Dr Marion McAfee
Principal Investigator
Area of Expertise: Sensing, Modelling, Optimisation and control Systems particularly in Manufacturing
Dr Douglas Marques
PEM Researcher
Area of Expertise: Polymers Processing, Biomaterials Science, Medical Devices & Tissue Engineering
Mohamed Awad
PhD Research Student
Research topic:
“Minimising the makespan in batch production facilities through scheduling optimisation models”
Dr Muhammad Mahmood Ali
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Photonics Electronics Laser Welding
Polymers and their Composites
Dr Waqas Saleem
Assistant Lecturer - Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering
Principal Investigator
Solid mechanics, precision machining and simulation, mechanical design optimisations
Dr Vignesh Kumaravel
Senior Research Fellow
Principal Investigator
Development of Nano-materials for clean energy, CO2 conversion,
hydrophobic and
antimicrobial applications
Ms. Priyanka Ganguly
PhD Scholar
Nanotechnology and Bioengineering
Research Group
Ternary chalcogenides and its composites with titanium dioxide for photocatalytic applications.
Dr Ioannis Manolakis
Assistant Lecturer in Chemistry
Principal Investigator
Chemistry Polymers Materials Composites
Usaid Azhar
PhD research student
Research Topic:
Bio-inspired supramolecular polymers
for multifunctional coatings
Jamie Grant
PhD research student
Nanotechnology and Bioengineering
Research Division (Nano-Bio)
Kris O’Dowd
PhD research student
Nanotechnology & Bio-Engineering
Research Group
Dr Saritha Unnikrishnan
Principal Investigator / Researcher
“Computer Vision and Machine Learning with a
focus on pharmaceutical
manufacturing applications.”
Mohammadreza Kadivar
PhD research student
How Additive Manufacturing can be harnessed
to make the next generation of
high-performance thermal cooling systems.
Ms. Foram Dave
PhD research student
Laser Transmission Welding of
Semi-crystalline Polymers and its Composites
Prof Suresh Pillai
Boyle Higgins Gold Medal Award 2019