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Dr Diogo Montalvão is an Associate Professor in Structural Dynamics who has been developing his career both with industry and academia. Starting as a draughtsman for a metalwork business, he later worked at ADtranz/Bombardier Transportation rolling stock manufacturing plant in Portugal where he …

Dr Yonghun (Principal Academic in Product Design) is an Interim Deputy Head of Department and a programme leader for BA (Hons) Product Design Futures, Department of Design & Engineering, Faculty of Science & Technology. He is also a coordinator of the department's final year degree show …

Roya Haratian is Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy and Senior Academic in Electronic Science and Engineering at Department of Design and Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, ÃÛÌÒAV. She is co-leader of Athena SWAN and Inclusivity Process within the department …

Dr Adil Saeed has his PhD from ÃÛÌÒAV and master studies from University of Sussex. Dr Saeed's research interests are in micro and nano-scale corrosion, degradation of engineering materials, climatic reliability of micro-electronics, high-resolution electrochemical techniques, …

Mehran has many years experience as a designer and has interests in design methods, manufacturing, material selection and applied technology. He is an active member of the Design Simulation Research Centre. He has been involved with PhD research supervision for many years. During his time as an …

Dr Tania Humphries-Smith is Associate Professor in the Department of Design & Engineering in the Faculty of Science & Technology at ÃÛÌÒAV. Her teaching areas are engineering product design and project management. She was in professional practice as a product designer …

My interests are computer aided Design (CAD), 3D printing technologies and information technology. I joined ÃÛÌÒAV in 2003 and immediately became involved in maintaining and improving the departments I.T needs and requirements for both software and hardware, a role I still …

Dr Yi Huang joined ÃÛÌÒAV in 2018. She received her PhD in Metallurgy and Materials from the University of Birmingham. After that, she worked as a research fellow and senior research fellow at the University of Southern California, University of Cambridge, University of …

Roya Haratian is Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy and Senior Academic in Electronic Science and Engineering at Department of Design and Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, ÃÛÌÒAV. She is co-leader of Athena SWAN and Inclusivity Process within the department …

Dr. Mihai Dupac obtained a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the West University of Timisoara, Romania, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, at Auburn University ( …

Professor Zulfiqar A Khan has been leading NanoCorr, Energy & Modelling (NCEM) research group within the University Design & Engineering department. NCEM was previously known as Sustainable Design Research Centre (SDRC) and received its Research Excellence Framework (REF - UK national …

Amor Abdelkader received his PhD degree (2011) in Materials Science and Metallurgy from the University of Cambridge supervised by Professor Derek Fray, FRS. He then moved to study self-healing materials with Professor Sybrand van der Zwaag at the Delft University of Technology. In 2012, he …

Since arriving at ÃÛÌÒAV in 2002 Ben has followed a lifelong passion for Sustainable Design through both research and teaching. ÃÛÌÒAV was approached by the RNLI around 2002 with a request to assist them with a number of launching issues with their new Tamar class …

Clive is an Associate Professor and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. As a Chartered Engineer (CEng), his academic career has been grounded by his industrial and commercial experience in the aerospace industry which he gained at Rolls-Royce plc, as well as from other industrial sectors, …

Dr Dyer is Deputy Head of Dpt. and Associate Professor in Product Development within the Design & Engineering Department at ÃÛÌÒAV as well as Visiting Professor of Assistive Technology at the University of Bolton. His current research interest is with the philosophy, design …

John Powell MBE

John is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Science and Technology specialising in: Design Leadership, Human Centred Design, Drowning Prevention, Product Design, Electronic systems design, Business Management, Lifesaving Equipment Design

John is also a final year …

Dr Kyungjoo Cha is a Principal Academic in Product Design (User Experience Design) in the Department of Design & Engineering at ÃÛÌÒAV.

She joined at ÃÛÌÒAV in 2019, and previously worked as a design researcher specialised in human-centred user experience design in both …

Theo Roe’s work pursues a hypothesis that artistic process can release possibilities of verity for use by the practical world. In semiotic terms, if words had the job of representing concepts fixed and inert, one would be able to find exact equivalence for words between the different languages …

Tim is an experienced designer with an interest in design methods, manufacturing methods, material selection and CAD tools. He was elected to member of the IED in 2009 and is actively involved in working with industry both via consultancy and Knowledge Transfer Partnerships. During his time as …

The world of robots fascinates me so robotics is my prime area of research. Even though I am keen on every aspects of robotics, my current research interests are mainly focused on dexterous robot hand and tactile sensors for specialised applications. This together with intelligent interfaces can …

My background encompasses over 20 years of experience as a designer and a design Lecturer. In my knowledge of Design, I believe everything including materials; construction, shape and function alter with time and can be improved to suit the current environment. Looking at various things in …

Dr Garland is a senior lecturer and programme leader for BSc (Hons) Design Engineering in the department of Design & Engineering at the Faculty of Science and Technology. His research areas include tribology, the environmental impacts of design selection and sustainable development in design …

Michael Hacon is a Demonstrator in Engineering Principals for the Faculty of Science and Technology at ÃÛÌÒAV. BSc Enginering (Hons)

He is a time served apprentice, trained in all manual machining and CNC production techniques. After qualifying he took up a post as …