Our Staff

Tony Hayward

Course Leader for Mechanical Engineering.

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...

Dr Zinedine Khatir

Associate Professor

Dr Zinedine Khatir is Associate Professor in Engineering in the Faculty of Computing Engineering and Built Environment. Zinedine is a leading researcher in the fields of Computational Engineering and Science (CES), Computational Fluid dynamics (CFD) and Design Optimisation. CES is a relatively new discipline that deals...

Dr Reza Kia

Lecturer

Reza Kia received his Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering from Mazandaran University of Science and Technology in 2014, IRAN. By starting his PhD in 2008, he joined Islamic Azad University (IAU) in Iran as a lecturer and continued teaching along with working on his PhD. By finishing his PhD in 2014, he promoted to an...

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...

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...

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 Global Environmental Challenges Research Group, Lead of Bioresource and Bioeconomy Research Group (BBRG), 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...

Dr. Morteza Mohammadzaheri

Senior Lecturer 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 almost eight years as a faculty member in the areas of Mechanical and...