Professor Simon Tait

School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Professor of Water Engineering

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s.tait@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 5771
Room MezC6a, Sir Frederick Mappin Building (Broad Lane Building)

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Professor Simon Tait
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Room MezC6a
Sir Frederick Mappin Building (Broad Lane Building)
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
Profile

My research results in improved measurement and management methodologies to allow urban water infrastructure systems to cope better with pressures caused by climate change, changing patterns of use and physical deterioration.

Professor Simon Tait

Some of Simon’s research focuses on how sediments and pollutants get into water networks and environments; specifically, the processes associated with erosion, transportation and deposition of sediment in river and urban drainage systems. This has evolved to the study of near-bed turbulence and how this interacts with water surfaces waves, offering the potential for the measurement of river and in-pipe turbulence from observations of the water surface.

When sewers fail due to the system filling up or blockages, they can overflow into rivers and urban environments which is biologically damaging and can be detrimental to the aquatic ecology. By working to ensure better management of sewer and drainage networks, Simon aims to prevents this and minimise the resources spent on maintaining sewers and clean-up. He uses lab experiments and surrogate or real sediments as well as numerical modelling to discover how sediments and pollutants move within networks and rivers. By understanding how sediments and networks perform, better decisions can be made to ensure the safety of the urban drainage systems that serve large sections of the population.

Simon is involved in the development of novel inspection techniques to allow the large sewer and drainage networks to be better managed as they face increased pressures from climate change and deterioration. He helped form a spin-out instrumentation company with , which uses acoustic-based instruments to search for defects in pipes.

Publications

Journal articles

  • Luo Q, Dolcetti G, Stoesser T & Tait S (2023) . Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 966, a18.
  • Dolcetti G, Hortobágyi B, Perks M, Tait SJ & Dervilis N (2022) . Water Resources Research, 58(9).
  • Makana LO, Shepherd WJ, Tait S, Rogers CDF, Metje N, Boxall JB & Schellart ANA (2022) . Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice, 13(3).
  • Liu F, Schellart A, Shepherd W, Boxall J, Mayfield M & Tait S (2022) . Journal of Cleaner Production, 358.
  • Loveridge F, Schellart A, Rees S, Stirling R, Taborda D, Tait S, Alibardi L, Biscontin G, Shepley P, Shafagh I , Shepherd W et al (2022) . Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Smart Infrastructure and Construction, 175(1), 10-26.
  • Shafagh I, Shepley P, Shepherd W, Loveridge F, Schellart A, Tait S & Rees SJ (2022) . Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, 29.
  • Xie Z, Lin B, Falconer RA, Nichols A, Tait SJ & Horoshenkov KV (2022) . Journal of Hydraulic Research, 60(2), 205-219.
  • Wu Y, Tait S, Nichols A & Raja J (2021) . Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 27(3).
  • Sriwastava AK, Torres-Matallana JA, Schellart A, Leopold U & Tait S (2021) . Water Research, 194.
  • Muraro F, Dolcetti G, Nichols A, Tait SJ & Horoshenkov KV (2021) . Journal of Hydraulic Research, 59(1), 1-20.
  • Kazemi E, Koll K, Tait S & Shao S (2020) . Advances in Water Resources, 140.
  • Liu F, Tait S, Schellart A, Mayfield M & Boxall J (2020) . Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 123.
  • Kazemi E, Tait S & Shao S (2020) . International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 92(4), 219-245.
  • Mounce S, Shepherd W, Ostojin S, Abdel-Aal M, Schellart A, Shucksmith J & Tait S (2020) . Journal of Hydroinformatics, 22(2), 281-295.
  • Westling E, Sharp L, Scott D, Tait S, Rychlewski M & Ashley R (2019) . Global Environmental Change, 57.
  • Tscheikner-Gratl F, Bellos V, Schellart A, Moreno-Rodenas A, Muthusamy M, Langeveld J, Clemens F, Benedetti L, Rico-Ramirez MA, de Carvalho RF , Breuer L et al (2019) . Water Research, 150, 368-379.
  • Abdel-Aal M, Schellart A, Kroll S, Mohamed M & Tait S (2018) . Water Research, 145, 618-630.
  • Cecchetto M, Tregnaghi M, Bottacin-Busolin A, Tait SJ, Cotterle L & Marion A (2018) . Water Resources Research, 54(11), 8674-8691.
  • Muthusamy M, Wani O, Schellart A & Tait S (2018) . Water Research, 143, 561-569.
  • Sriwastava AK, Tait S, Schellart A, Kroll S, Dorpe MV, Assel JV & Shucksmith J (2018) . Journal of Environmental Engineering, 144(7).
  • Muthusamy M, Schellart A, Tait S & Heuvelink GBM (2017) . Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 21(2), 1077-1091.
  • Kazemi E, Nichols A, Tait S & Shao S (2017) . International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 83(1), 3-27.
  • Dolcetti G, Horoshenkov KV, Krynkin A & Tait SJ (2016) . Physics of Fluids, 28(10).
  • Cecchetto M, Tregnaghi M, Bottacin-Busolin A, Tait S & Marion A (2016) . Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 06016021-06016021.
  • Nichols A, Tait S, Horoshenkov K & Shepherd S (2016) . Journal of Hydraulic Research, 54(5), 516-526.
  • Mohamed M, El Kezza O, Abdel Aal M, Schellart AN & Tait S (2015) . Geothermics, 53, 171-182.
  • Marion A, Nikora V, Puijalon S, Bouma T, Koll K, Ballio F, Tait S, Zaramella M, Sukhodolov A, O'Hare M , Wharton G et al (2014) . Journal of Hydraulic Research, 52(6), 744-758.
  • Horoshenkov KV, Nichols A, Tait SJ & Maximov GA (2013) . Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, 118(3), 1864-1876.
  • Cooper JR, Aberle J, Koll K & Tait SJ (2013) . Water Resources Research, 49(9), 5765-5777.
  • Tregnaghi M, Bottacin-Busolin A, Tait S & Marion A (2012) . Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, 117(4).
  • Tregnaghi M, Bottacin-Busolin A, Marion A & Tait S (2012) . Journal of Geophysical Research, 117.
  • DEY S, SARKAR S, BOSE SK, TAIT S & CASTRO-ORGAZ C (2011) . Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 137, 1173-1189.
  • Cooper JR & Tait SJ (2010) . EARTH SURF PROC LAND, 35(10), 1240-1246.
  • Schellart ANA, Tait SJ & Ashley RM (2010) . Water Research, 44(13), 3893-3904.
  • Cooper JR & Tait SJ (2009) . EARTH SURF PROC LAND, 34(3), 384-397.
  • Bottacin-Busolin A, Tait SJ, Marion A & Chegini A (2008) . Water Resource Research, 44.
  • Measures R & Tait S (2008) . Water Resources Research, 44(4).
  • Cooper JR, Tait SJ & Horoshenkov KV (2006) . EARTH SURF PROC LAND, 31(14), 1839-1848.
  • Marion A, Tregnaghi M & Tait S (2006) . WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH, 42(6).
  • Banasiak R, Verhoeven R, De Sutter R & Tait S (2005) . WATER RESEARCH, 39(20), 5221-5231.
  • Marion A, Tait SJ & McEwan IK (2003) . WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH, 39(12).
Research group

SuDS (Sustainable Drainage Systems) and Urban Drainage

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Grants

Past Grants

Grand Challenge for Water

The EPSRC-funded Grand Challenge Centre for Water, comprising 6 UK universities and 100+ industrial partners working in collaboration to develop the sustainable water solutions of the future and to accelerate innovation uptake across the water sector.

Potential PhD offerings

Unfortunately I am not seeking any PhD Students at this time, however please contact me if you are interested in doing a project in my research area.

Links

Water Engineering Discipline