Academic profile
Professor in Environmental Fluid Mechanics
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Alison's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Leader of the COAST Engineering Research Group
In recent years my teaching portfolio has included Coastal Engineering, Advanced Hydraulic Engineering, Interdisciplinary Design, and leading the MSc dissertation projects.
COP26: Examining the evidence for global action
Alison is taking part in a series of international missions with Earthquake Engineers Field Investigation Teams (EEFIT).
“Ever since childhood, I’ve been inspired by waves. I grew up by the sea and spent time in and on the sea – swimming, sailing and surfing. I’m awestruck by the beauty and force of waves, and the destruction they can cause.”
Alison is an expert on the interactions of extreme waves with coastal structures.
Provision of tools, techniques and international standards guidance to those responsible for the maintenance of historic rock lighthouses under current and future predicted extreme wave loading
A leading team of coastal and ocean engineering researchers carrying out both fundamental and applied research.
A collaboration with UCL and Exeter, examining wave loading on exposed rock lighthouses, and their subsequent structural response.
MB305, Marine Building, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA
+44 1752 586133
alison.raby@plymouth.ac.uk
