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

Senior Research Fellow

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Dr Nick Woodman is a Senior Research Fellow within Engineering and the Environment 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.

Articles

Woodman, N., Rees-White, T., Beaven, R., Stringfellow, A., & Barker, J. (2017). Doublet tracer tests to determine the contaminant flushing properties of a municipal solid waste landfill. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2017.05.008

Sutherland, R., Townend, J., Toy, V., Upton, P., Coussens, J., Allen, M., ... Zimmer, M. (2017). Extreme hydrothermal conditions at an active plate-bounding fault. Nature, 546(7656), 137–140. DOI: 10.1038/nature22355

Turner, D., Beaven, R., & Woodman, N. (2016). Evaluating landfill aftercare strategies: a life cycle assessment approach. Waste Management, 1-33. DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2016.12.005

Black, J. H., Woodman, N., & Barker, J. (2016). Groundwater flow into underground openings in fractured crystalline rocks: an interpretation based on long channels. Hydrogeology Journal, 1-56.

Woodman, N. D., Rees-White, T. C., Stringfellow, A., Beaven, R. P., & Hudson, A. P. (2015). Multiple-tracer tests for contaminant transport process identification in saturated municipal solid waste. Waste Management, 1-44. DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2014.12.012

Woodman, N., Rees-White, T., Stringfellow, A., Beaven, R. P., & Hudson, A. P. (2014). Investigating the effect of compression on solute transport through degrading municipal solid waste. Waste Management, 34(11), 2196-2208. DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2014.06.022

Woodman, N. D., Siddiqui, A. A., Powrie, W., Stringfellow, A., Beaven, R. P., & Richards, D. J. (2013). Quantifying the effect of settlement and gas on solute flow and transport through treated municipal solid waste. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 153, 106-121. DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2013.04.007

Woodman, N., Stringfellow, A., Powrie, W., Potter, H. A. B., Simoes, A., Marcosanti, A., ... Pavani, C. (2011). Transport of mecoprop through Mercia Mudstone and Oxford Clay at the laboratory scale. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 44(3), 331-344. DOI: 10.1144/1470-9236/08-097

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

Rees-White, T., Woodman, N., & Beaven, R. P. (2014). A contaminant transport characterisation tool for landfill. Paper presented at 8th Intercontinental Landfill Research Symposium, United States.

Rees-White, T., Woodman, N., & Beaven, R. P. (2014). Dipole tracer tests to examine flow and transport between wells. Paper presented at 8th Intercontinental Landfill Research Symposium, United States.

Beaven, R. P., Rees-White, T., & Woodman, N. (2013). A fill and draw tracer test at the Landgraaf Pilot test cell. Paper presented at HPM5: Hydro-Physico-Mechanics of Landfills, United Kingdom.

Hudson, A. P., Beaven, R. P., & Woodman, N. (2013). Comparison of continuous and intermittent water flow for contaminant flushing of unsaturated municipal solid waste. Paper presented at HPM5: Hydro-Physico-Mechanis of Landfills, United Kingdom.

Rees-White, T., Woodman, N., & Beaven, R. P. (2013). Evaluating echo tests as a landfill contaminant transport characterisation tool. Paper presented at 5th International Workshop Hydro-Phyico-Mechanics of Landfill, United Kingdom.

Woodman, N., Rees-White, T., Stringfellow, A., Beaven, R. P., & Hudson, A. P. (2013). Provisional analysis of the effect of compression on transport in degrading municipal solid waste. Paper presented at Sardinia 2013, Fourteenth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium, Italy.

Hudson, A. P., Beaven, R. P., Barker, J. A., Woodman, N., & Knox, K. (2011). An experiment to investigate various methods of flushing contaminants from MSW. Paper presented at Thireenth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium, Italy.

Woodman, N. D., & Beaven, R. P. (2011). Assessment of simple preferential flow concepts for transport through municipal solid waste.. Paper presented at Thirteenth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium, Italy.

Rees-White, T., Woodman, N., Barker, J. A., & Beaven, R. P. (2010). The design and preliminary analysis of three trial echo tests carried out in a landfill. Paper presented at Waste 2010: Waste and Resource Management – Putting Strategy into Prac-tice. Stratford-upon-Avon., United Kingdom.

Woodman, N., Rees-White, T., Beaven, R. P., & Hudson, A. P. (2009). Refining experimental method for fluid flow experiments on MSW in a large scale uniaxial compression cell. Paper presented at Eleventh International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium, Italy.

Woodman, N., Rees-White, T., Beaven, R., & Hudson, A. (2009). Refining experimental method for fluid flow experiments on MSW wastes in a large-scale uniaxial compression cell. Paper presented at Sardinia 2009: Twelfth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium, .

Stringfellow, A., Simoes, A., & Woodman, N. (2007). Attenuation of Mecoprop by a low organic carbon landfill liner material: a comparison between batch and column tests. Paper presented at 7th Japanese Korean French Seminar on Geo-Environmental Engineering, France.

Woodman, N. D., Beaven, R. P., & Barker, J. A. (2007). Critique of landfill flushing prediction using exponential models. Paper presented at Eleventh International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium, Italy.

Barker, J. A., Woodman, N., & Atkinson, T. (2007). Developing tracer tests for characterising transport through landfill waste materials. Paper presented at 2nd International Workshop on the Hydro-Physico-Mechanics of Wastes, United Kingdom.

Beaven, R. P., & Woodman, N. (2007). Multi-tracer closed loop tests on a well degraded waste under variable compression. Paper presented at Eleventh International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium (Sardinia 2007), .

Beaven, R. P., Dollar, L., Oni, O. A., Woodman, N. D., & Gourc, J-P. (Ed.) (2005). A laboratory scale saturated and unsaturated tracer test through waste. Hydro-Physico-Mechanics of Landfills, France.

Beaven, R. P., Woodman, N., & Barker, J. A. (2005). End-member flushing models for 'saturated' waste. Paper presented at Sardinia 2005: Tenth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium, Italy.

Woodman, N., Beaven, R. P., & Barker, J. A. (2005). Identification of transport processes from a tracer test through waste. Paper presented at Sardinia 2005 Tenth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium, Italy.

Woodman, N., Barker, J. A., & Beaven, R. P. (2005). Identification of transport processes from a tracer test through waste. Paper presented at Sardinia 2005 Tenth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium, .

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 and the Environment University of Southampton Highfield Southampton SO17 1BJ

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