Dr Neil Carhart
MEng (Bristol), EngD (Bristol)
Expertise
Neil is a Senior Lecturer in Infrastructure Systems with a research interest in systems thinking, resilience, sustainability, health and digital engineering. Deputy Programme Director for Civil Engineering.
Current positions
Senior Lecturer
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Contact
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Methods ideation for participatory critical futures making in immersive shared spaces
Principal Investigator
Role
Principal Investigator
Description
Our core aim is to explore how shared immersive environments can facilitate the co-creation of fairer and more sustainable futures with communities at the margins using an immersive digital visualisation…Managing organisational unit
School of EducationDates
31/03/2022 to 29/07/2022
Truud - Tackling the root causes upstream of unhealthy urban decision m
Principal Investigator
Role
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/10/2019 to 30/09/2024
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
21/05/2025Blockchain-based Built Environment Data Management for Modular Construction
2024 IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2)
Identifying intervention areas to shape healthier urban development in the United Kingdom
PLOS Sustainability and Transformation
Public health spatial planning in practice. Understanding the local spatial planning for health system in England through a narrative synthesis of systems approaches
Planning Practice and Research
A systems approach to improving health consideration in UK urban development: a real estate perspective
Cities & Health
Constructing Causal Loop Diagrams from large interview data sets
System Dynamics Review
Teaching
CADEM003 - Sustainable Systems
The unit provides an overview of the grand challenges of sustainability and the choices faced by engineers. It covers definitions of sustainability, legal and regulatory requirements, alongside current best practice and understanding within academia and practice. Examples of sustainable systems are explored alongside concepts of circularity and regenerative design. The unit allows students to explore, develop and apply Architecture Frameworks in the service of improving sustainability, including requirements capture and lifecycle analysis.
CENGM0072 - Infrastructure Systems Management
The aim of this unit is to give students an advanced understanding of the sustainable, whole-lifecycle management of infrastructure. It covers the planning, acquisition, design, delivery, operation, maintenance, renewal and disposal of infrastructure projects and programmes. These range in scale from the complexity of interconnected ‘system-of-systems’ to the detail of individual assets. ISM develops the critical thinking processes which, allied with a deep understanding of needs and performance measurement principles, are required to manage the resilient performance of infrastructure systems.
Dr Carhart is also a contributor to:
CENG10005 - Field Methods
CENG30020 - Research Project
CADEM9912 - Capstone Design Project
CENGM0062 - Design Project
Related people
Professor Theo Tryfonas
Professor of Infrastructure Systems and Urban Innovation
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Dr Ges Rosenberg
Research Fellow
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
Dr John May
Associate Professor in Safety Systems
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Emeritus Professor Colin Taylor
Emeritus Professor
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Dr Raffaele De Risi
Associate Professor in Civil Engineering
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering