Professor Daniel Gilmour

Teaching
Research

I am a Senior Fellow of the HEA and have over 15 years lecturing experience within Abertay. I am Programme Leader of the MSc Construction Management Programme which is an innovative partnership between Abertay and ESCT in Paris.听 I lecture on both Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses within the Division of Natural and Built Environment.

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My teaching is in the areas of:

鈥� Environmental Management
鈥� Sustainability Assessment
鈥� Project Management
鈥� Construction Management

Interests

My research interests are in the fields of sustainability assessment, decision support and public participation in decision making, in particular, on the enhancement of sustainability in the built and natural environment. 听I have been heavily engaged in research over the last 20 years in the field of sustainable decision making on a range of projects within local government and water industry. Alongside other projects, I have been working with Dundee City Council since 2006 to develop and implement sustainability enhancement framework on a 1 billion transformation of Dundee Waterfront.

The research impacts on local government organisations, the public, water companies and their regulators.听 The insights that led to the impact include the development and application of an integrated framework for the assessment of sustainability and the communication of the complex data required in this assessment to a wide range of stakeholders.听 The application of the research has resulted in changes to public policy and services, raised the awareness and understanding of key stakeholders with a resulting increase in the ability of the stakeholders to make informed decisions and has impacted on policy debate on the environment.

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Funding

2017 鈥揇ate Principal Investigator.听 Informal care and voluntary assistance: Innovation in service delivery in the North Sea Region (In For Care).

2017 鈥揇ate Principal Investigator CREW Scotland鈥檚 Water Sector Map - Hydro Nation.

2017 鈥揇ate Co-investigator CREW A review of investment decisions at small drinking water supply systems with declining water quality issues.

2016 鈥� Date 听Co-investigator CREW An independent evaluation of the "Integrated Water Resource Management - Southern Malawi" project on behalf of the Scottish Government听

2016 鈥� Date 听 Principal Investigator CREW A review of current practice in the provision of water and wastewater services

2015 鈥� 2016 听Co-investigator CREW Innovative solutions for drinking water听听

2013 鈥� 2015 听Building Information Models (BIM) and Interactive Visualisation. SFC - (HEFC)

2013 鈥� 2015 听Investigating web based game technologies for generating optimized fertilizer and lime maps. SAGES 听

2013 - 听2015 听3D visualization for TAYplan strategic land use planning. TayPlan听

2013 鈥� 2014 听 Maximising passive solar gain: A physically based simulation and rendering approach. SFC - (HEFC)听

2013 - 2014 听 Scottish Water Sector Overview Map, CREW, CRW2012/8听

2012 - 2014 听 iAge - e-inclusion in ageing Europe, EU Interreg project

2012 鈥� 2013 听Strategic Implications for Land Use: What key changes may occur over the next 20-40 years. TAPLAN

2011 - 2014 听 Low Carbon Land Use Innovation Network (LoCal -Net). Scottish Government & ERDF

2011 - 2013 听 Sustainable Coastal Management in Practice. Fife Coastal and Countryside Trust

2011 鈥� 2013 听 Visualisation of Strategic land use at Dunfermline Western Edge. Fife Council.

2010 -2011 听 Knowledge Exchange: Improved Community Engagement through Spatial and Visualisation methods (ICE- SAV). 听听听听听听听听听听听听听 AHRC/Connected Communities funding

2010 鈥撎�2011听听听DW04 Alternatives to P for Plumbosolvency Control, for UK Water Industry Research Limited

2010 听听听听听听听听 Green Business Clustering听Perth听and Kinross,听Perth听and Kinross Council

2009 鈥撎�2011听听听Sustainability Enhancement and Visualisation of Dundee Waterfront, Scottish听Enterprise

2008 鈥撎�2011听听听DC Noise 鈥� Demographic Change: New opportunities in shrinking听Europe, EU Interreg project

2008 鈥撎�2011听听听ACE听Ecopartnerships to provide collective envorinmental solutions. LUPS/ERDF/2008/1/2/0204

2008 鈥撎�2011听听听Phosphates Life Cycle Management, for UK Water Industry Research Limited. 听Consultants Atkins Ltd

2007 听听听听听听听听Source Control of Phosphates, for UK Water Industry Research Limited. 听Consultants Atkins Ltd,

2006 鈥� 2013 听 Sustainability assessment of Dundee Waterfront Development, for Scottish Enterprise/Dundee City Council

2005 鈥� 2007听听听Bathing water management in Angus, for Catchment Ltd/SEPA/Angus听Council

2005 - 2006 听听Watersense 鈥� Domestic contributions of Phosphates to Sewerage Systems, WWF.

2003 - 2004 听听An empirical study into exfiltration rates from sewers, for a consortia of听UK听water Companies

2003 听听听听听听听听 A study into to the impact of loss of knowledge through downsizing, for Scottish Water

EPSRC Consortia 听projects

1.听听听听听听听听 EPSRC Sustainable Cities Initiative. Sustainable Disposal of Domestic Sanitary Waste (1996 -1999). Dr David Blackwood and Mr Daniel Gilmour, Researchers.

2.听听听听听听听听 EPSRC The Water Infrastructure and Treatment Engineering Programme: (1998 鈥� 2001) A multi-criteria analysis/Risk management tool to assess the relative sustainability of water systems.听 EPSRC grant Ref. GR/M15545. Dr David Blackwood, Co-Investigator,听 Mr D Gilmour, Research Officer.

3.听听听听听听听听 EPSRC SUE Programme: Water Cycle Management for New Developments WAND.听 Led by Imperial College (2004 鈥� 2007). Dr David Blackwood, Co-Investigator, Mr D Gilmour, Research Officer

4. 听听听听 EPSRC听STEPPING UP project. Led by University of Manchester. 听EPSRC Research Grant EP/N00583X/1. Dr Ruth Falconer Co-Investigator, Dr D Gilmour, Contributor.

Esteem

Professional Memberships:

Member of The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (MCIWEM),

Chartered Water and Environmental Manager (C.WEM),

Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv)

Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)

External Appointments:

External Examiner, BSc Environmental Management, Glasgow Caledonian University

Project Evaluator UK Sub Committee for the EU North Sea programme

External Panel Member Enhancement-Led Internal Subject Review, Glasgow Caledonian University, March 2016

External Panel Member Programme Review, BSc Environmental Management, MSc Energy and Environmental Management, MSc Water Resources Engineering and Management,听Glasgow Caledonian University, March 2016

Member Tay Estuary Forum Steering Group 2001 to present

Member Dundee Waterfront Monitoring and Evaluation Group 2009 to present

Member Dundee Waterfront Implementation Group 2009 to present

Member Dundee City Council Recycling Group 2009 to present

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Invited Speaker/Chair:

Gray Matter Conference Vlissingen, Netherlands 听2009

Knowledge Retention in Local Authorities 2 day workshop (workshop leader), Vennesla Municipality, Norway 2010

Connect Communities, Lancaster, May, 2012

Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, 听Perth, May 2012

SUSCOD Interreg IVB project, St Andrews, October 2012

Scottish Government Indicators, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, Feb 2013

TAYplan sustainability indicators, TAYplan Feb 2013

Decision Making workshop, University of Adger, Norway March 2013

Session Chair, Tay Estuary Forum Conference, April 2013

E health week, University of Agder, Norway, June 2014

Session Chair, Tay Estuary Forum Conference, April 2014

Session Chair, Tay Estuary Forum Conference, April 2015

Session Chair, Tay Estuary Forum Conference, April 2016

Session Chair, Tay Estuary Forum Conference, April 2017

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University committee membership and postgraduate supervision since 2008:

School Academic Committee (SAC)

University Research and Knowledge Exchange Committee (RKEC)

Supervised 20+ MSc Environmental Programme projects,

Supervised 20+ MSc Construction Management projects

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RA 2003-2004 (Andrew Staines)

RA 2009-2012 (John Isaacs)

RA 2012 -2014 (Santiago Martinez)

RA 2014- 2015 (Gavin Hales)

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PhD Student Completed 2015 (2nd supervisor Mohanad Halawani)

PhD Student 听Completed 2015 (2nd supervisor Amit Singh)

PhD Student 2014 鈥� Date (Principal Supervisor Samesa Igirigi)

Knowledge Exchange

Consultancy Projects:

2016 听听 Beach litter assessment methodology, Catchment Ltd

2014 - 2015 听 Catchment Public Interface Risk Assessment, Catchment Ltd

2009听-听2010听听听Technical听Risk Assessment on the use of Cyclone and Filter Ash as a construction material, Dundee City Council

2009听- 2010 听 Catchment Tay Pipline Survey, Catchment Tay Limited

2008 听听听听听听听听Risk Assessment on the use of Cyclone and Filter Ash as a construction material, Dundee City Council

2008 听听听听听听听听Catchment Tay Pumping Station Schematics, Catchment Tay Limited

2006 听听听听听听听听Risk Assessment on the use of Bottom Ash as a replacement Binder,听Dundee听City Council

Flow Survey Consultancy:

2009 听听听听听听听听Perth Royal Infirmary Flow Survey, NHS Tayside

2009 听听听听听听听听Ninewells Hospital听Flow Survey, NHS Tayside

2008 听听听听听听听听Keilda Water Distribiton Chamber investigation, Keilda Water

2008 听听听听听听听听Riverside Flow and Lad Survey, United Utilities

2007 -听2010 听 Scottish Water Equipment, Training and Support, SW Invergowrie

2007 听听听听听听听 14听Flow and Load Surveys (拢118,000),听SW Invergowrie

2004 听听听听听听听 Levenmouth Flow and Load Survey, SW Invergowrie

2004 听听听听听听听 Glasgow Airport听Flow and Load Survey, BAA Glasgow

Outreach

The SAVE group visualization has been used in a number of public engagement activities such as Dundee Science Festival and Fife Science Festival, Cafe Science and other public arenas.

I lead the Royal Academy of Engieering- Ingenious Public Engagement Grant: On the Right Track - Engineering Education For All project.

Using the exciting backdrop of Dundee City's 拢1 billion Waterfront Regeneration project, On the Right
Track: Engineering and Education for All, will bring engineers from research, industry and academia
together with school children, teachers and the wider community. Focussing on the rebuilding of
Dundee Railway Station, the project will provide the audience with an opportunity to understand the
science and technology behind engineering the build in a real life context - literally from the ground up.
The programme will provide training for the professional engineers, giving them valuable experience in
public communication of their work.