PhD supervision
Interested in supervising students studying:
- Geopolymers (inorganic polymers) from mineral wastes as an alternative to cement
- Earth construction, including low strength stabilisation of earth
- Slope stability / landslides and related geotechnical problems
- Geotechnical and material aspects of transport infrastructure
Dr Andrew Heath
BSc(Eng), MS, PhD, FHEA
Profile
Andrew Heath is a Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering in the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering at the University of Bath. His teaching and research are related to soils, transport infrastructure and sustainable construction.
Andrew Heath graduated with a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Cape Town in 1994, and worked for the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Pretoria and in California until 2000. He obtained his MS in 2000 and PhD in 2002 in Civil and Environmental Engineering, both from the University of California at Berkeley. He joined the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering at the University of Bath in 2003.
Research
Andrew Heath's research interests are in laboratory testing and modelling of soils and geopolymers, landslide assessment, transportation infrastructure engineering, and the use of earth, waste and other sustainable materials in construction.
Andrew's recent achievements include:
- Institution of Structural Engineers Model and Full Scale Testing Award, 2010 (with R Pelly)
- Institution of Civil Engineers John Mitchell Medal, 2010 (with C Mundell, P McCombie, C Bailey and P Walker)
- Editorial and organising committees for NOCMAT 2009: 11th International Conference on Non-conventional Materials and Technologies, Bath, 2009; International Symposium on Earthen Structures (ISES), Bangalore, 2007; Society for Earthquake and Civil Engineering Dynamics (SECED) Young Engineer Conference, Bath, 2005
- Invited speaker for US National Science Foundation (NSF) workshops on earthquake engineering and earth construction
Teaching
- Soil Mechanics
- Surveying and geology field course
- Transportation infrastructure engineering
- Advanced geotechnical engineering
- Civil infrastructure design project
Publications
Book/s
Walker, P., Ghavami, K., Paine, K., Heath, A., Lawrence, M. and Fodde, E., eds., 2009. 11th International Conference on Non-conventional Materials and Technologies, NOCMAT 2009, Conference proceedings. Bath: University of Bath.
Darby, A. P., Heath, A. C. and D'Ayala, D. F., eds., 2005. Proceedings of the Society for Earthquake and Civil Engineering Dynamics (SECED) Young Engineers Conference. Bath, UK: University of Bath.
Book Sections
Grist, E., Paine, K., Heath, A. and Pinder, H., 2013. An Investigation into the Viability and Benefits of Modern Hydraulic Lime Concretes. In: Dhir, R. K., Singh, S. P. and Goel, S., eds. Innovations in Concrete Construction. New Delhi: Excel India Publishers, pp. 967-981.
Morgan, G., Zang, J., Greaves, D., Heath, A., Whitlow, C. and Young, J., 2010. Using the rasInterFoam CFD model for wave transformation and coastal modelling. In: Proceedings of the 20th (2010) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE-2010. International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers, pp. 418-423.
Lawrence, M., Heath, A. and Walker, P., 2010. Development of a novel binder for mortar for unfired clay bricks. In: 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies. , pp. 755-765.
Lawrence, M., Heath, A. and Walker, P., 2009. Monitoring of the Moisture Content of Straw Bale Walls. In: Howlett, R. J., Lakhmi, C. J. and Shaun, H. L., eds. Sustainability in Energy and Buildings: Proceedings of the International Conference in Sustainability in Energy and Buildings (SEB'09). Vol. Part 3. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 155-164.
Articles
Grist, E. R., Paine, K. A., Heath, A., Norman, J. and Pinder, H., 2013. Compressive strength development of binary and ternary lime-pozzolan mortars. Materials & Design, 52, pp. 514-523.
Maskell, D., Heath, A. and Walker, P., 2013. Laboratory scale testing of extruded earth masonry units. Materials & Design, 45, pp. 359-364.
McCombie, P. F., Mundell, C., Heath, A. and Walker, P., 2012. Drystone retaining walls: ductile engineering structures with tensile strength. Engineering Structures, 45, JEST4017.
Cheah, J. S. J., Walker, P., Heath, A. and Morgan, T. K. K. B., 2012. Evaluating shear test methods for stabilised rammed earth. Proceedings of Institution of Civil Engineers, Construction Materials, 165 (6), pp. 325-334.
Heath, A., Walker, P., Jaquin, P. and Lawrence, M., 2012. Render induced cracking of earth masonry. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Structures and Buildings, 165 (8), pp. 435-442.
Lawrence, M., Heath, A. and Walker, P., 2012. Development of a novel mortar for use with unfired clay bricks. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Construction Materials, 166 (1), pp. 18-26.
Heath, A., Maskell, D., Walker, P., Lawrence, M. and Fourie, C., 2012. Modern earth masonry: structural properties & structural design. The Structural Engineer, 90 (4), pp. 38-44.
Day, T., Pritchard, J. and Heath, A., 2010. Sowing the seeds of enhanced academic writing support in a research-intensive university. Educational Developments, 11 (3), pp. 18-21.
Mundell, C., McCombie, P. F., Heath, A., Harkness, J. and Walker, P., 2010. Behaviour of drystone retaining structures. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Structures and Buildings, 163 (1), pp. 3-12.
Mundell, C., McCombie, P. F., Bailey, C., Heath, A. and Walker, P., 2009. Limit-equilibrium assessment of drystone retaining structures. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Geotechnical engineering, 162 (4), pp. 203-212.
Lawrence, M., Drinkwater, L., Heath, A. and Walker, P., 2009. Racking shear resistance of prefabricated straw-bale panels. Proceedings of the Institute of Civil Engineers: Construction Materials, 162 (3), pp. 133-138.
Heath, A., Walker, P., Fourie, C. and Lawrence, M., 2009. Compressive strength of extruded unfired clay masonry units. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Construction Materials, 162 (3), pp. 105-112.
Lawrence, M., Heath, A. and Walker, P., 2009. Determining moisture levels in straw bale construction. Construction and Building Materials, 23 (8), pp. 2763-2768.
Zolfaghari, A. and Heath, A. C., 2008. A GIS application for assessing landslide hazard over a large area. Computers and Geotechnics, 35 (2), pp. 278-285.
Heath, A., 2008. A Strain-based Non-linear Elastic Model for Geomaterials. WSEAS Transactions on Applied and Theoretical Mechanics, 3 (6), pp. 197-206.
Zolfaghari, A. R. and Heath, A. C., 2006. Probabilistic approach in estimating groundwater changes for geotechnical and environmental engineering purposes. WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development, 2, 79--84.
Zolfaghari, A. R., Heath, A. C. and McCombie, P. F., 2005. Simple genetic algorithm search for critical non-circular failure surface in slope stability analysis. Computers and Geotechnics, 32 (3), pp. 139-152.
Heath, A., Pestana, J., Bejerano, M. and Harvey, J., 2004. Normalizing behavior of unsaturated granular pavement materials. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 130 (9), pp. 896-904.
Heath, A., Roesler, J. and Harvey, J., 2003. Modeling Longitudinal, Corner and Transverse Cracking in Jointed Concrete Pavements. International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 4 (1), pp. 51-58.
Bejarano, M., Heath, A. and Harvey, J., 2003. A Low-Cost High-Performance Alternative for Controlling a Servo-Hydraulic System for Triaxial Resilient Modulus Apparatus. ASTM Special Technical Publications, 1437, pp. 129-140.
Heath, A. C. and Roesler, J. R., 2000. Top-down cracking of rigid pavements constructed with fast-setting hydraulic cement concrete. Transportation Research Record, 1712, pp. 3-12.
Heath, A., Theyse, H. and Lea, J., 1999. Use of ash in low-volume road construction in South Africa. Transportation Research Record, 1 (1652), pp. 196-202.
Conference or Workshop Items
Maskell, D., Heath, A. and Walker, P., 2013. Comparing the environmental impact of stabilisers for unfired earth construction. In: 14th International Conference on Non-conventional Materials and Technologies (NOCMAT 2013), 2013-03-24 - 2013-04-03, João Pessoa.
Maskell, D., Heath, A. and Walker, P., 2013. Geopolymer stabilisation of unfired earth masonry units. In: 14th International Conference on Non-conventional Materials and Technologies (NOCMAT 2013), 2013-03-24 - 2013-04-03, João Pessoa.
Mcgregor, F., Heath, A., Ayre, G., Fodde, E. and Walker, P., 2012. The effect of stabilisation on humidity buffering of earth walls. In: Proceedings of LEHM 2012: 6th International Conference on Building with Earth, 2012-10-05 - 2012-10-07, Weimar.
Amirjamshidi, G., Fodde, E., Forsyth, M., Heath, A. and Mokhtari, E., 2012. Towards a methodology for the study of holistic approaches for the conservation of earthen architecture in seismic areas. In: Proceedings of LEHM 2012: 6th International Conference on Building with Earth, 2012-10-05 - 2012-10-07, Weimar.
Grist, E., Paine, K., Heath, A. and Norman, J., 2012. The feasibility and potential of modern hydraulic lime concretes. In: Concrete Structures for Sustainable Community, Fib Symposium, 2012-06-10 - 2012-06-14, Stockholm.
Maskell, D., Heath, A. and Walker, P., 2012. Durable Structural Extruded Earth Masonry. In: Proceedings of LEHM 2012: 6th International Conference on Building with Earth, 2012-10-05 - 2012-10-07, Weimar.
Maskell, D., Heath, A. and Walker, P., 2012. Durable Structural Extruded Earth Masonry Units. In: Proceedings of LEHM 2012: 6th International Conference on Building with Earth, 2012-10-05 - 2012-10-07, Weimar.
Maskell, D., Walker, P. and Heath, A., 2012. The compressive strength of lignosulphonate stabilised extruded earth masonry units. In: Terra 2012: 11th International Conference on the Study and Conservation of Earthen Architecture Heritage, 2012-04-22 - 2012-04-27, Lima.
Mundell, C., McCombie, P., Heath, A. and Walker, P., 2009. Drystone retaining walls: From full-scale testing to construction requirements. In: 11th International Conference on Non-conventional Materials and Technologies, NOCMAT 2009, 2009-09-06 - 2009-09-09, Bath.
Heath, A., Lawrence, M., Walker, P. and Fourie, C., 2009. The compressive strength of modern earth masonry. In: 11th International Conference on Non-conventional Materials and Technologies, NOCMAT 2009, 2009-09-06 - 2009-09-09, Bath.
Lawrence, M., Heath, A. and Walker, P., 2009. The impact of external finishes on the weather resistance of straw bale walls. In: 11th International Conference on Non-conventional Materials and Technologies, NOCMAT 2009, 2009-09-06 - 2009-09-09, Bath.
Walker, P., Heath, A. and Lawrence, R. M. H., 2008. Modern innovations in unfired clay masonry in the UK. In: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on the Study and Conservation of Earthen Architectural Heritage, 2008-02-01 - 2008-02-05, Bamako.
Mundell, C., Mccombie, P., Heath, A., Harkness, J. and Walker, P., 2008. Large Scale Testing of Drystone Retaining Walls. In: D'Ayala, D. F. and Fodde, E., eds. VI International Conference on Structural Analysis of Historic Construction (SAHC08), 2008-07-02 - 2008-07-04, Bath.
Lawrence, M., Heath, A. and Walker, P., 2008. Modern innovations with unfired clay masonry. In: Proceedings of 8th International Seminar on Structural Masonry (ISSM 08), 2008-11-05 - 2008-11-08, Istanbul.
Lawrence, R. M. H., Heath, A. C. and Walker, P., 2008. Mortars for thin unfired clay masonry walls. In: Proceedings of LEHM 2008 : 5th International conference on Building with Earth, 2008-10-09 - 2008-10-12, Koblenz.
Heath, A., Darby, A. P. and Bawcombe, J., 2008. Substructure testing for dynamic soil-structure interaction. In: Proceedings of the Second British Geotechnical Association International Conference on Foundations - ICOF 2008, 2008-01-01, Garston, Watford.
Heath, A., Walker, P. and Burt, J., 2007. Improving the Bond Strength of Unfired Clay Masonry. In: International Symposium on Earthen Structures., 2007-08-01, Bangalore.
Maniatidis, V., Walker, P., Heath, A. and Hayward, S., 2007. Mechanical and Thermal Characteristics of Rammed Earth. In: International Symposium on Earthen Structures, 2007-08-01, Bangalore.
Zolfaghari, A. R. and Heath, A. C., 2006. Probabilistic Approach in Estimating Groundwater Changes for Slope Stability Applications. In: 2006 IASME/WSEAS INternational Conference on Water Resources, Hydraulics and Hydrology, 2006-05-01, Chalkida.
McCombie, P. F., Zolfaghari, A. R. and Heath, A. C., 2005. The Use of the Simple Genetic Algorithm in the Non-Circular Analysis of Slope Stability. In: 8th International Conference on the Application of Artificial Intelligence to Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, 2005-08-30 - 2005-09-02, Rome.
Heath, A. C. and Darby, A. P., 2005. Differential multiple support excitation: geotechnical and structural considerations. In: First US-Portugal International Workshop: Grand Challenges in Earthquake Engineering, 2005-07-01.
Zolfaghari, A. R. and Heath, A. C., 2005. Effect of earthquake loading on tension cracks and factor of safety in slope stability analyses. In: SECED Young Engineers Conference, 2005-03-01, Bath.
Heath, A., Roesler, J. and Harvey, J., 2001. Quantifying Longitudinal, Corner and Transverse Cracking in Jointed Concrete Pavements. In: Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, 2001-01-01, Washington, DC.
Paige-Green, P. and Heath, A. C., 1999. Material selection and structural design, construction and maintenance of ramp roads in open pit mines. In: 12th African Regional Conference, Geotechnics for Developing Africa, 1999-10-01, Durban.
Lea, J. D. and Heath, A. C., 1999. Using APT to fast-track innovative materials. In: International Conference for Accelerated Pavement Testing, 1999-10-01, Reno, Nevada.
Theyse, H. L. and Heath, A. C., 1998. Accelerated Pavement Testing of Pavement Structures Constructed by Labour Intensive Methods Using Waste and Locally Available Materials. In: 5th International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads and Airfields, 1998-01-01, Trondheim.
Heath, A., Jones, D. J. and Ballot, S., 1998. Strategic Environmental Assessment in Roads and Transportation Projects. In: International Roads Federation XIIIth World Meeting, 1998-01-01, Toronto.
Heath, A. C., Lea, J. D., Bergh, A. O. and Hendricks, P., 1997. Testing of Sasol Ash as an Unstabilized Road Base Material. In: 1997 International Ash Utilization Symposium, 1997-10-20 - 1997-10-22, Lexington, Kentucky.
Heath, A. C., Lea, J. D., Bergh, A. O. and Hendricks, P., 1997. The use of Sasol Ash as a Road Construction Material. In: 1997 International Ash Utilization Symposium, 1997-10-20 - 1997-10-22, Lexington, Kentucky.
Scheele, F., Heath, A. and Sellers, E., 1995. Finite Element Modelling of Axially Loaded, Grouted Test Piles in Sand. In: 13th Symposium for Finite Elements in South Africa., 1995-01-01, Stellenbosch.
