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Dr Nick Woodman MA, MEng, MSc, PhD, FGS

Senior Research Fellow

Dr Nick Woodman is a Senior Research Fellow within Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Southampton.

Nick is a groundwater hydrogeologist with a background in fluid mechanics and mechanical engineering. His research focuses on mathematical modelling of coupled (solute, thermal, poro-mechanical) processes in highly heterogeneous soils and groundwater.

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Research interests

Nick Woodman is interested in the dynamics of fluid flow and transport through the heterogeneous sub-surface across a wide range of groundwater environments. He works on simulation of contaminant (solutes and nanoparticles), heat (both shallow ground source and deep hydro-geothermal systems), poro-mechanics and shallow soil-water hydrology. A significant application of his research has been in relation to understanding the transport of potentially polluting substances from contamination sources to the wider groundwater environment. He has worked on a diversity of media including soil, clay, fractured crystalline rock, limestone and chalk and has conducted substantial research into the flushing of contaminants from waste repositories over long timescales.

Skills include:

Building semi-analytical and numerical models of the subsurface on a range of different platforms
Solving coupled fluid flow, transport, mechanical and heat problems using numerical models
Design and analysis of tracer and flushing experiment in the laboratory and in the field
Optimisation of groundwater tracer experiments at a variety of scales
Examining transport though clay barriers: transport of herbicide & the role of nanoparticles
Uncertainty analysis

Other research projects

'Evolution of the physical, geochemical and mechanical properties of the Alpine Fault Zone: A journey through an active plate boundary.' (NERC NE/J022128/1, June 2013)

'Transport of toxic metals in clay mineral barriers: Influence of mobile sorbent nanoparticles' (EPSRC EP/H030328/1)

'Dissolved and solid phase organic carbon influences on the sorption/desorption of hydrophobic organic contaminants in clay mineral geological layers' (EPSRC EP/G016305/1)

'Science and Strategies for the long-term management and remediation of landfills' (EPSRC EP/E041965/1)

'The role of community based initiatives in Energy Saving' (EPSRC ES/I007504/1).

‘Rooting for Sustainable Performance’ (EPSRC EP/M020177/1[WN1] )

‘Non Steady Analytical Models for Energy Pile Testing and Design‘ (EPSRC EP/P001351/1)

‘Infrastructure slopes: sustainable management and resilience assessment (iSmart)’ (EPSRC EP/K027050/1) ‘Non Steady Analytical Models for Energy Pile Testing and Design‘ EPSRC EP/P001351/1

‘Poroelasticity in the Bengal Aquifer System: implications for groundwater resources monitoring strategy in Bangladesh’ (EPSRC-UCL Global Challenges Research Fund [Based at University College London])

Gabura piezometer (hiding behind plinth) site adjacent to cyclone shelter and shrimp ponds, S. W. Bangladesh. Borehole pressures are strongly influenced by poro-mechanical surface loading.

Community Workshop — Community energy-reduction workshop

Mountain image — Groundwater model: Whataroa Valley

Drilling site — The DFDP2 drilling site, Whataroa Valley, South Island, NZ

UCL PhD Student Sarmin Sultana and Atikul Islam testing saline groundwater at Sarmin’s field site, S.W. Bangldesh

Waste compressor — Compressing waste for solute test.

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Research group

Infrastructure Group

Affiliate research groups

Waste Management, Geochemistry

Research project(s)

Community Based Inititatives in Energy Saving

How do we reduce the length of landfill aftercare?

Landfill hydraulics

Processes, mechanics and management of wastes

Nick is a co-supervisor on two PhD projects.

Jamie Coussens (at NOCS), 'Regional meteoric fluid flow in an active orogenic mountain belt, the Southern Alps, New Zealand'

Sasha Pedchenko (at FEE), ‘Investigating heat transport by groundwater in fractured aquifers for ground energy applications’

Nick also regularly supervises MSc and final-year undergraduate research projects.

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Articles

Book Chapters

Woodman, N., Beaven, R. P., & Barker, J. A. (2007). Critique of landfill flushing using exponential models. In A. Haarstrick, & T. Reichel (Eds.), Landfill Modelling (IWWG Monograph Series). Padova, IT: CISA.
Beaven, R. P., Woodman, N., & Barker, J. A. (2005). End-member flushing models for 'saturated' waste. In A. Haarstick, & T. Reichel (Eds.), Landfill Modelling Padova, IT: CISA.

Conferences

Reports

Rees-White, T., Beaven, R., Woodman, N., & Barker, J. (2012). A ‘fill and draw’ tracer test at the Landgraaf landfill pilot November 2010 to March 2011. Southampton, GB: Waste Management Research Group, University of Southampton.
Black, J. H., Barker, J. A., & Woodman, N. (2007). An investigation of 'sparse channel networks': characteristic behaviours and their causes. Stockholm, SE: Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB (Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co).

Working Paper

Bardsley, N., Buchs, M., James, P. A., Papafragrou, A., Rushby, T., Saunders, C., ... Woodman, N. (2013). Initial effects of a community-based initiative for energy saving: an experimental analysis. University of Southampton.

Dr Nick Woodman
Engineering, University of Southampton, Southampton Boldrewood Innovation Campus, Burgess Road, Southampton, SO16 7QF

Room Number: 178/3021

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