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) Scotland Lecture Competition - 1st Place: Recipient; 26/2/2025
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
Nomination for Strathclyde Teaching Excellence Award: Recipient; 18/5/2023

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Publications

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Publications

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
Photometric stereo data for the validation of a structural health monitoring test rig: Blair Jennifer, Stephen Bruce, Brown Blair, McArthur Stephen, Gorman David, Forbes Alistair, Pottier Claire, McAlorum Jack, Dow Hamish, Perry Marcus; Data in Brief Vol 53 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2024.110164
Automated concrete crack inspection with directional lighting platform: McAlorum Jack, Dow Hamish, Pennada Sanjeetha, Perry Marcus, Dobie Gordon; IEEE Sensors Letters Vol 7 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1109/LSENS.2023.3327611
Threshold-based BRISQUE-assisted deep learning for enhancing crack detection in concrete structures: Pennada Sanjeetha, Perry Marcus, McAlorum Jack, Dow Hamish, Dobie Gordon; Journal of Imaging Vol 9 (2023); https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging9100218
Skeleton-based noise removal algorithm for binary concrete crack image segmentation: Dow Hamish, Perry Marcus, McAlorum Jack, Pennada Sanjeetha, Dobie Gordon; Automation in Construction Vol 151 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2023.104867

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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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