Professor Rebecca Lunn

Civil and Environmental Engineering

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
Lights, camera, action : automated visual inspections of nuclear site concrete structures: Dow Hamish, Lunn Rebecca; Postdocs in Nuclear 2025 (2025)
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 Vol 2 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1144/geoenergy2023-036
Using subtle variations in groundwater geochemistry to identify the proximity of individual geological structures : a case study from the Grimsel Test Site (Switzerland): Stillings M, Shipton Z K, Lord R A, Lunn R J; Geoenergy Vol 2, pp. 1-10 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1144/geoenergy2024-005
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 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bgtech.2024.100157
How common are natural microseismic events?: Dafnioti Eleni, Pytharouli Stella, Lunn Rebecca, Chatzopoulos Georgios, Vallianatos Filippos; American Geophysical Union (AGU ) Annual Meeting Conference (2024)

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

ALICS Trials on PT Bridge - Structures Moonshot: Dow, Hamish (Principal Investigator) Lunn, Rebecca (Co-investigator); 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): Lunn, Rebecca (Principal Investigator); 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2032
Mechanochemical processing of silicate rocks for direct carbon capture (MACO2): Lunn, Rebecca (Principal Investigator) Giesekam, Jannik (Co-investigator) Shipton, Zoe (Co-investigator) Stillings, Mark (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2027
Experimental characterization of Bentonite hydromechanical behaviour in high salinity environment: Pedrotti, Matteo (Principal Investigator) Lunn, Rebecca (Academic) Samadi, Parisa (Post Grad Student); The Global Research Studentship will cover 3 years of international fees for an equivalent amount of £62k; 02-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2026
Understanding the rock fatigue mechanisms in underground hydrogen storage FUSE (Global Partnerships Seedcorn Fund): Yang, Shangtong (Principal Investigator) Lunn, Rebecca (Co-investigator) Shipton, Zoe (Co-investigator); 02-Jan-2023 - 01-Jan-2025

Professor Rebecca Lunn
Civil and Environmental Engineering

Email: rebecca.lunn@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2826