John Gallagher

Assistant Professor,
Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering
Trinity College Dublin
Israel

Biography

Dr Gallagher is a Research Fellow in the Department of Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering in Trinity College Dublin. He has worked on European funded projects (Interreg, Horizon2020 and Erasmuss+) as a member of staff in Trinity College Dublin and Bangor University. He has a background in civil and environmental engineering with two primary research areas of expertise: (i) low cost and low carbon energy systems i.e. ecodesign and circular economy approach to construction of building structures and renewable technologies; (ii) urban environment and passive pollution barriers e.g. mitigation of urban air and noise pollution, indoor-outdoor interactions and the role of urban planning. He also has previous engineering experience working with local authorities, national/international engineering firms and research collaborations with a range of water companies, SMEs and charity organisations.

Research Intrest

Air Pollution; Air pollution monitoring and assessment; Air quality modelling; AIR QUALITY MONITORING; AIR-FLOW; AIR-POLLUTANTS; AIR-QUALITY; Buildings, Commercial Energy Use; Buildings, Residential Energy Use; Built Environment; circular economy; eco-design; ecodesign; ENERGY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; Energy Environmental Sciences; Environmental Design; Environmental Effects, Hydropower; Environmental engineering; Environmental Engineering, Pollution Control; Environmental pollution in urban environments; Environmental resource management; Hydro Energy; Hydroelectricity, Hydropower; life cycle assessment; Life cycle management, analysis; LIFE-CYCLE; Lifecycle analysis; Natural Resources; Natural Resources Management; passive constructions; Renewable energy; Renewable Energy Sources; Resources/Availability, Renewable Energy; URBAN AIR QUALITY MODELLING; Urban Forestry; Urban Planning/Policy

List of Publications
Gallagher J.,Gill L.W., McNabola A., Optimizing the use of on-street car parking system as a passive control of air pollution exposure in street canyons by large eddy simulation, Atmospheric Environment, 45, (9), 2011, p1684 - 1694
Gallagher, J., Gill, L.W., McNabola, A., Numerical modelling of the passive control of air pollution in asymmetrical urban street canyons using refined mesh discretization schemes, Building and Environment, 56, 2012, p232 - 240
Gallagher J., Gill L.W., McNabola A., The passive control of air pollution exposure in Dublin, Ireland: A combined measurement and modelling case study, Science of the Total Environment, 458-460, 2013, p331 - 343
McNabola A., O Luanaigh N., Gallagher J., Gill L., The development and assessment of an aspiration efficiency reducing system of air pollution control for particulate matter in building ventilation systems, Energy and Buildings, 61, 2013, p177-184
McNabola, A., Coughlan, P., Corcoran, L., Power, C., Williams. A.P., Harris, I., Gallagher, J., Styles D., Energy Recovery in the Water Industry using Micro-hydropower: An Opportunity to Improve Sustainability, Water Policy, 16, 2014, p168 - 183
Gallagher J, Harris IM, Packwood AJ, McNabola A, Williams AP., A strategic assessment of micro-hydropower in the UK and Irish water industry: identifying technical and economic constraints, Renewable Energy, 81, 2015, p808 - 815
Gallagher J, McNabola A, Styles D, Williams AP., Life Cycle Environmental Balance and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Potential of Micro-hydropower Energy Recovery in the Water Industry, Journal of Cleaner Production, 99, 2015, p152 - 159
Gallagher, J., Baldauf, R., Fuller, C., Kumar, P., Gill, L.W., McNabola, A., Passive methods for improving air quality in the built environment: A review of porous and solid barriers, Atmospheric Environment, 120, 2015, p61 - 70
Gallagher, J., Styles, D., McNabola, A., Williams, A.P., Making green technology greener: achieving a balance between carbon and resource savings through ecodesign in hydropower systems, Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 105, 2015, p11 - 17
Gallagher, J., Styles, D., McNabola, A., Williams, A.P., Inventory compilation for renewable energy systems: the pitfalls of materiality thresholds and priority impact categories using hydropower case studies, International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 20, (12), 2015, p1701 - 1707
Gallagher, J., Styles, D., McNabola, A., Williams, A.P., Current and future environmental balance of small scale run-of-river hydropower, Environmental Science and Technology, 49, (10), 2015, p6344 - 6351
Gallagher J., A modelling exercise to examine variations of NOx concentrations on adjacent footpaths in a street canyon: The importance of accounting for wind conditions and fleet composition, Science of the Total Environment, 550, 2016, p1065-1074