Academic staff
Dr Keith Adams
adamsk10@lsbu.ac.uk
Civil and Building Services Engineering
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4945-3188
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I am Lecturer in Construction Technology and Project Management in the school of Architecture and Built Environment. I joined LSBU in 2023 having previously worked at Greenwich University and before studying at Brunel University (PhD) and University College London (MSc). I teach Civil Engineering undergraduates in Construction Technology, Project Management and Engineering Mathematics.
Areas of interest I am passionate about are risk and natural disasters (including earthquake and tsunami) because of the impact good design guidance can have on reducing loss of life after major events.
My research focuses on cascading multi hazard risk and how this propagates through complex interconnected systems such as civil engineering infrastructure networks.
My recent research includes large scale laboratory generation of long period tsunami waves in both the MAKEWAVES and URBANWAVES research projects - investigating the interaction of waves with on-shore coastal infrastructure.
I am currently also an active member of the Institution of Structural Engineers' technical committee on Post Earthquake Field Investigation reconnaissance, as we quantify the effects of these disasters on their local communities. Long term recovery from disaster events is also a research interest, with a recent mission to Banda Aceh, site of devastation following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
Courses taught
Civil Engineer Apprenticeship Degree - Civil Engineering BEng
Civil Engineering - BEng (Hons)
Civil Engineering - BTEC HNC
Building Services Design Engineering Apprenticeship - Building Services Engineering BEng
Postgraduate Research Supervision
Current
| Mrs Niki Soleimani Amiri | Doctoral Research Project | PhD |
Brunel University London
University College London
University College London
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST)
| Funder | Year won | Project | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyds Register Foundation and TWI LTD, CB21 6AL, Cambridge, UK | 2024 | COASTVUL-SLR: Coastal Structure Vulnerability to Sea Level Rise | Co-Investigator |
| Proposal | Project | Role | Funder | Status | Status last updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAFERWALL: Seawall Assessment for FuturE Resilience to Waves and Sea LeveL rise | SAFERWALL: Seawall Assessment for FuturE Resilience to Waves and Sea LeveL rise | Co-Investigator | Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | OPEN In preparation | Aug 2024 |
| NaTuRe-IC: Nature-based solutions for the Tsunami Resilience of Indonesia’s Coastlines | NaTuRe-IC: Nature-based solutions for the Tsunami Resilience of Indonesia’s Coastlines | Principal Investigator | British Council | OPEN Submitted | Jul 2024 |
The Makewaves Tsunami Collaboration
Adams, K. (2023). The Makewaves Tsunami Collaboration. ICE Coasts, Marine Structures and Breakwaters 2023. Portsmouth Marriott Hotel 25 - 27 Apr 2023 ICE Publishing.
Extratropical cyclone damage to the seawall in Dawlish, UK: eyewitness accounts, sea level analysis and numerical modelling
Adams, K. and Heidarzadeh, M (2022). Extratropical cyclone damage to the seawall in Dawlish, UK: eyewitness accounts, sea level analysis and numerical modelling. Natural Hazards. 116, pp. 637-662. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-022-05692-2
A multi-hazard risk model with cascading failure pathways for the Dawlish (UK) railway using historical and contemporary data
Adams, K. and Heidarzadeh, M (2021). A multi-hazard risk model with cascading failure pathways for the Dawlish (UK) railway using historical and contemporary data. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 56 (102082). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102082
Combining remote sensing techniques and field surveys for post‑earthquake reconnaissance missions
Giorgia Giardina, Valentina Macchiarulo, Fatemeh Foroughnia, Joshua N. Jones, Michael R. Z. Whitworth, Brandon Voelker, Pietro Milillo, Camilla Penney, Keith Adams, Tracy Kijewski‑Correa., Giardina, G., Macchiarulo, V., Foroughnia, F., Jones, J.N., Whitworth, M.R.Z, Voelker, B., Milillo, P., Penney, C., Adams, K. and Kijewski‑Correa, T. (2023). Combining remote sensing techniques and field surveys for post‑earthquake reconnaissance missions. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-023-01716-9
Lessons for Remote Post-earthquake Reconnaissance from the 14 August 2021 Haiti Earthquake
Whitworth, M.R.Z., Giardina, G., Penney, C., Di Sarno, L., Adams, K., Kijewski-Correa, T., Black, J., Foroughnia, F., Macchiarulo, V., Milillo, P., Ojaghi, M., Orfeo, A., Pugliese, F., Dönmez, K., Aktas Y.D. and Macabuag, Y. (2022). Lessons for Remote Post-earthquake Reconnaissance from the 14 August 2021 Haiti Earthquake. Frontiers in Built Environment. 8 (873212). https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2022.873212
Observations from the EEFIT-TDMRC mission to Banda Aceh, Indonesia to investigate the recovery from the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
Baiguera, M., Raby, A., McGovern, D., Adams, K., Meilianda, E., Idris, Y. and Veriyanti, V. (2023). Observations from the EEFIT-TDMRC mission to Banda Aceh, Indonesia to investigate the recovery from the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. SECED. Society for Earthquake and Civil Engineering Dynamics.