Roger Falconer#
| Membership Number: | 7444 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ENGINEERING |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/364367-falconer-roger |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-5960-2864 |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/roger-falconer-water8a019817/ |
| Publication Link: | https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=zFcGtXgAAAAJ&hl=en |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2021 - present Director: West Somerset Lagoon Ltd.
- 2021 - present International Advisory Board: Global Empowers Pty Ltd.
- 2020 - present Chair Professor: Yangtze Institute for Conservation & Development, Hohai University
- 2018 - present Emeritus Professor, Cardiff University
- 2017 - 2023 Director: Dragon River and Tidal Ltd.
- 2017 - present Director: Roger Falconer Water Consultancy Ltd.
- 1997 - 2018 Professor of Water Management, Cardiff University, Founding Director of Hydro-environmental Research Centre (1997 - 2016)
- 1986 - 1997 Professor of Environmental Hydraulics: University of Bradford. Head of Department of Civil Engineering (1993 - 1997)
- 1977 - 1986 Lecturer in Hydraulic Engineering: University of Birmingham
- 1977 Assistant Engineer: Mott MacDonald. Engaged in dam design projects worldwide
Fields of Scholarship
- Global water security
- Hydro-environmental modelling
- Fluid mechanics
- Flood risk assessment
- Sediment transport modelling
- Tidal energy and river hydropower
- Water quality modelling
- Computational hydraulics
Honours and Awards
- 2019 International Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering - IntMCAE
- 2018 Fellow of The European Academy of Sciences - FEurASc
- 2011 Fellow of The Learned Society of Wales - FLSW
- 1997 Fellow of The Royal Academy of Engineering - FRAEng
- 1997 Fellow of The City and Guilds Institute of London - FCGI
- 2011 President of International Association of Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR)
- 2017 Honorary Fellow of International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) - HonFIAHR
- 2023 Chinese Government Friendship Award (“Highest Award to Foreign Experts” for “Important contributions to China’s modernization")
- 2022 Honorary Doctorate of Engineering, University of Bradford - HonDEng
- 2003 HaiHe Award of Honour by Tianjin Municipal Government (Awarded in “Appreciation of Support for Development of Tianjin Municipality”)
- 1999 Royal Academy of Engineering Silver Medal (Awarded for “Outstanding and demonstrated personal contributions to British engineering")
- 1991 Ippen Award by the IAHR (Awarded for "Outstanding contributions in area of computational flow modelling of coastal and estuarine waters")
