
Professor Rebecca Lunn
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Prize And Awards
- Best paper award at RM4L Conference 2021
- Recipient
- 9/2021
- Elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
- Recipient
- 2018
- Member of the British Empire (MBE)
- Recipient
- 2017
- Elected as an Outstanding Woman of Scotland
- Recipient
- 2015
- Elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Recipient
- 2014
- Elected a Fellow of The Institution of Civil Engineers
- Recipient
- 2014
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Publications
- Lights, camera, action : automated visual inspections of nuclear site concrete structures
- Dow Hamish, Lunn Rebecca
- Postdocs in Nuclear 2025 (2025)
- 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
- 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
- Microbially induced carbonate precipitation for soil improvement : insights from a meter-scale radial grouting trial
- Sang Guijie, Lunn Rebecca J, Minto James M, El Mountassir Grainne
- Biogeotechnics (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bgtech.2024.100157
- Improving non-uniform gravelly sand using microbially induced carbonate precipitation : an outdoor cubic-meter scale trial by engineering contractors
- Sang Guijie, Lunn Rebecca J, El Mountassir Grainne, Minto James M, McLachlan Erica, Bradley David, Henderson Kenneth
- Engineering Geology Vol 343 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2024.107791
- A holistic understanding of inclusion in STEM : systemic challenges and support for women and LGBT+ academics and PhD students
- Reggiani Marco, Gagnon Jessica Dawn, Lunn Rebecca Jane
- Science Education Vol 108, pp. 1637-1669 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1002/sce.21899
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Research Interests
- Use of microbially mediated mineral precipitation for ground improvement and ground sealing
- Development and application of colloidal silica-based grouts for ground improvement and ground sealing
- Development of detectable cementitious grouts for reliable barrier formation
- Fluid flow in geological faults, estimating fault permeability (particular relevance to radioactive waste disposal, CO2 sequestration and oil and gas exploitation)
- The relationaship between fault permeability and seismicity - temporal and spatial evolution
- Predicting ground permeability through structural geology and rock mechanics
- Groundwater flow and contaminant transport
- Rock mechanics and structural geology
- Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems
- Computer modelling
Professional Activities
- Grout Group
- Chair
- 13/11/2024
- Grout Group
- Chair
- 6/3/2024
- Grout Group
- Chair
- 7/2/2024
- Grout Group
- Chair
- 17/1/2024
- Grout Group
- Chair
- 29/11/2023
- Grout Group
- Chair
- 18/10/2023
Projects
- ALICS Trials on PT Bridge - Structures Moonshot
- Dow, Hamish (Principal Investigator) Lunn, Rebecca (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2025
- DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Wilson, Joe
- Lunn, Rebecca (Principal Investigator) Stillings, Mark (Co-investigator) Wilson, Joe (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2028
- 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-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2027
- Experimental characterization of Bentonite hydromechanical behaviour in high salinity environment
- Pedrotti, Matteo (Principal Investigator) Lunn, Rebecca (Academic) Samadi, Parisa (Post Grad Student)
- The Global Research Studentship will cover 3 years of international fees for an equivalent amount of £62k
- 02-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2026
- 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-Jan-2023 - 01-Jan-2025
- Industrial CASE Account - University of Strathclyde 2022 | Mutahi, Nicholas Silvester
- Lunn, Rebecca (Principal Investigator) Pytharouli, Stella (Co-investigator) Mutahi, Nicholas Silvester (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 01-Jan-2027
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Contact
Professor
Rebecca
Lunn
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Email: rebecca.lunn@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2826