Prof Colin Bailey

Colin Bailey joined the University of Manchester in 2002, as Professor of Structural Engineering. He has previously worked for the design consultants Lovell Construction, Cameron Taylor Bedford and Clarke Nicholls Marcel, where he designed and supervised the construction of a number of concrete, steel and masonry structures. He has also worked for The Steel Construction Institute and The Building Research Establishment, where his practical and research experience resulted in significant developments in structural engineering design.

His main research specialties are fire safety engineering of structures, membrane action, wind loading, and steel-concrete composite systems. He is author of over 80 technical papers and 11 practical design guides in structural fire engineering, which are used extensively throughout the world. In 2002 Professor Bailey became Head of the Structural Engineering Division and from 2004 led the Dynamics, Structures and Design Group. He became Head of the Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering School in September 2007 and took up the position of Acting Vice-President and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences in June 2009.

Research Group:

• Structures, Dynamics and Extreme Loading

Expert Group:

• Structures & Fire, Group Leader
• Bioengineering

• The behaviour (robustness) of structures under extreme loading
• Membrane action of concrete floor slabs at large displacements
• Long-span composite structures
• Structural Fire Engineering:covering the response of concrete, steel and masonry elements

Research topics available

• Funded Research Associate position: COMPFIRE: Design of composite joints for improved fire robustness (PhD)

• Concrete Structural Design
• Steel Structural Design
• Conceptual Design

Teaching materials are available in Blackboard