Dr Phillippe Sentenac
Senior Lecturer
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Prize And Awards
- IAA project “Assessment of flood defense embankments using Geophysics” shortlisted by "the Engineer, collaborate to innovate” national competition final 2016 (sponsored by EPSRC).
- Recipient
- 9/2016
- Geometrics Scholarship Award 25th Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering & Environmental Problems (SAGEEP25) in Tucson, Arizona, 2012.
- Recipient
- 25/3/2012
- Principal investigator for AXA fellowship (£60k)(Dr Marcin Zielinski is the fellow)starting 01/01/2010. Fine fissuring of flood embankments using Geophysics and new detection tracers.
- Recipient
- 1/2008
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Publications
- Integrated ground-penetrating radar and electrical resistivity tomography for concrete and masonry assessment : a critical review and research agenda
- Abu Obaida Muftah, Sentenac Philippe
- NDT Vol 4 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.3390/ndt4030026
- Laboratory calibration of an integrated GPR–ERT framework for reinforced concrete assessment : controlled deterioration states, depth-preferential corrosion signatures, and ground-truth validation
- Abu Obaida Muftah, Sentenac Phillippe
- NDT Vol 4 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.3390/ndt4030021
- Frontier exploration for mine water energy resources
- Whittington DJ, Burnside NM, Sentenac P, Kenney A
- Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology Vol 58 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1144/qjegh2025-056
- Combined GPR and ERT geophysical assessment of a heritage pier
- Sachet Cedric, Sentenac Philippe, Leparoux Donatienne, Fargier Yannick, Cote Philippe
- Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Maritime Engineering Vol 178, pp. 10–23 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1680/jmaen.24.00018
- Assessment of flooded mine shafts for thermal energy storage
- Whittington Daniel, Burnside Neil, Sentenac Phillippe, Johnson Gareth, Shipton Zoe, Kenney Alan
- World Geothermal Congress 2023 (2023)
- Subsurface condition assessment of critical dam infrastructure with non-invasive geophysical sensing
- Michalis Panagiotis, Sentenac Philippe
- Environmental Earth Sciences Vol 80 (2021)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-021-09841-x
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Research Interests
- Pollution remediation, consolidated clay chemical attack
- Geophysics (Electrical Resistivity Tomography, Self Potentials, Electromagnetics, Ground Penetrating Radar) for erosion, fissuring, voids detection and foundations for construction sites.
- Sites investigations (Coastal concrete structures, Flood and reservoirs embankments, dams, polluted sites, landfills).
Professional Activities
- INSA Toulouse - LMDC
- Visiting researcher
- 1/5/2016
- Invited seminars and collaborative research at Ecole des mines d'Ales (France) and University Joseph Fourier-Grenoble (France) &
- Invited speaker
- 2011
- CIRIA (External organisation)
- Advisor
- 1/2010
- International Journal of Geosciences (Journal)
- Editorial board member
- 1/2008
Projects
- KTP - Will Rudd Davidson (Glasgow) Limited - To embed advanced modelling and monitoring strategies for new and heritage masonry structures.
- Tubaldi, Enrico (Principal Investigator) De Angelis, Marco (Co-investigator) Moghaddasi Kelishomi, Hamed (Co-investigator) Patelli, Edoardo (Co-investigator) Sentenac, Phillippe (Co-investigator) Tarantino, Alessandro (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2028
- Concrete dams and sea walls assessment using two new Geophysical monitoring systems
- Sentenac, Phillippe (Principal Investigator)
- 23-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2022
- Coastal defenses assessment using micro-seismics and ERT
- Sentenac, Phillippe (Principal Investigator)
- 26-Jan-2018 - 31-Jan-2019
- Coastal defenses assessment using a new Geophysical monitoring system
- Sentenac, Phillippe (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2016 - 30-Jan-2018
- Modern2020 - Development and Demonstration of monitoring strategies and technologies for geological disposal
- Tarantino, Alessandro (Principal Investigator) Ferguson, Neil (Co-investigator) Lunn, Rebecca (Co-investigator) Sentenac, Phillippe (Co-investigator) Yang, Wenbin (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2015 - 30-Jan-2019
- Geophysical site investigation of Scottish Water wind turbines sites
- Sentenac, Phillippe (Principal Investigator)
- 05-Jan-2015 - 30-Jan-2016
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Contact
Dr
Phillippe
Sentenac
Senior Lecturer
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Email: philippe.sentenac@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 4751