Professor Zoe Shipton
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Personal statement
Engineering the subsurface is critical to reaching net zero: underpinning new clean energy (geothermal, offshore wind); enabling large-scale energy storage (pumped storage hydropower; thermal storage, compressed air, hydrogen); and providing safe long-term storage of waste (geological disposal of CO2, radioactive waste disposal). My research spans fundamental geoscience research on subsurface processes, understanding geological and interpretational uncertainties, through to the social science of communicating these geological concepts & uncertainties, and demonstrating novel technologies through in-ground experiments. To help achieve the large-scale changes in our energy system and society that are needed to meet - and ideally exceed - our net zero targets, I work in close collaboration between academia, industry, government and civil society across a wide range of disciplines.
Prize And Awards
Publications
- Validating the application of cyclic hydraulic pressure pulses to reduce breakdown pressure in granite
- Kendrick Jackie Evan, Lamur Anthony, Mouli-Castillo Julien, Lightbody Alexander, Fraser-Harris Andrew, Edlmann Katriona, McDermott Christopher Ian, Shipton Zoe Kai
- iScience Vol 27 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.110881
- Modelling of mine shaft thermal energy storage (MSTES) for district heating and grid balancing
- Ewe Win Eng, Flett Graeme Hamilton, Tuohy Paul Gerard, Dassow Jessica, Molnar Ian, Flude Stephanie, Mukherjee Indrani, Burnside Neil, Wang Huachuan, Yang Shangtong, Whittington Daniel, Shipton Zoe
- uSIM2024 (2024)
- In-situ X-ray micro-CT quantitative analysis and modelling the damage evolution in granite rock
- Hu Qinxin, Yang Shangtong, Xi Xun, Shipton Zoe K, Minto James, Hu Xiaofei
- Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics Vol 133 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tafmec.2024.104589
- 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
- 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
- Cyclical hydraulic pressure pulses reduce breakdown pressure and initiate staged fracture growth in PMMA
- Mouli-Castillo Julien, Kendrick Jackie E, Lightbody Alexander, Fraser-Harris Andrew, Edlmann Katriona, McDermott Christopher Ian, Shipton Zoe Kai
- Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources Vol 10 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s40948-024-00739-z
Professional Activities
- A series of fortuitous events: Capture of carbon dioxide by milling of silicate minerals
- Speaker
- 29/1/2024
- Fault architecture in the Port Campbell Embayment, Otway Basin (Vic, Australia)
- Contributor
- 10/1/2024
- European Geoscience Union (EGU) 2020
- Speaker
- 6/5/2020
- European Geoscience Union (EGU) 2020
- Speaker
- 6/5/2020
- European Geoscience Union (EGU) 2020
- Speaker
- 5/5/2020
- Fracking Bad Language
- Contributor
- 30/1/2020
Projects
- 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-Apr-2024 - 30-Sep-2027
- 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-Oct-2023 - 01-Oct-2025
- Bridging current knowledge gaps to enable the UPTAKE of carbon dioxide removal methods (UPTAKE) HORIZON-RIA
- Roberts, Jen (Principal Investigator) Shipton, Zoe (Co-investigator)
- 01-Sep-2023 - 31-Aug-2027
- Unlocking the Economic Opportunity of Minewater Geothermal Resources in Scotland-PhD support
- Shipton, Zoe (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Oct-2022 - 31-Aug-2025
- GigaWattHour Subsurface Thermal Energy storAge: Engineered structures and legacy Mine shafts: STEaM
- Shipton, Zoe (Principal Investigator) Burnside, Neil (Co-investigator) Tuohy, Paul Gerard (Co-investigator) Yang, Shangtong (Co-investigator) Johnson, Gareth (Research Co-investigator)
- 13-Aug-2022 - 12-Feb-2025
- Doctoral Training Partnership 2020-2021 University of Strathclyde | Deeming, Katherine
- Shipton, Zoe (Principal Investigator) Roberts, Jen (Co-investigator) Deeming, Katherine (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Mar-2022 - 01-Sep-2025
Contact
Professor
Zoe
Shipton
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Email: zoe.shipton@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3183