Profile
Dr Peter Melville-Shreeve
Senior Lecturer in Technology and Innovation
Overview
Dr Peter Melville-Shreeve supports technology innovators within the Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy and is the Engineering Director of Business Engagement & Innovation. He has worked in consultancy, startups and academic roles and has experience in product development and mentoring technology start-ups. He teaches product development, entrepreneurship skills and runs our 4th year Engineering Start-Up Programme. He works closely with the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management's (CIWEM's) policy team to support sustainable water management systems and chair's CIWEM's SuDS and Water Reuse Task & Finishing Group.
Much of Peter's early research focusses on technology development for rainwater management systems and the need for dual purpose designs - which can mitigate droughts and floods. His thesis highlighted the opportunities for Internet of Things technologies to be harnessed to reduce water demand AND manage stormwater flood risk. He consequently founded and exited a technology business which developed analytics and control systems to enable such technologies to be implemented at a range of scales.
Background
Peter obtained a 1st class honours for a BSc in Environmental Geoscience at Cardiff University (2003-2007). During this time he worked for DEFRA, developing mapping tools for the rural payment agency. He spent five years at Pell Frischmann Consulting Engineers and developed into the Lead Engineer, managing the flood management team. He completed an MSc in Urban Water Systems from Exeter's Centre for Water Systems, and developed an interest in software applications, whilst working on decision support tools for city water systems.
Between 20012-2017, he worked with Severn Trent Water's Innovation Team and completed an Engineering Doctorate supervised by Professor David Butler and Dr Sarah Ward. His research fellow roles since 2016 have seen him collaborate with Sheffield University, University of Michigan, Dublin, Austin, MIT, Berkeley and Bath University staff in recent years.
Peter is currently working on development of entrepreneurial strategy; innovation management approaches; startup support services; incubator platforms and technology ventures. He is open to PhD student applications who have an interest in technology entrepreneurship, smarter stormwater systems (SuDS), intelligent water systems, water reuse, rainwater harvesting, water 4.0 applications and utility sector innovation approaches.
Publications
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2023
- Sweetapple C, Webber J, Hastings A, Melville-Shreeve P. (2023) Realising smarter stormwater management: A review of the barriers and a roadmap for real world application, Water Research, volume 244, pages 120505-120505, article no. 120505, DOI:10.1016/j.watres.2023.120505. [PDF]
- Sweetapple C, Wade MJ, Melville-Shreeve P, Chen AS, Lilley C, Irving J, Grimsley JMS, Bunce JT. (2023) Dynamic population normalisation in wastewater-based epidemiology for improved understanding of the SARS-CoV-2 prevalence: a multi-site study, Journal of Water and Health, volume 21, no. 5, pages 625-642, DOI:10.2166/wh.2023.318. [PDF]
2022
- Webber JL, Fletcher T, Farmani R, Butler D, Melville-Shreeve P. (2022) Moving to a future of smart stormwater management: A review and framework for terminology, research, and future perspectives, Water Research, volume 218, DOI:10.1016/j.watres.2022.118409.
2021
- Melville-Shreeve P, Cotterill S, Butler D. (2021) Capturing high-resolution water demand data in commercial buildings, Making Water Smart, IWA Publishing, DOI:10.2166/9781789064506_ch14.
- Elder FCT, Proctor K, Barden R, Gaze WH, Snape J, Feil EJ, Kasprzyk-Hordern B. (2021) Spatiotemporal profiling of antibiotics and resistance genes in a river catchment: Human population as the main driver of antibiotic and antibiotic resistance gene presence in the environment, Water Research, volume 203, DOI:10.1016/j.watres.2021.117533.
- Sweetapple C, Melville-Shreeve P, Chen AS, Grimsley JMS, Bunce JT, Gaze W, Fielding S, Wade MJ. (2021) Building knowledge of university campus population dynamics to enhance near-to-source sewage surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 detection, DOI:10.1101/2021.08.03.21261377. [PDF]
- Sweetapple C, Wade MJ, Grimsley JMS, Bunce JT, Melville-Shreeve P, Chen AS. (2021) Population normalisation in wastewater-based epidemiology for improved understanding of SARS-CoV-2 prevalence: A multi-site study, DOI:10.1101/2021.08.03.21261365. [PDF]
- Melville-Shreeve P, Cotterill S, Butler D. (2021) Capturing high-resolution water demand data in commercial buildings, JOURNAL OF HYDROINFORMATICS, volume 23, no. 3, pages 402-416, DOI:10.2166/hydro.2021.103. [PDF]
- Melville-Shreeve P, Cotterill S, Newman A, Butler D. (2021) Campus Study of the Impact of Ultra-Low Flush Toilets on Sewerage Networks and Water Usage, Water, volume 13, no. 4, pages 419-419, DOI:10.3390/w13040419. [PDF]
2020
- Cotterill S, Bunney S, Lawson E, Chisholm A, Farmani R, Melville-Shreeve P. (2020) COVID-19 and the water sector: understanding impact, preparedness and resilience in the UK through a sector-wide survey, Water and Environment Journal, volume 34, no. 4, pages 715-728, DOI:10.1111/wej.12649.
- Baker K, Ward S, Turner B, Webber J, Sweetapple C, Drake P, Thomas D, Melville-Shreeve P, Fu G, Cherington-Rimmell S. (2020) Co-producing research with academics and industry to create a more resilient UK water sector, Research for All, volume 4, pages 150-168, DOI:10.14324/RFA.04.2.02. [PDF]
- Quinn R, Melville-Shreeve P, Butler D, Stovin V. (2020) A Critical Evaluation of the Water Supply and Stormwater Management Performance of Retrofittable Domestic Rainwater Harvesting Systems, Water, volume 12, no. 4, pages 1184-1184, DOI:10.3390/w12041184. [PDF]
2019
- Melville-Shreeve P, Butler D. (2019) Quantifying Long-Term Benefits of Multi-purpose Rainwater Management Systems, Green Energy and Technology, pages 131-135, DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-99867-1_23.
- Ahilan S, Webber J, Melville-Shreeve P, Butler D. (2019) Building urban flood resilience with rainwater management, 17th International Computing & Control for the Water Industry Conference, Exeter, 1st - 4th Sep 2019.
2018
- Ahilan S, Melville-Shreeve P, Kapelan Z, Butler D. (2018) The influence of household rainwater harvesting system design on water supply and stormwater management efficiency, 11th International Conference on Urban Drainage Modeling, Palermo Italy, 23rd Sep - 26th Dec 2018, New Trends in Urban Drainage Modelling, pages 369-374.
- Melville-Shreeve P, Cotterill S, Grant L, Arahuetes A, Stovin V, Farmani R, Butler D. (2018) State of SuDS delivery in the United Kingdom, Water and Environment Journal, volume 32, no. 1, pages 9-16, DOI:10.1111/wej.12283.
2017
- Mugume SN, Gomez D, Melville-Shreeve P, Butler D. (2017) Multifunctional urban flood resilience enhancement strategies, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Water Management, volume 170, no. 3, pages 115-127, DOI:10.1680/jwama.15.00078.
2016
- Melville-Shreeve P, Ward SL, Butler D. (2016) Rainwater Harvesting Typologies for UK Houses: A Multi Criteria Analysis of System Configurations, Water, volume 8, no. 4, pages 129-129, DOI:10.3390/w8040129.
- Melville-Shreeve P, Horstman C, Memon FA, Ward S, Butler D. (2016) A Laboratory Study into a Novel, Retrofittable Rainwater Harvesting System, British Journal of Environment and Climate Change, DOI:10.9734/BJECC/2016/23724.
- Melville-Shreeve P, Ward SL, Butler D. (2016) Dual-purpose rainwater harvesting system design, Sustainable Surface Water Management: a handbook for SuDS, Wiley Blackwell.
2015
- melville-shreeve P, mugume S, Ward SL, butler D. (2015) Retrofitting rainwater harvesting to maximise SuDS benefit: A catchment scale assessment of a novel RWH configuration, SUDSnet International Conference, University Of Coventry, Coventry, 3rd - 4th Sep 2015.
- melville-shreeve P, horstman C, Ward SL, memon F, butler D. (2015) A Laboratory Study into a Novel, Retrofittable Rainwater Harvesting System, Water Efficiency Conference 2015, University Of Exeter, Exeter, 5th - 7th Aug 2015.
2014
- Melville-Shreeve P, Ward SL, butler D. (2014) Developing a Methodology for Appraising Rainwater Harvesting With Integrated Source Control Using a Case Study From South-West England, 13th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Sarawak, Malaysia, 7th - 12th Sep 2014, Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Urban Drainage.
2013
- Melville-Shreeve P, Ward S, Butler D. (2013) A Preliminary Sustainability Assessment of Innovative Rainwater Harvesting for Residential Properties in the UK, 16th international Conference of the International Rainwater Catchment Systems Association, Beijing & Nanjing, China, 1st - 4th Jul 2013.