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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 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...

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...

Noel Perera Dr

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...

Dr Khondokar Mizanur Rahman

Teaching and Research Fellow (Environmental Engineering)

Khondokar Mizanur Rahman is a Teaching and Research Fellow for Environmental Engineering in the School of Engineering and the Built Environment. He has been involved in the field of environmental research since 2004. He has been a member of the Waste and Energy Research Group (WERG) since 2007, working in the field of...

Mohammad Salami

Assistant Lecturer

Mohammad graduated from Arak Azad University, Iran, with a BSc in Civil Engineering in 2007. He undertook a Master’s programme (Geotechnical Engineering) and obtained his MSc in Civil Engineering in 2010. After one year in industry, working in structural design, he decided to continue his education and started his PhD research...

Jagjit Sehra

Programme Leader/Lecturer

Electronics Engineer at Diktron Limited This role involved commissioning, repairing and development of distress alarms which were used by the UK fire brigade. A wide range of skills were gained including: Fault finding out to component level using schematic diagrams. Using microcontrollers to develop intelligent alarm....

Dr Venkatesh Vijay

Lecturer

Dr Venkatesh Chennam Vijay received his PhD in Engineering for extending Knowledge-Based Engineering (KBE) principles into engineering distance learning from Birmingham City University (BCU). Currently he is working as a Lecturer in the Electronic Engineering at Birmingham City University. At present Vijay is the module leader...

Professor Wenyan Wu

Professor in Advanced System Engineering

Prof Wenyan Wu is a Professor in Advanced System Engineering in the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment at Birmingham City University. She has extensive interdisciplinary research and teaching experience across Computing, Engineering and Technology. Her knowledge and expertise are across boundaries of...

Man-Fai Yau

Senior Lecturer

Man-Fai has 10 years' experience in private sector industry, two years' with a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) and 12 years' university lecturing.

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