Sam E. Rigby is a Senior Lecturer in Blast and Impact Engineering at the School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Civil Engineering, The University of Sheffield. In September 2023, he began a two-year Royal Academy of Engineering Industrial Fellowship, working with Arup Resilience, Security, and Risk
to develop novel machine learning applications for blast protection engineering. He earned his MEng and Ph.D. from The University of Sheffield in 2010 and 2014, respectively. He is also a Member of the
International Association of Protective Structures and a Chartered Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. His particular area of research focuses on the impact of blast waves on buildings and how they influence the loading on structures.
