Dr Richard Ball BEng PhD FHEA CSci CEng FIMMM Dr Richard Ball - Reader
Richard is a Reader in the Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering. His research focuses on low-carbon building materials.
Research
- Low-carbon building materials
- lime based materials
- nano-materials
- photocatalytic coatings- Microstructure/macrostructure property relationships
- Setting reactions
- Degradation processes
- Water transport mechanisms in lime based binders
Projects
- An Electrochemical Approach to Study Carbonation of Novel Lime Based Materials
- Experimentally verified atomistic modelling of lime in construction materials
This person is available to supervise research degree projects
Role
Dr Richard Ball was appointed Senior Lecturer in the Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering in 2015.
Career
Richard received funding from the Royal Society to investigate photocatalytic coatings for the built environment and also English Heritage to investigate nanolimes for the conservation of stone buildings in the UK.
Funding from Royal Academy of Engineering and the British Council sponsored UKIERI is promoting collaboration with MANIT (Bhopal), IIT Delhi and JNV University, Jodhpur in the areas of energy harvesting, building monitoring, dye sensitised solar cells, coatings and surface treatments for the built environment.
Richard is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, secretary of the West of England Metals and Materials Association (WEMMA) and a committee member of the Institute's Cementitious Materials Group. In 2013 he received the Institute’s Outstanding Service Award.
Education
Richard graduated with a degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Bath in 1997. He obtained his PhD in 2000, also from Bath, which investigated the failure mechanisms in valve regulated lead/acid batteries.
As a postdoctoral researcher he developed novel composite ceramic electrolytes for solid oxide fuel cells. In 2002 he joined the Interface Analysis Centre at the University of Bristol.