Faculty
The Department's faculty bring together a range of world-leading expertise across the range of engineering disciplines. Follow the links below to find out about their research, and the strategic themes and research topics within which they are working. Faculty are listed in alphabetical order, with their roles and their research groups.
A
Dr Anurag Agarwal (Lecturer in Aeroacoustics, Fluid Mechanics)
Dr Abir Al-Tabbaa (Reader in Geotechnical Engineering, Geotechnical and Environmental)
Dr Julian Allwood (Reader in Engineering, Structures)
Prof. Gehan Amaratunga (Professor of Engineering, Electronics, Power and Energy Conversion)
Prof. Mike Ashby (Professor, Materials Engineering)
Dr Nick Atkins (Lecturer in Turbomachinery, Turbomachinery)
Dr Mahdi Azarpeyvand (Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow, Fluid Mechanics)
B
Prof. Holger Babinsky (Professor of Aerodynamics, Fluid Mechanics)
Dr Claire Barlow (Senior Lecturer, Production Processes)
Dr Peter Beaumont (Reader in Materials Engineering, Materials Engineering)
Dr Adam Boies (Energy Efficient Cities University Lecturer)
Prof. Malcolm Bolton (Professor, Geotechnical and Environmental)
Dr Ioannis Brilakis (Laing O'Rourke Lecturer in Construction Engineering)
Dr Chris Burgoyne (Reader, Structures)
Dr Tore Butlin (Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow, Engineering Design)
Dr Bill Byrne (Reader, Machine Intelligence Laboratory)
C
Prof. Chris Calladine (Professor)
Prof. Stewart Cant (Professor, Energy)
Prof. David Cardwell (Professor, Materials Engineering)
Prof. David Cebon (Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Applied Mechanics)
Dr Ruchi Choudhary (University Lecturer in Energy Efficient Cities-Building Technology)
Prof. Daping Chu (Director of Research in Photonics & Sensors, Photonics Research)
Prof. Roberto Cipolla (Professor of Information Engineering, Machine Intelligence Laboratory)
Dr Fehmi Cirak (Lecturer in Structural Engineering, Structures)
Prof. John Clarkson (Professor of Engineering Design, Engineering Design)
Dr David Cole (Senior Lecturer, Applied Mechanics)
Prof. Harry Coles (Professor, Photonics Research)
Prof. Nick Collings (Professor, Energy)
Dr Neil Collings (Principal Research Associate in Liquid Crystal Photonics, Photonics Research)
Dr Tim Coombs (Senior Lecturer, Electronics, Power and Energy Conversion)
Dr Andy Cosh (Reader, Strategy and Policy)
Dr Nathan Crilly (Lecturer in Engineering Design, Engineering Design)
Dr Heather Cruickshank (Lecturer in Sustainable Development, Sustainable Development)
Dr Gabor Csanyi (Senior Lecturer, Materials Engineering)
D
Prof. Peter Davidson (Professor, Fluid Mechanics)
Prof. Bill Dawes (Professor of Aeronautical Engineering, Fluid Mechanics)
Dr James Dawson (EPSRC Advanced Research Fellow, Fluid Mechanics)
Dr Ivor Day (Rolls Royce Research Fellow, Turbomachinery)
Dr Adria de Gispert (Lecturer in Speech & Language Technology, Machine Intelligence Laboratory)
Dr Matt DeJong (Lecturer in Advanced Structures, Structures)
Prof. Vik Deshpande (Professor in Materials Engineering, Materials Engineering)
Prof. Ann Dowling (Professor, Fluid Mechanics)
Dr Colm Durkan (Reader in Nanoscale Engineering, Solid State Electronics and Nanoscale Science)
E
Dr Mohammed El Shafie (Laing O'Rourke University Lecturer in Construction Engineering, Geotechnical and Environmental)
Prof. Steve Evans (Director of Research in Industrial Sustainability, Production Processes)
F
Dr Dick Fenner (Senior Lecturer, Sustainable Development)
Prof. Andrea Ferrari (Professor of Nanotechnology, Solid State Electronics and Nanoscale Science)
Prof. Bill Fitzgerald (Professor, Signal Processing and Communications Laboratory)
Dr Tim Flack (Lecturer, Electronics, Power and Energy Conversion)
Prof. Norman Fleck (Professor, Materials Engineering)
Dr Andrew Flewitt (Reader in Electronic Engineering, Solid State Electronics and Nanoscale Science)
Dr David Franklin (Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow, Computational and Biological Learning)
G
Dr Mark Gales (Professor of Information Engineering, Machine Intelligence Laboratory)
Dr Andrew Gee (Reader in Engineering, Machine Intelligence Laboratory)
Prof. Zoubin Ghahramani (Professor of Information Engineering, Computational and Biological Learning)
Prof. Keith Glover (Professor, Control Laboratory)
Prof. Simon Godsill (Professor, Signal Processing and Communications Laboratory)
Dr Jorge Goncalves (Reader in Control Engineering, Control Laboratory)
Dr Will Graham (Senior Lecturer, Fluid Mechanics)
Prof. Sir Mike Gregory (Professor, Strategy and Policy)
Dr Simon Guest (Reader, Structures)
Dr Albert Guillen i Fabregas (Reader in Communications Engineering, Signal Processing and Communications Laboratory)
Prof. Peter Guthrie (Professor, Sustainable Development)
H
Dr Stuart Haigh (Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering, Geotechnical and Environmental)
Dr Chez Hall (Senior Lecturer, Turbomachinery)
Dr Paul Heffernan (Director of the IKC in smart infrastructure & construct, Strategy and Policy)
Prof. Simone Hochgreb (Professor, Energy)
Prof. Howard Hodson (Professor in Aerothermal Technology, Turbomachinery)
Dr Stephan Hofmann (Reader in Nanotechnology, Solid State Electronics and Nanoscale Science)
Dr David Holburn (Senior Lecturer, Solid State Electronics and Nanoscale Science)
Professor Gary Hunt (The Dyson Professor of Fluid Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics)
Dr Hugh Hunt (Senior Lecturer, Applied Mechanics)
Prof. Ian Hutchings (Professor, Production Processes)
Dr Tom Hynes (Reader, Turbomachinery)
J
Dr Jerome Jarrett (Lecturer, Engineering Design)
Dr Aylmer Johnson (Senior Lecturer, Engineering Design)
Dr Matthew Juniper (Reader in Mechanical Engineering, Energy)
K
Dr Alexandre Kabla (Lecturer in Life Sciences: Computational Engineering, Materials Engineering)
Dr Sergey Karabasov (Royal Society Research Fellow, Turbomachinery)
Prof. Michael Kelly (Professor, Solid State Electronics and Nanoscale Science)
Prof. Nick Kingsbury (Professor, Signal Processing and Communications Laboratory)
L
Prof. Robin Langley (Professor, Applied Mechanics)
Dr Joan Lasenby (Senior Lecturer, Signal Processing and Communications Laboratory)
Dr Janet Lees (Senior Lecturer, Structures)
Dr Mate Lengyel (Reader in Computational Neuroscience, Computational and Biological Learning)
Dr Ioannis Lestas (University Lecturer in Electrical Power Systems, Control Laboratory)
Dr Jie Li (Lecturer, Fluid Mechanics)
Dr Dongfang Liang (Lecturer in Civil Engineering Fluid Mechanics/Water Engineering, Fluid Mechanics)
Dr John Longley (Senior Lecturer, Turbomachinery)
M
Prof. Jan Maciejowski (Professor, Control Laboratory)
Dr Sebastian Macmillan (Senior Lecturer, Sustainable Development)
Dr Gopal Madabhushi (Reader, Geotechnical and Environmental)
Prof. Robert Mair (Professor, Geotechnical and Environmental)
Dr Athina Markaki (Lecturer in Engineering Materials, Materials Engineering)
Prof. Nondas Mastorakos (Professor of Energy Technologies, Energy)
Prof. Duncan McFarlane (Professor in Industrial Information Engineering, Manufacturing Systems)
Dr Richard McMahon (Senior Lecturer, Electronics, Power and Energy Conversion)
Dr Allan McRobie (Reader in Engineering, Structures)
Dr Graham McShane (Lecturer in Solid Mechanics, Materials Engineering)
Prof. Cam Middleton (Laing O'Rourke Professor of Construction Engineering, Structures)
Prof. Piero Migliorato (Professor, Solid State Electronics and Nanoscale Science)
Prof. John Miles (ARUP/RAE Research Professor in Transitional Energy Strategies, Energy)
Dr Rob Miller (Reader in Energy Technology, Turbomachinery)
Prof. Bill Milne (Professor, Solid State Electronics and Nanoscale Science)
Dr Tim Minshall (Senior Lecturer, Manufacturing Systems)
Dr James Moultrie (Senior Lecturer, Manufacturing Systems)
N
Prof. Arokia Nathan (Professor of Photonic Systems and Displays)
Dr Andy Neely (Director of Research in Complex Service Systems, Strategy and Policy)
Prof. David Newland (Professor, Applied Mechanics)
Dr Bill Nuttall (Senior Lecturer)
O
Prof. Bill O'Neill (Professor of Laser Engineering, Production Processes)
Dr Mauro Overend (Lecturer in Building Engineering Design, Structures)
Dr Michelle Oyen (Lecturer, Materials Engineering)
P
Dr Patrick Palmer (Reader, Electronics, Power and Energy Conversion)
Dr Geoff Parks (Senior Lecturer, Energy)
Dr Ajith Parlikad (Lecturer in Automation and Control, Manufacturing Systems)
Mr Simon Pattinson (Industrial Tutor, Manufacturing Systems)
Dr. Nigel Peake (Reader, Energy)
Prof. Richard Penty (Professor, Photonics Research)
Dr Rob Phaal (Principal Research Associate, Strategy and Policy)
Dr Ken Platts (Reader, Strategy and Policy)
Mr Jim Platts (Lecturer, Production Processes)
Prof. Richard Prager (Professor, Machine Intelligence Laboratory)
Mr David Probert (Reader, Strategy and Policy)
Dr Graham Pullan (Lecturer in Turbomachinery, Turbomachinery)
R
Dr Carl Rasmussen (Reader in Information Engineering, Computational and Biological Learning)
Mr Chris Rider (Principal Research Associate, Photonics Research)
Dr Tom Ridgman (Lecturer, Strategy and Policy)
Prof. John Robertson (Professor, Solid State Electronics and Nanoscale Science)
Dr Paul Robertson (Lecturer, Photonics Research)
Dr Benjamin Russell (Research Fellow, Materials Engineering)
S
Dr Jossy Sayir (Fixed-Term Lecturer in Communications, Signal Processing and Communications Laboratory)
Dr Stuart Scott (Lecturer in Sustainable Energy, Energy)
Dr Keith Seffen (Senior Lecturer, Structures)
Dr Ashwin Seshia (Reader in Microsystems Technology, Materials Engineering)
Dr Hugh Shercliff (Senior Lecturer, Materials Engineering)
Dr Yongjiang Shi (Lecturer in Industrial Systems, Strategy and Policy)
Dr Sumeetpal Singh (Senior Lecturer in Engineering Statistics, Signal Processing and Communications Laboratory)
Prof. Malcolm Smith (Professor in Control Engineering, Control Laboratory)
Prof. Kenichi Soga (Professor, Geotechnical and Environmental)
Prof. Bill Stronge (Professor, Applied Mechanics)
Dr Michael Sutcliffe (Reader, Materials Engineering)
Dr Swami Swaminathan (Reader in Mechanical Engineering, Energy)
Dr Digby Symons (Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Design)
T
Dr James Talbot (University Lecturer in the Performance-Based Design of Structures, Structures)
Dr. Graham Treece (Evelyn Trust Lecturer In Engineering for Clinical Practice, Machine Intelligence Laboratory)
Prof. Paul Tucker (Rank Professor of Engineering, Turbomachinery)
Dr Rich Turner (Lecturer in Computer Vision and Machine Learning, Computational and Biological Learning)
U
Prof. Florin Udrea (Professor of Semiconductor Engineering, Electronics, Power and Energy Conversion)
V
Dr Glenn Vinnicombe (Reader, Control Laboratory)
W
Prof. Mark Welland (Professor of Nanotechnology, Solid State Electronics and Nanoscale Science)
Dr Garth Wells (Hibbitt Reader in Solid Mechanics, Applied Mechanics)
Dr Alex White (Senior Lecturer, Energy)
Prof. Ian White (Professor, Photonics Research)
Dr Tim Wilkinson (Reader in Photonic Systems, Photonics Research)
Prof. John Williams (Professor, Materials Engineering)
Prof. Daniel Wolpert (Professor in Engineering, Computational and Biological Learning)
Prof. Jim Woodhouse (Professor, Applied Mechanics)
Prof. Phil Woodland (Professor, Machine Intelligence Laboratory)
X
Dr Liping Xu (Lecturer, Turbomachinery)
Y
Prof. John Young (Professor, Energy)
Prof. Steve Young (Professor, Machine Intelligence Laboratory)