Mechanical Engineering academic staff

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Contact the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Head of School

Professor

Martin

Mayfield-Tulip

Head of School
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Email: martin.mayfield@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5054

Staff A-Z

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Dr

Robert

Barthorpe

Senior Lecturer
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: span dynamics | structural health monitoring | energy applications | machine learning

Email address: r.j.barthorpe@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7762

Professor

Stephen

Beck

Professor of Mechanical Engineering
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Email address: s.beck@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7730

Dr

Pinaki

Bhattacharya

Senior Lecturer in Solid Biomechanics
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: biomechanics | musculoskeletal disease | computational medicine

Email address: p.bhattacharya@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 0156

Dr

Tecla

Bonci

Lecturer in Biomechanics
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Email address: t.bonci@sheffield.ac.uk

Professor

Claire

Brockett

Professor of Biomechanics
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: biomechanics of the foot & ankle | characterisation of natural tissues | changes in bone and cartilage properties | biomechanics & tribology of diabetic foot ulcer formation

Email address: c.brockett@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 6073

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Professor

Matt

Carré

Professor of Mechanical Engineering
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: behaviour of human skin & tissue under loading | development of synthetic test-beds | hand/shoe-surface interactions | design methodologies for products including human interaction

Email address: M.J.Carre@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7839

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Dr

Julia

Carrell

University Teacher
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: wear & friction characteristics of bio-lubricants | elastomer compatibility of bio-lubricants

Email address: j.carrell@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7722

Dr

Vee San

Cheong

Lecturer in Biomechanics
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: multiscale modelling of musculoskeletal tissues in response to novel biomaterials | optimisation of implant designs & treatment interventions for orthopaedic diseases

Email address: v.cheong@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 2220159

Professor

Elizabeth

Cross

Faculty Director of Research & Innovation
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: structural health monitoring (SHM) | machine learning | nonlinear system identification

Email address: e.j.cross@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7846

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Dr

Jose L

Curiel-Sosa

Lecturer
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: polymathic spanning from computational analysis to fundamental research | interaction aerostructures-aerodynamics, aeroelasticity, aviation safety | manufacturing & machining

Email address: j.curiel-sosa@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7857

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Richard

Curry

Lecturer - Mechanical Engineering
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Email address: r.curry@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7814

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Professor

Nikolaos

Dervilis

Director of Research and Innovation of the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: structural health monitoring (SHM) | structural damage & non-destructive evaluation | wind farms & sustainable energy systems | nonlinear dynamics & signal processing

Email address: n.dervilis@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7816

Dr

Tim

Dolmansley

Senior University Teacher
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Email address: t.dolmansley@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7754

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Professor

Rob

Dwyer-Joyce

Professor of Lubrication Engineering
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: industrial wear and lubrication problems | engineering components | contact area & pressure distribution | modelling

Email address: r.dwyer-joyce@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7736

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Professor

Patrick

Fairclough

Professor of Polymer and Composite Engineering
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: polymers, soft materials & composite systems | epoxy resins | mould-free manufacturing of carbon fibre composites

Email address: p.fairclough@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7798

Professor

David

Fletcher

Professor of Railway Engineering
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: railway rail-wheel interface | overhead line electrification | rail system design for safety and security | network modelling and optimisation

Email address: d.i.fletcher@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7760

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Felicity

Freeman

Lecturer
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: additive manufacturing | functionally graded materials | metamaterials

Email address: f.freeman@sheffield.ac.uk

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Professor

Hassan

Ghadbeigi

Chair of Structural Integrity in Manufacturing
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: mechanics of material deformation in manufacturing processes | structural integrity in metals and composites | machining & shear cutting systems' performance assessment

Email address: h.ghadbeigi@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 22 27748

Professor

Jon

Gibbins

Professor of Power Plant Engineering and Carbon Capture
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: carbon capture & storage | coal & biomass gasification & combustion | power plant engineering

Email address: j.gibbins@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 7234

Dr

Alexander

Goodall

RAEng Research Fellow (Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering)
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Email address: a.goodall@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr

Artur

Gower

Lecturer in Dynamics
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: wave scattering | solid mechanics | random media | machine learning

Email address: a.l.gower@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7806

Dr

Melika

Gul

Lecturer in Experimental Fluid Mechanics
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Email address: M.Gul@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7802

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Professor

Shuisheng

He

Professor of Thermofluids
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: fluid mechanics & heat transfer | nuclear reactor thermal hydraulics | fundamental study in turbulence, transition and drag reduction

Email address: s.he@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 2227756

Professor

Kirill V

Horoshenkov

Professor of Acoustics
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: sensors for water industry | acoustic materials | physical acoustics | robotic autonomous systems

Email address: k.horoshenkov@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7855

Professor

Ben

Hughes

Professor of Energy Engineering
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: fundamental & applied focussed low carbon heating and cooling in the built environment | decarbonised heating & cooling | thermal energy storage

Email address: ben.hughes@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr

Kevin

Hughes

Senior Lecturer
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: combustion, fuel degradation & deposit formation | pollutant chemistry, proton exchange membrane fuel cells | process modelling in carbon capture & storage systems

Email address: K.J.Hughes@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 21 57214

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Derek B

Ingham

Professor of Applied Mathematics
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Email address: d.ingham@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 7215

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Dr

Thawhid

Khan

Lecturer of Tribology and Surface Engineering
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: tribology & tribochemistry | sustainable lubricant additives | advanced coatings for component durability | effects of coatings and lubricants on hydrogen embrittlement

Email address: thawhid.khan@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7772

Dr

Anton

Krynkin

Senior Lecturer
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: wave problems in linear and non-linear elastic materials | thermoelasticity | wave problems in periodic/random media and graded materials | wave scattering from rough surfaces

Email address: a.krynkin@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7847

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Professor

Damien

Lacroix

Professor of Mechanobiology
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: bone mechanobiology (osteoarthritis, bone tissue engineering, fracture healing) | spine biomechanics (disc degeneration, angiogenesis & implant analysis)

Email address: d.lacroix@sheffield.ac.uk

Professor

Roger

Lewis

Professor of Mechanical Engineering
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: wheel/rail tribology | rail infrastructure improvement | condition monitoring | characterization & modelling of skin friction | hand/object/tissue interactions

Email address: Roger.Lewis@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7838

Dr

Xinshan

Li

Senior Lecturer
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: biomechanics of paediatric bone in the application of child abuse | risk of fracture prediction in adults | biomechanics of the female pelvic floor muscles and the cervix

Email address: xinshan.li@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7786

Professor

Hui

Long

Professor of Mechanics of Materials
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: wind energy | wind turbines | manufacturing technology | mechanics of materials

Email address: h.long@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7759

Professor

Mathieu

Lucquiaud

Professor
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: climate change technologies | carbon capture technologies | zero carbon electricity and hydrogen | decarbonisation of heavy industries

Email address: m.lucquiaud@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 7216

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James

Maguire

Lecturer in Composites
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: sustainable composite materials | reuse & recycling of composite materials | characterisation & testing | process simulation and experimental validation

Email address: j.maguire@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr

Candice

Majewski

Senior Lecturer
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: additive manufacturing | metal-based sintering processes | polymer-based processes

Email address: c.majewski@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7791

Dr

Graeme

Manson

Senior Lecturer
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Email address: Graeme.Manson@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7790

Dr

Elena

Marensi

Senior Lecturer in Fluid Mechanics
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Email address: e.marensi@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7734

Professor

Matthew

Marshall

Professor
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: industrial friction, wear, and contact mechanics | tribology in aero-engines | composite materials | manufacturing tribology | wind turbine rotor bearings

Telephone: +44 114 222 7737

Dr

Alberto

Marzo

Senior Lecturer
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: 3D cardiovascular modelling | 1D whole-circulation modelling of blood flow through elastic vessels | optimisation of medical devices | haemodynamics on cardiovascular disease

Email address: a.marzo@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 0155

Professor

Kamran

Mumtaz

Professor in Advanced Manufacturing
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: additive manufacturing | laser powder bed fusion | novel manufacturing system development | design and manufacture of multi-laser diode architectures | enhanced thermal control

Email address: k.mumtaz@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7789

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Professor

Bill

Nimmo

Professor of Energy Engineering and Sustainability
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Email address: w.nimmo@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 7213

Dr

Andrew F.

Nowakowski

Lecturer
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: aerodynamics | multi-component | multi-phase flows | hydrodynamic forces

Email address: a.f.nowakowski@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7812

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Dr

Christophe

Pinna

Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: mechanics of materials | fatigue | fracture | manufacturing process modelling | experimental and computational mechanics

Email address: c.pinna@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7831

Professor

Mohamed

Pourkashanian OBE

Head of the Energy Innovation Centre
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: future clean and sustainable energy technology | multi-scale energy processes | zero carbon fuels | computational and CFD modelling

Email address: m.pourkashanian@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 21 57222

Dr

Jevgenija

Prisutova

University Teacher
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: acoustics | complex intensity distribution in waveguides with varying inhomogeneities | sustainable sound-absorbing materials | fibre-optic sensing

Email address: j.prisutova@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 4033

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Dr

Connie

Qian

Senior Lecturer in Composites
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: composites manufacturing process simulation | multi-scale modelling for composites | structural simulation and optimisation | high-volume composites manufacturing processes

Email address: c.qian@sheffield.ac.uk

Professor

Ning

Qin

Professor of Aerodynamics
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: computational aerodynamics | computational fluid dynamics | gas turbines | wind turbine aerodynamics | compressible flows

Email address: n.qin@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7718

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Professor

Pierre

Ricco

Professor in Fluid Mechanics
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: flow control | flow instability | transition to turbulence | perturbation methods in applied mathematics

Email address: p.ricco@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7726

Dr

Timothy

Rogers

Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: machine learning for structural dynamics & Structural Health Monitoring | statistical modelling | nonlinear system identification | joint input/state/parameter identification

Email address: tim.rogers@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7820

Professor

Jem

Rongong

Deputy Head of School, Director of One University
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: viscoelastic damping materials | surface damping treatments | friction-based systems | active & adaptive structures | design of damped components

Email address: j.a.rongong@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7845

Dr

Jennifer

Rowson

Lecturer
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: biomechanics of upper limb performance | assessment of dexterity and hand manipulation | inclusive design of objects and products for people | motion capture

Email address: j.rowson@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7878

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Professor

Neil

Sims

Professor of Mechanical Engineering
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: smart fluids | machining vibration | uncertainty propagation

Email address: n.sims@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7724

Dr

Patrick

Smith

Senior Lecturer
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: inkjet printing | manufacture in additive applications as well as in areas such as digital print and digital textiles | fundamental inkjet | reactive inkjet printing

Email address: patrick.smith@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44114 222 7738

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Dr

Keith

Tarnowski

Senior University Teacher
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: fracture mechanics | crack growth mechanisms | structural integrity

Email address: k.tarnowski@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7721

Professor

Ashutosh

Tiwari

Airbus / RAEng Research Chair in Digitisation for Manufacturing
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: digitisation of skill-intensive manufacturing processes | multi-level optimisation of manufacturing processes and systems

Email address: a.tiwari@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5624

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Kate

Tomlinson

Lecturer in Tribology
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Email address: kate.tomlinson@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7888

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Professor

David

Wagg

Professor of Nonlinear Dynamics
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: digital twins for dynamics | nonlinear dynamics of flexible structures | vibration suppression and isolation systems | structural control techniques

Email address: david.wagg@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 0168

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Dr

Robert

Woolley

Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: acoustic wave flame interactions | fluid flow and heat transfer in porous media

Email address: rob.woolley@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 4335

Professor

Keith

Worden

Professor of Mechanical Engineering
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: signal processing | machine learning | structural dynamics in aerospace | non-linear systems | structural health monitoring for aerospace systems and structures

Email address: K.Worden@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7758

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Dr

Xiancheng

Yu

Lecturer in Brain Biomechanics
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: biomechanics of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) | wearable sensor technologies | computational modeling | enhancing safety in sports, transportation and working environment.