Dr Paul Gerard Tuohy
Lecturer
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Qualifications
PhD Thesis: Strategies for low carbon buildings: Assessment of design options and translation of design intent into performance in practice. University of Strathclyde, 2013.
MSc: Energy Systems and the Environment. Thesis: Sustainable Housing. University of Strathclyde. 2004.
MSc: Design and Manufacture of Microelectronic Systems. Thesis: Realistic worsts cast parameter sets for circuit simulation. University of Edinburgh. 1986.
BSc Hons. Applied Physics. University of Strathclyde. 1983.
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Publications
- Deterioration mechanisms under combined low-amplitude thermal-fatigue and sulphate attack of concrete lining materials for underground thermal energy storage
- Wang Huachuan, Yang Shangtong, Flude Stephanie, Burnside Neil, Mukherjee Indrani, Win Eng Ewe, Flett Graeme Hamilton, Tuohy Paul Gerard, Dassow Jessica, Molnar Ian, Shipton Zoe
- Journal of Energy Storage Vol 182 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2026.124673
- Lifetime techno-economic modelling of underground mineshaft thermal storage for district heating
- Flett Graeme, Tuohy Paul, Dassow Jessica, Burnside Neil, Ewe Win Eng, Flude Stephanie, Molnar Ian, Mukherjee Indrani, Wang Huachuan, Yang Shangtong, Shipton Zoe
- Journal of Energy Storage Vol 162 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2026.121544
- Rethinking Thailand's energy future : strategies for sustainable renewable solutions using the hybrid optimisation of multiple energy resources (HOMER) modelling approach
- Poorisat Tharaya, Aigwi Itohan Esther, Tuohy Paul Gerard, Nwadike Amarachukwu Nnadozie
- Smart and Sustainable Built Environment Vol 15, pp. 1624-1656 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1108/sasbe-04-2025-0215
- Modelling heat and fluid flow during heating of a water filled mine shaft
- Dassow Jessica, Molnar Ian, Flett Graeme, Attili Antonio, Burnside Neil, Ewe Win Eng, Flude Stephanie, Mukherjee Indrani, Tuohy Paul, Wang Huachuan, Yang Shangtong, Shipton Zoe
- Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology Vol 59 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1144/qjegh2025-121
- Mine shaft water for thermal energy storage : A move toward net-zero
- Mukherjee Indrani, Burnside Neil M, Flude Stephanie, Whittington Daniel J, Dassow Jessica, Wang Huachuan, Ewe Win Eng, Yang Shangtong, Molnar Ian L, Tuohy Paul, Flett Graeme, Shipton Zoe
- Water Security, Management, and Energy Nexus 1st International Conference on Sustainable Water Management, and Resource Adaptation, SWMRA 2024 Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation, pp. 331-342 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-06709-8_33
- An optimal approach to the pre-implementation value assessment of smart energy systems; a 'green' hydrogen case study
- Flett Graeme, Tuohy Paul, Howorth Gary, Kockar Ivana
- Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks Vol 44 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.segan.2025.101924
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Research Interests
- Impact of occupant comfort and behaviour on energy use.
- Renewable energy integration in buildings, communities and micro-grids.
- Integration of Energy Storage in Low Carbon Buildings and Districts.
- Future building performance, standards and regulations.
- Building industry design process and zero defect performance in practice.
- Building and systems performance simulation.
- Buildings, systems and controls optimisation.
- Passive buildings, EU Passivhaus standards.
- Model Predictive Control of Solar Thermal Systems.
- Microelectronic systems.
Professional Activities
- Strategic Themes: Digital Twinning for Decarbonisation of our Cities
- Participant
- 27/11/2024
- 100% Renewable Energy Systems Masterplanning and Modelling for the £24.5M East Ayrshire Growth Deal 'National Energy Research Demonstrator (NERD)'
- Speaker
- 24/11/2019
- Absurdity of Biofuels and the 100% Renewable Future Energy System
- Speaker
- 29/4/2019
- Social Innovation Systems for Building Resilient Communities
- Speaker
- 16/6/2017
Projects
- ClimateXChange. Overheating risks and climate adaptation in NHS Scotland healthcare environments
- Costola, Daniel (Principal Investigator) Tuohy, Paul Gerard (Co-investigator)
- 28-Jan-2026 - 05-Jan-2027
- Innovatium: Provision of Support/Tool for assessment of services
- Kockar, Ivana (Principal Investigator) Tuohy, Paul Gerard (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2024
- Louisville/Jefferson County Metro: Priority Climate Action Plan development for the EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Program
- Bellingham, Richard (Principal Investigator) Andriosopoulos, Dimitris (Co-investigator) Ferguson, Neil (Co-investigator) Li, Sheng (Co-investigator) Rogerson, Robert (Co-investigator) Tuohy, Paul Gerard (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2024
- DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Yogo, Raymond Okinyi
- Kockar, Ivana (Principal Investigator) Tuohy, Paul Gerard (Co-investigator) Yogo, Raymond Okinyi (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 01-Jan-2027
- 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-Jan-2022 - 23-Jan-2026
- Assessment of long and short term thermal energy storage in flooded coal mines
- Burnside, Neil (Principal Investigator) Dempster, William (Co-investigator) Tuohy, Paul Gerard (Co-investigator) Whittington, Daniel (Post Grad Student)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2025
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Contact
Dr
Paul Gerard
Tuohy
Lecturer
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Email: paul.tuohy@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2083