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Kaspar Althoefer

Prof Kaspar Althoefer

Professor of Robotics Engineering

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London

www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff/k.althoefer/

Robotics, Systems Engineering, Tactile Sensing, Soft Robotics, Human-Robot Interaction

Eldad Avital

Dr Eldad Avital

Reader in Fluids and Acoustics
Aerospace Programmes Director

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London

www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff/e.avital/

Energy Systems, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Multiphase Flows, Thermofluids Engineering, Biofluid dynamics, Hydrodynamics

Colin Bailey

Prof Colin Bailey

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London

www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff/c.g.bailey/
Paul Balcombe

Dr Paul Balcombe

Reader in Chemical Engineering and Renewable Energy
Chemical Engineering Programme Director

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London

www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff/p.balcombe/

Methane emissions, Energy system decarbonisation, Emissions measurement, Hydrogen, Ammonia, Biogas

Nikos Bempedelis

Dr Nikos Bempedelis

Lecturer in Fluid Mechanics

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London

www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff/n.bempedelis/

Computational Fluid Dynamics, Multiphase Flows, Aerodynamics, Wind Energy, Data-driven Modelling, Cavitation and Bubble Dynamics

Andrew Buchan

Dr Andrew Buchan

Senior Lecturer in Engineering Science

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London

www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff/a.buchan/

Computational Physics, Reactor Physics, Finite Elements

James Busfield

Prof James Busfield

Professor of Materials
Deputy Head of The School of Engineering and Materials Science and Director of Strategy

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London

www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff/j.busfield/

Rubber, Elastomer, Sensors, Actuators, Modelling, Tyres

Neil Cagney

Dr Neil Cagney

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London

www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff/n.cagney/
Jun Chen

Dr Jun Chen

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London

www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff/jun.chen/
Salvatore Grasso

Dr Salvatore Grasso

Senior Lecturer

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London

www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff/s.grasso/

Ultra-fast high temperature sintering, Spark Plasma Sintering, Cold Sintering, intense magnetic field assisted processing, Solid state battery

Ahmed Ismail

Dr Ahmed Ismail

Lecturer in Fluid Dynamics
Research Seminars Coordinator for The Centre for Intelligent Transport

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London

www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff/a.ismail/

Electrohydrodynamics, Multiphase flows, Microfluidics, High-Speed Imaging, Encapsulation, Printing

Lorenzo Jamone

Dr Lorenzo Jamone

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London

www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff/l.jamone/
Sergey Karabasov

Prof Sergey Karabasov

Professor of Computational Modelling
Head of The Centre for Intelligent Transport

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London

www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff/s.karabasov/

Aero-Acoustics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Multiscale Modelling, Physics-based and Data-driven Modelling, Numerical Methods, High-Performance Computing

Haibao Liu

Dr Haibao Liu

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London

www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff/h.liu/
Tao Liu

Dr Tao Liu

Senior Lecturer

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London

www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff/t.liu/

Mechanics of Soft Matter, Mechanics of Composite Materials, Design Optimization, Impact Engineering, Mechanics of Extreme Materials, Mechanics of wet adhesions

Jens-Dominik Mueller

Dr Jens-Dominik Mueller

Reader
Education Lead Centre for Intelligent Transport, SEMS Academic Misconduct Officer, Head of Professional Bodies Liaison Group

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London
5421

www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff/j.mueller/

Computational Fluid Dynamics, Numerical Optimisation, Shape Optimisation, Adjoint and sensitivity methods, Data-driven modelling

Angadh Nanjangud

Dr Angadh Nanjangud

Lecturer in Aerospace/Spacecraft Engineering

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London

www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff/a.nanjangud/

Spacecraft Dynamics and Control, Space Robotics, Simulation

Chinnapat Panwisawas

Dr Chinnapat Panwisawas

Senior Lecturer in Materials and Solid Mechanics
Deputy Director of Graduate Studies and Director of Materials Science and Engineering Programme

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London

www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff/c.panwisawas/

Computational Materials, Additive manufacturing, Digital twin, Data-Centric Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Structures, Physics-based and Data-driven Modelling

Amin Paykani

Dr Amin Paykani

Lecturer in Sustainable Propulsion Systems
Research Deputy for The Centre for Intelligent Transport

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London

www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff/a.paykani/

Combustion engineering, Zero/low carbon fuels, low-order modelling, Machine learning, thermal management

Kshitij Sabnis

Dr Kshitij Sabnis

Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering
Admissions Lead for Aerospace Engineering

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London

www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff/k.sabnis/

Experimental aerodynamics, High-speed aerodynamics, Vehicle aerodynamics, Shock/boundary-layer interactions, Vortex dynamics

Hasan Shaheed

Dr Hasan Shaheed

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London

www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff/m.h.shaheed/
Yi Sui

Prof Yi Sui

Professor of Fluid Mechanics
Director of Research

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London
+44 (0)20 7882 7763

www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff/y.sui/

Biofluids and Cell biomechanics, Multiphase flows, Transport phenomena, Microfluidics, High-speed imaging, Real-Time AI

Wei Tan

Dr Wei Tan

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London

www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff/wei.tan/
Vassili Toropov

Prof Vassili Toropov

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London

www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff/v.v.toropov/
Xinwei Wang

Dr Xinwei Wang

Lecturer in Systems Engineering

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London

www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff/x.wang/

Systems Engineering, Transport Systems, Risk Assessment and Motion Planning, Operations Research, Optimisation Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence

Han Zhang

Dr Han Zhang

Reader in Polymers and Composites
Student Societies Academic Lead

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London

www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff/han.zhang/

Multifunctional composites, Sustainable energy efficient manufacturing, Polymer composites, Nanocomposites, Polymer processing

Ketao Zhang

Dr Ketao Zhang

Senior Lecturer in Robotics
Industrial Engagement Lead for The Centre for Intelligent Transport

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London

www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/research/groups/robotic-systems/

Robotics, Aerial Robotics, Kinematics and Dynamics, Bio-inspired Design, Soft Robotics, Additive Manufacturing

Yunpeng Zhu

Dr Yunpeng Zhu

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London

www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff/y.zhu/