
Dr Hamish Dow
Research Associate
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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
Publications
- 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 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2025.3559405
- Lights, camera, action : automated visual inspections of nuclear site concrete structures
- Dow Hamish, Lunn Rebecca
- Postdocs in Nuclear 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
- 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
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.
Projects
- ALICS Trials on PT Bridge - Structures Moonshot
- Dow, Hamish (Principal Investigator) Lunn, Rebecca (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2025
- ALICS Scottish Enterprise High Growth Spin-out Programme
- Dow, Hamish (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2025
- ALICS Stephen Young Entrepreneurship Award for Outstanding Business Idea Research Paper
- Dow, Hamish (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2026
Contact
Dr
Hamish
Dow
Research Associate
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Email: hamish.dow@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted