Our Staff
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Florimond Gueniat
Senior Lecturer in Automotive Engineering and Course Leader for MSc Automotive Engineering
Florimond Guéniat has a PhD in fluid mechanics and computer science from Univ. Paris Sud. He then spent two years in the Department of Mathematics, at Florida State University researching on the control of fluid flows. Before joining BCU, he also spent two more years in the department of Mechanical Engineering at...
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Tony Hayward
Course Leader for Mechanical Engineering.
Manufacturing Engineering Mechanical Engineering Computer Aided Manufacture PowerInspect Power Shape Power Mill CATIA SolidWorks Power Mill
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Dr Olusegun Ilori
Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
Olusegun received his PhD (Applied Thermal Fluid Sciences and Engineering Simulation) from University of Leeds after a successful viva at the prestigious Osney Thermofluids Lab (now Oxford Thermofluid Institute), University of Oxford. He has an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Twente (The Netherlands) and...
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Professor Michal Krzyzanowski
Professor of Engineering and Materials Science
After obtaining a degree in physics, Michal developed his academic career in materials science and engineering (PhD 1988; DSc 1996) and was appointed at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow (Poland). Since 1998, his research work was mainly associated with multidisciplinary Institute for Microstructural and...
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Jens Lahr
Senior Lecturer for Automotive and Mechanical Engineering
Jens is a senior lecturer for BEng/MEng Automotive and BEng/MEng Mechanical Engineering . His teaching includes the subjects of Finite Element Analysis, Structural Analysis and Powertrain Performance. He helps and supports practice-based learning (CDIO). He is also the Course Leader for Automotive Engineering and...
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Laura Leyland
Deputy Head of Engineering
Laura Leyland is Deputy Head of Engineering and has been innovating in engineering education for over 10 years, teaching materials based modules and practical project focussed delivery with a specific interest in developing humanitarian engineering. This module delivery incorporates the Engineering for People Challenge...
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Dr. Morteza Mohammadzaheri
Associate Professor in Mechatronics
Morteza Mohammadzaheri received his PhD in Intelligent Control Systems from the School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Adelaide, Australia, in February 2011. Following PhD graduation, he has served three and a half years as a postdoctoral fellow and more than ten years as a faculty member in the areas of Mechanical and...
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Mark Ovinis
Senior Lecturer in Mechatronics
Mark Ovinis is a Senior Lecturer in Mechatronics at the Department of Engineering. He joined BCU in 2022 and was previously a Senior Lecturer at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia. He received his PhD from Loughborough University, UK, his MEng in from Texas A&M University, USA and his BEng from Universiti Teknologi,...
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Ishver Patel
Technologist
Ishver is a Technologist in the School of Engineering, Design and Manufacturing Systems. Ishver had laboratory technician training at Aston University for 3 years and then worked in pharmaceutical department for 2 years (1979-84), he was a quality control technician at B. Mason Sons Ltd ( non ferrous manufacturers) for 7...
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Dr Noel Perera
Associate Professor and Director of Innovation and Enterprise
Noel graduated with the BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering degree in 1997 and awarded the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Mechanical Engineering in 2001 both with Northumbria University. He joined Northumbria University as an academic in 2003 after a period of employment as a TCS (KTP) Associate at the National Centre...