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.
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:
'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])
Waste Management, Geochemistry
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.
Room Number: 178