Our multi-disciplinary research addresses the global need for delivering long-term, sustainable performance of existing and new infrastructure systems.

We are leaders in modelling and managing the impacts of extreme natural and human hazards, such as

• earthquakes
• climate change
• flooding
• industrial processes
• traffic
• crowds
• We are also leading an international effort towards improving water quality in developing countries.

Our application studies range in scale from complete national and regional systems, such as

• flood catchments
• hydro-powerwater
• electricity
• transport networks

through individual artefacts, such as

• nuclear facilities
• dams
• long-span bridges
• buildings
• low-cost water quality monitoring devices.

All our research groups collaborate widely with academic and industrial partners from across the engineering, science and social science disciplines, and from around the world.