Zoran Kapelan
Research
Research Grants
2018-2020, Innovate UK, No. 1025165, “Automated
Detection of Sewer Faults from CCTV Surveys”, £167K, principal investigator;
2018-2020, EU H2020-MSCA-RISE-2017, No. 778136, ”Wat-Qual: Water Quality in Drinking Water Distribution Systems”, network of European researchers and water utilities led by University of Sheffield addressing a wide range of issues related to water quality, €18K, principal investigator (at Exeter).
2018-2022, EPSRC / South West Water, STREAM EngD
project, "Prediction and detection of blockages in sewer systems using data
analytics", £50K, principal investigator;
2018-2022, EPSRC / United Utilities, WISE CDT project,
"Smart actuation for reduced discolouration risk in self-cleaning water
distribution systems", £50K, principal investigator;
2017-2022, NERC NE/P011217/1, Environmental Science Impact Programme, “South West Partnership for Environment and Economic Prosperity (SWEEP)”, part of £3.96M grant led by University of Exeter, £2.36M, co-investigator.
2017-2020, NERC, “Assessment of potential for large
scale implementation of sustainable drainage systems in the South West”,
£41K, principal investigator.
2017-2020, NERC, “Building evidence for a regional (whole catchment) based approach for water management (Phase 1)”, £198K, co-investigator;
2017-2018, GW4 Building Communities Programme - Accelerator Fund, “Water Security Alliance”, network led by University of Cardiff, £11K (£75K overall), principal investigator (at Exeter);
2017-2019, Royal Society, Ref. IE161191, “Development of an Assessment Procedure for Seawater Intrusion Mitigation”, International Exchanges Scheme - 2016 Taiwan MOST Costshare, £12K, co-investigator.
2016-2019, EPSRC EP/P004318/1, “Urban Flood Resilience in an Uncertain Future”, part of £3.1M grant led by University of Nottingham, £291K, co-investigator;
2016-2017, EPSRC Global Challenges Research Fund, “Towards Resilient Water-Energy-Food Systems in India”, network involving IISC and CEEW in India and Imperial College, £15K, principal investigator;
2016-2020, EPSRC / Welsh Water, WISE CDT project, "Methodology for Effective Operational Blockage Reduction", £50K, principal investigator;
2016-2017, Arts Council England, “Art on the Exe”, East Devon District Council led initiative commissioning two pieces of art to raise awareness on biodiversity and flooding related issues in Exe Valley, £27K, named expert;
2016-2020, EPSRC / United Utilities, WISE CDT project, "Event Management and Post Event Response Planning for Intelligent Water Networks", £50K, principal investigator;
2016-2018, Newton Fund, “Models to Decisions (M2D): Using models to make better decisions in an uncertain world”, named expert;
2016-2019, EPSRC Grand Challenge 4 – Risk and Resilience, “Building Resilience Into risk Management (BRIM)”, £411K, expert panel member;
2016-2017, GW4 Building Communities Programme - Initiator Fund, “Water Security Alliance”, £3K (£15K overall), network led by University of Cardiff, principal investigator (at Exeter);
2015-2019, EPSRC/i20 Water/United Utilities, STREAM EngD project, "Real-time Prediction and Detection of Blockages in Smart Wastewater Systems", £50K, principal investigator;
2015-2019, EPSRC/United Utilities, STREAM project, "Events Recognition System for Water Treatment Processes", £20K, principal investigator;
2015-2017, EU H2020 CSA Grant, "Water Innovation through Dissemination & Exploitation of Smart Technologies (WIDEST)", €167K, joint project (€1.0M) led by BDIGITAL involving 7 partners, co-investigator;
2014-2016, TSB/DCWW Grant KTP004332, Knowledge Transfer Partnership with Welsh Water, "Early warning system for the detection of potential failures in a water distribution system", £139K, principal investigator;
2014-2016, TSB Grant KTP004231, Knowledge Transfer Partnership with Welsh Water, "Predictive risk models for proactive maintenance of the wastewater network", £139K, co-investigator;
2014-2022, EPSRC Grant EP/L016214/1, "Centre
for Doctoral Training in Water Informatics: Science and Engineering (WISE)",
£5.29M, co-investigator and centre's manager;
2014-2018, EPSRC/Severn Trent Water/WITS Consult Ltd, STREAM EngD project, "Development of Next Generation of Water Mains Network Modelling Tools", £48K, co-investigator;
2014-2016, British Council DST-2013-14/137, The UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI), "Water Security and Infrastructure Resilience under Climate Change", £15K, co-investigator;
2013-2017, EPSRC/Mouchel, STREAM EngD project, "Real-time Discolouration Risk Management", £40K, principal investigator;
2012-2015, EU FP7 Grant FP7-318272, “Improved Water efficiency through ICT technologies for integrated supply-Demand side manaGEmenT (iWIDGET)”, €692K, joint project (€3.42M) led by the University of Exeter involving 9 partners, co-investigator;
2011-2015, EU FP7 Grant FP7-265122, “TRansitions to the Urban water Services of Tomorrow (TRUST)”, €590K, joint project (€6.99M) led by the IWW from Germany involving 31 partner, lead on 3 work packages, principal investigator at Exeter;
2011-2014, TSB/United Utilities Grant KTP008413, Knowledge Transfer Partnership with United Utilities, Real-time pipe burst detection system, £196K, principal investigator;
2011-2015, EPSRC/United Utilities, STREAM EngD project, "Real-time management of water distribution systems", £48K, principal investigator;
2011-2015, EPSRC/HR Wallingford, STREAM EngD project, "Methods for decision making in flood risk management under climate change uncertainty", £48K, principal investigator;
2011-2012, UKWIR project WR27B201, "Water Resource Planning Tools WR27", project led by Halcrow Group Ltd, research consultant;
2010-2012, TSB/Yorkshire Water Grant KTP001797, Knowledge Transfer Partnership with Yorkshire Water Services, Integrated decision support system for real-time failure management in all YWS water distribution systems, £163K, principal investigator;
2010-2012, TSB/Yorkshire Water Grant KTP001851, Knowledge Transfer Partnership with Yorkshire Water Services, Improved modelling for real-time failure management in YWS water distribution systems, £131K, co-investigator;
2010-2014, EU FP7 Grant FP7-244232, “PREPARED: Enabling Change”, joint project led by the KWR Watercycle Research Institute, Netherlands (€6.99M) involving 35 partners and addressing the issues related to adaptation of water and wastewater systems and utilities to a changing climate, €672K, co-investigator;
2010-2014, EPSRC/Micro Drainage, STREAM EngD project, "Machine intelligence methods for optimised design of sustainable urban drainage systems", £58K, co-investigator;
2010-2014, EPSRC/Severn Trent Water/United Utilities, STREAM EngD project, "Detection, Diagnostics and Prevention of Pollution Incidents in Wastewater Networks", £58K, principal investigator;
2010-2013, EU FP7 Grant FP7-244255, “WASSERMEd: Water Availability and Security in Southern EuRope and the Mediterranean”, project led by the Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change (Italy) involving 11 partners (overall value of €3.26M), €390K, co-investigator;
2009-2011, EPSRC Standard Research Grant EP/G001405/1, “A Risk-Based Design of Water Distribution Systems under Uncertainty”, £180K, principal investigator;
2008-2011, TSB/HR Wallingford Grant, Knowledge Transfer Partnership with HR Wallingford Ltd to investigate the use of real options and advanced optimisation techniques for identifying the preferred flood risk management scheme for the Thames Valley region, £170K, principal investigator;
2008-2009, Development of the methodology and software for identifying travelling times in distribution systems from water quality measurements, KWR Watercycle Research Institute, Netherlands, research consultancy;
2007-2010, EPSRC Grant EP/E003192/1, “Delivering sustainable water systems by optimising existing infrastructure via improved knowledge, understanding and technology - project NEPTUNE”, £646K, Joint project led by Imperial College London (overall value £2.33M) involving 7 UK universities and 3 companies, co-investigator;
2006-2009, EPSRC SUE Programme Grant No. EP/C532651/1, “Incorporating Risk and Uncertainty Analysis into the PUrE Framework”; EPSRC, £92K, A plus project C in the “Pollutants in the Urban Environment (PUrE) - Main Study” (2005-2009, £1.77m, consortium project led by the University of Surrey and involving six academic and fourteen non-academic partners), principal investigator at Exeter;
2006-2009, EPSRC Standard Research Grant No. EP/E018173/1, “Simplicity, Complexity and Modelling (SCaM)”, £12K, Part of the joint project (£254K) led by the University of Glasgow and involving ten academic institutions, principal investigator at Exeter;
2006-2008,
AWWARF Grant 4018, “Guidelines for Developing, Calibrating, and using Hydraulic
Models”, US$41K; Part of the joint project led by
2006, EPSRC Overseas Travel Grant No. EP/D039177/1, “Advances in Urban Water Systems Research – UK China Link”, £19K, recognised researcher;
2005-2006, UKWIR Project PP/04/051, “Deterioration Rates of Sewers”, project led by Ewan Group plc, research consultant;
2004-2005, EPSRC SUE Programme Grant No.
GR/S82336/01, “Codes Scoping Study And Plus Project With Water Consortium”,
£280K, Part of the joint project with
2004-2005, “Development of the leakage discussion forum and the associated web site”; Work funded by the Severn Trent water company; £12K;
2003-2006,
EPSRC WITE Programme Grant No. GR/R98617/01, “Whole-Life Costing Approach to
Sewerage”, £145K, Joint project led by
2003-2005, “Development of the risk/uncertainty quantification and optimisation methodologies for robust least cost design of water distribution networks”; Research work done under the EPSRC Platform Grant GR/R14712/01; £427K, researcher;
2002-2003, EPSRC RAIS Scheme Grant No. GR/S26446/01, “Development and Application of the Inverse Transient Analysis Software”, £31K, Joint project with Ewan Optimal Solutions, researcher;
1999-2002, EPSRC WITE Programme Grant No. GR/M66981/01, “Inverse Transient Analysis In Pipe Networks For Leakage Detection, Quantification And Roughness Calibration”, £144K, Joint project with Imperial College London involving six industrial partners, researcher;
Research Interests
· Real-time management and control of smart water systems, including detection, isolation and remediation of various events and smart demand metering;
· Asset management of urban water systems including supply/demand analysis, water demand management, leakage analysis, pressure/energy management, reliability/resilience/robustness issues, asset incident and deterioration modelling
· Integrated modelling for water sensitive cities based on metabolism and sustainability principles
· Water energy food nexus
· Flood risk management
· Water resources management including water security issues
· Decision support systems for sustainable design and operation of urban water systems in changing climate conditions, including risk/uncertainty analyses, deterministic and stochastic optimisation methods, multi-criteria decision analyses and data mining
· Advanced calibration and validation of water systems models including sensor network design
Organisation Memberships
· Elected Fellow of the IWA (2012-present; IWA member since 2004)
· Member of the several IWA specialist groups (Water Losses Task Force, 2004-present; Strategic Asset Management specialist group, 2009-present; Efficient Urban Water Management Group, 2009-present)
· Elected member of the IWA/IAHR/IAHS Hydroinformatics specialist group management committee (2010-present)
· Member of the Hydroinformatics section (1998-present)
· Chartered member of CIWEM, 2011-present
· Chartered member of UK Engineering Council, 2011-present
· Member of the EPSRC Peer Review College, 2012-present
· Member of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI), 2009-present
· Member of the EWRI Emerging and Innovative Technologies Task Committee, 2009-present
· Member of the Water Distribution Systems Analysis (WDSA) Standing Committee, 2011-present
· Member of the Royal Statistical Society’s Water Statistics Users Group (WSUG), 2009-present
· Member of EU COST Actions IC0806 (Intelligent Monitoring, Control and Security of Critical Infrastructure Systems - IntelliCIS, 2010-2013), C18 (Performance indicators and benchmarking, 2005-2008) and C19 (Proactive Crisis Management of Urban Infrastructure, 2005-2008)
Invited Talks
Panel member, “Resilience of Water Utilities in Smart Cities”, panel organised as part of the 130 years celebration of the Bogota Water Company, University of Los Andes, 13 Jul 2018, Bogota, Colombia.
Panel member, “EPANET Visioning Summit” convened by the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Environment and Water Resources Institute (ASCE-EWRI) in association with the National Center on Infrastructure Modeling and Management (NCIMM) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), 3-4 April 2018, ASCE Headquarters in Reston, Virginia, USA.
"Working with the UK Water Industry: University of Exeter’s Experience”, WWT Water Industry Technology Innovation Conference, 30 Nov 2017, Birmingham.
"Data Analytics for Detection of Events and Failures in Smart Water Systems”, Water Sector Seminar at Tallinn University of Technology, 24 Nov 2017, Tallinn, Estonia.
Keynote lecture at the IWA China Water Loss Summit 2017, “Advanced Technologies for Smart Water Systems and Cities”, 14-15 Sep 2017, Beijing, China.
Conference Committee Memberships
Advisory Committee, 9th IWA’s Young Water Professionals Conference 2019, 24-26 June 2019, Toronto, Canada
Scientific Committee, SDHI-SDH 2018 conference, 25-26 Oct 2018, Nis, Serbia
International Scientific Committee, 1st International WDSA/CCWI 2018 Joint Conference, 23-25 Jul 2018, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
International Scientific Committee, 1st International WDSA/CCWI 2018 Joint Conference, 23-25 Jul 2018, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Evaluation of Research Grant Proposals / Panels
The Netherlands
Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), The Netherlands
Miscellaneous
Additional information can be found on the Centre for Water Systems website.