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

1st Year

Fluid Mechanics and Energy Transfer

3rd Year

Water Engineering 2

MEng

Water Engineering Management

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Bannister, EJ, Jesson, M, Harper, NJ, Hart, KM, Curioni, G, Cai, X & Mackenzie, AR 2023, 'Residence times of air in a mature forest: observational evidence from a free-air CO2 enrichment experiment ', Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 2145-2165. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-2145-2023

Okoro, BU, Sharifi, S, Jesson, M & Bridgeman, J 2022, 'Protein fractionation of Hibiscus cannabinus (Kenaf) seeds, its characterization, and potential use for water treatment', Water Environment Research, vol. 94, no. 11, e10805. https://doi.org/10.1002/wer.10805

Okoro, B, Sharifi, S, Jesson, M, Bridgeman, J & Moruzzi, R 2021, 'Characterisation and Performance of three Kenaf coagulation products under different operating conditions', Water Research, vol. 188, 116517. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2020.116517

Shu, Z & Jesson, M 2021, 'Estimation of Weibull parameters for wind energy analysis across the UK', Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, vol. 13, no. 2, 023303. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0038001

Shu, Z, Jesson, M & Sterling, M 2021, 'Nonlinear dynamic analysis of daily rainfall variability across the UK from 1989 to 2018', Journal of Hydrology, vol. 603, 126849. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126849

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

Review article

Ahmed, S, Jesson, M & Sharifi, S 2023, 'Selection Frameworks for Potential Rainwater Harvesting Sites in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions: A Systematic Literature Review', Water, vol. 15, no. 15, 2782. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15152782, https://doi.org/10.3390/w15152782

Okoro, B, Sharifi, S, Jesson, M & Bridgeman, J 2021, 'Natural organic matter (NOM) and turbidity removal by plant-based coagulants: a review', Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, vol. 9, no. 6, 106588. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2021.106588

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