Emma Rendle

Miss Emma Rendle - ()

School of Marine Science and Engineering (Faculty of Science and Technology)
Address: B528, Portland Square, Drake Circus,
Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA
Telephone: +441752584735
Email: emma.rendle@plymouth.ac.uk

Role
First year PhD student within the School of Marine Science and Engineering
Funding; A new studentship scheme at the University of Plymouth has funded this PhD as a result of the success in RAE 2008 and subsequent research funding allocation from HEFCE.
Title; "Environmental and Socio-economic Impacts of Artificial Surfing Reefs - The UK Experience"
Supervisors; Dr. Mark Davidson and Dr. Linda Rodwell

Qualifications & background
MSc Applied Marine Science (Nerc Scholarship Award) 2006
Thesis title 'DGPS observations of a high energy mesotidal beach'
Supervisors; Prof Paul Russell and Prof Gerd Masselink

BSc (hons) Marine Biology and Oceanography 2004
Thesis; 'Arenicola marina as a reservoir for bacteria of faecal origin'

Emma Rendle is currently working as a PhD research student at the University of Plymouth, UK. The title of her research is “The environmental and socio-economic impacts of Artificial Surfing Reefs – the UK experience”. She holds a multidisciplinary background with specific interest in coastal processes, beach geomorphology and shoreline response. Emma has commercial experience in developing optimised design solutions in support of coastal protection and amenity enhancement structures.

Self-employed as a Marine and Coastal Environment Consultant she specialised in the development of innovative offshore structures for shoreline protection. Looking at the use of soft technologies in exchange for the typical hard structures. Coastal surveying, reporting and Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) conducted. Contracts India, NZ and UK.

Emma worked for Metoc Plc. where she specialised in the assessment of environmental risk and environmental design for the waste water, dredging and oil and gas industries. Experience was gained in dealing with a range of environmental issues from the perspective of surveyors, operators, developers and regulators. She worked in developing optimised environmental designs solutions to support both capital developments and operational performance improvement. Emma holds a broad range of skills relating to the physical and biological marine environment including sediment dynamics, coastal processes, hydrographic data collation and interpretation, multi-dimensional mathematical modelling and GIS.

Research interests

My specific research interests lie in the use of Multi-purpose Artificial Soft Reefs (M-ASRs) for shoreline protection, tourism enhancement and ecological enrichment. Impacts to the local environment will be temporal and spatial, studies to fully realise these alterations to beach processes will need to include sediment investigations, macrotidal beach morphology, rip current identification and assessment, high-energy beach development, and long-term patterns in morphology. The social and economic impacts that can arguably benefit or prove detrimental to fisheries and tourism is of particular interest concerning artificial offshore structures.

Marine geomorphology, coastal processes, shoreline management and coastal protection initiatives.

University of Plymouth Research Group affiliations;

CPRG (Coastal Processes Research Group) http://www.coastalprocesses.org/
CCOSE (Centre for Coastal/Ocean Science and Engineering) http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/ccose
MarCoPol (Marine and Coastal Policy) http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/marcopol

Additional information

Pursuits include; climbing, SCUBA diving, surfing, kayaking and sailing.

I am an avid reader, accomplished artist and enjoy live music events.

Experience gained from living and working around the globe; Europe, S.E. Asia & Australasia 2001, the Bahamas and Central America 2004-05, West Africa 2007, Mexico 2008 and India 2008-09 and 2010.