My research interests are exploring the movement of sediment in alluvial rivers though modelling in order to better understand how to manage flood risk, and restore natural river processes. This includes looking at the effects of climate change and man-made constraints on sediment transport.
MEng in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, 2001.
Chartered Engineer (Engineering Council) and Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 2006.
Teaching Qualification in Further Education, University of Stirling, 2019
Project engineer at Mott MacDonald, Inverness 2001-2014, working on a variety of flood modelling and water treatment design projects
Secondment to Connell-Wagner, Wellington New Zealand 2006- 2008, working on flood modelling and drainage design projects
Lecturer in Maths and Civil Engineering (water engineering, hydrology and hydraulics), UHI Inverness College, 2014 – 2022
Subject area: river hydraulics and flood risk modelling
Research title: The effect of channel confinement on long term flood risk in dynamic river systems
Investigating the use of Peer Assessment in Degree-level Mathematics, C Cload, CAIRN Journal, 2021
Conference Paper: Step-Pool Channels in Highland Rivers (UHI Rivers & Lochs Institute), presented at the 2019 River Research Centre Conference, Liverpool.
