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The
Institute for Infrastructure & Environment is part
of the School of Engineering in the College
of Science and Engineering and is located in the William Rankine
Building, at The King's Buildings campus, about two
miles south of the City Centre. |
The Staff of the Institute also form the Discipline of Civil
& Environmental Engineering and teach 10 separate
degrees within this field. The University of Edinburgh has
been training civil engineers since about 1780, and has had
a Professor in Civil Engineering since 1868. Currently the
Institute has 16 members of full time academic staff, 8
Research Fellows and Associates, 13 part time and visiting academics,
and 23 Postgraduate students.
Facilities
There are extensive laboratory and computing facilities within the
School, including structures, materials testing, concrete, geotechnics,
NDT, hydraulics, environmental, fire safety, and wind tunnel
laboratories, backed up by workshop facilities and a team of
nine technicians. The Carnigie Computing Laboratory is equipped
with over 35 PCs, from which there is also access to main
frames and to the internet. All postgraduates share offices from
which there are connections to the computer network.
 Computing
facilities in general at Edinburgh are excellent. The campus at King's
Buildings has several public computing facilities, from which there is
wide area access to all main frames and the internet.
The Institute for Infrastructure &
Environment was granted a 5 rating in the last UFC Research Assessment
exercise. Research areas include:
 shell structures,
shell buckling and silo structures
finite element modelling and numerical simulation
structural dynamics and earthquake engineering
particulate solids flow and material
characterisation
silo wall pressures: full scale experiments and
numerical prediction
structural masonry, prestressed masonry, and
construction materials
structural behaviour of press joints in cold formed
steel
underwater structures
materials and heat flow modelling
fire safety engineering including ignition and
flame spread in stored goods, flame spread on inclined surfaces,
fire modelling, structural behaviour in fire, smoke control
systems, crowd flow and egress;
radar and sonic NDT of bridges
construction and project management
vehicle / road interaction and road pavement
assessment
risk management
construction process modelling
geotechnical engineering
construction health and safety
rail travel modelling
environmental engineering and water treatment
water resources planning and management
More complete descriptions of current
and potential research topics are given in the research group details.
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