I currently hold the lecturer position within the Department of Engineering and Maths at Sheffield Hallam University, where I facilitate and support higher education learning. I specialize in teaching modules on civil engineering, railway engineering, and project management. I am passionate about bridging the gap between theory and practice for students' success. My research interests include transportation planning, materials analysis, and construction management.

I am currently a lecturer in the Department of Engineering and Maths at Sheffield Hallam University, where I am dedicated to facilitating and supporting higher education learning. With nearly eight years of university teaching experience before joining Sheffield Hallam, I have honed my skills in teaching modules on civil engineering, railway engineering, and project management.

I hold a PhD and MSc in Civil and Environmental Engineering, an MBA specializing in Strategic Management, and a B.Eng. in Civil Engineering. I am also a Fellow of the Advance HE. 

My passion lies in bridging the gap between theory and practice, ensuring the success of my students by providing them with a comprehensive understanding of the complexities within engineering. My research interests are diverse and include transportation planning, materials analysis, construction management, pavement evaluation, traffic engineering and safety, rail infrastructure life cycle analysis, statistical modelling for road infrastructures and pavements, accident analysis and vehicle safety, traffic psychology, intelligent transportation systems, and construction methods and management.

Through my teaching and research, I strive to inspire and empower the next generation of engineers to achieve their full potential.

I mostly teach Mechanical Engineering themed subjects such as applied mechanics, dynamics and control systems. Previously, I worked in the oil and gas industry as field engineer on design and delivery of well testing and perforation (TCP) solutions and later in oil well cementing. One of my proudest moments still is developing and successful deployment of a multizone perforation approach which is still used in the industry. I obtained an MSc in Advanced Mechanical Engineering from the University of Leeds and a BEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Port Harcourt in Nigeria.

I Joined Sheffield Hallam University in 2021 and I am currently Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering. My research is focussed on the design, modelling and control of dynamic and autonomous systems such as UAVs and ground vehicles. This follows on from work which I did during my PhD at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). I am also interested in applications of renewable energy systems and experimental stress analysis. I am a chartered engineer and member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). I am course leader for the MEng/BEng (Hon) Mechanical Engineering Courses at Hallam. I thoroughly enjoy leading a transformative engineering programme where individuals are inspired, supported and challenged in their development as professional engineers ready to take on and solve contemporary engineering problems.

Muhammad Akmal did his PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Power Systems) from Queen's University Belfast (QUB), UK, in 2011. He was recipient of The Charles Parsons Energy Research Award from Science Foundation Ireland for his PhD research. He joined Sheffield Hallam University as Senior Lecturer in September 2018, where he has actively contributed to Teaching, Research and Program Leadership. He has won multiple awards of inspirational teaching at SHU. Prior to that, he was with Abu Dhabi University as Associate Professor (2017-2018) and Assistant Professor (2012-2017) where he has won 3 awards for excellence in teaching including one University Teaching Award for the academic year 2015-16. He has also secured research and equipment grants worth more than £200,000. He has published more than 50 research papers in prestigious international journals and conferences. His research interests are Power Systems modeling and simulation, Distributed Generation and integration into the grid, Smart Grids and Demand Side Management. He is an active reviewer for articles submitted to the prestigious journals of IEEE and IET related to Power and Energy. Dr. Akmal is a senior member of IEEE and a Senior Fellow of Advance HE.

I am a Senior Lecturer in the Future Transportation subject group where I teach across various courses including; Aerospace, Automotive, and Railway engineering. I am also the course leader for Automotive Engineering. My research interests include; design and development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the application of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and finite element analysis (FEA) in engineering design/analysis, and bio-inspired design. 

• PhD graduate in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Sheffield (2016).
• Researcher assistant at the Institution of Innovation and Sustainable Engineering at Derby University (2016-2017). 
• Lecturer in Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineering in Chesterfield College (2017-2018)
• Guest lecturer in Automotive Engineering at Hubei University of Automotive Technology (China) (2019).
• Senior lecturer and EASA instructor in Aeronautical Engineering at the Military Technological College (Oman) (2019-2021).
• Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering at Coventry University (2021-2022). 

Specialist areas of interest

• Magnetic and Electromagnetic Applications
• Electrical Machines
• Permanent Magnet applications
• FEM of Electromagnetic applications
• Non Destructive Testing
• Power Electronics

Structural Engineering

Structural Mechanics

Stress Analysis in Solids

Structural Design of Buildings

He completed his first degree at University of Aveiro (Portugal) and he holds a PhD in Materials Engineering from The University of Sheffield, where was is a Visiting Fellow (2017-2020). Prior to joining Sheffield Hallam, he was a Senior Research Fellow/Lecturer in the School of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham (UK) (2009-2012) and visiting Research Fellow in the Department of Physics at the University of Warwick (UK). In the past he was a Marie Curie Training Fellow, at The Max Planck Institute in Germany (2002), a Marie Curie Visiting Fellow at the Complutense University of Madrid in Spain (2007) and a Visiting Research Scholar, in the Materials Research Institute at Penn State University in USA (2006) and a Visiting Professor at UFPEL in Brazil (2015-2017). 

Dr Asquith graduated with a degree in Engineering Physics in 2001 and shortly after studied for an MPhil in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Sheffield University (2004). In 2008, he did a PhD in the department of Materials Science, also at the University of Sheffield. Both projects studied surface engineered aluminium with synchrotron diffraction to understand fatigue performance. After finishing his studies, David worked as a Post-Doc. at the University of Sheffield on a variety of experimental mechanics projects in the Mechanical Engineering department. David joined Sheffield Hallam University as a Lecturer in 2010.

Dr Asquith's main interests are in experimental mechanics particularly for studying fatigue and fracture. He has published work on the characterisation of residual stresses and fatigue behaviour of surface engineered materials. Current research projects are looking at the size effects in fracture specimens and non-contacting optical methods for fatigue and fracture measurements. David work's predominantly with metallic materials and specialises in Aluminium but has recently begun working with elastic polymers and composites. 

Dr Asquith has expertise in diffraction measurements for residual strain, thin film and texture analysis using laboratory XRD, synchrotron and neutron sources. He has also worked extensively with 3D Digital Image Correlation and recently introduced the technique to SHU. David is an experimentalist foremost but also has interests in analytical and numerical modelling of the problems he works with. He is involved in KTP delivery, and has two recent Innovate grants.

Between his first degree and MPhil David worked for Professor Noel Sharkey at Sheffield University developing autonomous robotic platforms, this has led to some engagement with the Robotics group here at SHU although current research is more focused on smart materials for robotic handling.

Since joining the university in 2009, Abhishek has delivered 45 industrial projects of energy research, knowledge transfer and consultancy, winning external funding of £2 Million. He has developed 5 commercial software packages and is the inventor of 4 patents.

Abhishek leads 3 courses - BEng Energy Engineering, BEng Chemical Engineering and MEng Chemical Engineering.

He is also the Deputy Director of the Doctoral Training Alliance in Energy formed by 19 British Universities in the University Alliance.

Abhishek is also the Director of Hallam Energy. He is part of a multidisciplinary team with a wide range of engineering knowledge supporting industry through initiatives such the Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme and the Industrial Heat Recovery Scheme. 

Abhishek has won many awards and honours including

• Industry Representative and Global Ambassador of the Institution of Engineering Technology (IET) since 2014
• College Course Awards for leading the BEng Energy Engineering Course to more than 90% student satisfaction in the NSS, every year from 2011 to 2015
• Nomination to Inspirational Teacher Award in a student nominated scheme every year from 2012 to 2016
• Contribution Pay Award with a double salary increment for outstanding contribution to the university's objectives
• Allocation de Recherche, a stipend of € 75,000 and university fee for PhD from the Ministry of Education, Research and Technology of France, 2004 to 2007
• Eiffel Scholarship, a stipend of € 34,000 and university fee from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France, 2002 to 2004
• Best PhD Student Poster, an award of €250 from the French Society of Chemical Engineering (SFGP)
• Best Student Business Idea, prize air tickets to Hong Kong and Singapore from United Airlines in a technical competition, 2001

His areas of interest are:

• Energy from waste and incineration
• Power generation
• Refrigeration and air conditioning
• Biomass and bio energy
• Combustion, gasification and pyrolysis
• Pollution abatement in air, water and soil
• Oil and gas
• Nuclear energy
• Wind and hydro energy
• Energy efficiency and recovery
• Process simulation and optimisation

I am a Senior Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University, teaching at all levels and supervising undergraduate dissertation students each year on various mathematical physics topics such as black holes, warp field theory, time travel models, and solutions to Schrodinger's equation.

My interests in maths and physics include most things quantum and relativistic, but my focus just now is SU(N) EYM theory in anti de-Sitter space; specifically, aspects of black holes and solitons in a range of general cases.

I’m a Lecturer in Automotive Engineering and Dynamics. My research works are focused on dynamic modelling and analysis of compliant robotic systems, synthesis and optimisation of multibody systems, Electric Vehicles, and multidisciplinary optimization. I’m currently oriented to digital twin applications in Industry 5.0 considering the use of Artificial Intelligence with an enhanced learning in robotic applications.

Prveen Bidare is Institute of Mechanical Engineer chartered professional with more than 15 years of industrial and research experience in the field of sustainable manufacturing with particular expertise in enabling intelligence in manufacturing processes.

Prveen received his doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from Heriot-Watt University (HWU) in 2017, with a thesis focusing on in-situ monitoring of additive manufacturing. Prveen has worked with companies like Siemens AG, General Electric (GE), and the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) to design and develop novel sustainable manufacturing processes. Throughout his career, he has led and completed industrial projects worth over £1.5 million, collaborating with leading industries such as Renishaw, Rolls Royce, and the European Space Agency, as well as research centres like STFC and MTC. Prveen has a robust background in both fundamental and applied research, with over 20 high-quality publications, one patent, and a book chapter. He chaired the Early Career Researcher (ECR) Committee of the Association of Industrial Laser Users (AILU) and serves as a reviewer for more than 25 journals. Prveen was awarded GE's "Management Award" for advancing a key project, has served as an external and PhD examiner at SHU, and mentored engineers pursuing chartered fellowships with the IMechE. He has also been a visiting lecturer at IIT Indore and the University of Navarra, Spain. Additionally, he holds the title of Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham.

Professor Paul A. Bingham has over 25 years' experience in his field and has a strong international research and innovation group working primarily in glasses, ceramics, energy and waste management. Paul sits on many external and internal committees and panels; and he contributes to teaching in Materials Engineering.

Professor Paul A. Bingham gained a BEng (Hons) degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Sheffield in 1995. He then pursued PhD studies, also at the University of Sheffield, on the topic of glass science and technology, and was awarded his PhD in 2000. In 1999 Paul joined Glass Technology Services Ltd as a Glass Technologist, and was promoted to Senior Glass Technologist in 2002. In this role Paul carried out industrially-focused R&D and problem-solving, ranging from development of new environmentally-friendly glasses to forensic examination and glass plant production problems.

In 2004 Paul returned to academia, joining the Immobilisation Science Laboratory (ISL) at the University of Sheffield as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. In this role Paul worked on glasses and ceramics for the safe immobilisation of radioactive and toxic wastes, and also on energy-friendly materials development and waste management.

Paul joined Sheffield Hallam University in January 2012 as a Senior Lecturer in Materials Engineering, and became a Reader in Materials Engineering in 2015 and Professor of Glasses and Ceramics in 2018. In 2019 Paul took on the role of Research Lead for the Department of Engineering and Mathematics, a role he held until 2021. Paul contributes to teaching of Materials Engineering, with specific focus on materials composition / structure / property relations; and glass and ceramics technologies.

Paul is a past Course Leader for Part-Time and Full-Time Materials Engineering degree courses (FdEng, BEng (Hons)) and led past successful re-accreditations of these courses by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3).

To date Paul has published over 120 research papers, articles and patent applications in the fields of glasses; glass-ceramics; energy and the environment; waste management and nuclear and toxic waste treatment; advanced spectroscopy; and manufacturing technologies. He has co-edited and co-authored a book on the subject of low-energy, environmentally-friendly glasses and he has a strong track record in attracting research funding from bodies as diverse as UK Research Councils, Innovate UK, BEIS, European Union, US Department of Energy and industry. He currently holds a number of active research grants.

He is Director of Studies for several PhD students and line manages many postdoctoral researchers, visiting academics and interns. Paul is a Fellow of the Society of Glass Technology and is Secretary of its Basic Science and Technology Committee. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and is a reviewer for over 10 international journals, the US DoE Nuclear Energy Universities Programme and EU H2020 funding bids. He is also a Full College Member of the EPSRC Peer Review College.

Paul sits on several international and national committees. He is a member of the International Commission on Glass Technical Committee 5: Waste Vitrification and the RAL-ISIS Neutron User Committee. He was elected onto the Sector Decarbonisation Roadmap Committee for the ceramics industry, which directly advises the UK Government in this area. He is also a lead Academic Advisor to Glass Futures, which aims to develop a state-of-the-art training and R&D facility in glass. Paul also carries out a wide range of consultancy activities. He has consulted for the UK Government's Committee on Climate Change and for the ceramics, optoelectronics and glass industries. He also acts as an international expert witness and has worked with some of the world's largest and most well-known companies in his field.

He has organised multiple conferences and was Chair of the Local Organising Committee for the highly successful Centenary Conference of the Society of Glass Technology in 2016. He has given many Invited Presentations at international conferences, and actively engages with the international academic and industrial communities.

Specialist areas of interest:

- Materials Engineering;
- Energy;
- Environment;
- Glasses and Ceramics.

Tim started his academic career in the UK as a Lecturer at the University of Manchester, in February 2004. Prior to that appointment he had nine years of research experience on the modelling, control, performance monitoring and optimisation of industrial systems.

Adriano Cerminara studied at the University of Rome La Sapienza for his BEng in Aerospace Engineering and his MSc in Aeronautical Engineering, obtaining also the Pegasus Certificate for the European Network of Excellence in Aerospace Engineering.

He carried out a PhD (awarded in 2017) in Aerospace Engineering in the Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics research group of the University of Southampton, with a thesis entitled "Boundary-Layer Receptivity and Breakdown Mechanisms for Hypersonic Flow over Blunt Leading-Edge Configurations". From 2017 to 2019 he was Research Fellow in Computational Aerothermodynamics at the University of Southampton, working on an EPSRC-funded project on transpiration cooling in hypersonic flows, in collaboration with University of Oxford, Imperial College, and University of Birmingham. During his time at the University of Southampton, he was also Teaching Assistant in different modules in both BEng and MSc programmes. From 2019 to 2022 he was Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Wolverhampton, where he also obtained his PGCert Certificate in Academic Practice in Higher Education.

Since 2023, he is Senior Lecturer and Course Leader of the BEng/MEng Aerospace Engineering at Sheffield Hallam University, and, since, 2024, Operations Lead of the Future Transportation subject group. He has been working in different international projects, including combined numerical – experimental studies in high-speed flows, in collaboration with leading aerospace research agencies, including the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), European Space Agency (ESA), and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), as well as leading aerospace companies. He has been actively involved in different NATO AVT (Applied Vehicle Technology) Task Forces focused on the study of hypersonic boundary layer transition and hypersonic turbulence. He is a Member of the Royal Aeronautical Society (MRAeS), the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (MAIAA), and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). He is also member of the UK Turbulence Consortium (UKTC), and the UK Fluid Network. He also serves as a reviewer for leading journals in fluid dynamics and aerospace engineering, including the Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Aerospace Science and Technology, and AIAA Journal. He is the author of over 30 scientific publications on hypersonic aerothermodynamics, boundary-layer receptivity, flow stability, and transition to turbulence.

Dr Cheng joined Sheffield Hallam University in January 2016. He is dedicated to developing the chemical engineering programme and contributing to teaching several core chemical engineering modules. His teaching interest includes Introduction to Transport Phenomena, Advanced Transport processes, Unit Operations and Separation Processes and Design and Commission Group Projects and Research Projects etc. He is very active in developing interdisciplinary research subjects such as multiphase flow and heat transfer, enhanced heat transfer, advanced chemical engineering processes, oil and gas engineering, subsea technology, carbon capture and storage, energy saving and sustainable energy etc.

Dr Cheng obtained his PhD in Thermal Energy Engineering at the State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering of Xi'an Jiaotong University, China in 1998. He worked as associate professor in chemical engineering, senior lecturer and course leader in petroleum engineering, lecturer in chemical engineering, scientific collaborator, Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, senior research fellow and post-doctoral researcher at Aarhus University, Denmark, University of Portsmouth, University of Aberdeen, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Leibniz University of Hanover in Germany London South Bank University and Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands for 16 years since 2000.

He was a lecturer in chemical process machinery at South China University of Technology in 1998-2000. He has been invited to serve the scientific committee of several international conferences, give keynote lectures and lectures worldwide. He is the editor-in-chief of e-book series “Advances in Multiphase Flow and Heat Transfer” by Bentham Science Publishers, SpringerBriefs in “Multiphase Flow” and Book series “Frontiers and Progress in Multiphase Flow” by Springer Verlag in Germany. He is on the editorial board of several international journals. He has extensive research collaboration experience with a number of international universities and industry. 

He worked as design engineer in Weihai Pump Factory, China for 4 years. His research covers both experimental and modelling in multiphase flow and heat transfer and relevant interdisciplinary research topics. he has published more than 80 papers, 8 book chapters and edited 8 books. He is reviewer for more than 40 international journals and several book proposals and a number of international conferences.

Experiments and modelling on gas liquid two-phase flow and heat transfer, heat and mass transfer, multiphase flow dynamics, flow boiling and condensation, transport phenomena in macro- and micro-channels, cooling and heating technology, nanofluid flow and heat transfer, enhanced heat transfer and energy saving, thermal energy system, carbon capture and storage, and oil-gas-water multiphase flow technologies

Following 18 years in industry Luke joined Sheffield Hallam in November 2020 as a Senior Lecturer in Quantity Surveying. Luke has worked for a large Main Contractor and also Client side as a Consultant, undertaking both QS and Project Management roles.

After graduating from Sheffield Hallam University with a sandwich degree, Luke continued working for Laing Construction. Over the years he worked within Laing O'Rourke Construction South, Construction North and Infrastructure North and in the education, healthcare, sports and leisure and rail sectors. In 2013 Luke moved to work client side as a PQS as a Senior Cost Manager for Turner and Townsend from the Sheffield office. He worked on a number of projects across all sectors, specifically working within Further Education and with the Local Authority. Luke then moved to Mascot Management providing QS and PM services and became an Associate Director responsible for the QS Service. As a Senior Lecturer within the Department of the Natural and Built Environment Luke teaches predominantly Quantity Surveying subjects to both undergraduate and postgraduate students on RICS accredited courses. He is also the Course Leader for the Quantity Surveying Degree Apprenticeship courses. Luke is an APC Assessor and a member of the local group for the RICS.

I joined Sheffield Hallam University in 2001 as a lecturer. I am currently a Business and Enterprise (B&E) Portfolio Lead, overseeing the design, development and delivery of both under and post graduate accredited courses. My research interests are in improving manufacturing processes and operational efficiency using discrete-event simulation, lean and Six Sigma Techniques.

I have a BEng (Hons) and PhD from Sheffield Hallam University. Upon completing my PhD in modelling and simulation, I joined Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) to develop simulation models for BAE SYSTEMS. Numerous successful projects followed, including the assessment of long bed machining capability, determining the capacity of a runway and the associated taxi/wait times and the transfer of a Boeing aviation manufacturing facility from Salmesbury to Prestwick. In addition a 3D animation of the Joint Strike Fighter (F35) assembly was developed to assist in the visualisation of the proposed production process. On returning to Sheffield Hallam University, various consultancy projects have been successfully completed for Siemens Industrial Power Generation, CHEP (a BRAMBLES COMPANY), JRI (Joint Replacements Instrumentation) Ltd and Firth Rixson. To ensure continued industrially relevant experience David sought and was awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering secondment to gain an increased understanding of how Lean is implemented within the National Health Service (NHS). As a result of this opportunity numerous successful projects have been completed both by myself and my students. In 2014 I was awarded University Inspirational Research supervisor of the year.

To ensure that Sheffield Hallam becomes a world leading applied university, engagement and partnership with external stakeholders is vitally important. In my current role as B&E Portfolio Lead (E&M) I have developed a range of collaborative interventions, for example: consultancy, KTP and SIP projects; leading student projects in conjunction with local companies; facilitating student research projects and placement opportunities.

I enjoy developing and delivering an applied curriculum, through external and professional engagement to effectively identify and deliver work packages for the betterment of our students, the University, and local employers through regularly visiting local industry.

I have a sustained record of generating and leading external engagement activities, including:

• Liaising with employers - visiting businesses premises to identify employers’ current, medium and future needs, in addition to organising and running the bi-annual Industrial Advisory Boards, arranging employability fairs, and promoting the University's employability agenda.

• Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) - I have a successful track record of being Academic Lead for two Knowledge Transfer Partnership programmes: one with PMS Diecasting (now a Gripple subsidiary) and Evenort. The case studies developed while completing the KTP projects have successfully been used as the basis of assignments on the modules which I lead.

• Sheffield Innovation Programme (SIP) - Through engaging with SIP I have recently developed a case study in conjunction with a local SME and I am currently assessing 380 L7 students’ approaches to implementing Lean within their factory, to enhance productivity while reducing throughput time, thereby securing the long-term profitability of the business.

• Work-based projects - I have secured collaborative projects with McLaren, Jepson and Co, Embrace (NHS), Build-Lite (UK) Ltd. and other local SMEs, as part of the Level 5 Professional Practice module.

• Sheffield Hallam's Formula Student - As the Academic Advisor for Sheffield Hallam's Formula Student Team, I have led the development of the car for the past five seasons, 2017- present. With the team climbing up the leader board from c.80th place in summer 2017, to 13th in 2021 and reaching the design finals (top-five) and sponsors. For the first time, this year, I have engaged with the Business School to deliver live projects to their students, thereby enhancing the profile of the Department across the University.

Specialist areas of interest:
- Discrete-event simulation;
- Lean and 6 sigma techniques.

I graduated from Sheffield Hallam University in 1994 with a honours degree in Applied Chemistry and continued within the Materials and Engineering Research Institute to complete my PhD in 1998 involving the physicochemical properties of organo-mineral interactions. I recently completed 25 years employment at Sheffield Hallam University being involved in many multi-disciplinary research projects. I am also Head of Research Degrees for the College of Business, Technology and Engineering.

As a Principal Research Fellow and chemist at heart, my research interests cover several aspects of material science with an emphasis on polymers and composites.

My ongoing and previous projects include:

• Remediation of crude oil spills on water using waste polymers;
• Remediation of heavy metals from water using clay-chitosan composites;
• Peracetic acid based disinfectant formulations;
• Medical device and implant cleanliness;
• Rubber bush durability;
• Fire retardant composite resins;
• Polymer membranes and surface modification;
• Sustainable and flexible high barrier packaging;
• Controlled release open wound dressings;
• Stimuli responsive shape memory polymers;
• Intumescent paints

At the core of these projects is a detailed understanding of the interaction and compatibility of composite fillers with the polymer matrix. This is particularly relevant to the organo-mineral interactions involved in clay-polymer nanocomposites. Complimentary knowledge and practical application of the extensive analytical instruments within MERI (in particularly thermo-analytical) allows an enhanced understanding of the systems and allows further development of the research and novel products.

In addition to being involved in internal, UK government and European Funded projects, I actively engage in consultancy and have worked successfully with companies both small and large, national and international.

To help deliver on research projects I supervise and work alongside Erasmus and visiting PhD research students to offer working experience via a hands-on experimental approach.