

Creating smart infrastructure and cities
Creating smart infrastructure and cities explores how we can reimagine urban futures: cities that work for people and planet. It focuses on transforming existing urban environments to be more liveable, inclusive, and resilient. Through integrated approaches to infrastructure, nature, technology, and governance, we aim to shape cities that are people-centred, sustainable, and prepared for future challenges.
Research projects
Institute Fellows working in this field

Dr Ana Andries
Lecturer in Remote Sensing and GIS

Dr Dan Bompa
Senior Lecturer | Structures and Materials Testing Lab Lead

Professor Bonnie Buchanan
Associate Dean (International) - FABSS; REF Lead (UoA17); Director of Sustainable and Explainable FinTech (SAEF) Center, Immediate Past Head of Department of Finance and Accounting and Professor of Finance

Dr Benyi Cao
Senior Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering; Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow

Dr Matteo Carpentieri
Associate Professor of Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Dr Tanmoy Chatterjee
Lecturer in Resilient Design

Dr Jonathan Chenoweth
Associate Professor, MSc Programme Director

Dr Mona Chitnis
Associate Professor (Reader) in Energy Economics

Professor Robert Dorey
Professor of Nanomaterials

Professor Ali Emrouznejad
Professor and Chair in Business Analytics, Director of the "Centre for Business Analytics in Practice", and Program Lead for "Sustainability Analytics, Metrics, and NetZero"

Dr Matteo Giusti
Future Fellow in Sustainability Science

Dr Donya Hajializadeh
Associate Professor of Structural Engineering

Dr Yinglong He
Lecturer in Automated Electrified Transport (AcT) Systems

Dr Suzie Hingley-Wilson
Lecturer in Bacteriology

Dr Nikolas Makasis
Surrey Future Fellow in Sustainability, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dr Melissa Marselle
Lecturer in Environmental Psychology

Professor Stephen Morse
Chair in Systems Analysis for Sustainability

Dr Marco Placidi
Senior Lecturer in Experimental Fluid Mechanics

Dr Michael Short
Associate Professor of Process Systems Engineering

Dr Erick Sperandio Nascimento
Associate Professor (Reader) in AI for Clean Air and Programme Lead of AI and Sustainability

Dr Alireza Tamaddoni Nezhad
Reader (Associate Professor) in Machine Learning and Computational Intelligence