Professor Ian Guymer
PhD
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Professor of Civil Engineering
+44 114 222 5740
Full contact details
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Room MezC3
Sir Frederick Mappin Building (Broad Lane Building)
Mappin Street
91探花
S1 3JD
- Profile
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My research helps manage the water environment, by describing how pollutants mix in water.
Professor Ian Guymer
Ian graduated in 1981 from Loughborough University of Technology in Civil Engineering. He did his PhD at the University of Birmingham, graduating in 1985, on aspects of solute mixing processes in well-mixed estuaries.
His first academic appointment was as at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, followed by an appointment to the lecturing staff within our Department in 1990, where, alongside Professor Adrian Saul, he helped to set up our postgraduate Water MSc courses and the Water research group.
In January 2005, he was appointed Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Warwick. He returned to 91探花 in 2018 with EPSRC Established Career Fellowship funding. Ian is 91探花 born and bred and for the majority of his life, has lived in his home city.
- Research interests
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Ian's research interests centre around the mixing and transport of contaminants and pollutants in coastal and estuarine areas, rivers, urban drainage and most recently, pipe distribution systems. His work aims to identify and quantify the transport and mixing processes within areas of civil engineering hydraulics.
This is achieved by conducting laboratory and field studies, then developing simplified modelling procedures for engineering applications.
Research projects have investigated the mixing processes in urban drainage and treatment systems, looking at specific components, such as manholes and combined sewer overflow structures, wetlands and ponds, river systems, quantifying dispersion effects due to topographic variations, estuarine studies and coastal mixing processes. These topics are particularly important for modelling water quality processes.
He has been funded to undertake research studies on UK national hydraulic facilities, the Flood Channel and the Coastal Research Facility, formerly situated at HR Ltd., Wallingford and major European research laboratory facilities at DHI and Delft.
In recent years, fundamental research has been funded by EPSRC, NERC, and the EU, with applied research funded by Unilever, Water utilities, the Environment Agency and Highways England (formerly the Highways Agency).
- Publications
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Journal articles
- . ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 150(6).
- . Journal of Environmental Engineering, 149(5).
- . Hydrological Processes, 36(6).
- . Water Resources Research, 58(4).
- . Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 147(12).
- . Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 147(9), 04021033-04021033.
- . Water Resources Research, 56(11).
- . Water Resources Research, 56(12).
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- . IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering.
- . Advances in Water Resources, 131.
- . Environmental Chemistry.
- . Water Resources Research, 55(3), 2322-2347.
- . Acta Geophysica.
- . Journal of Hydraulic Research/De Recherches Hydrauliques.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Water Management..
- . Water and Environment Journal, 31(3), 380-387.
- . Water Resources Research, 53(1), 961-978.
- . Water Resources Research, 52(5), 3493-3509.
- . Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 142(9).
- . Journal of Hydraulic Engineering.
- . Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 20(11), 04015022-04015022.
- . Water and Environment Journal, 29(2), 190-201.
- . Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 19(7), 1413-1421.
- . 骋茅辞迟别肠丑苍颈辩耻别 Letters, 3(2), 37-41.
- . Acta Geophysica, 61(3), 706-731.
- . Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 139(9), 984-994.
- . River Research and Applications, 28(1), 53-61.
- . Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 137(10), 1160-1172.
- . Water Resour. Res, 47.
- . Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 137(12), 1624-1635.
- . 骋茅辞迟别肠丑苍颈辩耻别, 61(11), 993-999.
- . 骋茅辞迟别肠丑苍颈辩耻别, 60(4), 311-312.
- . Water Resources Research, 46.
- . 骋茅辞迟别肠丑苍颈辩耻别, 60(2), 121-132.
- . Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 136(5), 318-327.
- . Water Science and Technology, 61, 2075-2081.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, 223(3), 113-122.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, 223(3), 179-188.
- . Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, 135(4), 127-134.
- . Hydrological Sciences Journal, 53(6), 1300-1309.
- . Journal of Hydrodynamics, 20(5), 645-649.
- . Urban Water Journal, 5(1), 33-42.
- . Water Research, 41(20), 4730-4740.
- . Acta Geophysica, 55(1), 95-103.
- . Water Science and Technology, 55(4), 65-73.
- Three-Dimensional Simulation of solute transport in a meandering self formed river channel. Journal of Hydraulic Research IAHR, 45, 610-616.
- . Water Science and Technology, 55(4), 57-64.
- . Water Research, 41, 341-354.
- . Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 131(4), 312-321.
- . Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, 129, 129-139.
- . Water Resources Research, 39(1).
- Validation of a three-dimensional numerical model using a high spatial resolution data set collected from a meandering channel with natural bed topography. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, 129, 758-768.
- Changes in water quality parameters due to in-sewer processes. Water Science and Technology, 47, 343-350.
- . Journal of Hydraulic Research, 41(2), 153-165.
- Aggressive flushing for discolouration event mitigation in water distribution networks. Water Science and Technology - Water Supply, 3, 179-186.
- Baseline hydraulic performance of the Heathrow constructed wetlands subsurface flow system. Water Science and Technology, 47, 177-181.
- . Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 129(2), 129-139.
- Monitoring water quality impact due to sediment re-suspension with an in-situ measurement device. Wasser und Boden, 54(12), 39-43.
- . Water Resources Research, 38(10).
- Locating outfalls on meandering channels to optimise transverse mixing. Journal of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management, 16, 194-198.
- . Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, 128(1), 10-20.
- Estimating transverse mixing coefficients. Water and Maritime Engineering, 4, 263-275.
- . Water Science and Technology, 43(5), 203-210.
- . Urban Drainage Modeling.
- . Science of The Total Environment, 251-252, 265-275.
- . Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 126(2), 137-149.
- . Water and Environment Journal, 13(5), 327-337.
- . Water and Environment Journal, 13(4), 301-307.
- . Marine Pollution Bulletin, 37(3-7), 190-205.
- . Water Science and Technology, 38(11), 303-310.
- . Water Science and Technology, 38(10), 23-30.
- . Water Science and Technology, 37(1), 215-222.
- . Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 124(1), 33-40.
- . 骋茅辞迟别肠丑苍颈辩耻别, 47(5), 915-932.
- . Water Science and Technology, 34(3-4), 95-101.
- . Water Science and Technology, 31(7), 51-59.
- . Water Science and Technology, 31(7).
- Requirements of river water quality models for describing intermittent discharges. River basin management for sustainable development. International conference, Kruger National Park, 1995., 2, 14.
- Evaluation of the aggregated dead zone (ADZ) method as a river catchment management tool applied to the Rivers Aire and Derwent in Yorkshire. 2nd international conference on hydraulic modelling, Stratford-upon-Avon, June 1994, 439-449.
- Evaluation of a random walk model for solute mixing in open channel flow. 2nd international conference on hydraulic modelling, Stratford-upon-Avon, June 1994, 451-460.
- . Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 118(5), 718-734.
- . Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 32(6), 581-596.
- A practical engineering approach to modelling longitudinal dispersion.
- The determination of estuarine diffusion coefficients using a fluorimetric dye tracing technique.. ESTUARINE & COASTAL MAR. SCI., 27(3 , Sep. 1988, p.297-310.).
- . Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 27(3), 297-310.
- Evaluation of estuarine mixing mechanisms using fluorimetric techniques..
- . Water Science and Technology, 18(4-5), 93-100.
- Hydrodynamics and length-scale distributions of a random cylinder array. ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering.
- . ACADEMIA - The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
- . Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 22(4), 956-972.
- . Journal of Hydraulic Research, 1-16.
Chapters
- , Environmental Hydraulics. Volume 2 (pp. 765-770). CRC Press
- , Environmental Hydraulics. Volume 1 (pp. 283-288). CRC Press
- , Advancing Artificial Intelligence through Biological Process Applications (pp. 358-374). IGI Global
- , Advancing Artificial Intelligence through Biological Process Applications IGI Global
- , Water Quality Hazards and Dispersion of Pollutants (pp. 85-107). Springer-Verlag
- , Computational Fluid Dynamics (pp. 51-69). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Conference proceedings papers
- . Advances in Hydraulic Research: 40th International School of Hydraulics (pp 363-374). K膮ty Rybackie, Poland, 23 May 2023 - 23 May 2023.
- . Proceedings of the 39th IAHR World Congress, 19 June 2022 - 24 June 2022.
- . Proceedings of the IAHR World Congress (pp 5140-5149)
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- . 38th IAHR World Congress - "Water: Connecting the World"
- A validated CFD model for estimating residence times in vegetated stormwater ponds. NOVATECH 2019. Lyon, France, 1 July 2019 - 5 July 2019.
- . Proceedings of the 5th ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication
- A non-dimensional model for longitudinal dispersion in emergent vegetation based on stem-spacing. 5th IAHR Europe Congress. Trento, Italy, 12 June 2018 - 14 June 2018.
- . GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences (pp 195-205)
- Transverse mixing coefficient in random cylinder arrays 鈥 a CFD validation study. Proceedings of the 37th IAHR Word Congress, 13 August 2017 - 18 August 2017.
- Estimating stem-scale mixing coefficients in low velocity flows. Sustainable Hydraulics in the Era of Global Change, 27 July 2016 - 29 July 2016.
- QUANTIFYING SOLUTE MIXING AND FLOW FIELDS IN LOW VELOCITY, REAL EMERGENT VEGETATION. 11TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ECOHYDRAULICS
- COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELLING OF A VEGETATED STORMWATER POND. 11TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ECOHYDRAULICS
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- . Proceedings of the 40th IAHR World Congress. Rivers 锟 Connecting Mountains and Coasts, 21 August 2023 - 25 August 2023.
- Analysis of Solute Entrapment and Dispersion in a Meandering Channel, bye Dye Trace and Image Acquisition Techniques. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 35TH IAHR WORLD CONGRESS, VOLS I AND II (pp 5237-5243)
- . PROCEEDINGS OF THE 5TH INTERNATIONAL YOUNG GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERS' CONFERENCE (IYGEC 2013), Vol. 2 (pp 415-418)
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- (pp 133-145)
- (pp 283-288)
- (pp 765-770)
- . Coastal Engineering 2008
- . Coastal Engineering 2006
- Three dimensional modeling of sediment transport in a sharply curved meandering channel. 31st IAHR Congress 2005: Water Engineering for the Future, Choices and Challenges (pp 1659-1664)
- (pp 1509-1514)
- . Global Solutions for Urban Drainage
- . Bridging the Gap
- Locating outfalls on meandering channels to optimise transverse mixing. ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS AND ECO-HYDRAULICS, THEME B, PROCEEDINGS (pp 42-49)
- Transverse mixing of solute and suspended sediment from a river outfall during over bank flow. ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS (pp 363-368)
- Vertical mixing processes due to waves and currents. ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS (pp 387-392)
- . Water Science and Technology, Vol. 38(11)
- . Water Science and Technology, Vol. 37(1)
- . Water Science and Technology, Vol. 38(10)
- Mixing processes due to breaking wave activity in the coastal zone. Coastal Dynamics - Proceedings of the International Conference (pp 197-206)
- Managing water quality in the tidal Ouse (UK), problems associated with suspended sediment oxygen demand. Proceedings, Congress of the International Association of Hydraulic Research, IAHR, Vol. B pt 1 (pp 665-670)
- Use of laser induced fluorescence and video imaging techniques in an investigation of mixing across the dead-zone flow-zone boundary. INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON OPTICAL METHODS AND DATA PROCESSING IN HEAT AND FLUID FLOW, Vol. 1996(3) (pp 419-428)
- Mixing processes within open channel flows containing transverse depth variations. HYDRODYNAMICS: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS, VOLS 1 AND 2 (pp 1013-1018)
- Development of an in-situ concentration measurement technique to investigate vertical mixing processes in the coastal zone. HYDRODYNAMICS: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS, VOLS 1 AND 2 (pp 1007-1012)
- . Water Science and Technology, Vol. 34(3-4)
- SOLUTE MIXING FROM RIVER OUTFALLS DURING OVER-BANK FLOOD CONDITIONS. ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS, VOLS 1 AND 2 (pp 447-452)
- EVALUATION OF ESTUARINE MIXING MECHANISMS USING FLUORIMETRIC TECHNIQUES. (pp 337-346)
- USE OF DRAG COEFFICIENT TO PREDICT DISPERSION COEFFICIENTS IN EMERGENT VEGETATION AT LOW VELOCITIES. ISE2018
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Preprints
- Optimal Sampling of Water Distribution Network Dynamics using Graph
Fourier Transform, arXiv.
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- . ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 150(6).
- Research group
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SuDS (Sustainable Drainage Systems) and Urban Drainage
Water Distribution Systems and Infrastructure
Environmental Fluid Mechanics
Catchments and River Engineering
- Grants
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Modelling Mixing Mechanisms in 1D Water Network Models
Predicting the effects of management strategies requires knowledge of the hydrodynamic processes covering spatial scales of a few millimetres (turbulence) to several hundred kilometres (catchments), with a similarly large range of timescales from milliseconds to weeks.
- Professional activities and memberships
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Ian is a Chartered Engineer and a Member of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management. Ian is currently the Academic-in-Residence for the Institution of Civil Engineers' Shaping the World initiative.
Shaping the World uses the knowledge and experience of civil engineers to help find solutions to some of the world鈥檚 most pressing problems.
- Potential PhD offerings
Mixing in Engineered Water Systems 鈥 Relating Dispersion to Energy Loss
This project will investigate the effect of changes in cross-sectional shape and unsteady flows on the longitudinal mixing in 1D engineered water systems. It will aim to relate the mechanisms of energy loss to mixing to improve current predictive numerical models of engineered systems.
Solute Mixing in Patchy Vegetated Flows
This proposal aims to extend knowledge by investigating patchy vegetation, looking at discrete patches within a flow and different stem or plant densities within a patch. These will be quantified in a new laboratory facility at the University of 91探花 which will provide unique information on integrating multi-scale processes, quantifying mixing and evaluating appropriate computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tools to enable water engineers and environmental managers to predict water quality changes.
If you're interested in one of these projects, or would like to self-propose a project, please contact Ian at the above email. Current PhD opportunities in the department can be viewed here.