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Academic Staff - Civil Engineering
Mr Martin Borthwick Mr Martin Borthwick

School of Civil and Structural Engineering,
Palace Court, Palace Street
Plymouth, Devon, PL1 2DE, UK

Tel: +44 (0)1752 233676
Fax: +44 (0)1752 233658
e-mail: M.Borthwick@plymouth.ac.uk
Introduction
1990: BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering.

1990 - 93: Assistant Engineer, National Rivers Authority.

1993 - date: Senior Lecturer, School of Civil & Structural Engineering, University of Plymouth.
Teaching
Hydraulics, Engineering Hydrology, Coastal Engineering, River Engineering, Environmental Engineering (including Public Health Engineering), Engineering Analysis.
Research
Hydraulics, particularly environmental implications of river engineering works (eg on hydraulic behaviour, geomorphology, etc).

Applications of evolutionary computing to hydrological modelling.

Sustainable river engineering - river restoration and rehabilitation using 'soft' engineering techniques.

A grant application to EPSRC in collaboration with the University's Department of Geographical Sciences & Department of Biological Sciences and the Environmental Agency of English Nature is in progress.

PhD registration pending.
Publications
Other Activities
Programme Manager - BSc Civil / Civil & Coastal Engineering and HND Civil Engineering Studies programmes.

Programme Manager - BSc (Hons) Environmental Design & Management.

Member of various School committes, including:

  • Architecture, Building, Civil Engineering Task Group.
  • School Research Committee.
  • Hydraulics/Coastal Environmental Engineering Laboratory Management Group.
  • Programme Committees.
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