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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Name Telephone Email Office
Dr Mayo Adetoro Dr Mayo Adetoro
Senior Lecturer
T: +44 (0)1895 266283
E: mayo.adetoro@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266283 mayo.adetoro@brunel.ac.uk Howell Building 127
Dr Giulio Alfano Dr Giulio Alfano
Reader - Mechanical Engineering PGR Director
I am Reader in Computational Mechanics at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engin...
T: +44 (0)1895 267062
E: giulio.alfano@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 267062 giulio.alfano@brunel.ac.uk Howell Building 108
Dr Farid Arya Dr Farid Arya
Senior Lecturer in Engineering (Education)
Dr Farid Arya is currently a Senior Lecturer in Engineering at Brunel University London. He complete...
T: +44 (0)1895 266387
E: farid.arya@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266387 farid.arya@brunel.ac.uk Howell 102
Dr Colin Axon Dr Colin Axon
Reader
Reader in the Institute of Energy Futures and Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. My...
T: +44 (0)1895 267932
E: colin.axon@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 267932 colin.axon@brunel.ac.uk Howell Building 121
Mr Oliver Buchan Mr Oliver Buchan
HP Lecturer - Mechanical Engineering
Oliver Buchan is an educator and consultant specialising in light integration within the built envir...
E: oliver.buchan@brunel.ac.uk
oliver.buchan@brunel.ac.uk
Dr James Campbell Dr James Campbell
Reader - Structural Integrity
 James Campbell BEng MSc PhD CEng FRAeS Dr James Campbell is Reader in Structural Integrity, Fe...
T: +44 (0)1895 266482
+44 (0)1895 266482 Howell Building 107
Professor Kai Cheng Professor Kai Cheng
Professor
EDUCATION AND DEGREES BEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering, 1st Class, Harbin Institute of Technol...
T: +44 (0)1895 267255
E: kai.cheng@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 267255 kai.cheng@brunel.ac.uk Tower A 208
Dr Tze Pei Chong Dr Tze Pei Chong
Reader/Industrial Placement Tutor
T: +44 (0)1895 266370
E: t.p.chong@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266370 t.p.chong@brunel.ac.uk Howell Building 117
Mr Sean Cullen Mr Sean Cullen
Lecturer in Engineering Manufacturing
Sean is a lecturer at Brunel focussing on Engineering manufacturing and management. He completed an ...
T: +44 (0)1895 265542
E: sean.cullen3@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 265542 sean.cullen3@brunel.ac.uk Howell 104
Dr Rebecca De Coster Dr Rebecca De Coster
Lecturer in Innovation
Rebecca De Coster is a Lecturer in Innovation in the AMEE group and is Course Director for the new M...
T: +44 (0)1895 265784
E: rebecca.decoster@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 265784 rebecca.decoster@brunel.ac.uk Howell Building 126
Dr Zahir Dehouche Dr Zahir Dehouche
Senior Lecturer
T: +44 (0)1895 267559
E: zahir.dehouche@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 267559 zahir.dehouche@brunel.ac.uk Howell Building 128
Dr Nenad Djordjevic Dr Nenad Djordjevic
Senior Lecturer in Structural Integrity
Dr Nenad Djordjevic is a Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at Brunel University London, Rese...
T: +44 (0)1895 266427
E: nenad.djordjevic@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266427 nenad.djordjevic@brunel.ac.uk Howell Building 107
Dr Xinli Du Dr Xinli Du
Senior Lecturer in Robotics & Autonomous Systems
Dr Xinli Du joined Brunel Institute for Bioengineering as a Research Lecturer in August 2010. Xinli&...
T: +44 (0)1895 265848
E: xinli.du@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 265848 xinli.du@brunel.ac.uk Tower A 310
Professor Lionel Ganippa Professor Lionel Ganippa
Professor
Academic and Professional Qualifications PhD - Internal Combustion Engines – Chalmers University of...
T: +44 (0)1895 266721
E: lionel.ganippa@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266721 lionel.ganippa@brunel.ac.uk Howell Building 103A
Dr Alvin Gatto Dr Alvin Gatto
Senior Lecturer/UG Course Director
Senior Lecturer in Aerospace 2015-present Teaching Qualifications: Postgraduate Certificate in Learn...
T: +44 (0)1895 267434
E: alvin.gatto@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 267434 alvin.gatto@brunel.ac.uk Howell Building 130
Dr Marius Gintalas Dr Marius Gintalas
Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
Dr Marius Gintalas obtained his doctoral degree in Mechanical Engineering studying fracture toughnes...
T: +44 (0)1895 266428
E: marius.gintalas@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266428 marius.gintalas@brunel.ac.uk Howell Building 107
Dr Susan Grant Dr Susan Grant
Senior Lecturer
Susan‘s research interests lie in the area of supply chain knowledge networks. She is currentl...
T: +44 (0)1895 265384
E: susan.grant@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 265384 susan.grant@brunel.ac.uk Tower A 206
Mrs Petra Gratton Mrs Petra Gratton
Lecturer
Academic ResponsibilitiesAssociate Dean for Professional Development and Graduate OutcomesAcadem...
T: +44 (0)1895 266684
E: petra.gratton@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266684 petra.gratton@brunel.ac.uk Howell Building 115
Dr Olinkha Gustafson-Pearce Dr Olinkha Gustafson-Pearce
HP Lecturer - Mechanical Engineering
Olinkha Gustafson-Pearce is module leader and lecturer in Graphic Communication. She studied Graphic...
E: olinkha.gustafson-pearce@brunel.ac.uk
olinkha.gustafson-pearce@brunel.ac.uk
Dr Kevin Hughes Dr Kevin Hughes
Senior Lecturer in Structural Integrity
Dr Kevin Hughes graduated from Cranfield University where he obtained an MSc in Astronautics and Spa...
T: +44 (0)1895 266436
E: kevin.hughes@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266436 kevin.hughes@brunel.ac.uk Howell Building 107
Professor Atanas Ivanov Professor Atanas Ivanov
Professor of Advanced Engineering Design
Dr Ivanov world-leading expertise in non-traditional manufacturing spans over a decade of innovating...
T: +44 (0)1895 265220
E: atanas.ivanov@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 265220 atanas.ivanov@brunel.ac.uk Tower A 204
Dr Changzhao Jiang Dr Changzhao Jiang
Lecturer in Engines and Fuels
Dr Changzhao Jiang is a Lecturer in Engines and Fuels in the department of Mechanical and Aerospace ...
T: +44 (0)1895 267954
E: changzhao.jiang@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 267954 changzhao.jiang@brunel.ac.uk Howell Building 114
Professor Hussam Jouhara Professor Hussam Jouhara
Professor/Department Director for Research
Having worked in academia and the industry, Hussam has unique expertise in working on applied heat e...
T: +44 (0)1895 267805
E: hussam.jouhara@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 267805 hussam.jouhara@brunel.ac.uk Howell Building 110
Professor Tassos Karayiannis Professor Tassos Karayiannis
Professor
EDUCATIONPhD Engineering Science, Convective Heat Transfer, The University of Western Ontario, Lon...
T: +44 (0)1895 267132
E: tassos.karayiannis@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 267132 tassos.karayiannis@brunel.ac.uk Howell Building 255
Dr Carola Koenig Dr Carola Koenig
Reader / Vice Dean (International)
Carola König is a Reader and Vice Dean International in the College of Engineering, Design...
T: +44 (0)1895 266915
E: carola.koenig@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266915 carola.koenig@brunel.ac.uk Howell Building 134
Professor Maria Kolokotroni Professor Maria Kolokotroni
Associate Dean E&D / Professor
Academic Career I studied for an MSc in Environmental Design and Engineering at the Bartlett School,...
T: +44 (0)1895 266688
E: maria.kolokotroni@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266688 maria.kolokotroni@brunel.ac.uk Howell Building 122
Dr Quan Long Dr Quan Long
Senior Lecturer in Fluid Mechanics
T: +44 (0)1895 266689
E: quan.long@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266689 quan.long@brunel.ac.uk Howell Building 101a
Dr Ruth Mackay Dr Ruth Mackay
Senior Lecturer
Dr Mackay is a Mechanical Engineer with a particular interest within the biomedical field.  She...
T: +44 (0)1895 267378
E: ruth.mackay@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 267378 ruth.mackay@brunel.ac.uk Howell Building 132
Dr Cristinel Mares Dr Cristinel Mares
Reader Director of Teaching and Learning
T: +44 (0)1895 266718
E: cristinel.mares@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266718 cristinel.mares@brunel.ac.uk Howell Building 111
Professor Thanos Megaritis Professor Thanos Megaritis
Professor/Interim Head of Department-MAE
Academic Career2011 to date. Professor in Thermofluids, Brunel University London 2005-2011. S...
T: +44 (0)1895 266682
E: thanos.megaritis@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266682 thanos.megaritis@brunel.ac.uk Howell Building 109
Dr Timothy Minton Dr Timothy Minton
Senior Lecturer in Engineering
T: +44 (0)1895 267945
E: timothy.minton@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 267945 timothy.minton@brunel.ac.uk Howell 113
Dr Alireza Mousavi Dr Alireza Mousavi
Professor
Graduated as BEng with equivalent of first class from Tehran Azad University in Industrial Engineeri...
T: +44 (0)1895 265788
E: alireza.mousavi@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 265788 alireza.mousavi@brunel.ac.uk Howell Building 231
Professor Diane Mynors Professor Diane Mynors
Professor
Professor Diane J Mynors is Head of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at B...
T: +44 (0)1895 267603
E: diane.mynors@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 267603 diane.mynors@brunel.ac.uk Tower A 210
Dr Yohan Noh Dr Yohan Noh
Lecturer in Manufacturing Engineering
He received his first B.Sc. degreefrom the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National Univ...
T: +44 (0)1895 267504
E: yohan.noh@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 267504 yohan.noh@brunel.ac.uk Tower A 209
Dr Moschos Papananias Dr Moschos Papananias
Lecturer in Manufacturing Engineering
Academic CareerLecturer in Manufacturing Engineering, Brunel University London, Sep 2023 - present...
T: +44 (0)1895 266391
E: moschos.papananias@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266391 moschos.papananias@brunel.ac.uk Howell 102
Dr Rui Ramos Cardoso Dr Rui Ramos Cardoso
Senior Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering
T: +44 (0)1895 268427
E: rui.ramoscardoso@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 268427 rui.ramoscardoso@brunel.ac.uk Howell Building 125
Dr Harjit Singh Dr Harjit Singh
Reader in Sustainable Energy Technologies
Dr Singh received his BEng, and MEng (IIT Roorkee, India) with specialisation in Mechanical and Ther...
T: +44 (0)1895 265468
E: harjit.singh@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 265468 harjit.singh@brunel.ac.uk Howell Building 131
Dr Edward Smith Dr Edward Smith
Senior Lecturer in Fluid Dynamics
Edward Smith (www.edwardsmith.co.uk) is a researcher working on multi-scale methods combining partic...
T: +44 (0)1895 266480
E: edward.smith@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266480 edward.smith@brunel.ac.uk Howell Building 105
Dr Valentina Stojceska Dr Valentina Stojceska
Reader
PhD in Food Engineering – School of Biosystems Engineering, University College Dublin Postgraduate C...
T: +44 (0)1895 267328
E: valentina.stojceska@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 267328 valentina.stojceska@brunel.ac.uk Howell Building 116
Dr Gera Troisi Dr Gera Troisi
Senior Lecturer
Dr Gera M. Troisi is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering i...
T: +44 (0)1895 266958
E: gera.troisi@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266958 gera.troisi@brunel.ac.uk Tower A 207
Dr James Tyacke Dr James Tyacke
Senior Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering (Aerodynamics)
As Senior Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering, I am primarily interested in Large Eddy Simulation (LES...
E: james.tyacke@brunel.ac.uk
james.tyacke@brunel.ac.uk Howell Building 123b
Professor Rade Vignjevic Professor Rade Vignjevic
Professor - Structural Integrity
Professor Rade Vignjevic joined Brunel from Cranfield University, where he was Head of the Applied M...
T: +44 (0)1895 268455
E: v.rade@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 268455 v.rade@brunel.ac.uk Howell Building 107
Dr Bin Wang Dr Bin Wang
Reader
Bin Wang graduated with BEng (1985) in Solid Mechanics from Xi’an Jiaotong University, MSc (19...
T: +44 (0)1895 267304
E: bin.wang@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 267304 bin.wang@brunel.ac.uk Howell Building 119
Dr Xinyan Wang Dr Xinyan Wang
Senior Research Fellow - Fellowship Programme
Dr Xinyan Wang is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre of Advanced Powertrain and Fuels,...
T: +44 (0)1895 265903
E: xinyan.wang@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 265903 xinyan.wang@brunel.ac.uk Howell 124
Dr Mingfeng Wang Dr Mingfeng Wang
Lecturer in Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Academic CareerLecturer, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Brunel University Lon...
T: +44 (0)1895 266411
E: mingfeng.wang@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266411 mingfeng.wang@brunel.ac.uk Howell 123
Dr Jan Wissink Dr Jan Wissink
Senior Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering
T: +44 (0)1895 267371
E: jan.wissink@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 267371 jan.wissink@brunel.ac.uk Howell Building 112
Dr Jun Xia Dr Jun Xia
Senior Lecturer
T: +44 (0)1895 265433
E: jun.xia@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 265433 jun.xia@brunel.ac.uk Howell Building 133
Dr Qingping Yang Dr Qingping Yang
Reader
Dr QingPing Yang is currently the Group Leader for Brunel Quality Engineering and Smart Technology (...
T: +44 (0)1895 265854
E: qingping.yang@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 265854 qingping.yang@brunel.ac.uk Tower A 211
Dr Dong Zhang Dr Dong Zhang
Lecturer in Automotive Design
Dr. Dong Zhang is a Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor) in Automotive Design in the departm...
T: +44 (0)1895 265600
E: dong.zhang@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 265600 dong.zhang@brunel.ac.uk Howell 129
Dr Bin Zhang Dr Bin Zhang
Lecturer in Additive Manufacturing
Dr Bin Zhang is a Lecturer in Additive Manufacturing in the department of Mechanical and Aerospace E...
T: +44 (0)1895 268573
E: bin.zhang@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 268573 bin.zhang@brunel.ac.uk Howell 118