Department of Engineering

Paul Fidler

Introduction

Paul graduated from Churchill College, Cambridge in 1994 after reading Natural Sciences for two years before switching to Computer Science in his final year. He joined the Department of Engineering in 1995.

Since joining the Department, Paul has worked within the Bridge Research Group, the Centre for Smart Infrastructure an Construction, and the Laing O'Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology. He has also been involved with projects for the Design Office.

Projects have included:

• Fibre-optic sensing of railway bridges and other civil infrastructure
• Wireless sensor networks for structural health monitoring
• Low-power single-board ARM-based computers for use in teaching and research
• Custom bootable Linux DVD for use in undergraduate teaching
• Computer programs for yield-line analysis of concrete slab and beam-and-slab bridges

Paul has also been responsible for setting up and maintaining and number of websites for various purposes, and has also been a demonstrator for the Interdisicplinary Design Project course for Part IB (second-year) students.

Paul started working within the Whittle Laboratory in August 2026.

Links

• Whittle Laboratory
• Laing O'Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology
• Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction
• Structures Research Group
• COBRAS Concrete Bridge Assessment Package
• Bridge Owners' Forum
• Paul's Departmental Home page