Nicole Metje

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Nicole Metje’s research interests are as follows:

Use of geophysical sensors to look through the ground including quantum technology gravity sensors, their use on mobile platforms and combination with other sensing technologies;

Impacts of different soils on geophysical sensing technologies when locating buried utilities or archaeology;

Use of underground space – how can we make the underground space resilient and sustainable for the future and identify novel ways of using the space;

Novel sensing technologies for infrastructure monitoring (pipes, tunnels etc), such as Smart Pipes technology

Research activity per year

94 Article
41 Paper
13 Conference contribution
5 Commissioned report
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2024
Numerically simulating the interconnected nature of the road-soil-pipe infrastructure
Movahedifar, R., Royal, A., Eskandari Torbaghan, M., Metje, N. & Chapman, D., 1 Sept 2024, In: Results in Engineering. 23, 102537.
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Unearthing Current Knowledge Gaps in Our Understanding of Tree Stability: Review and Bibliometric Analysis
Ekeoma, E. C., Sterling, M., Metje, N., Spink, J., Farrelly, N. & Fenton, O., 9 Mar 2024, In: Forests. 15, 3, 27 p., 513.
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2023
Analysis of Acoustic Signal Propagation for Reliable Digital Communication along Exposed and Buried Water Pipes
Farai, O., Metje, N., Anthony, C. & Chapman, D., 5 Apr 2023, In: Applied Sciences. 13, 7, 17 p., 4611.
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Designing user-centric transport strategies for urban road space redistribution
Sasidharan, M., Eskandari Torbaghan, M., Fathy, Y., Rogers, C., Metje, N. & Schooling, J., Dec 2023, In: Communications in Transportation Research. 3, 19 p., 100109.
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Investigating the Effectiveness of Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) as an Antifraud Approach for Modified Epoxy Asphalt Mixes in Developing Countries
Ngezahayo, E., Eskandari Torbaghan, M., Metje, N., Burrow, M., Ghataora, G. & Desalegn, Y., 27 Nov 2023, In: Sustainability (Switzerland). 15, 23, 16332.
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Long‐term monitoring to inform the geophysical detection of archaeological ditch anomalies in different climatic conditions
Boddice, D., Metje, N. & Chapman, D., 10 May 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Archaeological Prospection.
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Novel communication system for buried water pipe monitoring using acoustic signal propagation along the pipe
Farai, O., Metje, N., Anthony, C. & Chapman, D., 6 Oct 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications,. 23 p.
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Optimizing Energy Efficiency of LoRaWAN-based Wireless Underground Sensor Networks: A Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Approach
Zhao, G., Lin, K., Chapman, D., Metje, N. & Hao, T., Jul 2023, In: Internet of Things. 22, 18 p., 100776.
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Physical and numerical investigation of integral bridge abutment stiffness due to seasonal thermal loading
Luo, S., Huang, Z., Asia, Y., De luca, F., De risi, R., Harkness, J., Le pen, L., Watson, G., Milne, D., Chapman, D., Sextos, A., Metje, N., Mylonakis, G., Cassidy, N., Jefferson, I., Smethurst, J., Richards, D., Taylor, C., Powrie, W. & Rogers, C., 19 Jul 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Transportation Geotechnics. 101064.
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The Analysis of the Fracturing Mechanism and Brittleness Characteristics of Anisotropic Shale Based on Finite-Discrete Element Method
Li, H., Chapman, D., Faramarzi, A. & Metje, N., 23 Dec 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Rock Mechanics & Mining Sciences. 21 p.
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2022
Challenges and perspectives for integral bridges in the UK: PLEXUS small-scale experiments
Luo, S., De luca, F., De risi, R., Le Pen, L., Watson, G., Milne, D., Chapman, D., Sextos, A., Cassidy, N., Jefferson, I., Metje, N., Smethurst, J., Richards, D., Mylonakis, G., Taylor, C., Powrie, W. & Rogers, C., 28 Mar 2022, In: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Smart Infrastructure and Construction. 175, 1, p. 27–43 17 p., 2100020.
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Demonstration of a compact magneto-optical trap on an unstaffed aerial vehicle
Earl, L., Vovrosh, J., Wright, M., Roberts, D., Winch, J., Perea-Ortiz, M., Lamb, A., Hayati, F., Griffin, P., Metje, N., Bongs, K. & Holynski, M., 17 Mar 2022, In: Atoms. 10, 1, 32.
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Future inspection and deterioration prediction capabilities for buried distributed water infrastructure
Makana, L., Shepherd, W., Tait, S., Rogers, C., Metje, N., Boxall, J. B. & Schellart, A. N. A., Aug 2022, In: Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice. 13, 3, 04022020.
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Microgravity surveying before, during and after distant large earthquakes
Boddice, D., Metje, N. & Tuckwell, G., Feb 2022, In: Journal of Applied Geophysics. 197, 17 p., 104542.
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Quantum sensing for gravity cartography
Stray, B., Lamb, A., Kaushik, A., Vovrosh, J., Rodgers, A., Winch, J., Hayati, F., Boddice, D., Stabrawa, A., Niggebaum, A., Langlois, M., Lien, Y-H., Lellouch, S., Roshanmanesh, S., Ridley, K., Villiers, G. D., Brown, G., Cross, T., Tuckwell, G., Faramarzi, A., & 3 othersMetje, N., Bongs, K. & Holynski, M., 24 Feb 2022, In: Nature. 602, 7898, p. 590–594
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Throughput optimization in backscatter-assisted wireless-powered underground sensor networks for smart agriculture
Lin, K., Lopez, O. L. A., Alves, H., Chapman, D., Metje, N., Zhao, G. & Hao, T., 21 Nov 2022, In: Internet of Things. 20, 13 p., 100637.
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2021
Addressing the climate challenge
Acton, J., Anderson, P., Andres, L., Angus, M., Amor, P., Arrowsmith, J. (ed.), Asmelash, H., Bartington, S. (ed.), Bengtsson, F., Bhullar, L., Bloss, W., Bonet, B., Börner, S., O Bonsu, N., Bryson, J. R., Burns, V., Burrows, A., Calvert, C., Cassidy, N., Cavoski, A., & 78 othersChadyiwa, M., Chapman, H., Chapman, L., Cockram, M., Degendardt, L., Dickinson, D., Ding, Y., Dobrzynski, D., Dolo, M., Dora, J., Ercolani, M., Ersoy, A., Farag, H., Ferranti, E., Fisher, R., Freer, M., Goldmann, N., Goode, C. E., Greenham, S., Gulati, S., Hadfield-Hill, S., Harper, G., Hegerl, G., Hillmansen, S., Holmes, J., Huang, J. J., Huser, C., Jackson, R., Jaroszweski, D., Jefferson, I., Johnson, J., Kaewunruen, S., Kelly-Akinnuoye, F., Kettles, G., Kraftl, P., Krause, S., Leckebusch, G. C., Lee, R., Lockwood, B. (ed.), Lohse, J., Luna Diez, E., Lynch, I. (ed.), MacKenzie, R., Maddison, D., Makepeace, J., Mann, V., Marino, R., Mavronicola, N., McDonald, M., McGowan, K. (ed.), Metje, N., Ng, K., Nicol, J., O'Sullivan, C., Phalkey, N., Prestwood, E., Pyatt, N., Quinn, A., Radcliffe, J. (ed.), Ravi, M., Reardon, L., Reeder, T., O’Regan, P., Remedios, L., Roberts, J., Rogers, C., Rungskunroch, P., van Schaik, W., Swan, J. (ed.), Thomson, I., Toft, H. (ed.), Tong, J., Botello Villagrana, F., Walton, A., Wason, C. (ed.), Weir, C., Wood, R. & Zhong, J., 9 Sept 2021, University of Birmingham. 132 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

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A novel processing methodology for traffic-speed road surveys using point lasers
Li, W., Burrow, M., Metje, N., Tao, Y. & Ghataora, G., Jan 2021, In: IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems . 22, 1, p. 307 - 318
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A study of point laser for automatic local road condition assessment: feasibility, challenges and limitations
Li, W., Burrow, M., Metje, N. & Ghataora, G., 18 Jun 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine. p. 2-15
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Locating blockages in buried (telecoms) ducts – a new approach
Metje, N., Chapman, D., Stringfellow, M., Rebegea, S., Tuckwell, G., Guy, M., Parkin, N., Roberts, D., Leach, C. & Lord, A., 27 Aug 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Smart Infrastructure and Construction.
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2020
Application of Robotic and Autonomous Systems for Road Defect Detection and Repair - A Position Paper on Future Road Asset Management
Eskandari Torbaghan, M., Kaddouh, B., Abdellatif, M., Metje, N., Liu, J., Jackson, R., Rogers, C., Chapman, D., Fuentes, R., Miodownik, M., Richardson, R. & Purnell, P., 19 Aug 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Smart Infrastructure and Construction.
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Automated detection of cracks in roads using ground penetrating radar
Eskandari Torbaghan, M., Li, W., Metje, N., Burrow, M., Chapman, D. & Rogers, C., 15 Jun 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Applied Geophysics. 179, 104118.
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Automatic road survey by using vehicle mounted laser for road asset management
Li, W., Burrow, M., Metje, N. & Ghataora, G., 14 May 2020, In: IEEE Access. 8, p. 94643-94653 11 p.
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Novel business models in support of trenchless cities
Rogers, C., Hojjati, A., Jefferson, I. & Metje, N., 2020.
Research output: Contribution to conference (unpublished) › Paper › peer-review
Structural health monitoring of grouted connections for offshore wind turbines by means of acoustic emission: an experimental study
Tziavos, N., Hemida, H., Dirar, S., Papaelias, M., Metje, N. & Baniotopoulos, C., Mar 2020, In: Renewable Energy. 147, p. 130-140 11 p.
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2019
Assessing the underworld - A three-infrastructure approach to remote sensing
Rogers, C., Chapman, D., Metje, N. & Eskandari Torbaghan, M., 2 Oct 2019.
Research output: Contribution to conference (unpublished) › Paper › peer-review
Challenges associated with finite element methods for forward modelling of unbounded gravity fields
Haji, T., Faramarzi, A., Rahimzadeh, F., Metje, N. & Chapman, D., 11 Jul 2019, Proceedings of the 2019 UK Association for Computational Mechanics Conference. UKACM, 4 p. P16
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Cost estimation of utility strikes: towards proactive management of street works
Makana, L., Metje, N., Jefferson, I., Sackey, M. & Rogers, C., 2019, In: Infrastructure Asset Management. 7, 2, p. 64-76
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Development of an infinite element boundary to model gravity for subsurface civil engineering applications
Haji, T., Faramarzi, A., Metje, N., Chapman, D. & Rahimzadeh, F., 15 Dec 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics.
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Improved underground utilities asset management – assessing the impact of the UK utility survey standard (PAS128)
Metje, N., Hojjati, A., Beck, A. & Rogers, C., 5 Apr 2019, In: Institution of Civil Engineers. Proceedings. Municipal Engineer. p. 1-19 19 p.
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Non-linear finite element analysis of grouted connections for offshore monopile wind turbines
Tziavos, N., Hemida, H., Metje, N. & Baniotopoulos, C., 1 Jan 2019, In: Ocean Engineering. 171, p. 633-645 13 p.
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Quantifying the effects of near surface density variation on quantum technology gravity and gravity gradient instruments
Boddice, D., Metje, N. & Tuckwell, G., 1 May 2019, In: Journal of Applied Geophysics. 164, p. 160-178
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Systems approaches to urban underground space planning and management – a review
Von der Tann, L., Sterling, R., Zhou, Y. & Metje, N., 6 Apr 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Underground Space. 51 p.
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2018
A novel approach to reduce environmental noise in microgravity measurements using a Scintrex CG5
Boddice, D., Atkins, P., Rodgers, A., Metje, N., Goncharenko, Y. & Chapman, D., May 2018, In: Journal of Applied Geophysics. 152, p. 221-235
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Assessing the condition of buried pipe using ground penetrating radar (GPR)
Wahab, S. W., Chapman, D. N., Rogers, C. D. F., Foo, K. Y., Metje, N., Nawawi, S. W., Isa, M. N. & Madun, A., 26 Oct 2018, In: International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives. 42, 4/W9, p. 77-81 5 p.
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Assessing the wider impacts of sub-surface utility infrastructure streetworks using the analytic hierarchy process
Hojjati, A., Jefferson, I., Metje, N. & Rogers, C., May 2018, 11th International Congress on Civil Engineering (ICCE11), University of Tehran, Iran. Tehran, Iran: University of Tehran
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Erratum: Sustainability assessment for urban underground utility infrastructure projects (Engineering Sustainability (2018) 172, 2 (68-80), 10.1680/jensu.16.00050)
Hojjati, A., Jefferson, I., Metje, N. & Rogers, C. D. F., 16 Mar 2018, In: Institution of Civil Engineers. Proceedings. Engineering Sustainability. 171, 2, 1 p.
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Extending TDR capability for measuring soil density and water content to field condition monitoring
Curioni, G., Chapman, D., Pring, L., Royal, A. & Metje, N., Feb 2018, In: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering - ASCE. 144, 2
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Grouted connections on monopiles: A numerical study
Tziavos, N. I., Hemida, H., Metje, N. & Baniotopoulos, C., 25 Sept 2018, Proceedings of the 1st Vietnam Symposium on Advances in Offshore Engineering: Energy and Geotechnics. Randolph, M. F., Doan, D. H., Tang, A. M., Bui, M. & Dinh, V. N. (eds.). 1 ed. Springer, p. 421-427 7 p. (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering; vol. 18).
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1 Citation (Scopus)
Sustainability assessment for urban underground utility infrastructure projects
Hojjati, A., Jefferson, I., Metje, N. & Rogers, C., Apr 2018, In: Institution of Civil Engineers. Proceedings. Engineering Sustainability. 171, 2, p. 68-80 13 p.
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TDR potential for soil condition monitoring of geotechnical assets
Curioni, G., Chapman, D., Royal, A., Metje, N., Dashwood, B., Gunn, D. A., Inauen, C. M., Chambers, J. E., Meldrum, P. I., Wilkinson, P. B., Swift, R. T. & Reeves, H. J., 31 Aug 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Canadian Geotechnical Journal.
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The Hidden Role of the Subsurface for Cities
von der Tann, L., Metje, N., Admiraal, H. & Collins, B., 15 Jan 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Institution of Civil Engineers. Proceedings. Civil Engineering.
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Using broadband seismic networks to optimise microgravity survey strategy in the UK
Goncharenko, Y., Boddice, D., Rodgers, A., Atkins, P., Metje, N. & Chapman, D., Aug 2018, In: Near Surface Geophysics. 16, 4, p. 477-489
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Water pipeline failure detection using distributed relative pressure and temperature measurements and anomaly detection algorithms
Sadeghioon, A., Metje, N., Chapman, D. & Anthony, C., 18 Apr 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Urban Water Journal.
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2017
A new approach to estimating the path loss in underground wireless sensor networks
Sadeghioon, A., Chapman, D., Metje, N. & Anthony, C., 17 Aug 2017, In: Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks. 6, 3, jsan-211769 .
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A portable magneto-optical trap with prospects for atom interferometry in civil engineering
Hinton, A., Perea Ortiz, M., Lamb, A., Rammeloo, C., Stray, B., Voulazeris, G., Zhu, L., Kaushik, A., Lien, Y-H., Niggebaum, A., Rodgers, A., Stabrawa, A., Boddice, D., Plant, S., Tickwell, G., Bongs, K., Metje, N., Holynski, M., Winch, J., Briggs, J., & 4 othersFreer, S., Moustoukas, D., Powell-Gill, S. & Squire, C., 6 Aug 2017, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences . 375, 2099, 20160238.
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Capability assessment and challenges for quantum technology gravity sensors for near surface terrestrial geophysical surveying
Boddice, D., Metje, N. & Tuckwell, G., Nov 2017, In: Journal of Applied Geophysics. 146, p. 149-159
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Embedding sustainability criteria into pre-appraisal of underground utility for future cities
Hojjati, A., Jefferson, I., Metje, N. & Rogers, C., Dec 2017, In: Institution of Civil Engineers. Proceedings. Urban Design and Planning. 170, 6, p. 258-271 14 p.
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Embedding sustainability into utilities projects
Abreu, D. G., Jefferson, I., Metje, N. & Rogers, C. D. F., 28 Oct 2017, International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure 2017: Policy, Finance, and Education - Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure 2017. Soibelman, L. & Pena-Mora, F. (eds.). American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), p. 115-125 11 p. (International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure 2017: Policy, Finance, and Education - Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure 2017).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Introduction to Tunnel Construction (2nd edition)
Chapman, D., Metje, N. & Stark, A., 18 Dec 2017, 2nd ed. CRC Press. 425 p. (Applied Geotechnics)
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