Professor Rebecca Lunn

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Publications

Treatment of fractured concrete via microbially induced carbonate precipitation : from micro-scale characteristics to macro-scale behaviour
Turner Ronald, Castro Gloria M, Minto James, El Mountassir Grainne, Lunn Rebecca J
Construction and Building Materials Vol 384 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.131467
Colloidal silica as a grouting material for the temporary encapsulation of heat-generating radioactive waste during removal and transport operations : a proof of concept
Pagano Arianna Gea, El Mountassir GrĂ¡inne, Lunn Rebecca Jane
Frontiers in Energy Research Vol 11 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2023.1156301
Mechanochemical processing of silicate rocks to trap CO2
Stillings Mark, Shipton Zoe K, Lunn Rebecca J
Nature Sustainability (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-023-01083-y
Predicting the frequency of seismic events for subsurface engineering projects using background microseismicity data
Dafnioti Eleni, Chatzopoulos Georgios, Pytharouli Stella, Vallianatos Filippos, Lunn Rebecca
EGU General Assembly 2023 (2023)
LGBT+ academics' and PhD students' experiences of visibility in STEM : more than raising the rainbow flag
Reggiani Marco, Gagnon Jessica Dawn, Lunn Rebecca Jane
Higher Education, pp. 1-19 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-023-00993-2
Microbially induced calcite precipitation for sealing anhydrite fractures with gouges
Sang Guijie, Lunn Rebecca, Minto James M, El Mountassir Grainne
56th US Rock mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium (2022)
https://doi.org/10.56952/ARMA-2022-0277

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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

Inhibiting airborne and groundwater-borne transport of radionuclides during decommissioning operations with colloidal silica grout
Speaker
27/11/2022
Development and application of colloidal silica based grouts for waste containment
Speaker
6/12/2021
Calcite Biomineralisation for the Repair of Damaged Concrete
Contributor
20/9/2021
DETECTAGROUT: Field validation of a dectectable, cementitious grout for rock fracture grouting
Speaker
2021
Bone Dry: Hydroxyapatite as a water-resistant cement coating material
Contributor
6/5/2019
Field deployment of biomineral technologies for treatment and repair of concrete nuclear infrastructure
Contributor
3/4/2019

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Projects

Industrial CASE Account - University of Strathclyde 2022 | Mutahi, Nicholas Silvester
Lunn, Rebecca (Principal Investigator) Pytharouli, Stella (Co-investigator) Mutahi, Nicholas Silvester (Research Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2023 - 01-Jan-2027
IGNITE Network+: Innovation and Growth Needs Inclusion and engagement of all Talent in Energy research
Lunn, Rebecca (Principal Investigator)
12-Jan-2022 - 11-Jan-2026
Poccitone: Port and Coastal Cities and Towns Network
Lunn, Rebecca (Principal Investigator)
01-Jan-2022 - 29-Jan-2024
RWM ICase contribution. Analysis of microseismic data to inform the siting, construction and operation of a geological disposal facility in the UK | Ho, Z. Tim Wing
Lunn, Rebecca (Principal Investigator) Pytharouli, Stella (Co-investigator) Ho, Z. Tim Wing (Research Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2026
RWM ICase contribution. Analysis of microseismic data to inform the siting, construction and operation of a geological disposal facility in the UK
Lunn, Rebecca (Principal Investigator) Pytharouli, Stella (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2025
LGBT STEMinar 2022
Lunn, Rebecca (Principal Investigator)
Conference
25-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2022

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Civil and Environmental Engineering
James Weir

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