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

(Deep) eutectic solvents for the separation of platinum group metals and rare earth elements: characteristics, extraction mechanisms and state of the art
Gholami, S., Perez-Page, M., D'Agostino, C. & Esteban Serrano, J., 12 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Chemical Engineering Journal. 159497.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
200 years of Portland cement: Technological advancements and sustainability challenges
Chen, H., Li, N., Unluer, C., Chen, P. & Zhang, Z., Jan 2025, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 486, 144500.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
2-D SPH modelling of poroelasticity: u-w-p and u-p formulations with absorbing boundary conditions and volumetric locking treatments
Yao, C., Fourtakas, G., Rogers, B. D. & Lombardi, D., Mar 2025, In: Computers and Geotechnics. 170, 107016.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
³¹P NMR chemical shift anisotropy in paramagnetic lanthanide phosphide complexes
Baldwin, J., Bonham, K., Thompson, T. R. C., Gransbury, G. K., Whitehead, G. F. S., Vitorica-Yrezabal, I. J., Lee, D., Chilton, N. F. & Mills, D. P., 21 Feb 2025, In: JACS Au.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
3D printed poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyexanoate) scaffolds support chondrogenic potential of human primary chondrocytes during in vitro culture
Pecorini, G., Puppi, D., Richardson, S., Chen, G.-Q. & Domingos, M., 21 Feb 2025, In: Polymer. 320, 128105.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

18 Not started
69 Active
429 Finished

MSCA DN - SCALA
Cangelosi, A. (PI)
1/01/25 → 31/12/28
Project: Research
CLIMATE-ADAPT4EOSC: FAIR Data and Innovative Services for Magnifying the Climate Adaptation potential of European Communities
Soiland-Reyes, S. (PI) & Goble, C. (CoI)
1/01/25 → 31/12/28
Project: Research
CASPER++ US Air Force
Cangelosi, A. (PI)
15/09/24 → 14/09/29
Project: Research
Truly Affordable Housing Finance for Net Zero
McLachlan, C. (PI), Sharmina, M. (CoI), Paterson, M. (CoI), Esquivel Guzman, J. A. (CoI) & Braunholtz-Speight, T. (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

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
A Data-driven Analysis of Technology-facilitated Gender-based Violence in Ethiopia (ADAGE)
Batista-Navarro, R. T. (Participant) & Ibrahim, N. (Participant)
Impact: Policy, Attitudes and behaviours, Awareness and understanding
Advancements of Cloth Rendering
Montazeri, Z. (Participant)
Impact: Technological, Economic

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (External organisation)
McLachlan, C. (Academic expert member)
1 Jan 2029
Activity: Membership › Membership of board › Research
International Congress and Workshop on Industrial AI and eMaintenance
Sinha, J. (Member of programme committee)
13 May 2025 → 15 May 2025
Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › 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
AI-driven fusion power plant design in the industrial metaverse
Margetts, L. (Invited speaker) & Edmondson, P. (Speaker)
27 Mar 2025
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
Bigger PINNs Are Needed for Noisy PDE Training
Andre-Sloan, S. (Speaker), Mukherjee, A. (Speaker) & Colbrook, M. (Speaker)
Mar 2025
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › 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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Positioning of "Secure by Design" approach
Goodacre, A.
31/03/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment
Heathrow expansion, growth and sustainable aviation fuels
Larkin, A.
11/02/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment
Heathrow expansion based on alternative fuels
Larkin, A.
31/01/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment
Scientists uncover the mystery of carbon preservation in our oceans, offering valuable tool in the fight against climate change
Babakhani, P.
3/01/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
Unanswered questions in research assessment 2 – Can we apply the scientific method to research assessment?
Aubert Bonn, N. & Hazlett, H. F.
3/12/24
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
IPG YLR-1000-SM fiber laser
Whitehead, D. (Platform Lead), Pulham, C. (Technical Specialist) & Allegre, O. (Academic lead)
FSE Research
Facility/equipment: Equipment

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