Oliver Heidrich

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Newcastle University. I research climate change strategies to implement mitigation and adaptation technologies and determine the impact these strategies have on natural resources across the globe. My vision is to make this world an even better place. My mission is that Government, Industry and Society will appreciate the environmental and resource consequences of their actions (or indeed inaction). For this, my team develops and applies engineering and management methodologies to increase the profitability and understanding of industrial and urban processes. My projects have been assessed independently and received the highest possible ratings for the transfer of technical and management knowledge. I have designed and delivered training courses and consulted local and multinational companies from the construction to the banking sector. My research team quantifies the intended and indeed unintended consequences of climate change interventions. Ultimately, I develop new theories for urban areas (cities) and climate change adaptation and mitigation by considering resource models, life cycle assessment and costing, material flows, industrial ecology principles, and standardised management systems to make this world an even better place, everywhere for everyone! For more see: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/engineering/staff/profile/oliverheidrich.html#background