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Professor Gerard Hamill

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Professor Gerard Hamill

School of Natural and Built Environment

Prof Hamill leads a number of research areas.  These include Saline Intrusion in Coastal Aquifers (SALINA), SuDS and Fluid – Structure Interaction.

The SALINA team, working with collaborators at Imperial College London, are looking at securing management system with early prediction indicators of breakthrough of salt water ingress into freshwater aquifer supplies. The development and optimization of SuDS is directly linked with industry and focuses on the use of Computational Fluid Dynamics backed up by rigorous experimental investigations. 

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  • g.a.hamill@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 4197

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications from candidates in the field of Civil Engineering (hydraulics and maritime) and Geo-Environmental Science to join teams working in the saline intrusion in coastal aquifers and fluid / structure interaction of scour at bridges under localized flooding.

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Research students

PhD title: Load interactions on bottom hinged wave energy convertors.
Years of Study: 2015-2019
Country: UK

PhD title: Structural Health Monitoring of Scour in FlexiArchâ„¢ Bridge Structures
Years of Study: 2017-2020
Country: Greece

PhD title: Optimization of a vortex retention brake.
Years of Study: 2018 - 2021
Country: UK

PhD title: The hydrodynamic response of saltwater intrusion in heterogeneous  aquifers
Years of Study: 2018- 2021
Country: Greece

PhD title: The influence of tidal surge of saline intrusion in a coastal aquifer.
Years of Study: 2018 - 2021
Country: UK


Alumni: Where are they now

PhD title: An investigation into turbulence and the onset of separation in oscillating flow.
Years of Study: 1990 - 1993
Country: UK
Current position: Vice President and National Technical Leader at AECOM Water, USA

PhD title: Simulations of a ship’s propeller jet.
Years of Study: 2005- 2008
Country: China
Current position: Professor Tianjin University China

PhD Title: Hydrodynamics of saltwater intrusion in heterogeneous coastal aquifers
Years of Study: 2014-2018
Country: UK
Current Position: Chief Engineer: Hydraulics, FP McCann


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