Dr Mike Jesson

Department of Civil Engineering
Lecturer in Wind and Water Engineering
First Year Director

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0) 121 414 3745
Email
m.a.jesson@bham.ac.uk
Twitter
@UoBWindEng
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Address
Department of Civil Engineering
School of Engineering
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr Mike Jesson is a Lecturer in Wind and Water Engineering. Following a successful career in industry, Mike completed his PhD in open-channel flow hydraulics in 2012. Two post-doctoral positions followed, during which Mike developed his reputation as an expert in transient wind fields, ranging from thunderstorm downbursts to highly turbulent urban flows. His expertise lies in the design, development and execution of novel experiments, often in challenging conditions, and the development of analytical models to represent natural phenomena. Mike has contributed his knowledge of boundary layer winds to crop lodging, analysing wind field data to provide model inputs. He research has been published in leading journals and presented at international conferences, and he has been an invited speaker at UK Wind Engineering Society technical meetings.

Dr Jesson teaches fluid mechanics and Water Engineering courses, and is First Year Director for the UoB's Engineering programmes.

Qualifications

 2012  PhD University of Birmingham "The effect of heterogeneous roughness on conveyance capacity and application to the Shiono-Knight Method"
 2008  MSc University of Birmingham Water Resources Management and Technology
 1995 MSc  Cranfield University Thermal Energy Processes
 1994 BSc University of Nottingham Mathematical Physics

Teaching

Fluid Mechanics and Energy Transfer 1st Year
Water Engineering 2 3rd Year
Water Engineering Management MEng

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Joseph, G, Mohammadi, M, Sterling, M, Baker, C, Gillmeier, S, Soper, D, Jesson, M, Blackburn, A, Whyatt, JD, Gullick, D, Murray, J, Berry, P, Hatley, D & Finnan, J 2020, 'Determination of crop dynamic and aerodynamic parameters for lodging prediction', Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, vol. 202, 104169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2020.104169

Vita, G, Shu, Z, Jesson, M, Quinn, A, Hemida, H, Sterling, M & Baker, C 2020, 'On the assessment of pedestrian distress in urban winds', Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, vol. 203, 104200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2020.104200

Baker, C, Sterling, M & Jesson, M 2020, 'The lodging of crops by tornadoes', Journal of Theoretical Biology, vol. 500, 110309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2020.110309

Jesson, M, Lombardo, F, Sterling, M & Baker, C 2019, 'The physical simulation of a transient, downburst-like event – how complex does it need to be?', Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, vol. 189, pp. 135-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2019.03.021

Jesson, M & Sterling, M 2018, 'A simple vortex model of a thunderstorm downburst – a parametric evaluation', Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, vol. 174, pp. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2017.12.001

Jesson, M, Sterling, M & Baker, D 2016, 'Application of ISO4359 for discharge calculation in a narrow flume', Flow Measurement and Instrumentation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2016.06.015

Jesson, M, Pinera-Chavez, F, Berry, P, Foulkes, MJ & Reynolds, M 2016, 'Avoiding lodging in irrigated spring wheat. I. Stem and root structural requirements', Field Crops Research, vol. 196, pp. 325–336. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2016.06.009

Jesson, M, Sterling, M, Letchford, C & Haines, M 2015, 'Aerodynamic forces on generic buildings subject to transient, downburst-type winds', Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, vol. 137, pp. 58-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2014.12.003

Jesson, M, Sterling, M, Letchford, C & Baker, C 2015, 'Aerodynamic forces on the roofs of low-, mid- and high-rise buildings subject to transient winds', Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, vol. 143, pp. 42-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2015.04.020

Jesson, MA, Bridgeman, J & Sterling, M 2015, 'Novel software developments for the automated post-processing of high volumes of velocity time-series', Advances in Engineering Software, vol. 89, pp. 36-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advengsoft.2015.06.007

Jesson, M, Sterling, M & Bridgeman, J 2013, 'An experimental study of turbulence in a heterogeneous channel', Water Management, vol. 166, no. 1, pp. 16-26. https://doi.org/10.1680/wama.11.00025

Jesson, M, Sterling, M & Bridgeman, J 2013, 'Despiking velocity time-series-Optimisation through the combination of spike detection and replacementmethods', Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, vol. 30, pp. 45-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2013.01.007

Jesson, M, Sterling, M & Bridgeman, J 2013, 'Modeling flow in an open channel with heterogeneous bed roughness', Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, vol. 139, no. 2, pp. 195-204. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000621

Conference contribution

Sterling, M, Haines, M, Jesson, M & Letchford, C 2015, Transient wind loading on a single and group of high-rise buildings. in Structures Congress 2015 - Proceedings of the 2015 Structures Congress. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), pp. 2722-2734, Structures Congress 2015, Portland, United States, 23/04/15. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784479117.236

Jesson, MA, Bridgeman, J & Sterling, M 2013, Automating post-processing of high volumes of velocity time-series: A software approach. in Civil-Comp Proceedings. vol. 102, 14th International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, CC 2013, Cagliari, Sardinia, United Kingdom, 3/09/13.

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