Research projects

The iRI currently holds over £5 million in research funding, supporting projects that involve combinations of a wide range of technical Engineering disciplines - Materials, Structures, Geotechnics, Fluid Mechanics and Management. While we are proud of the diversity of our research, the common thread throughout is to contribute to an Engineering response to one or more of the 'threats and hazards' that disrupt infrastructure systems.

• Study of Deep Underground Coal Gasification and the Permanent Storage of CO2 in the Affected Areas
• Future Infrastructure Forum (FIF) - a network for resilient and sustainable infrastructure
  
• TRANSCEND: Transport for Concrete which is Eco friendly iNnovative and Durable
  
• Undermining Infrastructure
  
• Advanced Lattice Structures for Composite Airframes (ALaSCA)
  
• Leeds Aged Cements
  
• Future Energy Decision Making for Cities - Can Complexity Science Rise to the Challenge?
  
• Supercritical Carbonation for Stabilisation of Industrial Waste
  
• NACNet
  
• Land of the MUSCOs (Multiple Utility Service Companies)
  
• Reducing Vulnerability, Bringing Together Engineering and Social Science Perspectives
  
• Thermal Management in Commercial Bread Baking
  
• Long Term Offshore Concrete Degradation
  
• Design of Super-Impactors
  
• A Multi-Technique Approach to Study the Prehydration of Cement
  
• Innovation and Knowledge Centre Regenerative Therapies and Devices (IKC Tranche 1)
  
• Leverhulme Artist in Residence
  
• Designing the Future - Engineering Education Colloquium Series

The work of the iRI overlaps with that of our collegiate institute (PaCE) in areas including Contaminated Land and Ground Water, and Solid Waste Management. iRI members also collaborate with the Sustainability Research Institute (SRI), Leeds University Business School and the Institute for Transport Studies on several projects.

Click here for a diagram to explain how we approach Resilience research.