Loughborough University
Leicestershire, UK
LE11 3TU
+44 (0)1509 263171

Civil and Building Engineering

Professor Koji Shiono
BSc MSc PhD CEng MIWEM MASCE

Professor of Environmental Hydrodynamics / Final Year Project Co-ordinator: Civil Engineering

Phone:	+44 (0)1509 222936
Email:	k.shiono@lboro.ac.uk
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Background

Research fellow at Birmingham University 1981-1989. Lecturer at Bradford University 1989-1993. Joined Loughborough University as a Senior Lecturer in 1994. Awarded Personal Chair as Professor of Environmental Hydrodynamics in 1999. Senior Research fellow at Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan 1996. Visiting Professor, Kyushu University 1999. European Union Senior Research Fellow at Kyoto University, Japan 1998. Visiting lecturer at Kyoto University 1992-1995. Visiting Professor, Kansai University Japan and University Technology Malaysia 2008.

Research field is studying complex flow and solute transport processes associated with flooding and river basin hydraulics. The focus of the work is on integrating data acquisition from state-of-the-art laboratory and field monitoring techniques with the development and refinement of theoretical and computational models. Published more than 100 refereed journal and conference papers relating to measuring turbulence parameters and mathematical modelling turbulent flows in rivers and estuaries. Established research links with universities and research institutes in Japan, France, Netherlands, Malaysia, China, Iran and Brazil, supported by the British Council and EU. Held 8 EPSRC research grants and supervised 15 PhD students to completion.

Professional Affiliations

Member of Institute of Water and Environmental Management
Member of American Society of Civil Engineer

External Activities

Member of International Association for Hydraulic, Research, Associate Editor for Water Resources Research

Broad Interests and Expertise

Hydraulics, River Floods, Estuaries, numerical and mathematical modelling.

Research Interests

Turbulence measurements in open channels for fresh and saline waters with Laser Doppler anemometry. Turbulence modelling in flooded rivers, Pollutant transport processes in rivers and estuaries, Sediment transport in flooded meandering channels.

Recent research grants are: new approaches to estimatng flood flows via surface videography and 2D & 3D modelling, EPSRC £261,850, 2006-2009. Alliance: Franco-British Partnership Programme, Flow characteristics in river flooding, British Council, £3,730, 2006-2008 and one-line riparian vegetation - An analysis of it's impact on the hydraulics and model parameters of a flooding river, PMI2, British Council, £26,044, May, 2008-2010.