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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)
  • 2009 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

David Butler is affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple domains within Environmental Science and Engineering, with a significant focus on water systems and related optimization challenges.

The primary fields of study for David Butler include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Engineering

Within these fields, their work touches on various subfields:

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Ocean Engineering

David Butler's research topics cover a broad range related to water management and environmental concerns:

  • Water Systems and Optimization
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
  • Water resources management and optimization
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
  • Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications

Their recent papers reflect these interests, with notable works including:

  • "The role of deep learning in urban water management: A critical review" (2022, Water Research)
  • "Nanostructured porous graphene for efficient removal of emerging contaminants (pharmaceuticals) from water" (2020, Chemical Engineering Journal)
  • "Understanding the effects of Digital Elevation Model resolution in urban fluvial flood modelling" (2021, Journal of Hydrology)
  • "Moving to a future of smart stormwater management: A review and framework for terminology, research, and future perspectives" (2022, Water Research)
  • "Are sponge cities the solution to China's growing urban flooding problems?" (2022, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water)

David Butler has collaborated frequently with other researchers in related areas. Their most common coauthors include:

  • Guangtao Fu
  • Raziyeh Farmani
  • Zhiguo Yuan
  • Peter Melville-Shreeve
  • Fayyaz Ali Memon

The scientist's publications often appear in specialized journals and venues such as:

  • Water
  • Water Research
  • Urban Water Journal
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

David Butler has contributed to book publications under UWA Publishing, including works titled:

  • Quantification and Modelling of Fugitive Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Urban Water Systems (2022)
  • Water-Wise Cities and Sustainable Water Systems: Concepts, Technologies, and Applications (2020)

Among the awards received, David Butler was named a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) in 2015 and recognized as an ACM Senior Member in 2009.

Best Publications

  • SUDS, LID, BMPs, WSUD and more – The evolution and application of terminology surrounding urban drainage

    Tim D. Fletcher;William Shuster;William F. Hunt;Richard Ashley

  • Urban rainwater harvesting systems: Research, implementation and future perspectives.

    Alberto Campisano;David Butler;Sarah Ward;Matthew J Burns

  • Urban flood impact assessment: A state-of-the-art review

    Michael J. Hammond;Albert S. Chen;Slobodan Djordjevic;David Butler

  • The EU water framework directive: measures and implications

    Giorgos Kallis;David Butler

  • The role of deep learning in urban water management: A critical review.

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  • Decision support for sustainable option selection in integrated urban water management

    C. K. Makropoulos;K. Natsis;S. Liu;K. Mittas

  • At-source domestic wastewater quality

    M.C Almeida;D Butler;E Friedler

  • A global analysis approach for investigating structural resilience in urban drainage systems

    Seith N. Mugume;Diego E. Gomez;Guangtao Fu;Raziyeh Farmani

  • Reliable, resilient and sustainable water management: the Safe & SuRe approach

    David Butler;Sarah Ward;Chris Sweetapple;Maryam Astaraie-Imani

  • Water saving potential of domestic water reuse systems using greywater and rainwater in combination

    Andrew M. Dixon;D. Butler;A. Fewkes

  • Characterising the quantity and quality of domestic wastewater inflows

    David Butler;Eran Friedler;Kevin Gatt

  • Performance of a large building rainwater harvesting system.

    S. Ward;F.A. Memon;D. Butler

  • Towards sustainable urban drainage

    David Butler;Jonathan Parkinson

  • Integrating simulation models with a view to optimal control of urban wastewater systems

    David Butler;Manfred Schütze

  • Simulating the performance of rainwater collection and reuse systems using behavioural models

    A. Fewkes;D. Butler

  • Sustainability criteria for decision support in the UK water industry

    T. J. Foxon;G. McIlkenny;Daniel J. Gilmour;C. Oltean-Dumbrava

  • Distributed Water Infrastructure for Sustainable Communities

    Christos K. Makropoulos;David Butler

  • Global resilience analysis of water distribution systems

    Kegong Diao;Kegong Diao;Chris Sweetapple;Raziyeh Farmani;Guangtao Fu

  • Multiple objective optimal control of integrated urban wastewater systems

    Guangtao Fu;David Butler;Soon-Thiam Khu

  • A new approach to urban water management: Safe and sure

    David Butler;Raziyeh Farmani;Guangtao Fu;Sarah Ward

  • Modelling, Simulation and Control of Urban Wastewater Systems

    Manfred Schütze;Bruce M. Beck;David Butler

Frequent Co-Authors

Guangtao Fu
Guangtao Fu University of Exeter
Zoran Kapelan
Zoran Kapelan Delft University of Technology
Soon-Thiam Khu
Soon-Thiam Khu Tianjin University
Dragan Savic
Dragan Savic University of Exeter
Richard Ashley
Richard Ashley University of Sheffield
Eran Friedler
Eran Friedler Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Stewart Barr
Stewart Barr University of Exeter
Christopher D. F. Rogers
Christopher D. F. Rogers University of Birmingham
Nigel Graham
Nigel Graham Imperial College London
Junxin Liu
Junxin Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences

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