Dr Hamish Dow

Research Associate

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Personal statement

I'm a Research Associate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. My research combines hardware and software development to create novel innovations for image-based defect detection for concrete and steel.

Expertise

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Prize And Awards

Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) National Young Persons' Lecture Competition - 1st Place: Recipient; 8/5/2025
Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) Scotland Lecture Competition - 1st Place: Recipient; 26/2/2025
Nuclear Institute YGN Speaking Competition National Final - 2nd Place: Recipient; 12/9/2024
Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Scotland's Emerging Engineer 2024: Recipient; 18/6/2024
Nuclear Institute Scotland Branch YGN Speaking Competition - 1st Place: Recipient; 8/6/2024
Best Poster Award at Strathclyde CEE PhD Poster Conference: Recipient; 28/2/2024

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Publications

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Publications

Automated concrete exposed reinforcement and corrosion detection and measurement using coloured illumination: Dow Hamish, Darby Andrew, Perry Marcus, Zhang Feng; MATEC Web of Conferences Vol 409 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/202540903006
Robotic deployment of embedded strain sensors in precast tunnel segments: Tshimbombo Tresor, Perry Marcus, Dow Hamish, McAlorum Jack, Hoy Chris, Litina Chrysoula; IEEE Sensors Journal Vol 25, pp. 18891-18900 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2025.3559405
Comparison of directional and diffused lighting for pixel-level segmentation of concrete cracks: Dow Hamish, Perry Marcus, McAlorum Jack, PENNADA Sanjeetha; Infrastructures Vol 10 (2025); https://doi.org/10.3390/infrastructures10060129
Lights, camera, action : automated visual inspections of nuclear site concrete structures: Dow Hamish, Lunn Rebecca; Postdocs in Nuclear Energy (PiNE) 2025 (2025)
3D reconstruction and measurement of concrete spalling using near-field photometric stereo and YOLOv8: Dow Hamish, Perry Marcus, Pennada Sanjeetha, Lunn Rebecca, Pytharouli Stella; Automation in Construction Vol 166 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2024.105633
Concrete crack pixel-level segmentation : a comparison of scene illumination angle of incidence: Dow Hamish, Perry Marcus, McAlorum Jack, Pennada Sanjeetha; 11th European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring (2024); https://doi.org/10.58286/29683

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Teaching

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Teaching

CL140: Structural Mechanics & Materials I. This first-year class covers an introduction to structural mechanics and structural design principles. The class is taught in person to students at a Strathclyde partner university in China.

CL246: Structural Mechanics & Materials II. This second-year class introduces students to advanced topics in structural mechanics and structural design principles. The class is taught in person to students at a Strathclyde partner university in China.

CL329/CL323: Introduction to Computer Programming. This third-year class introduces Python and programming to students. I was the lecturer for the course in semester 2 of the 22/23 academic year under the supervision of Dr John Douglas.

Research

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