Engineering staff directory
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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 Patel is a Senior Technician in Engineering. Ishver is currently working as Senior Technician in CEBE department and has a wide range of experience in Engineering background. His responsibilities include operating Mechanical, Automotive, Materials, Environmental, Civil Engineering laboratories and the Workshop to...
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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...
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Dr. Md Mostafizur Rahman
Senior Lecturer
Dr. Rahman is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Engineering and Built Environment, Birmingham City University. He got his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia in 2015. He received a prestigious International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS), Australian Postgraduate...
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Dr Chitta Saha
Senior Lecturer in Automotive Engineering
Dr Chitta Saha is a Senior Lecturer in Automotive Engineering and a leading researcher on Solar PV system and associated power electronics areas. Dr. Saha received his BSc (Hons) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 2001. He completed his MEngSc (research)...
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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....
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Gurdial Singh
Senior Electronic Technician
Gurdial joined the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Built Environment at BCU as a Senior Technician, having over 25 years of knowledge and experience in consumer electronics with Sony, Dixons stores group, John Lewis, Comet Electricals and Argos. He runs and maintains electronic laboratories and manages an inventory...
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Dr Viranjay M. Srivastava
Senior Lecturer
Viranjay joined the Electronics Engineering Department at BCU in early 2023. Prior to this, he was employed by the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), Durban, South Africa as an Associate Professor for more than 9 years from 2013 to 2023, where he is now an Honorary Associate Professor (since June 2023). Before this job, he...
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Adam Stephens
Senior Technician Manufacturing Engineering
Adam is a Senior Technician in Manufacturing Engineering. He has lots of CAD experience in programs like Fusion 360 and enjoys taking students through the journey of taking 2-dimension designs and turning them into a 3D physical object. He does this using a variety of methods in the workshops from 3D printing to a more hands-on...
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Dr Venkatesh Vijay
Associate Professor
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). His expertise involves Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), Mixed Reality (MR), Artificial Intelligence (AI), embedded systems...