About
A brief description of who you are and what you do.
This section will only display on your public profile if you’ve added content.
You can update this in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘Edit profile’. Under the heading and then ‘Curriculum and research description’, select ‘Add profile information’. In the dropdown menu, select - ‘About’.
Write about yourself in the third person. Aim for 100 to 150 words covering the main points about who you are and what you currently do. Clear, simple language is best. You can include specialist or technical terms.
You’ll be able to add details about your research, publications, career and academic history to other sections of your staff profile.
Research
Your current research, published research topics, projects and groups.
This section will only display on your public profile if you’ve added content.
You can update the information for this section in Pure (opens in a new tab).
Research groups
Any research groups you belong to will automatically appear on your profile. Speak to your line manager if these are incorrect. Please do not raise a ticket in Ask HR.
Research interests
Add up to 5 research interests. The first 3 will appear in your staff profile next to your name. The full list will appear on your research page. Keep these brief and focus on the keywords people may use when searching for your work. Use a different line for each one.
In Pure (opens in a new tab), select ‘Edit profile’. Under the heading 'Curriculum and research description', select 'Add profile information'. In the dropdown menu, select 'Research interests: use separate lines'.
Current research
Update this in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘Edit profile’ and then ‘Curriculum and research description - Current research’.
Describe your current research in 100 to 200 words. Write in the third person. Include broad key terms to help people discover your work, for example, “sustainability” or “fashion textiles”.
Research projects
Research Council funded projects will automatically appear here. The active project name is taken from the finance system.
Publications
Public outputs that list you as an author will appear here, once they’re validated by the ePrints Team. If you’re missing any outputs that you’ve added to Pure, they may be waiting for validation.
Supervision
Contact your Faculty Operating Service team to update PhD students you supervise and any you’ve previously supervised. Making this information available will help potential PhD applicants to find you.
Teaching
A short description of your teaching interests and responsibilities.
This section will only display on your public profile if you’ve added content.
You can update your teaching description in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘Edit profile’. Under the heading and then ‘Curriculum and research description’ , select ‘Add profile information’. In the dropdown menu, select – ‘Teaching Interests’. Describe your teaching interests and your current responsibilities. Aim for 200 words maximum.
Courses and modules
Contact the Curriculum and Quality Assurance (CQA) team for your faculty to update this section.
External roles and responsibilities
These are the public-facing activities you’d like people to know about.
This section will only display on your public profile if you’ve added content.
You can update your external roles and responsibilities in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘+ Add content’ and then ‘Activity’, your ‘Personal’ tab and then ‘Activities’. Choose which activities you want to show on your public profile.
You can hide activities from your public profile. Set the visibility as 'Backend' to only show this information within Pure, or 'Confidential' to make it visible only to you.
Biography
John’s ongoing and recent research work includes the whole-life cost analysis of individual railway earthworks assets, and of routes and networks, with and without interventions, to identify the most economically efficient approaches to asset maintenance and renewal in the face of uncertainty, including the need for adaptation to the effects of climate change. This work on the EPSRC (UKRI)-funded ACHILLES research programme also includes the examination of the value of obtaining and analysing additional data on asset condition, based on the unit and overall costs and benefits of obtaining and processing the data. For the In2Track2 project, part of the EU’s Shift2Rail research programme, John developed a Pugh Matrix-based qualitative assessment framework to enable the comparison of alternative novel railway track forms on the basis of economic and other performance metrics. In the course of the EPSRC-funded Track to the Future (T2F) research programme, he analysed the unit and overall economic costs of installing alternative means for reducing the impacts of noise and vibration from existing railway lines, and the resulting environmental and economic benefits. John has also worked extensively on the analysis of timetable and performance data, and the investigation of the effects of capacity utilisation and other timetable-related factors on train service performance.
John teaches the Capacity, Timetabling and Traffic Management elements of the CENV3065 Railway Engineering and Operations module.
In previous work at Arup and at CH2M Hill/Jacobs, John gained extensive experience and expertise in railway operations and performance analysis, modelling and planning, including the calculation and analysis of capacity utilisation and performance values across Britain’s railway network, and the development of an Operational Philosophy for Britain’s railways. He also conducted a wide range of railway-related data assurance activities, principally in an Independent Reporter role with Arup for the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). His wider transport planning experience includes development planning work and the economic assessment of highway schemes, and early in his career he worked on site on a range of civil engineering construction projects.
You can update your biography section in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select your ‘Personal’ tab then ‘Edit profile’. Under the heading, and ‘Curriculum and research description’, select ‘Add profile information’. In the dropdown menu, select - ‘Biography’. Aim for no more than 400 words.
This section will only appear if you enter the information into Pure (opens in a new tab).
Prizes
You can update this section in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘+Add content’ and then ‘Prize’. using the ‘Prizes’ section.
You can choose to hide prizes from your public profile. Set the visibility as ‘Backend’ to only show this information within Pure, or ‘Confidential’ to make it visible only to you.