Dr Richard Lord
Reader
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Personal statement
I am a geochemist with interdisciplinary research interests in earth resources & pollution, low carbon energy, sustainability, engineering and the environment. I have particular expertise in the reuse of wastes in the bio-based Circular Economy and the remediation and reuse of contaminated or brownfield land to deliver net zero. After joining Strathclyde in 2012 I won CEE’s first KTP for 25 years with Scottish Canals on reusing dredged sediments, while my earlier KTP with Northumbrian Water on reusing water treatment residues was nominated for KTP of the year. As CEE’s Director of Knowledge Exchange for 7 years I was the Engineering Faculty’s KTP champion, securing funding for a further KTP for the Department with William Tracey. I now lead Strathclyde’s contribution to two international research consortium projects which each develop my earlier research themes: The €8M SURICATES Interreg NWE project (Sediment Uses as Resources in Circular And Territorial EconomieS) addresses the largest non-mining waste stream in the EU with a consortium of 14 European partners. The €3.5M CERESiS H2020 Project (ContaminatEd land Remediation through Energy crops for Soil improvement to liquid biofuel Strategies) is addressing two key issues: the legacy of contaminated land and the requirements for high energy density liquid biofuels for transport to meet our Net-Zero targets, through a truly international consortium of 12 partners, from Canada, Brazil, Ukraine and Europe. I currently lead the Circular Land & Water research group, within the Centre for Water, Sustainability & Public Health, and am subtheme co-ordinator for Environmental Impact for the University’s “Energy” research theme. I lead and deliver CEE’s three group design project modules for 5th year MEng and MSc Civil/Environmental Engineering students CL518, CL519 and CL966. I am open to PhD student enquiries in all of the above areas.
Prize And Awards
- Nominated for Strathclyde Teaching Excellence Awards 2018
- Recipient
- 11/5/2018
- Eni Awards 2016 invitation
- Recipient
- 20/10/2015
- Nominated for KTP awards 2015
- Recipient
- 17/7/2015
- Best Life Environment Project 2010
- Recipient
- 25/5/2011
Publications
- Fingerprinting dissolved organic compounds : a potential tool for identifying the surface infiltration environments of meteoric groundwaters
- Stillings M, Lunn RJ, Shipton ZK, Lord RA, Thompson S, Knapp M
- Geoenergy (2024)
- A circular economy approach to drinking water treatment residue management in a catchment impacted by historic metal mines
- Nunn Benjamin, Lord Richard, Davidson Christine M
- Journal of Environmental Management Vol 345 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118809
- Review of UK inland waterways transportation from the hydrodynamics point of view
- Terziev Momchil, Mosse Jonathan, Norman Rosemary, Pazouki Kayvan, Lord Richard, Tezdogan Tahsin, Thompson Charlotte, Konovessis Dimitrios, Incecik Atilla
- Urban Planning Vol 8, pp. 438-454 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.17645/up.v8i3.6752
- Baseline characterization of Pb-Zn-Cu-Cd-As mine soils using pXRF for phyto-stabilisation trials using Phalaris arundinacea
- Torrance Keith, Nunn Benn, Lord Richard, Lapeche Valerie, Coftier Aline, Hamilton Alasdair, Lemiere Bruno
- SEGH 2023 (2023)
- Repurposing dredged canal sediment for topsoil at Bowling, Scotland
- Torrance Keith, Lord Richard Alastair, Hamilton Alasdair, Berry Paul
- Sustainability Vol 15 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.3390/su15129261
- Growing perennial grasses on contaminated soils for phytoremediation and renewable energy : a nature-based solution to maximise energy and eco-system service provision?
- Lord Richard, Nunn Ben, Wright Ben, Colantoni Andrea, Bianchini Leonardo, Alemanno Riccardo, Tryboi Oleksandra, Severino Maico Roris, Leandro Wilson Mozena
- EGU General Assembly 2023 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-3221
Professional Activities
- CEDA Working Group on Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions from Sediment
- Member
- 28/9/2023
- Beneficial use of sediments for our future: compared pathways for taking profit of them as resources for new challenges
- Contributor
- 7/9/2023
- Social, Economic and Environmental Analyses for Sediment Reuse Applications
- Contributor
- 7/9/2023
- Towards net-zero sediment management of inland waterways – comparing embedded and embodied carbon emissions for dredging and reuse scenarios
- Speaker
- 7/9/2023
- A mobile & continuous granulometric classification & dehydration pilot to improve sediment reuse strategies. Case studies & results interpretation
- Contributor
- 6/9/2023
- Lessons from pilot-scale sediment reuse projects on the Scottish canal network.
- Contributor
- 6/9/2023
Projects
- University of Strathclyde Centre for Sustainable Development, Strathclyde Centre for Doctoral Training for Sustainable Development
- Lord, Richard (Principal Investigator) Torrance, Keith (Principal Investigator)
- 50% co-funding for PhD studentship bursary and stipend award (£37.6K) matching £37.6K from CERESiS H2020 project.
- 01-Jan-2022 - 28-Jan-2026
- KTP 13260 - AHK Energy Services Ltd. Development of robust analytical methodology to support the creation of an index of risk of self-heating ability of biomass pellets
- Lord, Richard (Principal Investigator) Knapp, Charles (Co-investigator) Li, Jun (Co-investigator) Liggat, John (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2025
- ContaminatEd land Remediation through Energy crops for Soil Improvement to liquid fuels Strategies
- Lord, Richard (Principal Investigator) Torrance, Keith (Co-investigator) Nunn, Benjamin (Post Grad Student)
- Horizon 2020 project, addressing call *LC-SC3-RES-35-2020: Combined clean biofuel production and phytoremediation solutions from contaminated lands worldwide
- 01-Jan-2020 - 30-Jan-2024
- Development of Framework for Sustainable Decommissioning by Utilising the expertise gained in Ship Recycling
- Turan, Osman (Principal Investigator) Beverland, Iain (Co-investigator) Kurt, Rafet (Co-investigator) Lord, Richard (Co-investigator) Phoenix, Vernon (Co-investigator) Gunbeyaz, Sefer Anil (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2019 - 30-Jan-2020
- Feasibility of phytoremediation on former mine sites, Derwent Reservoir catchment, NE England
- Lord, Richard (Principal Investigator)
- 18-Jan-2018 - 17-Jan-2021
- SURICATES Interreg NWE 462 - Sediment Uses as Resources in Circular And Territorial Economies.
- Lord, Richard (Principal Investigator) Bertram, Doug (Co-investigator) João, Elsa (Co-investigator) Zawdie, Girma (Co-investigator) Tarantino, Alessandro (Co-investigator)
- Interreg NWE Industrial Research Partnership - Initial project phase
€5.67M total budget Includes €3.4M ERDF funding received from Interreg North-West Europe (2017-2021) - 21-Jan-2017 - 21-Jan-2022
Contact
Dr
Richard
Lord
Reader
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Email: richard.lord@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted