Ian Stimpson

Biography

Over thirty years of research into natural and induced earthquakes and related anthropogenic hazards, with a broad background in near-surface geophysics, structural geology, geocomputing and geoconservation. Wide-ranging current interests include geothermal energy, geophysics applied to glacial deposits, geologically-related industrial heritage and archaeology, Staffordshire geology, geocomputing, rock mechanics and geological education.

Research and scholarship

Further information can be found on my personal web page.

Teaching

Year 1

• ESC-10047 : Geoscience Data Interpretation, Analysis and Visualisation
• ESC-10068 : Academic, Professional and Fieldwork Skills
• ESC-10074 : Earth Structure

Year 2

• ESC-20037 : Geoscience and Society
• ESC-20092 : Employability Training: Engaging with the Workplace
• ESC-20104 : Field Skills

Year 3

• ESC-30038 : Geological Communication Skills
• ESC-30082 : Reservoir Geology and Geophysics

Year 4

• ESC-40007 : Spatial Geoscience Data Analysis
• ESC-40073 : Reservoir Geology and Geophysics (Masters)

PGT/PGR Students

PGR students

Current students

• Cathrene Rowell. PhD Title: Exploration of mechanisms of ongoing subsidence resulting from salt and brine extraction and dissolution in Northwich, Cheshire (UK): A multi-disciplinary approach

Past students

• Karl Clark. PhD Title: Sedimentary controls on secondary processes: Deformation bands in reservoirs
• Stuart Campbell. PhD Title: Unconventional and geothermal energy resources within the Main Karoo Basin, South Africa
• James Foey. PhD Title: The influence of halokinesis on shallow-marine sediments in salt basins: The Fulmar Formation, Central North Sea, UK
• Raad Eissa. PhD Title: Application of multi-parameter geophysical techniques for the sub-surface investigation
• Aidan Parkes, 2010. A multi-disciplinary study of the origin and glaciological significance of the Woore Moraine, Shropshire.

Resulting papers: Ann. Glac. ; PGA