School of Engineering

Organisation profile

Through dynamic research the School of Engineering is developing science based engineering solutions that are delivering impactful environmental, social and economic solutions that resonate worldwide.

The School’s five departments continue to build on their own rich legacy to remain the forefront of their respective fields and forge collaborations to address the key engineering challenges of our age.

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Department of Civil Engineering and Management

Department of Chemical Engineering

Department of Computer Science

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Fatima Abacha
- Department of Computer Science
Person: Doctor of Philosophy
Mohamed Abadi
- Civil Engineering and Management - Lecturer in the Mngmnt of Projects
Person: Academic
Hosameldin Anwar Mohamed Abdel Aleem
- CE - Teaching - Lecturer
Person: Academic
Hossein Abdi
- Department of Computer Science
Person: Doctor of Philosophy
Oluwapelumi Abiodun
- Department of Mechanical, Aerospace & Civil Engineering
Person: Doctor of Philosophy

A Mobius transformation-based liftoff effect reduction method for crack classification and prediction in eddy current testing
Li, Y., Xia, Z., She, S., Shao, Y., Yang, Y. & Yin, W., 1 Jan 2025, In: NDT & E International. 149, 103261.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Attention-guided hierarchical fusion U-Net for uncertainty-driven medical image segmentation
Munia, A. A., Abdar, M., Hasan, M., Jalali, M. S., Banerjee, B., Khosravi, A., Hossain, I., Fu, H. & Frangi, A. F., Mar 2025, In: Information Fusion. 115, 102719.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Bayesian optimization with embedded stochastic functionality for enhanced robotic obstacle avoidance
Teodorescu, C. S., West, A. & Lennox, B., 1 Jan 2025, In: Control Engineering Practice. 154, 106141.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
EddyBot: A multichannel FPGA-based Eddy Current Testing mobile robot
Lyu, R., Meng, T., Xiong, L., Tao, Y. & Yin, W., 1 Jan 2025, In: Measurement. 242, 115867.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Effect of micro-scale fibre uncertainties on the mechanical behaviour of natural/synthetic hybrid fibre composites
Yang, N., Zou, Z., Soutis, C., Potluri, P. & Katnam, K.-B., 1 Jan 2025, In: Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing. 188C, 108570.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Truly Affordable Housing Finance for Net Zero
McLachlan, C. (PI), Sharmina, M. (CoI), Paterson, M. (CoI) & Esquivel Guzman, J. A. (CoI)
1/08/24 → 31/07/25
Project: Research
How Dialogue Fractures: the Social Dynamics of Misinformation in the Digital Age
Popa-Wyatt, M. (PI), Batista-Navarro, R. T. (CoI) & Berskyte, J. (CoI)
1/08/24 → 31/07/25
Project: Research
eTALK: [eTALK] embodied Thought for Abstract Language Knowledge
Cangelosi, A. (PI)
26/06/24 → 25/06/29
Project: Research
BuildZero: transforming the UK's buildings for zero material extraction, zero carbon and zero waste
Sharmina, M. (PI) & Adelekan, A. (CoI)
1/06/24 → 31/05/29
Project: Research
Advancing Carbon Quantification for Net Zero: Innovating Retrofitting Homes to Reduce Whole-life Carbon Towards Carbon Neutrality of Greater Manchester
Achintha, M. (PI)
1/06/24 → 31/03/25
Project: Research

Accelerated development of a tidal stream energy industry
Stansby, P. (Participant), Apsley, D. (Participant), Stallard, T. (Participant) & Afgan, I. (Participant)
Impact: Economic, Environmental, Technological
Active, Close-Proximity, Multispectral Imaging (MSI) for Agriculture
Grieve, B. (Participant)
Impact: Economic impacts
Active Shape and Appearance Models
Taylor, C. (Participant), Cootes, T. (Participant), Graham, J. (Participant), (Participant), (Participant) & (Participant)
Impact: Technological, Economic, Health and wellbeing, Society and culture
Advancements of Cloth Rendering
Montazeri, Z. (Participant)
Impact: Technological, Economic
Application of environmentally friendly and fire-safe transformer liquids
Wang, Z. (Participant) & Liu, Q. (Participant)
Impact: Economic, Environmental, Policy

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (External organisation)
McLachlan, C. (Academic expert member)
1 Jan 2029
Activity: Membership › Membership of board › Research
IRSPM 2025 - Civic engagement and socialcapital in contemporary public administration:facing the challenges of social equityand environmental sustainability
Molavi, H. (Chair)
7 Apr 2025 → 9 Apr 2025
Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
Transport in porous and fractured media with a new modelling foundation
Jivkov, A. (Speaker)
27 Nov 2024
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
Shandong University
Jivkov, A. (Secondee)
27 Nov 2024 → 6 Dec 2924
Activity: External visiting positions or secondments › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
The Unified International Conference on Emerging Technologies ofINTPART-UTFORSK Project, IncoME, TEPEN and DAMAS
Sinha, J. (Co-Chair)
26 Nov 2024 → 28 Nov 2024
Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research

k values= simulation heat flux/calculated heat flux with the fourier's law
Li, Y. (Creator), University of Manchester, Jun 2023
Dataset
A Collection of Event Logs of Blockchain-based Applications
Alzhrani, F. (Creator), Saeedi, K. (Supervisor) & Zhao, L. (Supervisor), Zenodo, 13 Jun 2022
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6637059, https://zenodo.org/record/6637059#.Y1kxSexBzfY
Dataset
A Collection of Industry-Developed Blockchain-based Applications
Alzhrani, F. (Creator), Saeedi, K. (Supervisor) & Zhao, L. (Supervisor), Zenodo, 8 Feb 2022
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4268953
Dataset
Kinetics of Water Gas Shift Reaction on Au/CeZrO4: A Comparison between Conventional Heating and Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) Plasma Activation
Wangkawong, K. (Creator), Phanichphant, S. (Creator), Inceesungvorn, B. (Creator), Stere, C. (Creator), Chansai, S. (Creator), Hardacre, C. (Creator) & Goguet, A. (Creator), figshare , 2020
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11903052
Dataset
Zenodo metadata JSON records as of 2019-09-16
Soiland-Reyes, S. (Creator) & Groth, P. (Supervisor), Zenodo, 7 Nov 2019
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3531504
Dataset

0.5% Top cited researcher for circular economy according to ScholarGPS
Gallego Schmid, A. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: National/international honour
17th ERCOFTAC Osborne Reynolds Day
Xu, F. (Recipient), 12 Jul 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
1st Place Poster Prize
Mullings, MEng, PhD, CEng, MIMechE, FHEA, H. (Recipient), Jul 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
1st Prize as Young Researcher
Semeraro, F. (Recipient), 2 Jul 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
1^st Prize at the Postgraduate Poster Conference
Zachariades, C. (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

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Fact Check: British energy price cap rise driven by natural gas market, not end of coal power
Stamford, L.
23/10/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment
Holiferm – Winterburn Group Spin Out Press coverage
Winterburn, J.
10/03/21 → 24/09/24
15 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Space Café Radio Frontiers - Preserving the Night Sky: A Discussion with Ian Muirhead
Muirhead, I.
11/09/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment
Space Weather Impacts and Risk Management - BBC News Scientific Advice/Expert Comment
Muirhead, I.
17/05/24 → 18/05/24
2 Media contributions
Press/Media: Expert comment
Raw Green Podcast - Repurposing Oil and Gas Wells
Li, J.
28/03/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media

{Extension of Huygens principle to model dispersive media in computation in electromagnetics
Abdulkareem, B. (Author), Costen, F. (Supervisor) & Mihajlovic, M. (Supervisor), 31 Dec 2017
Student thesis: Phd

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+DEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF PETROLEUM CONTAMINATED SOILS.
Okop, I. (Author), Persaud, K. (Supervisor), 31 Dec 2010
Student thesis: Phd

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1-D ALTERNATING SEGMENT CRANK NICOLSON FDTD METHOD FOR ELECTROMAGNETICS
Abdulsalam, N. (Author), Costen, F. (Supervisor), 1 Aug 2012
Student thesis: Master of Philosophy

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2D ARRAYS OF QUANTUM WELL HALL EFFECT SENSORS FOR PICOTESLA MAGNETOMETRY OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC MATERIALS
Lindley, A. (Author), Missous, M. (Supervisor) & Ozanyan, K. (Supervisor), 31 Dec 2023
Student thesis: Phd

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2D-materials Enabled Printed Flexible RF and Microwave Antennas and Wireless Sensors
Pan, K. (Author), Hu, Z. (Supervisor), Hill, E. (Supervisor) & Domingos, M. (Supervisor), 1 Aug 2020
Student thesis: Phd

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Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences Technology Platform
Heyes, D. (Senior Technical Specialist), Boothman, C. (Senior Technical Specialist), Cliffe, L. (Technical Specialist), Dunstan, M. (Senior Technical Specialist), Golovanova, M. (Senior Technician), Hoeven, R. (Technical Specialist), Lopez Perez, R. (Senior Technician), Sakuma, M. (Senior Technician), Tait, S. (Senior Technician) & Tilakaratna, V. (Senior Technician)
FSE Research
Facility/equipment: Platform
Biochemical lab - SuCCEED
Esteban Serrano, J. (Academic lead)
FSE Research
Facility/equipment: Equipment
Bioengineering / bioprocessing facility
Hoeven, R. (Technical Specialist)
Computer Science - Administration
Facility/equipment: Facility
Fuel cell lab
Perez-Page, M. (Academic lead) & Holmes, S. (Academic lead)
CE - Academic & Research
Facility/equipment: Equipment
Laser Processing Research Laboratory (LPRL/LPRC)
Mativenga, P. (Academic lead), Allegre, O. (Academic lead), Whitehead, D. (Platform Lead), Wilson, D. (Technical Specialist) & Pulham, C. (Technical Specialist)
FSE Research
Facility/equipment: Facility

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