Professor Brian Broderick

  1,3-BUTADIENE   AIR QUALITY MONITORING   AIR-POLLUTANTS   AIR-QUALITY   ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION   BEHAVIOUR FACTORS   BOLTED T-STUBS   CAPACITY   Civil Engineering   Civil Engineering, Pavements and Structures   COMPOSITE BEAMS AND COLUMNS   CONNECTIONS   DESIGN METHODS & AIDS   EARTHQUAKE   EARTHQUAKE ACCELEROGRAMS   Earthquake engineering   Earthquake resistant structures   Environmental aspects of transportation   Environmental engineering   Environmental Impacts, Interactions   EUROCODE 8   Fatigue of materials   Fuels alternative fuels in transport   GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS)   Integrated Environmental Assessment   KERBSIDE POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS   MODEL   MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS   Renewable energies   ROTATION DUCTILITY   SEISMIC ENGINEERING   SPECTRA   Steel Structures   Structural Analysis   Structural Design   Structural Dynamics   Structural Engineering   Structures   TRANSIENT ANALYSIS   TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT   TRANSPORT PLANNING   Transportation Engineering (Environmental Imp   TRANSPORTATION MODEL   ULTIMATE BEHAVIOR   URBAN AIR QUALITY MODELLING   Vibration and Accoustic Engineering

My research field is centred on hybrid mathematical-information modelling of the interaction between engineered and natural systems. My research has made a unique and substantive contribution to the development of this field and has had a high impact on policies and practices supporting societal protection, sustainable development, and economic efficiency. The pathway for these contributions has been through the development of modelling tools that support engineering innovation. For example, I have developed advanced air quality forecasting models to protect human health, promoted renewable energy by creating methods for the simulation of the dynamic response of wind turbines, and extended urban resilience by improving the efficiency of earthquake-resistant building structures. My approach is more generalist than specialist, and I have sought to shape my field by exchanging ideas and methods between conventional research fields. Hence the application of my research has spanned from atmospheric science to solid mechanics, and the research methods I employ include computational modelling and simulation, and experimental investigation and characterisation. This wide methodology has allowed me to transform conventional approaches to globally important activities by integrating information about real world processes with mathematical models based on physical theory. For example, the true mechanical behaviour of building structures during earthquakes is extremely complex and successful performance is highly sensitive to parametric variations. I have led a multi-annual, multi-partner research programme that has achieved enduring practice-related impacts by (i) experimentally investigating the true seismic response behaviour of braced steel frames, (ii) embedding this behaviour in computational response simulation models, and (iii) using these to widen the range of structural properties known to guarantee satisfactory response. Urban communities worldwide are exposed to poor air quality that impacts on population health. The study of this field has conventionally employed: (i) scientific measurement of ambient air pollutant concentrations, (ii) mathematical modelling of the transport and dispersion of pollutants in the atmosphere, and (iii) emissions reduction policies and technologies. My research contribution to this topic has been in integrating all three of these approaches to create modelling tools that can identify the optimum mitigation strategies to minimise individual and population exposure. I have a sustained track-record of research achievement, having been awarded major research grants from several national (e.g. IRC, EPA) and international programmes (e.g. H2020) and maintained research teams (PhD students, postdoctoral researchers and PIs) of significant and critical mass over two decades. My research leadership has attracted excellent academics and postgraduate students to join me in creative and innovative research that aims to develop alternative methods for challenging engineering design and analysis activities. I have published widely in fora that are appropriate for both scientific and professional engineering communities.