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Paul Balcombe

Dr Paul Balcombe

Reader in Chemical Engineering and Renewable Energy
Chemical Engineering Programme Director

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Methane emissions, Energy system decarbonisation, Emissions measurement, Hydrogen, Ammonia, Biogas
Harshad Bhadeshia

Prof Sir Harshad Bhadeshia

Professor of Metallurgy

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Metallurgy, Physical Metallurgy, Steels, Phase transformations, Theory of transformations, Structure-property relationships
Edo Boek

Dr Edo Boek

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Joe Briscoe

Prof Joe Briscoe

Professor of Energy Materials and Devices
Head of The Centre for Sustainable Engineering

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Renewable Energy, Photovoltaics, Energy harvesting, Nanomaterials, Photoelectrochemistry, Ferroelectrics
Andrew Buchan

Dr Andrew Buchan

Senior Lecturer in Engineering Science
Education Lead of The Centre for Sustainable Engineering

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Computational Physics, Reactor Physics, Finite Elements
Maria Crespo-Ribadeneyra

Dr Maria Crespo-Ribadeneyra

Lecturer in Green materials for energy
EDI School Culture and Policy Team Member and Mental Health First Aider

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Sustainable materials discovery, Beyond lithium-ion batteries, Electrochemical interfaces, operando characterisation, Composites, Nanocarbons
Colin Crick

Dr Colin Crick

Senior Lecturer in Materials Science
Director of Academic Standards (QMES)

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Functional Materials, Superhydrophobic, Coatings, Surface Functionalisation, Sustainable Materials, Antifouling
Patrick Cullen

Dr Patrick Cullen

Senior Lecturer in Renewable Energy
Admissions Lead for Chemical Engineering, Admissions Lead for Sustainable Energy Engineering, EDI Co-Lead - Culture and Policy

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Energy Materials, Batteries, Catalysis, Operando Studies, Neutron Scattering
Flurin Eisner

Dr Flurin Eisner

Lecturer in Green Energy and Sustainable Engineering

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Photovoltaics, Organic Semiconductors, Photoelectrochemistry, Sustainable Energy, Light conversion, Spectroscopy
Oliver Fenwick

Prof Oliver Fenwick

Professor of Electronic Materials

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Plastic electronics, Thermoelectrics, Graphene, OLED, Processable semiconductors, Energy harvesting
Shady Gadoue

Dr Shady Gadoue

Associate Professor

School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
Electrification, Electric Propulsion Powertrains, Control Systems and AI, Power Electronics, Energy Systems, Digital Twins and ML
Salvatore Grasso

Dr Salvatore Grasso

Senior Lecturer

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Ultra-fast high temperature sintering, Spark Plasma Sintering, Cold Sintering, intense magnetic field assisted processing, Solid state battery
Colin Humphreys

Professor Sir Colin Humphreys

Professor of Materials Science

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Enabling Net Zero, Graphene and 2D electronic devices, Ultra-low-energy consumption semiconductor devices, Atomically thin materials, Next-generation transistors using 2D semiconductors, Advanced electron microscopy
Ahmed Ismail

Dr Ahmed Ismail

Lecturer in Fluid Dynamics

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Electrohydrodynamics, Multiphase flows, Microfluidics, High-Speed Imaging, Encapsulation, Printing
Xi Jiang

Prof Xi Jiang

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Renewable energy, Alternative and renewable fuel, Big data analytics, Machine learning, Modelling and simulation, Molecular dynamics simulation
Nader Karimi

Dr Nader Karimi

Reader in Mechanical Engineering

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Zhe Li

Dr Zhe Li

Reader of Materials Science
Chair of Undergraduate Exam Board Chair of Taught Postgraduate Exam Board

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Renewable energy, Photovoltaics, Electronics, Functional Materials, Nanomaterials, Sustainable Materials
Haibao Liu

Dr Haibao Liu

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Andrew Livingston

Prof Andrew Livingston

Professor of Chemical Engineering
Vice Principal Research and Innovation

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Molecular Separations, Membranes, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Oligonucleotide Therapeutics, Peptides, Nano filtration
Xuekun Lu

Dr Xuekun Lu

Senior Lecturer in Green Energy
Deputy Chair of Undergraduate Subject Exam Board

School of Engineering and Materials Science
lithium-ion batteries, Operando imaging (X-ray CT), Optical, SEM, TEM), 3D microstructure-resolved electrochemical modellilng
Kamyar Mehran

Dr Kamyar Mehran

Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Electrical Power Engineering
Programme Coordinator of the MSc in Advanced Electronic and Electrical Engineering

School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
Power Electronics, Energy storage system, AI-based system modelling and control, Power system engineering
Jens-Dominik Mueller

Dr Jens-Dominik Mueller

Reader in Computational Fluid Dynamics and Optimisation
SEMS Academic Misconduct Officer, Head of Professional Bodies Liaison Group, Education Lead for the Centre for Intelligent Transport

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Computational Fluid Dynamics, Numerical Optimisation, Shape Optimisation, Adjoint and sensitivity methods, Data-driven modelling
Dimitrios Papageorgiou

Dr Dimitrios Papageorgiou

Senior Lecturer in Materials Science

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Natural Polymers, Polymer Engineering, Sustainable Nanocomposites, Functional Composites, 2D Materials, Strain Engineering
Amin Paykani

Dr Amin Paykani

Lecturer in Sustainable Propulsion Systems

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Combustion engineering, Zero/low carbon fuels, low-order modelling, Machine learning, thermal management
Nicola Pugno

Prof Nicola Pugno

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Michael Reece

Prof Michael Reece

Prof of Functional Ceramics
Industry Engagement Lead of The Centre for Sustainable Engineering

School of Engineering and Materials Science
High Entropy Ceramics, Thermoelectrics, Dielectrics / ferroelectrics / piezoelectrics, Ultra-hard and ultra-high temperature materials
Radomir Slavchov

Dr Radomir Slavchov

Lecturer in Chemical Engineering

School of Engineering and Materials Science
surfactants, electrolytes, capillarity, wetting, chemical physics, solvent effects
Stoyan Smoukov

Prof Stoyan Smoukov

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Ana Sobrido

Prof Ana Sobrido

Professor of Sustainable Energy Materials
UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, Staff Induction Champion
Research Lead of The Centre for Sustainable Engineering

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Flow batteries, Electrospinning, Energy storage, Photoelectrocatalysis, Oxygen electrocatalysis, Sustainable materials
Liz Tanner

Prof Liz Tanner

Bonfield Professor of Biomedical Materials
SEMS External Reputation Champion

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Biomaterials, Biomechanics, Composites, Bioactivity, Bone Augmentation
Roberto Volpe

Dr Roberto Volpe

Senior Lecturer

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Pyrolysis, Renewable carbons, X-ray imaging, Water remediation, Catalysis
Huasheng Wang

Prof Huasheng Wang

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Haixue Yan

Dr Haixue Yan

Reader in Materials Science and Engineering

School of Engineering and Materials Science
ferroelectric, dielectric, thermoelectric, piezoelectric, phase transitions, sintering
Han Zhang

Dr Han Zhang

Reader in Polymers and Composites
Student Societies Academic Lead

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Multifunctional composites, Sustainable energy efficient manufacturing, Polymer composites, Nanocomposites, Polymer processing