Professor David Connolly works within the School of Civil Engineering.  His research interests span: transportation and climate resilience, artificial intelligence and computer vision, geotechnical engineering; numerical simulation, remote sensing and energy harvesting, climate change and sustainability, Hyperloop.  He is the founder of the ‘Railway Engineering with Project Management’ MSc. Prior to this he worked at Heriot Watt University, Scotland. He holds a PhD and a first-class honours in Civil Engineering from the University of Edinburgh (UK).  He is a chartered professional engineer and a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (CEng MICE).  He is also a Fellow of the Permanent Way Institution (FPWI) and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).

Subject groups

  • Engineering and Materials Science

    Engineering, civil

Committees Participated Role
Research Grants Committee: Physical Sciences January 2025 - December 2027 Member
International Exchanges Committee January 2025 - December 2027 Member