Mark Taylor
Mark Taylor

Dr Mark Taylor

Lecturer

 0131 455 2644

  M.Taylor@napier.ac.uk

   

Biography

Lecturer in Civil Engineering teaching fluid mechanics and hydraulics. Research interests include cycling infrastructure, asset management, human vibration exposure, offsite prefabrication and automated construction. Currently working on hand-transmitted vibration exposure and cycling infrastructure asset condition monitoring systems using instrumented bicycles.

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Advisory panels and expert committees or witness

  • BSI Committee Member to GME/21/6 Human exposure to mechanical vibration and shock

 

External Examining/Validations

  • University of Strathclyde External Examiner Civil & Environmental Engineering

 

Media Activity

  • Cyclists risk nerve damage from uneven street surfaces

 

Membership of Professional Body

  • Chair of the Edinburgh Section of the Permanent Way Insititution

 

Public Engagement Activity

  • Civil Engineering Department Volunteer for Scottish Railway Preservation Society Bo’ness and Kinneil Railway.
  • Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Network (STEM) Registered Ambassador.
  • Various public engagement programmes including Construction and Built Environment Challenge (CABEC) and Kickstart – encouraging school pupils to consider engineering as a profession and undertake a degree at ENU.
  • Institution of Civil Engineers Edinburgh Area Branch Pre19 School activity Coordinator (2008-2011).

 

Public/Community Engagement

  • Construction and Built Environment Challenge 2010 - present

 

Reviewing

  • Reviewer for Journal of Cleaner Production. 2017 - present
  • Reviewer for Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. 2016-present
  • Reviewer for Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. 2016-present
  • Reviewer for journal Construction Management and Economics, 2010-present

 

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