Prof. David P Connolly

Profile

Professor David Connolly works within the School of Civil Engineering. His research interests span: transportation and climate resilience, artificial intelligence and computer vision, geotechnical engineering, numerical simulation, InSAR, remote sensing and energy harvesting, climate change and sustainability, net zero, Hyperloop. He is the founder of the ‘Railway Engineering with Project Management’ MSc. He holds a PhD and a first class honours in Civil Engineering from the University of Edinburgh (UK). He is a chartered professional engineer and a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (CEng FICE). He is also a Fellow of the Permanent Way Institution (FPWI) and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).

Potential PhD applicants from around the world: Please contact me if you have already secured, or will be able to secure, an international scholarship to come to the UK to study and are interested in undertaking a PhD in one or more topics including: transportation, climate resilience, artificial intelligence and computer vision, geotechnical engineering, numerical simulation, InSAR, remote sensing and energy harvesting, climate change and sustainability, net zero, Hyperloop. Some example currently open projects are shown below. I am happy to speak with you about supervising your PhD and to discuss and design a suitable project with you. If you are eligible to apply for a CSC (China Scholarship Council) or Commonwealth Scholarship, I can help you apply.

Potential Postdoctoral researchers. If you have completed your PhD or are nearing it’s completion, I am happy to speak with you about writing a Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship application.

Responsibilities

• Head of Civils/Track research at the Institute for High Speed Rail & Systems Integration
• Programme Manager: Railway Engineering with Project Management
• Leader: Sustainability and Built Environment research theme

Research interests

David Connolly has won research funding from a wide variety of funders and has also been awarded numerous grants directly from industry.  He is currently primary supervisor for a range of Post-doctoral researchers and PhD students.  

Student education

David Connolly is the programme leader for the ‘Railway Engineering with Project Management’ MSc, and also teaches modules on this programme.

Research groups and institutes

• Cities, Infrastructure and Energy

<h4>Postgraduate research opportunities</h4> <p>We welcome enquiries from motivated and qualified applicants from all around the world who are interested in PhD study. Our <a href="https://phd.leeds.ac.uk">research opportunities</a> allow you to search for projects and scholarships.</p>

Projects

<li><a href="//phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/1394-artificial-intelligence-for-geotechnical-engineering">Artificial intelligence for geotechnical engineering</a></li> <li><a href="//phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/1393-climate-change-resilience-of-transport">Climate Change Resilience of Transport</a></li> <li><a href="//phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/1395-computer-vision-for-civil-engineering-applications">Computer vision for civil engineering applications</a></li> <li><a href="//phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/1277-environment-and-climate-monitoring-using-satellites">Environment and climate monitoring using satellites</a></li> <li><a href="//phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/1274-hyperloop:-modelling-the-transport-structures-of-the-future">Hyperloop: modelling the transport structures of the future</a></li> <li><a href="//phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/1396-satellite-(space)-monitoring-of-civil-infrastructure">Satellite (space) monitoring of civil infrastructure</a></li>