Staff in the School of Engineering
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Staff in the School of Engineering have a broad range of skills and expertise. Find out about our research interests and expertise.
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School executives
- Dr Lisa Brodie, Head of Department
- Dr Peter Kay, Acting Deputy Head of Department
- Joshua Bennett, Secretary
Aerospace, Aviation and Management
- Dr Carwyn Ward, Associate Head of Department - Aerospace Cluster Leader
- Dr Rana Al-Bazari, Lecturer in Sustainable Project Management
- Miss Nadia Algosaibi, Senior Lecturer in Aviation
- Dr Fakhre Ali, Lecturer in Aviation
- Dr Reza ImaniAsrai, Lecturer in Engineering Practice
- Dr Maryam Atoofi, Senior Lecturer in Engineering
- Dr Amir Bolouri, Associate Professor in Manufacturing
- Dr Abdessalem Bouferrouk, Senior Lecturer - Aerospace Engineering and Programme Leader for MRes Engineering
- Dr Budi Chandra, Senior Lecturer - Aerospace Engineering and Programme Leader - BEng/MEng Aerospace Engineering
- Dr Mahdi Damghani, Senior Lecturer - Aerospace Engineering
- Dr Laura Fogg-Rogers, Senior Lecturer in Engineering Education
- Mrs Wendy Fowles-Sweet, EDM director of Professional and Workforce Development
- Dr Iwona Gajda, Lecturer in Engineering & Project Management
- Dr Amina Hamoud, Lecturer in Systems Engineering
- Mr Zac Kanaa, Lecturer in Experimental Aerodynamics
- Dr Poonam Kashyap, Senior Lecturer in Engineering Management
- Dr Saber Khayatzadeh, Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering
- Ms Hollie Lewis, Lecturer in Sustainable Project Management
- Mr Fakhreddine (Madi) Madi, Graduate Tutor in Aerospace
- Dr Hamidreza Nemati, Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering
- Dr Udonna Okeke, Senior Lecturer in Engineering Management and Programme Leader for BEng/MEng Aerospace Engineering
- Dr Shwe Soe, Senior Lecturer in Digital Manufacturing
- Dr Chris Toomer, Associate Professor in Aerospace Engineering
- Dr Xiaodong Xu, Lecturer in Aerospace Structure
- Dr Nihong Yang, Senior Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering
- Dr Jun Yao, Senior Lecturer in Aerospace Fluids
- Professor Yufeng Yao, Professor in Aerospace Engineering and Head of EMS Group - Aerospace Engineering
- Dr Jiseon You, Lecturer in Engineering Management
- Dr Yaseen Zaidi, Senior Lecturer - Aerospace Engineering
Electronics and Robotics
- Dr Jonathan Winfield, Interim Associate Head of Department
- Dr Zeyad Al-Shibaany, Lecturer in Intelligent Robotic Systems
- Dr Disi Chen, Lecturer in Robotics and Machine Vision
- Mr Daniel Delgado Bellamy, Graduate Tutor in Electronics
- Dr Sabir Ghauri, Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader - BEng/MEng Electronic Engineering
- Dr Carlos Insuarralde, Senior Lecturer in Electronic Engineering and Programme Leader BEng(Hons) Robotics
- Dr Aghil Jafari, Senior Lecturer in Robotics
- Dr Joerg Mossbrucker, Senior Lecturer in Robotics<
- Dr Mokhtar Nibouche, Senior Lecturer - Electronics and Programme Leader - MSc Electronic and Computer Engineering
- Dr Hassan Nouri, Reader - Electrical Power and Energy
- Mr Emanuel Nunez Sardinha, Graduate Tutor in Assistive Technology
- Dr Virginia Ruiz Garate, Associate Professor in Assistive Robotics
- Dr John Sullivan, Senior Lecturer - Robotics
- Dr Ning Wang, Senior Lecturer in Robotics
- Dr Roshan Weerasekera, Senior Lecturer - Electronics
- Dr David Western, Wallscourt Fellow in Health Technology
- Dr James Whiting, Senior Lecturer in Electronic Engineering
- Dr Dan Withey, Lecturer in Intelligent Assistive Robotics
- Dr Alex Yue, Senior Lecturer - Bio-instrumentation
- Dr Wenhao Zhang, Senior Lecturer in Machine Vision
BRL Based
- Professor Manuel Giuliani, Professor in Embedded Cognitive AI for Robotics
- Professor Janice Kiely, Professor - Bio-sensing Technology and co-Director - Institute of Bio-Sensing Technology
- Professor Anthony Pipe, Professor of Autonomous Systems
- Professor Lyndon Smith, Professor - Machine Vision
- Professor Melvyn Smith, Professor - Machine Vision
- Dr Matthew Studley, Wallscourt Associate Professor in Technology Ethics
- Professor Alan Winfield, Professor - Robot Ethics
- Professor Chenguang Yang, Professor of Robotics
- Professor Quan Zhu, Professor of Control Systems
Mechanical and Automotive Engineering
- Dr Zeyad Al-Shibaany, Acting Associate Head of Department (Mechanical and Automotive)
- Dr Gary Atkinson, Senior Lecturer in Engineering
- Dr Venkat Bakthavatchaalam, Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
- Dr Iain Barton, Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
- Farid Dailami, Associate Professor - Knowledge Exchange in Manufacturing
- Dr Tushar Dhavale, Senior Lecturer in Computer Aided Design
- Dr Benjamin Drew, Associate Professor
- Dr Appolinaire Etoundi, Senior Lecturer in Mechatronics
- Dr Joachim Gingele, Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
- Dr Razieh Jalal Abadi, Lecturer in Engineering Principles(CFD)
- Dr John Kamalu, Senior Lecturer in Materials
- Dr Faizan Khalid, Lecturer in Engineering Principles and Automotive
- Maryam Lamere, Graduate Tutor in Engineering Management
- Dr Arnaud Marmier, Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
- Dr Jason Matthews, Senior Lecturer in Automotive Engineering and Programme Leader for BEng/MEng Automotive Engineering
- Dr Ceri Morris, Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
- Dr Matt O'Donnell, Senior Lecturer in Structures and Composites
- Dr Aruna Palipana, Senior Lecturer in Engineering
- Dr David Richardson, Senior Lecturer in Composites
- Dr Baiyang Shi, Lecturer in Control
- Dr Shanshan Zhao, Lecturer in Manufacturing Engineering
Research
Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL)
- Dr Paul Bremner, Research Fellow
- Professor Chris Melhuish, AVC - Advanced Technologies and Professor of Robotics and Autonomous Systems
- Dr Martin Pearson, Research Fellow
- Professor Tony Pipe, Professor of Robotics and Autonomous Systems
- Mehdi Sobhani, Research Fellow
Bristol BioEnergy Centre
- Dr Jonathan Winfield, Acting AHoD / Cluster Lead Electronics and Robotics
- Dr Amir Bolouri, Associate Professor in Manufacturing
- Dr Jiseon You, Lecturer in Engineering Management
- Dr Iwona Gajda, Senior Research Fellow
Centre for Machine Vision
- Professor Melvyn Smith, Professor and Research Centre Director
- Dr Mark Hansen, Associate Professor
- Professor Lyndon Smith, Professor and Deputy Research Centre Director
- Dr Abdul Farooq, Associate Head of Department - Business Engagement and Partnerships
- Dr Gary Atkinson, Associate Professor
- Dr Wenhao Zhang, Senior Lecturer in Machine Vision
- Dr Disi Chen, Lecturer in Robotics and Machine Vision
- Dr Chollette Olisah - Research Fellow
Institute of Biosensing Technology
- Dr Timothy Cox, Research Director
- Professor Janice Kiely, Professor
Science Communication Unit
- Professor Alan Winfield, Hewlett-Packard Professor - Electronic Engineering and Director - Science Communication Unit
- Laura Fogg Rogers, Research Fellow - Science Communication Unit
- Dr Corra Boushel, Project Co-ordinator - Robots vs Animals
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP)
- Robert Evans, KTP Associate - Composites Design Engineer
- Dheeraj Kumar, KTP Associate - Mechanical Engineer
- Max Sasnauskas, KTP Associate - Composites Design Engineer
- Luke Smith, KTP Associate - Design Associate
Technical
- Chris English, Head of Technical Services
- Chloe Tyler, Technical Manager - Teaching and Learning
- Tom Barrington, Team Leader - Mechanical and Civil Engineering (Interim)
- Lucy Corfield, Team Leader - Manufacturing (Interim)
- Steve Regester, Team Leader - Electronics/Mechatronics (Interim)
- Rick Adams, Technician - Manufacturing Instructor
- Mark Allonby, Technician - Manufacturing Engineering
- Luke Bedford, Technician - Mechatronics
- Nigel Cliff, Technician - Instrumentation/Mechatronics
- Dan Cole, Senior Technician - Structures
- Sam Coupland, Rapid Prototyping Technician - BRL
- Oliver Davey, Technician - Building Environment
- Alex Fanourakis, Technician - Electronics/Mechatronics
- David Fisher, Senior Technician -Computational Engineering CAD
- Sonia George, Project Room Support Technician
- Will Hadrill, Technician - Electronics
- Andy Hill, Senior Technical Instructor - Digital Engineering Technologies
- Ian Horsfield, Technical Manager - Bristol Robotics Lab
- Paul Mathison, Technician - Electronics
- Marie McCall, Project Room Support Technician - TTO
- Josh Minto, Technician - Robotics
- Doug Nash, Technician - Manufacturing/Composites
- Vicki Pearcy, Technician - Health and Safety Administrator
- Julian Potter, Technician - BRL
- Geoff Rowley, Technician - Thermofluids
- Deepthi Shanmugam, Fluid Simulation Programmer
- Tamsila Tauqir, Technician - Engineering Materials Science
- Atul Vadgama, Technician - Concrete and Environmental Science
- Nathan Townsend, Technician - Materials/Dynamics
- Jason Welsby, Senior Technician - BRL
- Drew Williams-Hicks, Technician - Manufacturing Instructor
- Mark Wright, Technician - Electronics Demonstrator
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