leakage Failure Mode of Corroded Cast Iron Water Pipes | Talk, Paper | July 2024 | |
| Jade Rogers | The 3rd International Joint Conference on Water Distribution Systems Analysis & Computing and Control for the Water Industry (WDSA/CCWI 2024) | The Impacts of Chlorine and Chloramine on Biofilms and Discolouration in Operational Drinking Water Distribution Systems | Talk, Paper | July 2024 | |
| Edward John | 9th Engineering Integrity Society International Conference on Durability & Fatigue (Fatigue 2024) | Experimental validation of a model for predicting the bending fatigue strength of corroded grey cast iron water pipes | Talk, Paper | June 2024 | |
| Philippa Mohan | International Conference on Urban Drainage | Assessment of Environmental Harm from wet weather spills based on continuous water quality monitoring | Talk | June 2024 | |
| Kaeli Brazier | International Conference on Urban Drainage | Influence of grate geometry on hydraulic energy losses in a surcharging manhole under flood conditions | Talk | June 2024 | |
| Ishara Rakith Perera | 15th International Conference on Hydroinformatics | Current Practices; Gaps and Opportunities in Data Utilization in Water Utility Industry | Talk, Paper | May 2024 | |
| Daniel Ruth | IWA 8th Specialist Conference on Natural Organic Matter (NOM 8) | NOM compositional impacts on coagulant demand and water treatability | Talk | December 2023 | |
| Samuel Yeboah Nyarko | IWA 8th Specialist Conference on Natural Organic Matter (NOM 8) | Natural Organic Matter Removal by Coagulation and Ion-exchange in Lowland Surface Water Treatment: Impact on Treatment and Operational Benefits | Talk | December 2023 | |
| Anne Kamau | IWA 8th Specialist Conference on Natural Organic Matter (NOM 8) | Formation of nitrogenous disinfection by-products in drinking water | Poster | December 2023 | |
| Philippa Mohan | CIWEM Urban Drainage Group | A Risk-based Tool That Accounts for Uncertainty in Water Quality Studies | Talk | December 2023 | |
| Jade Rogers | Water Quality Technology Conference & Exposition | Material and Biofilm Accumulation in Drinking Water Distribution Systems | Talk | November 2023 | |
| Ravina Bains | UKWIR 4th Annual Conference | The Role of Hydrogen for a Resilient and Low Emissions UK Water Sector | Poster | November 2023 | |
| Anna Laino | UKWIR 4th Annual Conference | Non-Linear analysis of a Water Resource Recovery Facility | Poster | November 2023 | |
| Polly Grundy | UKWIR 4th Annual Conference | Using Model Compounds to Enhance Understanding of Brominated Disinfection By-Product Formation | Poster | November 2023 | |
| Ali Leonard | UKWIR 4th Annual Conference | Collaborative Multi-scale Water Resources Planning In England And Wales | Poster | November 2023 | |
| Sreelakshmi Babu | The International Conference: Towards a Global Wastewater Surveillance System for Public Health | Developing biomarkers for tracking antimicrobial resistance in wastewater | Poster | November 2023 | |
| Ravina Bains | 9th IWA-ASPIRE | Investigating the Impacts of Wastewater Final Effluent on Electrolysis for Hydrogen Production | Talk | October 2023 | |
| Anna Laino | 11th IWA Symposium on Modelling and Integrated Assessment | Non-Linear analysis of a Water Resource Recovery Facility | Poster | September 2023 | |
| Edward John | 19th International Computing and Control for the Water Industry Conference | Impact of experimentally determined grey cast iron pipe fatigue strength variation on years-to-leakage predictions | Talk | September 2023 | |
| Matthew MacRorie | 19th International Computing and Control for the Water Industry Conference | Consumer Demand in Intermittent Water Supply: A Case Study of Lahan, Nepal | Talk | September 2023 | |
| Isabel Carneiro Cardoso da Silva | 19th International Computing and Control for the Water Industry Conference | Use of historic real-world flow cytometry data to monitor biological stability in drinking water supply systems | Talk | September 2023 | |
| Killian Gleeson | 19th International Computing and Control for the Water Industry Conference | Root-cause Analysis of Discolouration Events in Drinking Water Distribution Systems using Time Series Data | Talk | September 2023 | |
| Harry Nicklin | SWIG Sensing in Water 2023 | Chomping into the attitude-behaviour gap: using smart sensors and goal setting to influence shower behaviour | Talk | September 2023 | |
| Harry Nicklin | 11th IWA Efficient Urban Water Management Conference 2023 | Influencing shower behaviour using real time feedback and goal-based messaging | Talk | September 2023 | |
| Alan Smalley | 40th International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) Conference | Understanding Cryptosporidium trends in a large UK catchment | Talk | August 2023 | |
| Anna Christy | 11th International Conference on Industrial Ecology | Avoiding turmoil. Achieving targets. Attempting NetZero: Perspectives from the Water Sector | Talk | July 2023 | |
| Ali Leonard | 12th World Congress on Water Resources and Environment (EWRA 2023) | Water resources in England & Wales: the rise again of national planning | Talk | June 2023 | |
| Christos Iliadis | 12th World Congress on Water Resources and Environment (EWRA 2023) | Extreme rainfall and 2D flood modelling in urban catchments to assess flood exposure of buildings. A case study in Thessaloniki city, Greece | Talk | June 2023 | |
| Polly Grundy | RSC Analytical Research Forum 2023 | Introduction of a Simple and Effective Analytical Method for Haloacetic Acids in Drinking Water by Reverse Phase LC-MS/MS | Poster | June 2023 | |
| Polly Grundy | 16th Annual Conference of the UK Water Network | Investigating the Chemistry of Brominated Disinfection By-Product Formation | Talk | June 2023 | |
| Charlie Whitelegg | 16th Annual Conference of the UK Water Network | Calibration of viscoelastic parameters for transient modelling in pipelines with unknown faults | Talk | June 2023 | |
| Lucie Bertolaso | 16th Annual Conference of the UK Water Network | Impact of ozone and hydroxyl radicals on the adsorbability of micropollutants and natural organic matter | Talk | June 2023 | |
| Edward John | 17th International Conference on Engineering Structural Integrity Assessment and 2023 International Symposium on Structural Integrity (ESIA17–ISSI2023) | Plain and notch fatigue strength of water pipe grey cast iron | Talk | May 2023 | |
| Killian Gleeson | WWT Smart Water | Leveraging Water Quality Data to Support Intelligent Decision Making | Talk | March 2023 | |
| Harry Nicklin | Waterwise Conference 2023 – Running out of water – water efficiency’s key role in affordability, growth and resilience | Using smart sensors with automatic timers to influence shower behaviour | Talk | March 2023 | |
| Anna Laino | IWA Water Resource Recovery Modelling Seminar | Quantification of wastewater resilience metrics | Poster | January 2023 | |
| Daniel Ruth | Water Quality Technology Conference & Exposition | Monitoring the Right Parameters for the Enhanced Treatment of Natural Organic Matter Laden Water Sources | Talk | November 2022 | |
| Pinelopi Savvidou | 10th Conference of the UK Wastewater Network | Modelling the Fate of Micropollutants during Wastewater Treatment: Status and Challenges | November 2022 | ||
| Pinelopi Savvidou | Early Career People in Water Conference 2022 | Modelling the fate of micropollutants during wastewater treatment | Poster | November 2022 | Best Poster |
| Harry Nicklin | Early Career People in Water Conference 2022 | Understanding domestic water use behaviour using smart sensor-based behavioural interventions | Poster | November 2022 | Best Poster Pitch |
| Lucie Bertolaso | International Ozone Association EA3G Conference | November 2022 | |||
| Killian Gleeson | Water Wastewater and Environmental Monitoring 2022 | Linking Water Quality Sensors in Distribution Systems | Poster | October 2022 | Second place in the Sensor for Water Interest Group (SWIG) Early Career Innovation Poster Prize |
| Eleyna McGrady | Peter Wolf Early Career Symposium 2022: Hydrological Innovation for the Climate Emergency | Groundwater Resilience under Extreme Drought | Poster | September 2022 | |
| Sam Settle | International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology ISMET8 | Heavy metal and ammonia mixture toxicity towards mixed electroactive biofilms | September 2022 | ||
| Lucie Bertolaso | 15th Conference of the UK Water Network on Potable Water Treatment and Supply | Assessing the role of ozone and GAC processes in the UK water industry: past, present and future | Talk | September 2022 | |
| Sreelakshmi Babu | Environmental Dimension of Antibiotic Resistance (EDAR 6) Conference | Contrasting Biological, Genetic And Chemical Markers For Triaging AMR Potential In Wastewater Monitoring For Health Protection | Poster | September 2022 | |
| Jade Rogers | 2nd WDSA / CCWI Joint Conference | Disinfection Residual Behaviour within Drinking Water Distribution Systems | Talk, Paper | July 2022 | |
| Matthew MacRorie | 2nd WDSA / CCWI Joint Conference | A Model of Intermittent Water Supply Simulating the Inequitable Distribution of Water | Talk, Paper | July 2022 | |
| Reinar Lokk | 2nd WDSA / CCWI Joint Conference | The impact of drinking water network model spatial and temporal scale on hydraulic metrics indicating discolouration risk | Talk, Paper | July 2022 | |
| Edward John | 2nd WDSA / CCWI Joint Conference | Investigating an alternative to exhumed grey cast iron water pipes for small-scale fatigue tests | Talk, Paper | July 2022 | |
| Killian Gleeson | 14th International Conference on Hydroinformatics | Determining the spatio-temporal relationship between water quality monitors in drinking water distribution systems | Talk, Paper | July 2022 | |
| Matthew MacRorie | 1st Water-WISER Early Career Researcher Conference | A Conceptual Model of the Inequitable Distribution of Water in Intermittent Water Supply Systems | Talk | June 2022 | |
| Philippa Mohan | 25th European Junior Scientists Workshop on Monitoring Urban Drainage systems and rivers | May 2022 | |||
| Lucie Bertolaso | Singapore International Water Week (SIWW) | Impact of Reduced Regeneration Frequency on The Ion Exchange | Talk | April 2022 | |
| Philippa Mohan | 12th Urban Drainage Modelling Conference | Geostatistical Approach to Understanding the Effect of Rainfall Spatial-Temporal Uncertainty on a Small Urban Hydraulic Model | January 2022 | ||
| Killian Gleeson | AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference | Automated Data Quality Assurance for Water Quality Sensors in Drinking Water Distribution Systems | Talk | November 2021 | |
| Clervie Genevois | RSPH Conference 2023 | 2023 | |||
| Pinelopi Savvidou | Cranfield Doctoral Network Annual Conference | Modelling the fate of micropollutants during wastewater treatment | 2023 | ||
| Isabel Carneiro Cardoso da Silva | UKWIR Annual Conference | Achieving Biological Stability in Drinking Water Supply Systems | 2022 | ||
| Thomas Langshaw | UKWIR Annual Conference | 2022 | |||
| Killian Gleeson | UKWIR Annual Conference | 2022 | |||
| Alethea Goddard | UKWIR Annual Conference | 2022 | |||
| Edward John | UKWIR Annual Conference | Understanding how the deterioration of grey cast iron pipes evolves into leakage | 2022 | ||
| Ali Leonard | UKWIR Annual Conference | 2022 | |||
| Ravina Bains | UKWIR Annual Conference | The role of hydrogen for a resilient and low-emissions UK water sector | 2022 | ||
| Polly Grundy | UKWIR Annual Conference | Controlling Water Chemistry to Minimise Brominated Disinfection By-Products | 2022 | ||
| Dimitris Athanasopoulos | UKWIR Annual Conference | 2022 | |||
| Sreelakshmi Babu | Environmental Biotechnology Network Conference | Developing biomarkers for tracking antimicrobial resistance in wastewater | |||
| Ravina Bains | 9th Conference of the UK Wastewater Network 2022 | The role of hydrogen for a resilient and low-emissions UK water sector | 2022 |