Professor Fiona Bradley

  • Professor of Structural Engineering Design (Infrastructure & Environment)

telephone: 0141 330 5211
email: Fiona.Bradley@glasgow.ac.uk

School of Engineering

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4229-9824

Biography

Fiona graduated with a BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering degree from the University of Glasgow in 1989. She joined Arup upon graduation as a Structural/Civil Engineer and worked on a wide variety of Civil Engineering projects in the UK and overseas based in the Glasgow, Aberdeen, Manchester and Sydney Offices. In 1996 she became a Chartered Civil Engineer (CEng MICE) and in 2002, after a thirteen year career with Arup, she left the company to become a Lecturer at the University of Strathclyde. Between 2004 and 2010 she was the Course Director for the Building Design Engineering (BDE) Undergraduate Programme - a multi-disciplinary, triple accredited MEng and MArch Course for Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Architecture students. In addition, between 2010 and 2015 she was the Director of Architectural Technology.

In 2015 Fiona joined the University of Glasgow as a Senior Lecturer in the field of Structural Design and in August 2016 she was appointed the Deputy Head of Civil Engineering. In January 2017 she became the Head of the Civil Engineering Discipline at the University of Glasgow - a position she still holds today.  She was appointed as a Professor in Structural Engineering Design in August 2020 and Deputy Convenor of Learning and Teaching in the James Watt School of Engineering in 2022.

Research interests

Fiona’s research interests focus on topics related to Low Energy Building Design. These range from evaluating opportunities for the greater utilisation of low carbon materials and off-site building systems to studying various methods for improving the energy performance of buildings.

Specific energy reduction strategies and topics she is currently researching mainly focus on the use of  Digital Twins in the Built Environment but she also has research interests related to “smart and intelligent” buildings, off-site construction, low carbon materials, renewable energy supply, whole life cycle analysis and Building Information Management (BIM).  

Fiona’s recently graduated PhD students have worked in the fields of the utilisation of Digital Twins to reduce operational energy and carbon in new and existing buildings, geothermal energy supply opportunities, energy supply and demand matching and the use of natural construction materials and building systems to reduce embodied carbon within buildings. She is currently supervising two PhD students investigating the incorporation of innovative Digital Twin technology within existing buildings.    

Publications

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Number of items: 13.

2019

Duncheva, Tsvetomila and Bradley, Fiona F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4229-9824 (2019) Multifaceted productivity comparison of off-site timber manufacturing strategies in mainland Europe and the United Kingdom. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 145(8), 04019043. (doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0001641)

Dove, Cassandra A., Bradley, Fiona F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4229-9824 and Patwardhan, Siddharth V. (2019) A material characterization and embodied energy study of novel clay-alginate composite aerogels. Energy and Buildings, 184, pp. 88-98. (doi: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.10.045)

2016

Dove, Cassandra A., Bradley, Fiona F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4229-9824 and Patwardhan, Siddharth V. (2016) Seaweed biopolymers as additives for unfired clay bricks. Materials and Structures, 49(11), pp. 4463-4482. (doi: 10.1617/s11527-016-0801-0)

Bradley, Fiona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4229-9824 (2016) A Comparison between Volumetric Timber Manufacturing Strategies in the UK and Mainland Europe. Modular and Offsite Construction (MOC) Summit, Edmonton, AB, Canada, 29 Sep - 01 Oct 2016.

Porter, Scott J. and Bradley, Fiona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4229-9824 (2016) Architectural design principles for extra-terrestrial habitats. Acta Futura, 10, pp. 23-35.

2014

Rivera-Gómez, Carlos, Galán-Marín, Carmen and Bradley, Fiona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4229-9824 (2014) Analysis of the influence of the fiber type in polymer matrix/fiber bond using natural organic polymer stabilizer. Polymers, 6(4), pp. 977-994. (doi: 10.3390/polym6040977)

2013

Galán-Marín, C., Rivera-Gómez, C. and Bradley, F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4229-9824 (2013) The mechanical properties and molecular bonding characteristics of clay-based natural composites reinforced with animal fibres. Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy, 7(1), pp. 143-151. (doi: 10.1166/jbmb.2013.1269)

Galán-Marín, C., Rivera-Gómez, C. and Bradley, F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4229-9824 (2013) Ultrasonic, molecular and mechanical testing diagnostics in natural fibre reinforced, polymer-stabilized earth blocks. International Journal of Polymer Science, 2013, 130582. (doi: 10.1155/2013/130582)

Rae, Callum and Bradley, Fiona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4229-9824 (2013) The emergence of low carbon energy autonomy in isolated communities. Journal of Technology Innovations in Renewable Energy, 2(3), pp. 205-221.

2012

Rae, Callum and Bradley, Fiona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4229-9824 (2012) Energy autonomy in sustainable communities—a review of key issues. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 16(9), pp. 6497-6506. (doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.08.002)

Bradley, F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4229-9824, Galan-Marin, C. and Rivera-Gomez, C. (2012) A Combination of SEM and EDX Studies on a Clay-based Natural Composite with Animal Fibre and its Mechanical Implications. 15th European Conference on Composite Materials (ECCM15), Venice, Italy, 24-28 Jun 2012.

2011

Galán-Marín, Carmen, Rivera-Gómez, Carlos and Bradley, Fiona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4229-9824 (2011) Innovative uses of unfired brick and clay products as sustainable building solutions. In: Rivera, Santiago Manuel and Pena Diaz, Antonio L. (eds.) Brick and Mortar Research. Series: Materials science and technologies. Nova Science Publishers: Hauppauge, NY, pp. 55-92. ISBN 9781619429277

2009

Bradley, Fiona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4229-9824 and Angus, Michael (2009) Delivering Integrated Engineering and Architectural Design Education. 5th International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century (CITC-V), Istanbul, Turkey, 20-22 May 2009.

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Number of items: 13.

Articles

Duncheva, Tsvetomila and Bradley, Fiona F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4229-9824 (2019) Multifaceted productivity comparison of off-site timber manufacturing strategies in mainland Europe and the United Kingdom. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 145(8), 04019043. (doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0001641)

Dove, Cassandra A., Bradley, Fiona F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4229-9824 and Patwardhan, Siddharth V. (2019) A material characterization and embodied energy study of novel clay-alginate composite aerogels. Energy and Buildings, 184, pp. 88-98. (doi: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.10.045)

Dove, Cassandra A., Bradley, Fiona F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4229-9824 and Patwardhan, Siddharth V. (2016) Seaweed biopolymers as additives for unfired clay bricks. Materials and Structures, 49(11), pp. 4463-4482. (doi: 10.1617/s11527-016-0801-0)

Porter, Scott J. and Bradley, Fiona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4229-9824 (2016) Architectural design principles for extra-terrestrial habitats. Acta Futura, 10, pp. 23-35.

Rivera-Gómez, Carlos, Galán-Marín, Carmen and Bradley, Fiona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4229-9824 (2014) Analysis of the influence of the fiber type in polymer matrix/fiber bond using natural organic polymer stabilizer. Polymers, 6(4), pp. 977-994. (doi: 10.3390/polym6040977)

Galán-Marín, C., Rivera-Gómez, C. and Bradley, F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4229-9824 (2013) The mechanical properties and molecular bonding characteristics of clay-based natural composites reinforced with animal fibres. Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy, 7(1), pp. 143-151. (doi: 10.1166/jbmb.2013.1269)

Galán-Marín, C., Rivera-Gómez, C. and Bradley, F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4229-9824 (2013) Ultrasonic, molecular and mechanical testing diagnostics in natural fibre reinforced, polymer-stabilized earth blocks. International Journal of Polymer Science, 2013, 130582. (doi: 10.1155/2013/130582)

Rae, Callum and Bradley, Fiona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4229-9824 (2013) The emergence of low carbon energy autonomy in isolated communities. Journal of Technology Innovations in Renewable Energy, 2(3), pp. 205-221.

Rae, Callum and Bradley, Fiona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4229-9824 (2012) Energy autonomy in sustainable communities—a review of key issues. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 16(9), pp. 6497-6506. (doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.08.002)

Book Sections

Galán-Marín, Carmen, Rivera-Gómez, Carlos and Bradley, Fiona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4229-9824 (2011) Innovative uses of unfired brick and clay products as sustainable building solutions. In: Rivera, Santiago Manuel and Pena Diaz, Antonio L. (eds.) Brick and Mortar Research. Series: Materials science and technologies. Nova Science Publishers: Hauppauge, NY, pp. 55-92. ISBN 9781619429277

Conference or Workshop Item

Bradley, Fiona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4229-9824 (2016) A Comparison between Volumetric Timber Manufacturing Strategies in the UK and Mainland Europe. Modular and Offsite Construction (MOC) Summit, Edmonton, AB, Canada, 29 Sep - 01 Oct 2016.

Bradley, F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4229-9824, Galan-Marin, C. and Rivera-Gomez, C. (2012) A Combination of SEM and EDX Studies on a Clay-based Natural Composite with Animal Fibre and its Mechanical Implications. 15th European Conference on Composite Materials (ECCM15), Venice, Italy, 24-28 Jun 2012.

Bradley, Fiona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4229-9824 and Angus, Michael (2009) Delivering Integrated Engineering and Architectural Design Education. 5th International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century (CITC-V), Istanbul, Turkey, 20-22 May 2009.

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Supervision

  • Brown, Gillian
    An Analysis of the benefits of Smart Energy Management in a mixed-use and mixed-age campus environment
  • Young, Catherine
    Applications of Digital Twin Technology in Preserving, Prolonging and Enhancing the Utilization of Historic Architecture

Teaching

Fiona currently teaches courses related to Structural Design Theory and Structural Design Projects in Years 2 to 4.  She also teaches half of the Civil Engineering Skills 2 course which includes the ConstructEd Course in 2nd year. She supervises various MEng, BEng and MSc projects on a wide range of topics relating to structural and civil engineering design and construction as well as building energy performance. In the past she has also taught courses in Construction Materials, Construction Technology, Architectural Design and Environmental Engineering. In 2004 she completed a PG Cert in Advanced Academic Studies and this led to her achieving her FHEA qualification.


Fiona Bradley