Amir completed his first degree with a first-class BSc in industrial & systems engineering in 2008. This was followed by a MSc in project management from University of Birmingham (UK) in 2010, and a grade-A PhD in management of projects from the University of Manchester (UK) in 2015. During his studies , he worked as an intern in oil & gas, pharmaceutical and maintenance engineering & asset management sectors. 

Prior to his current appointment as a lecturer in engineering project management, Amir also had full time industrial roles as head of R&D and R&D project manager in maintenance engineering & asset management and manufacturing sectors in the UK. He has successfully managed and delivered a variety of industrial research and innovation projects relevant to Industry 4.0 and digital transformation with a specific focus on big data analytics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), decision making and robotics. 

Amir currently holds visiting lecturer roles at Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS), a visiting lecturer role at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), a visiting research fellow role at the University of Huddersfield and an innovation strategy consultant role at Electrocomponents plc (now RS Group plc) as well.  

1. Strategic management - organisational restructuring, transformation & change, strategic alliances, mergers & acquisitions, strategic risk management.

2. Innovation management - Industry 4.0 innovation, business model innovation, open innovation, innovation strategy and risk. 

3. Project management - innovation project management, management of megaprojects, strategic project management, project strategy, project portfolio management, project risk management, project communications management, project stakeholder management.

4. Project management education - teaching methods, digital tools and techniques for more effective teaching/training. 

5. Corporate culture, organisational behaviour and leadership performance assessment.

6. Maintenance engineering & asset management - maintenance strategy, condition based maintenance.  

7. Application of data mining, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and decision making techniques (expert systems) in management , project management, maintenance engineering and asset management context.

- ENGM67061 Managing Projects with ICT (including access to the DataCamp learning platform - https://www.datacamp.com/)

- ENGM62102 Innovation Management 

- Teaching Risk Management at Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS)

- Teaching Commercial Technology Development at Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS)

Contact Details

Tel: +44 (0) 161 529 3385 

Email: amir.rahbarimanesh@manchester.ac.uk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amir-r-634346119/ 

Skype ID: Amir Rahbarimanesh

- Supervisor, co-supervisor and academic advsior of PhD students in the management of projects group, department of MACE.  

- Internal assessor/examiner of PhD progress reports/dissertations in the management of projects group, department of MACE. 

- Supervsior of MSc dissertations in the management of projects group, department of MACE. 

• ENGM63000 Management of Projects (MoP) Dissertation Full Year
• Project Management Professional Development Programme (PM PDP) Dissertation Full Year

- Supervsior of undergrad final projects in the department of MACE.

• AERO&CIVL&MECH31030 Individual Project Full Year

Highly Commended Award for Lecturer of the Year 2021 - School of Engineering, The University of Manchester