Staffordshire Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Engineering

Professor-Low Carbon & Renew Energy Sys

Prof Gohari Darabkhani has focused his research and industry collaborations on technologies and projects that directly contribute to resolving current major issues in the energy industry to achieving net-zero emission targets by 2050.

Emeritus Professor

Torfeh's expertise lies in plastic electronics, Photovoltaics, Experimental Physics, Electronic Material; Thin Films Technology and Optoelectronics. Torfeh is also course leader for Advanced Technology MSc

Associate Professor

I joined Staffordshire University in 2019 with years of academic & industrial experiences. My main field of interest is CFD simulation of applied thermo-fluid problems for renewable energy technologies, Solar Energy & Thermal Energy Storage.

Associate Professor

Alison's expertise includes smart grids and their protection and renewable integration, smart homes, wireless sensor network design, implementation and optimisation.

Senior Lecturer

Chris worked as a Design Engineer in the automotive sector and in secondary Education specialising in creativity and Product Design Technology. His interests include historical product design, new manufacturing methods & materials and creati…

Course Director, Design

Course Director for Design at the University of Staffordshire, with industry experience in product development and a passion for interdisciplinary education. My research focuses on Emotional Design, symbolic meaning and creative practice.

Foundation Year Course Leader

Senior Lecturer for Automotive & Transport Design, and Product, Furniture, Ceramics, with 20 years’ experience as a luxury designer for Wedgwood, Royal Doulton, Viners, Aspreys, and 10 years as a product development manager at Michelin Lifestyle.

Course leader, BA Product, Furniture, Ceramics

Tim Forrester is one of Britain's most innovative designers. He achieved great success whilst working in Milan before returning to the UK to design and manufacture his high quality, inspirational and versatile furniture ranges.

Senior Lecturer

Dr Awan is Senior Lecturer in Mechanical & Automotive Engineering and Award Leader for MSc Automotive Engineering and MSc Mechanical Engineering and Sustainable Energy Technologies within School of Digital, Technology, Innovation and Business.

Senior Lecturer

Andy's research interests include Automotive Propulsion and Vehicle Dynamics (mostly Engine related areas) branching out into Autonomous and Future Automotive.

Course Director

Debi has served as Course Leader, Course Director and former Interim Head of Department. She is an experienced academic and now looks after Distance Learning and Apprenticeships.

Associate Professor of Architecture

Islam is the Architecture Course Leader. He is an Architect with extensive experience in the design and construction of the built environment. Islam’s research focuses on the intersections between Architecture, Film and Sustainability.

Senior Lecturer

Dr Naveed is the Course Leader for the MSc in Electrical Engineering and Renewable Energy Systems. His expertise lies in electrical power systems, with a primary research focus on power quality issues within both current and prospective power grids.

Professor

Abdel-Hamid's expertise includes automation, including Smart Cities, Building automation, Energy management, Security, Safety and health applications.

Head of Engineering

Dr. Sheikh Islam is the Head of Engineering at University of Staffordshire, bringing over 13 years of experience in academia and industry to his role.

Senior Lecturer

Dr Siva Marimuthu obtained his aeronautical engineering related academic & research experiences from India, Malaysia & UAE. His main area of interest is the implementation of biomimetic surface patterns to solve problems in the fluid regime.

Senior Lecturer

Senior Lecturer Course Leader - BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering Course Leader - Manufacturing Engineer Degree Apprenticeship.

Associate Professor

I am currently an Associate Professor in Operational Research at Staffordshire University. I teach math modules at the Engineering Dept. The focus of my research is to apply analytics tools in healthcare, comm. networks and environmental sciences.

Course Leader

Tamoor is an Electrical Engineer with more than 12 years of experience in industry and academia. Tamoor is a senior lecturer in automation and robotics engineering, his research interests include: IoT, Soft robotics, SLAMs, Smart City, AI, and ML.

Senior Lecturer

Dr Masum Billah has gained his academic, research, and industrial experience in electronic engineering from England and Bangladesh, focusing primarily on addressing real-world 'Health and Wellbeing' issues.

Course Director

David's expertise focuses on control engineering, electrical circuit analysis, analogue electronics and hardware-based digital electronics. His research interests focus on social implications of technology and the use of AI for power systems design.

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