Professor Julia Race
Vice Dean (Academic)
Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering
Personal statement
Prior to starting my academic career, I worked in industry for over 20 years, latterly in the pipeline industry for 7 years as an integrity consultant for GE Oil and Gas. In this role, I was responsible for providing fitness-for-purpose, remaining life and corrosion assessments for onshore and offshore pipelines. I have also worked as a materials engineer in the petrochemical and power generation industries involved with the operation, maintenance and design of chemical and power plant. My primary research interest, developed since my move to academia from industry, is in the use of pipeline infrastructure to deliver pathways to Net Zero – primarily in the transportation of carbon dioxide (CO2) for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) schemes and hydrogen as a replacement for oil and gas in the energy mix. In this area my research topics have included: - material and specification requirements for CO2 and H2 pipelines, - techniques for conducting Quantitative Risk Assessments, including pipeline failure frequency and consequence analysis - hydraulic network design and developing system flexibility, techno-economics and wider economy impacts. My wider research interests include the modelling of structural damage and corrosion on structures, particularly relating to onshore and offshore energy infrastructure.
Publications
- Strathclyde Engineering Scholars: RAEng DIP COP : From Engagement to Entry: How Outreach Expands Access for Engineering Higher Education
- Sypek Katarzyna, Flockhart Gordon, Thomson Avril, Race Julia
- RAEng Diversity Impact Programme (DIP) Community of Practice (COP) Event (2026)
- A pre-implementation framework for assessing industrial digital twin readiness : bridging capability gaps and advancing digital twin theory
- Yilmaz Ayse, O’Brien Sally, Thies Philipp R, Das Prodip, Race Julia
- IET Conference Proceedings Vol 2026, pp. 141-146 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1049/icp.2026.0509
- CO2 Transport & Storage as a Driver of Scottish Economic Growth and Industrial Decarbonisation
- Turner Karen, Gonzalez-Martinez Paulina, Calvillo Christian, Katris Antonios, Karim Zanhouo Abdoul, Race Julia
- (2026)
- Electrical, chemical or hybrid energy transmission : techno-economic optimisation of transmission options for UK offshore wind
- Alkubaisi Tara, Sun Wei, Race Julia, Lin Shuyue, Leavy Eric
- IET Conference Proceedings Vol 2025, pp. 89-94 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1049/icp.2025.4886
- Refining CO2 infiltration models for pipeline release scenarios
- Wetenhall Ben, Graham Richard S, Race Julia M, Aktas Batuhan, Lyons Chris J, Reppas Nikolaos
- Fluids Vol 10 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids10120310
- CO2 Transport & Storage as a Driver of UK Growth and Industrial Decarbonisation
- Turner Karen, Gonzalez-Martinez Paulina, Calvillo Christian, Katris Antonios, Zanhouo Abdoul Karim, Race Julia
- (2025)
Professional Activities
- Maximising the Economic Potential of CO₂ transport and storage workshop in Aberdeen
- Speaker
- 28/1/2026
- Maximising the Economic Potential of CO2 transport and storage
- Contributor
- 4/2025
- Co-production and active engagement with key partners, including the Scottish Government, Storegga and OEUK, within the EPSRC IAA project, ‘Informing policy decisions to limit the negative impacts of congestion effects on the UK’s ability to realise the full economic potential of CO₂ transport and storage’.
- Contributor
- 1/3/2025
- Ongoing meetings with OEUK, Scottish Government and Storegga
- Participant
- 1/2025
- Learner Station workshop - funded activity as part of British Council project between Strathclyde and Istanbul Technical University
- Organiser
- 29/4/2024
- The challenge of persisting labour supply shortages and constraints on decarbonising the UK’s industry clusters
- Speaker
- 8/3/2023
Projects
- Permeation of Vintage Pipeline Materials in Hydrogen Environments
- Sillars, Fiona (Principal Investigator) Marrocco, Tiziana (Co-investigator) Race, Julia (Co-investigator) Reilly, Anthony (Co-investigator) Suleyman, Obey (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2027
- Strathclyde Engineering Scholars - Equal Outcomes for the most disadvantaged
- Sypek, Katarzyna (Principal Investigator) Flockhart, Gordon (Co-investigator) Race, Julia (Co-investigator) Thomson, Avril (Co-investigator)
- 31-Jan-2025 - 23-Jan-2025
- Permeation of Vintage Pipeline Materials in Hydrogen Environments - Phase 1
- Sillars, Fiona (Principal Investigator) Marrocco, Tiziana (Co-investigator) Race, Julia (Co-investigator)
- 27-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2025
- Empowering Early Career Researchers to advance maritime decarbonisation in Indonesia (International Science Partnerships Fund Early Career Fellowship)
- Kurt, Rafet (Principal Investigator) Gunbeyaz, Sefer Anil (Co-investigator) Race, Julia (Co-investigator) Turan, Osman (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2026
- Hydrogen Training Course
- Bhagavathy, Priya (Principal Investigator) Badakhsh, Arash (Co-investigator) Race, Julia (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2024
- EPSRC and NERC Centre for Doctoral Training in Offshore Renewable Energy 2 (IDCORE 2) | Mitchell, Josh
- Race, Julia (Principal Investigator) Mitchell, Josh (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 01-Jan-2027
Contact
Professor
Julia
Race
Vice Dean (Academic)
Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering
Email: julia.race@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3303