Roger Falconer

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Prof. Roger Falconer

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Roger Alexander Falconer

(1951-12-12) 12 December 1951 (age 72)
Wales
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SpouseNicola Falconer
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Website https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/emeritus/falconerra

Roger Alexander Falconer FREng, [1] ForMemCAE, [2] FLSW, [3] FEurASc, [4] is Emeritus Professor of Water and Environmental Engineering at Cardiff University, [5] Independent Water Engineering and Environmental Management Consultant, [6] Tidal Energy Consultant, [7] and Chair Professor at Hohai University [8] and the Yangtze Institute for Conservation and Development, China. [9] [10] He is an active researcher in modelling water and environmental modelling processes in river, estuarine and coastal basins. [11]

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Education

Born in Carmarthen (12 December 1951), Falconer attended grammar schools in Llandeilo (1962–65) and Bridgend (1965-70) and graduated with a BSc(Eng) degree in Civil Engineering, from King's College London, in 1973. He then studied at the University of Washington, where he graduated with an MSCE degree in 1974. He returned to the UK, where he carried out research in computational hydraulics at Imperial College London, where he was awarded a PhD degree in 1977. [12] He was subsequently awarded DEng and DSc(Eng) degrees from the University of Birmingham (1992) and University of London (1994) respectively.

Career and research

Falconer is currently Emeritus Professor of Water and Environmental Engineering (since 2018), at Cardiff University, and Chair Professor (since 2019) at Hohai University and the Yangtze Institute for Conservation and Development, in Nanjing, China. He was previously: Professor of Water Management and Founding Director of the Hydro-environmental Research Centre, at Cardiff University (1997-2018); Professor of Water Engineering (1987–97) and Head of the Department of Civil Engineering (1993–97) at the University of Bradford; and Lecturer in Civil Engineering (1977–86) at the University of Birmingham. He was President of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) from 2011-15. [13] Falconer’s research has primarily focused on modelling hydrodynamic, water quality and sediment transport processes in river, estuarine and coastal waters [14] and his computational models have been used in over 100 hydro-environmental impact assessment studies world-wide. His DIVAST model for predicting peak water levels and inundation extent in floods provides one of the engines for the widely used commercial 2-D model Flood Modeller, [15] now being further developed and applied by Jacobs Engineering Group. [16] Falconer has given over 40 keynote presentations at international conferences and over 560 talks to public meetings and universities in 30 countries. He also regularly participates in TV and press interviews on topics such as: global water security, [17] water quality, [18] water transfer, [19] flood risk [20] tidal energy, [21] Ukraine dam collapse. [22]

Falconer has been a member of a number of key committees in the UK and internationally, such as: Co-Chair of the International Group of Experts in the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Case concerning Land Reclamation by Singapore in and around the Straits of Johor (Malaysia v. Singapore, 2003), [23] Member of the Trustee Board of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (2016-20), [24] Member and Coastal Lead of the Yorkshire Region Flood and Coastal Committee (2019-date), [25] Member of the Welsh Government Hinkley Point C Stakeholder Reference Group (2020–date), [26] and Member of the Independent Expert Group for the London Flood Review (2021-22). [27]

Awards and honours

Falconer’s work has been recognised through various awards, most notably: Chinese Government Friendship Award and Medal- "Highest Award to Foreign Experts" (2022), [28] [29] Honorary Doctor of Engineering awarded by University of Bradford (2022), [30] Honorary Member of International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (2017), [31] International Association for Hydraulic Research Ippen Award (1992), [32] Royal Academy of Engineering Silver Medal (1999), [33] Institution of Civil Engineers Telford Premium (1993), [34] Institution of Civil Engineers Robert Alfred Carr Prize (2003) [35] and (2007). [36] Thomas and Elizabeth Williams Scholarship (1973). [37]

Falconer is a Fellow of the: Royal Academy of Engineering (1997), Chinese Academy of Engineering - Foreign Member (2019), Learned Society of Wales (2011), European Academy of Sciences (2018), and City and Guilds of London Institute (1997). He is a Chartered Engineer, Chartered Environmentalist and Chartered Water and Environmental Manager, and a Fellow of the: Institution of Civil Engineers, [38] Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management, [39] and American Society of Civil Engineers. [40]

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  1. ↑ "Royal Academy of Engineering, List of Fellows".
  2. ↑ "Chinese Academy of Engineering, List of Foreign Members".
  3. ↑ "Learned Society of Wales, List of Fellows".
  4. ↑ "European Academy of Sciences, List of Members".
  5. ↑ "People at Cardiff University".
  6. ↑ "Roger Falconer Water Consultancy".
  7. ↑ "Tidal Engineering and Environmental Services".
  8. ↑ "Hohai University".
  9. ↑ "Yangtze Institute for Conservation and Development".
  10. ↑ "Professor Roger Falconer joins YICODE".
  11. ↑ "Roger Falconer Publications Indexed by Google Scholar".
  12. ↑ Falconer, R.A. 1976. Mathematical modelling of jet-forced circulation in reservoirs and harbours (PhD thesis). Retrieved from https://spiral.imperial.ac.uk/handle/10044/1/7982
  13. ↑ "IAHR Presidents".
  14. ↑ Huang, G., Falconer, R.A. and Lin, B. 2017. Integrated hydro-bacterial modelling for predicting bathing water quality. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 188, 145-155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2017.01.018
  15. ↑ "Flood Modeller".
  16. ↑ "Flood Modelling: When the Rain Comes Down".
  17. ↑ "Global Water Security - Hydro-epidemiological Studies Talk".
  18. ↑ Falconer, Roger. 2010. Flow and water quality modelling in coastal and inland waters. "Journal of Hydraulic Research." 30(4), 437-452. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221689209498893
  19. ↑ "Water: Should Wales sell to England amid heatwave droughts?".
  20. ↑ "Floods and Droughts Interview". YouTube .
  21. ↑ "Harnessing Tides Interview". YouTube .
  22. ↑ Naddaf, Miryam. 2023. Ukraine dam collapse: what scientists are watching. "Nature." 618, 440-441. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01928-8
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  28. ↑ "Friendship Award (China)".
  29. ↑ "Professor Roger Falconer honored with the Chinese Government Friendship Award and Medal".
  30. ↑ "HonDEng University of Bradford".
  31. ↑ "IAHR Honorary Membership Award".
  32. ↑ "IAHR Ippen Award".
  33. ↑ "RAEng Silver Medal".
  34. ↑ Falconer, R. A. (November 1993). "Institution of Civil Engineers Telford Premium (1994)". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering. 97 (4): 163–170. doi:10.1680/icien.1993.25304.
  35. ↑ Harris, E. (June 2002). "Institution of Civil Engineers Robert Alfred Carr Prize (2003)". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Water and Maritime Engineering. 154 (2): 129–135. doi:10.1680/wame.2002.154.2.129.
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  38. ↑ "Institution of Civil Engineers". 23 June 2022.
  39. ↑ "Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management".
  40. ↑ "American Society of Civil Engineers".
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