Staff profile

Environmental scientist interested in fluvial and coastal environments, including hydrodynamics and fluid-structure interactions (aquatic vegetation, offshore turbine monopiles), sediment dynamics, and the roughness of rivers.

Conference Paper

• Rapid Assessment of Offshore Monopile Fatigue Using Machine Learning
  Houseago, R. C., Mockute, A., Cross, E. J., & Dethlefs, N. (2023, December). Rapid Assessment of Offshore Monopile Fatigue Using Machine Learning. Presented at European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring Springer

Journal Article

• Quantifying Bed Surface Roughness in Bedrock and Boulder-Bed Rivers
  Houseago, R. C., Hodge, R. A., Asher, B., Ferguson, R. I., Hackney, C. R., Hardy, R. J., Hoey, T. B., Johnson, J. P. L., Rice, S. P., Yager, E. M., & Yamasaki, T. (2025). Quantifying Bed Surface Roughness in Bedrock and Boulder-Bed Rivers. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 130(5), Article e2024JF007996. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JF007996
• Predicting flow resistance in rough‐bed rivers from topographic roughness: Review and open questions
  Ferguson, R. I., Hardy, R. J., Hodge, R. A., Houseago, R. C., Yager, E. M., & Yamasaki, T. N. (2024). Predicting flow resistance in rough‐bed rivers from topographic roughness: Review and open questions. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 49(15), 4888-4907. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.6016
• Microplastic trapping efficiency and hydrodynamics in model coral reefs: A physical experimental investigation
  Mendrik, F., Houseago, R. C., Hackney, C. R., & Parsons, D. R. (2024). Microplastic trapping efficiency and hydrodynamics in model coral reefs: A physical experimental investigation. Environmental Pollution, 342, Article 123094. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.123094
• On the turbulence dynamics induced by a surrogate seagrass canopy
  Houseago, R. C., Hong, L., Cheng, S., Best, J. L., Parsons, D. R., & Chamorro, L. P. (2022). On the turbulence dynamics induced by a surrogate seagrass canopy. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 934, Article A17. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2021.1142
• On the submerged low-Cauchy-number canopy dynamics under unidirectional flows
  Hong, L., Cheng, S., Houseago, R. C., Parsons, D. R., Best, J. L., & Chamorro, L. P. (2022). On the submerged low-Cauchy-number canopy dynamics under unidirectional flows. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 113,
• River bank instability from unsustainable sand mining in the lower Mekong River
  Hackney, C. R., Darby, S. E., Parsons, D. R., Leyland, J., Best, J. L., Aalto, R., Nicholas, A. P., & Houseago, R. C. (2020). River bank instability from unsustainable sand mining in the lower Mekong River. Nature Sustainability, 3(3), 217-225