Professor Mohammad Zandi
BSc, MSc, PhD, CSci, MEI, AMIChemE, AIEMA, FHEA
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Professor of Chemical Engineering Education
Deputy Faculty Director of Education
+44 114 222 8265
Full contact details
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Room F60
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
- Profile
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After completing a degree in Chemical Engineering, followed by an MSc with Distinction from the University of Bradford in Advanced Chemical Engineering, I moved to the University of Sheffield to carry out research for a PhD in coal combustion and its environmental impacts. I was awarded the 2005 Foxwell Memorial Prize for my research on Leaching Behaviour of Trace Elements in UK Pulverised Coal Ash Fly.
Following my PhD, I started working with Professor Will Zimmerman on building and testing a novel swirl gas burner. From 2006 to 2008 I carried out my post-doctoral studies as a Research Associate studying heavy metals and trace elements mobility from waste and waste and their leaching behaviour.
I joined Environment Department at Tata Steel RD&T in 2008. Over there my research focus was alternative fuels for iron making and CO2 sequestration technologies. I led two strategic research projects in Tata Steel, one on using biomass for iron making and sintering in collaboration with major European steel manufacturers and the other one was using algae technology for sequestrating steel plant CO2. In January 2010 I re-joined The University of Sheffield.
- Research interests
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My research focuses on three key areas: Engineering Education, Energy Engineering & Management, and Smart Manufacturing. In Engineering Education, I explore innovative inclusive teaching methods and curriculum development to enhance student learning and engagement in engineering disciplines. My work in Energy Engineering & Management addresses the optimisation of energy systems, sustainability practices, and the integration of renewable energy technologies. Additionally, I investigate Smart Manufacturing, emphasising the implementation of advanced digital technologies such as IoT, AI, and automation to improve efficiency, productivity, and adaptability in manufacturing processes.
Key research interests:
- Engineering Education
- Environmental Engineering & Monitoring
- Energy Engineering
- Energy Management
- Smart Manufacturing
- Digital Twins
- Publications
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Journal articles
- Industry 4.0 in Action: Digitalisation of a Continuous Process Manufacturing for Formulated Products. Digital Chemical Engineering, 100025-100025.
- Wiz: a web-based tool for interactive visualization of big data. Patterns, 1(8). View this article in WRRO
- Applications of the airlift loop effect in the cultivation of microalgae. Current Topics in Biotechnology, 7.
- Design of an airlift loop bioreactor and pilot scales studies with fluidic oscillator induced microbubbles for growth of a microalgae Dunaliella salina. Applied Energy.
- Design of an airlift loop bioreactor and pilot scales studies with fluidic oscillator induced microbubbles for growth of a microalgae Dunaliella salina. Applied Energy, 88(10), 3357-3369. View this article in WRRO
- Biomass for iron ore sintering. MINER ENG, 23(14), 1139-1145.
- Interpretation of standard leaching test BS EN 12457-2: is your sample hazardous or inert?. J Environ Monit, 9(12), 1426-1429.
- Design of a leaching test framework for coal fly ash accounting for environmental conditions.. Environ Monit Assess, 131(1-3), 509-526.
Chapters
- Wiz 4.0: A Novel Data Visualisation and Analytics Dashboard for a Graphical Approach to Industry 4.0, Computer Aided Chemical Engineering (pp. 1747-1752). Elsevier
Conference proceedings papers
- A New Curriculum to Train Chemical Engineers to Solve 21st Century Grand Challenges. 5 TH Annual Symposium of the United Kingdom & Ireland Engineering Education Research Network: View this article in WRRO
- Woody Biomass Characterization for 100 Megawatt-hours (MW) Power Generation. Energy Procedia, Vol. 105 (pp 413-418)
Preprints
- Industry 4.0 in Action: Digitalisation of a Continuous Process Manufacturing for Formulated Products. Digital Chemical Engineering, 100025-100025.
- Teaching activities
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CPE6311 Applied Energy Engineering
CPE130 Principles of Chemical Engineering 1
CPE465 Energy Systems & Management
GEE103 Introduction to Process Engineering
- Professional activities and memberships
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- IChemE
- Energy Institute
- AIChE
- ASEE
- Awards
- Award for Excellence in Learning & Teaching, Faculty of Engineering, University of Sheffield, 2014
- Foxwell Memorial Prize in Fuel Technology, Energy Institute, 2005