Research staff

Dr Beck Collins

Senior Lecturer

Dr Beck Collins currently teaches across all undergraduate courses in the School of the Built Environment, as well as MSc Construction Project Management and MA Planning Built Environments. Beck was awarded her PhD in “Local Projects for Sustainable Energy – Exploring the Nature of Success” in 2014, and is interested in...

Dr Dominic Flynn

Lecturer

Dominic is, by training, a computationally-based aerodynamicist. He received his PhD in train aerodynamics from the University of Birmingham in 2015, and then took on the role of research fellow in wind engineering and train aerodynamics. In January 2018 he moved to BCU to take up the post of Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering....

Mike Grace

Researcher

Mike’s background is in town and country planning and sustainable land use and his professional experience includes planning roles at Telford Development Corporation working on commercial and industrial growth, Manager of the Local Plans team at Telford and Wrekin Council, Head of Planning Services at Carlisle City Council...

Florimond Gueniat

Lecturer in Mechanical 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...

Dr Silvia Gullino

Associate Professor in City Making and Course Leader for the MPlan/BSc Property Development and Planning

Silvia holds a BA and MA in Architecture and an MSc in Environmental Engineering, both from the Politecnico di Torino. She gained her PhD in Spatial Planning at the Politecnico di Milano in 2005 and conducted postdoctoral research as a Senior Fellow in International Urban Studies at the Institute for Policy Studies at...

Reaz Hasan

Associate Professor

Reaz Hasan’s expertise is primarily in the area of Energy Studies. He has extensive research experience in using CFD for fluid flow and heat transfer in Built Environment and various industrial systems including applications of nano-fluids. He is also involved in LCA studies and keen on pedagogical research. He teaches subjects...

Professor Peter Larkham

Professor of Planning

Peter Larkham is Professor of Planning at the University’s School of Engineering and the Built Environment. He teaches on the BSc (Hons) courses in Building Surveying, Property Development and Planning, and Real Estate, as well as the MA Planning Built Environments and the Postgraduate Certificate in...

Laura Leyland

Associate Professor and Acting Head Centre of Engineering

Laura Leyland is an Associate Professor and Acting Head of Centre 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...

Dr Andy Lim

Lecturer in Civil Engineering

Andy is a Lecturer in Civil Engineering at the School of Engineering and the Built Environment. Prior to joining Birmingham City University, Andy was a Research Officer in the ”Advanced Sustainable Manufacturing Technologies (ASTUTE)" project in the College of Engineering at Swansea University. He was also a Teaching...

Dr Lynsey Melville

Director of the Centre for Low Carbon Research and Lead of the Bioenergy Research Group, Senior Researcher

Dr Lynsey Melville is Professor of Environmental Engineering in the Faculty of Computing Engineering and Built Environment. She leads the Biotechnology and Environmental Engineering research group whose focus is on accelerating the adoption of environmentally sustainable and commercially viable energy from biomass. Lynsey is...