DoctorFrances Charters
Senior Lecturer Above the Bar
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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- Senior Lecturer Above the BarCivil and Environmental Engineering
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- Civil and Natural Resources Engineering E307
TEACHING & SUPERVISION SUMMARy
I co-ordinate and teach an undergraduate course in Stormwater Systems Engineering and a Masters course in Integrated Urban Water Management. I also contribute teaching in Environmental Engineering and Ecologically Engineered Systems undergraduate courses. A hallmark of my teaching practice is the use of hands-on learning activities such as lab experiments, field monitoring and sampling, and site visits to strengthen students' connection between theory and real-world ecological processes. I enjoy using the surrounding campus as a 'Living Laboratory' for teaching and research.
TEACHING & SUPERVISION
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONPerformance of Waste-sourced Treatment Media for Enhancing Stormwater Treatment Outcomes1 Apr 2026 - 31 Mar 2029
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONCharacterising urban stormwater quality: heavy metals and pathogen pollution from new subdivisions16 Feb 2026 - 23 Oct 2026
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONCharacterising urban stormwater quality: sediment and nutrient pollution from new subdivisions16 Feb 2026 - 23 Oct 2026
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONContaminant build-up in stormwater swales16 Feb 2026 - 23 Oct 2026
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONMetal Content in Photovoltaic Module Runoff During Simulated Rainfall16 Feb 2026
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONNature-based stormwater solutions: a field review of Christchurch raingardens16 Feb 2026 - 23 Oct 2026
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONContaminant build-up in stormwater basins14 Jul 2025 - 11 Nov 2025
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONLong term infiltration performance of stormwater dry basins14 Jul 2025 - 11 Nov 2025
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONPerformance assessment of a floating treatment wetland14 Jul 2025 - 7 Nov 2025
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONDeveloping scalable measures of environmental outcomes2 Jun 2025
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONSediment and Heavy Metals Characterisation18 Nov 2024 - 7 Feb 2025
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONStormwater quality characterisation for biofiltration treatment systems18 Nov 2024 - 28 Feb 2025
- PEDAGOGICAL WORKSHOP, CONFERENCE OR SEMINARCulturally responsive and sustaining pedagogy31 Jul 2024 - 31 Jul 2024
- COURSE TAUGHTENCN347 Stormwater Systems Engineering16 Jul 2024 - 18 Oct 2024
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONCharacterisation and implications of post-storm elevated sediment in the Ōpāwaho/Heathcote River15 Jul 2024 - 11 Nov 2024
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONTreatment Bunds for Reducing Stormwater Pollution in Ephemeral Streams15 Jul 2024 - 11 Nov 2024
- COURSE TAUGHTENCN281 Environmental Engineering12 Mar 2024 - 16 Apr 2024
- COURSE TAUGHTENCN405 Ecological Engineering27 Feb 2024 - 8 Mar 2024
- PEDAGOGICAL WORKSHOP, CONFERENCE OR SEMINARIndividual Peer Evaluation of Teaching3 Aug 2023 - 18 Aug 2023
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONModelling the contribution of nitrogen to stormwater from permeable surfaces17 Jul 2023 - 14 Nov 2023
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONPerformance Assessment of Cox’s Quaifes Stormwater System17 Jul 2023 - 14 Nov 2023
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONPerformance assessment of novel downpipe treatment systems for heavy metals17 Jul 2023 - 14 Nov 2023
- COURSE TAUGHTStormwater systems engineering17 Jul 2023 - 20 Oct 2023
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONCapturing the ecological resilience of water sensitive design features18 Jul 2022 - 10 Nov 2022
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONHydraulic optimisation of the Upper Heathcote stormwater management basins18 Jul 2022 - 10 Nov 2022