Dr Julia Race

Vice Dean (Academic)

Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering

Personal statement

Prior to starting my academic career, I worked in industry for over 20 years, latterly in the pipeline industry for 7 years as an integrity consultant for GE Oil and Gas. In this role, I was responsible for providing fitness-for-purpose, remaining life and corrosion assessments for onshore and offshore pipelines. I have also worked as a materials engineer in the petrochemical and power generation industries involved with the operation, maintenance and design of chemical and power plant.

My primary research interest, developed since my move to academia from industry, is in the use of pipeline infrastructure to deliver pathways to Net Zero – primarily in the transportation of carbon dioxide (CO₂) for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) schemes and hydrogen as a replacement for oil and gas in the energy mix. In this area my research topics have included:

material and specification requirements for CO₂ and H₂ pipelines,
techniques for conducting Quantitative Risk Assessments, including pipeline failure frequency and consequence analysis
hydraulic network design and developing system flexibility,
techno-economics and wider economy impacts.

My wider research interests include the modelling of structural damage and corrosion on structures, particularly relating to onshore and offshore energy infrastructure.

Publications

Policy options for funding carbon capture in regional industrial clusters : what are the impacts and trade-offs involved in compensating industry competitiveness loss?: Turner Karen, Race Julia, Alabi Oluwafisayo, Katris Antonios, Swales J Kim; Ecological Economics Vol 184 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.106978
The influence of burial depth and soil thermal conductivity on heat transfer in buried CO2 pipelines for CCS : a parametric study: Olugunwa Babafemi, Race Julia, Tezdogan Tahsin; Proceedings of the 2020 13th International Pipeline Conference 2020 13th International Pipeline Conference (2021); https://doi.org/10.1115/IPC2020-9695
The need for a net zero principles framework to support public policy at local, regional and national levels: Turner Karen, Katris Antonios, Race Julia; Local Economy Vol 35, pp. 627-634 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1177/0269094220984742
Burst pressure prediction of API 5L X-grade dented pipelines using deep neural network: Oh Dohan, Race Julia, Oterkus Selda, Koo Bonguk; Journal of Marine Science and Engineering Vol 8 (2020); https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse8100766
A new methodology for the prediction of burst pressure for API 5L X grade flawless pipelines: Oh Do Han, Race Julia, Oterkus Selda, Chang Enrong; Ocean Engineering Vol 212 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2020.107602
Nudging policymakers : a case study of the role and influence of academic policy analysis: Turner Karen, Alabi Oluwafisayo, Race Julia; Journal of European Public Policy Vol 27, pp. 1270-1286 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2020.1742774

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Professional activities

Centre for Energy Policy Energy Conversations:Stop talking tech – why should people care about energy technology and policy?: Speaker; 28/3/2019
Cybersecurity and Marine Big Data: Member of programme committee; 13/11/2018
Stakeholder engagement meeting: Participant; 13/2/2018
Stakeholder engagement meeting: Participant; 7/2/2018
PhD Reading Committee - Utrecht University: External Examiner; 4/9/2015
External examiner for MSc programmes at Robert Gordon University: External Examiner; 1/12/2014

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Projects

An Integrated smart system of Ultrafiltration, Photocatalysis, thermal desalination for wastewater treatment (Newton Institutional Links): Oterkus, Selda (Principal Investigator) Oterkus, Erkan (Co-investigator) Race, Julia (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2020 - 30-Jan-2022
An Integrated smart system of Ultrafiltration, Photocatalysis, thermal desalination for wastewater treatment (Newton Institutional Links) / R200012: Oterkus, Selda (Principal Investigator) Oterkus, Erkan (Co-investigator) Race, Julia (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2020 - 30-Jan-2022
ISCF Scotland's Net Zero Roadmap (SNZR): Turner, Karen (Principal Investigator) Race, Julia (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2020
Accounting and scenario analyses to measuring and unlocking value to enable Just Transitions in the decarbonisation of uk industry clusters: Turner, Karen (Principal Investigator) Race, Julia (Co-investigator) Swales, John (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2019 - 30-Jan-2021
The Role of CCUS in Industry Clusters in Delivering Value to the Political Economy: Turner, Karen (Principal Investigator) Race, Julia (Co-investigator) Alabi, Oluwafisayo Titilope (Researcher) Katris, Antonios (Researcher); 01-Jan-2019 - 30-Jan-2020
The role of CCS in industry clusters in delivering value to the political economy: Turner, Karen (Principal Investigator) Race, Julia (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2019 - 31-Jan-2020

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Henry Dyer Building

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