Dr James Shucksmith

PhD

School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Senior Lecturer in Water Engineering

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j.shucksmith@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114222 5706

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Dr James Shucksmith
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Room F130
Sir Frederick Mappin Building (Broad Lane Building)
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
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My research aims to develop effective, data led management strategies for water infrastructure systems

Dr James Shucksmith


James completed his undergraduate degree and his PhD here in the Department, before joining the academic staff in 2010 after a period as a KTP associate with Yorkshire Water.

His research interests focus on the hydrodynamics of flooding as well as water quality/transport modelling in the context of urban drainage networks and river systems. He has worked on a wide range of EPSRC, EU and water sector sponsored activities, with a number of project outputs currently being used in practice.

He is a co-director of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Water Infrastructure and Resilience.


Research interests

Key research activities include

Hydrodynamics of urban flooding, including the interaction of drainage and surface flows in urban contexts and the transport of contaminated material in floodwater. Model validation utilising experimental data

Water quality transport processes in river networks, the development of water quality forecasting tools for surface water abstraction management.

Development and implementation of local real time control systems for urban drainage networks, for spill overflow and urban flood reduction.

Publications

Journal articles

Research group

Water - SuDS (Sustainable drainage systems) & Urban Drainage, Water - Catchments & River Engineering

Grants

Current Grants

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Previous Grants (Last 5 years)

Real Time Absraction Management

This project, conducted in collaboration with Severn Trent Water, aims to implement a modelling lead approach to surface water abstraction operation.

Centaur

FloodInteract


Teaching interests

My teaching experience includes both fundamental hydraulic principles, as well as more applied topics such as flood risk analysis and modelling.

Teaching activities

I currently lead the teaching of Open Channel Flow Hydraulics to undergraduate students on our Civil Engineering Degree programmes. I am the current Chair of the Water Teaching Group

Potential PhD offerings

Understanding Urban Flooding Using Physical Modelling

This project will involve experimental work using a unique surface/subsurface scale model of an urban drainage facility within the water laboratory. Students working on this project will utilise state of the art measuring techniques such as PIV to obtain new datasets describing flows in and around interface points. It is hoped that this project will lead to a more reliable methodology to describe surface/sewer flow interactions during flood events, reducing the uncertainty inherent within flood model predictions.


If you're interested in one of these projects, or would like to self-propose a project, please contact James at the above email. Current PhD opportunities in the department can be viewed here.