Professor Rebecca Lunn
Deputy Associate Principal
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Prize And Awards
- Best paper award at RM4L Conference 2021
- Recipient
- 9/2021
- Elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
- Recipient
- 2018
- Member of the British Empire (MBE)
- Recipient
- 2017
- Elected as an Outstanding Woman of Scotland
- Recipient
- 2015
- Elected a Fellow of The Institution of Civil Engineers
- Recipient
- 2014
- Elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Recipient
- 2014
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Publications
- A transport model for the permeation of colloidal silica
- Pedrotti Matteo, Lyons Joseph, El Mountassir Grainne, Kuras Oliver, Lunn Rebecca J
- Acta Geotechnica (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-026-03117-z
- Magnetic nanoparticle constructs for in situ repair of critical cementitious infrastructure
- Calì E, Pedrotti M, Sernicola G, Fearn S, Vandeperre L, Lunn R J, Ryan MP
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A Vol 14, pp. 21029-21039 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1039/D6TA01009A
- Microbially induced carbonate precipitation for soil improvement : insights from a meter-scale radial grouting trial
- Sang Guijie, Lunn Rebecca J, Minto James M, El Mountassir Grainne
- Biogeotechnics Vol 4 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bgtech.2024.100157
- Predicting the tensile and unconfined compressive strength of MICP- treated sands
- Castro Gloria M, Anderson Mary, Minto James, Zhang Qi, El Mountassir Grainne, Lunn Rebecca J
- Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Vol 152 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1061/JGGEFK.GTENG-13774
- Influence of end caps on the unconfined compressive strength of bio-cemented sand
- Sang Guijie, El Mountassir Grainne, Minto James M, Lunn Rebecca J
- Biogeotechnics (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bgtech.2025.100189
- Development of a treatment strategy applicable to field conditions for the repair of vertical fractures in concrete using MICP
- Castro Gloria M, El Mountassir Grainne, Lunn Rebecca
- 2025 International Conference on Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.53243/ICBBG2025-57
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Research Interests
- Use of microbially mediated mineral precipitation for ground improvement and ground sealing
- Development and application of colloidal silica-based grouts for ground improvement and ground sealing
- Development of detectable cementitious grouts for reliable barrier formation
- Fluid flow in geological faults, estimating fault permeability (particular relevance to radioactive waste disposal, CO2 sequestration and oil and gas exploitation)
- The relationaship between fault permeability and seismicity - temporal and spatial evolution
- Predicting ground permeability through structural geology and rock mechanics
- Groundwater flow and contaminant transport
- Rock mechanics and structural geology
- Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems
- Computer modelling
Professional Activities
- IGNITE Annual Event 2025
- Speaker
- 30/4/2025
- Grout Group
- Chair
- 13/11/2024
- Grout Group
- Chair
- 6/3/2024
- Grout Group
- Chair
- 7/2/2024
- Grout Group
- Chair
- 17/1/2024
- Grout Group
- Chair
- 29/11/2023
Projects
- Mechanochemical Reactions in Silicate Rocks: Decarbonising the production of critical materials
- Lunn, Rebecca (Principal Investigator)
- 05-Jan-2026 - 04-Jan-2036
- ALICS (Adaptive Lighting for the Inspectionof Concrete Structures) - Spinout (High Growth Spin Out)
- Dow, Hamish (Principal Investigator) Lunn, Rebecca (Co-investigator)
- This project will commercialise the Adaptive Lighting for the Inspection of Concrete Structures (ALICS) system. The project is funded by Scottish Enterprise as part of the High-Growth Spinout Programme (HGSP) "Company Creation" phase.
Award value: £199,90 - 01-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2027
- ALICS NII Trials final costed for Bruce Power
- Dow, Hamish (Principal Investigator) Lunn, Rebecca (Co-investigator)
- This project will deploy the Adaptive Lighting for the Inspection of Concrete Structures (ALICS) system at various sites in Bruce County, Canada. The results will then be showcased at a technical demonstration. The project is funded by the Canadian Nuclear Innovation Institute (NII)
Project FEC: £45,638
Funder Contribution: £31,463 - 02-Jan-2025 - 01-Jan-2026
- ALICS Trials on PT Bridge - Structures Moonshot
- Dow, Hamish (Principal Investigator) Lunn, Rebecca (Co-investigator)
- This project deployed the Adaptive Lighting for the Inspection of Concrete Structures (ALICS) system at a National Highways site as part of the "Structures Moonshot ". The work was carried out in partnership with inspectors from Henderson Thomas Associates (HTA).
Award value (VAT inclusive): £6,848.10 - 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2025
- DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Wilson, Joe
- Lunn, Rebecca (Principal Investigator) Stillings, Mark (Co-investigator) Wilson, Joe (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2028
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Nuclear Energy- SATURN (Skills And Training Underpinning a Renaissance in Nuclear) | Medina, David
- Murray, Paul (Principal Investigator) Lunn, Rebecca (Co-investigator) Medina, David (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2028
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Contact
Professor
Rebecca
Lunn
Deputy Associate Principal
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Email: rebecca.lunn@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2826