Ivan Stoianov

Dr. Ivan Stoianov is a Professor (Reader) in Water Systems Engineering at Imperial College London's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, part of the Faculty of Engineering. He holds a prestigious five-year EPSRC Fellowship (2017-2021) focused on designing resilient, dynamically adaptive water supply networks that integrate computational control with physical infrastructure to enhance resilience, efficiency, and sustainability. His affiliations include the Environmental and Water Resource Engineering group, the Grantham Institute, and InfraSense Labs.

Dr. Stoianov earned his PhD and worked as a Research Associate at MIT (2000s), collaborating with Intel Research on wireless sensor networks for water infrastructure monitoring. His research has been supported by major water utilities (e.g., Bristol Water, Severn Trent) and tech firms (e.g., NEC, SAP). He co-founded InfraSense Labs, a cross-disciplinary group with a research portfolio exceeding £2.5M, and Inflowmatix Ltd, a venture-backed startup (£4M) focused on optimizing water network operations.

His research interests span smart infrastructure, hydraulic modeling, leak localization, and adaptive control systems for water networks. Notable contributions include the 2010 Telford Gold Medal from the Institution of Civil Engineers for work on wireless sensor networks in infrastructure. He teaches courses on water engineering, hydroinformatics, and computational methods, having supervised over 50 MSc projects on topics like chlorine decay modeling and hydraulic control optimization.

Dr. Stoianov’s work integrates advanced optimization, AI, and sensor technologies to address challenges in water network resilience, energy efficiency, and contamination management. His recent publications focus on adaptive control systems, leak localization algorithms, and high-resolution pressure monitoring for infrastructure longevity.