771758 Water in the Environment (ML 2021-22) – introduction to hydrology and hydraulics for flood risk management
771753 Research Projects in OSW (ML 2021) – experimental and numerical modelling for OSW and project planning
771743 Research Issues in Renewable Energy (ML 2021-22) – student led module focusing on presentation skills
771774 Aura CDT Literature Review for PhD Topic (ML 2019-21, 2023) – initial literature review for PhD
771774 Aura CDT Outreach and Engagement (ML 2019-21, 2023) – organise & present for different audiences
771712 Contemporary Research Issues in OSW (ML 2019-21, 2023) – innovative student-led module
Journal Article
Global River Topology (GRIT): A Bifurcating River Hydrography
Wortmann, M., Slater, L., Hawker, L., Liu, Y., Neal, J., Zhang, B., Schwenk, J., Allen, G., Ashworth, P., Boothroyd, R., Cloke, H., Delorme, P., Gebrechorkos, S. H., Griffith, H., Leyland, J., McLelland, S., Nicholas, A. P., Sambrook-Smith, G., Vahidi, E., Parsons, D., & Darby, S. E. (2025). Global River Topology (GRIT): A Bifurcating River Hydrography. Water Resources Research, 61(5), Article e2024WR038308. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024WR038308
Density stratification controls the bedform phase diagram of saline-gravity currents versus open-channel flows
Ohata, K., de Cala, I., Dorrell, R. M., Naruse, H., McLelland, S. J., Simmons, S. M., & McCaffrey, W. D. (in press). Density stratification controls the bedform phase diagram of saline-gravity currents versus open-channel flows. Sedimentology, https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.13075
Report
UK Parliament Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee Flooding Inquiry: Written Evidence from Dr Kate Smith et al. (FLO0043)
Smith, K., Thomas, R. E., Skinner, C., Davidson, G., Parsons, D., McLelland, S., Coulthard, T., Malik, K., Harrison, L., Ramsden, S., Moloney, J., Ahmed, J., Carter, C., Wolstenholme, J., Halstead, F., & Betts, P. (2021). UK Parliament Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee Flooding Inquiry: Written Evidence from Dr Kate Smith et al. (FLO0043)
Research interests
- Physical modelling of river, estuarine and coastal flow processes and sediment transport dynamics.
- Application of laser and acoustic flow measurement techniques.
- Developing new techniques for physical modelling of ecohydraulics.
- Modelling environmental impacts on the seabed associated with offshore wind energy.
- Developing research in Natural Flood Management.
- Member of the Modelling Environmental Systems Research Group at the University of Hull.
- Member of the management team for HYDRALAB+ (http://www.hydralab.eu) which is a EU-funded Infrastructure programme funded through Horizon2020. There are more than 25 participants from throughout the EU.
- Member of the British Society for Geomorphology (http://britishgeomorphology.org.uk/)
Lead investigator
Project
Funder
Grant
Started
Status
Project
EVOFLOOD: The Evolution of Global Flood Hazard and Risk
Funder
Natural Environment Research Council
Grant
£530,236.00
Started
1 May 2021
Status
Ongoing
Project
Water data for people
Funder
North East Lincolnshire Council
Grant
£247,135.00
Started
1 January 2024
Status
Ongoing
Project
Physical Modelling of Mixed Beaches
Funder
Environment Agency
Grant
£7,000.00
Started
1 January 2019
Status
Complete
Project
H2020 RI - HYDRALAB-PLUS
Funder
European Commission
Grant
£616,188.00
Started
31 August 2015
Status
Complete
Project
North Newbald Hydro Data Capture
Funder
East Yorkshire Rivers Trust
Grant
£8,040.00
Started
1 September 2023
Status
Complete
Project
HIKE: SuDS Monitoring for Blue-Green Infrastructure
Funder
Arts & Humanities Research Council
Grant
£46,337.00
Started
1 July 2023
Status
Complete
Co-investigator
Project
Funder
Grant
Started
Status
Project
Advice and support on the development of a Sustainable Drainage Sensor array to of the DIG Consortium
Funder
DEFRA
Grant
£112,608.00
Started
1 December 2022
Status
Ongoing
Project
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability and Resilience
Funder
Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council
Grant
£2,949,377.34
Started
1 April 2024
Status
Ongoing
Project
COAST-R: COastal communities And Seas Together for Resilience Network Plus
Funder
Economic & Social Research Council
Grant
£768,576.98
Started
1 April 2024
Status
Ongoing
Project
COAST-R Flexible Fund: COastal communities And Seas Together for Resilience Network Plus
Funder
Economic & Social Research Council
Grant
£436,998.59
Started
1 April 2024
Status
Ongoing
Project
The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training on Offshore Wind Energy and the Environment
Funder
Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council
Grant
£3,840,952.27
Started
1 April 2019
Status
Ongoing
Project
Risky Cities: Living with water in an uncertain future climate
Funder
Arts & Humanities Research Council
Grant
£333,903.19
Started
1 August 2020
Status
Complete
Project
Future of Advanced Metrology for Environmental fluid dynamics
Funder
Natural Environment Research Council
Grant
£714,051.36
Started
1 February 2021
Status
Complete
Project
Green-blue approaches for water resilience: an international networking event
Funder
University of Hull
Grant
£46,573.24
Started
1 January 2023
Status
Complete