Materials, Devices and Systems to Solve Engineering Safety and Reliability Problems
Associate Professor
BSc, MSc, PhD, CEng, MIEEE, MIMechE, FHEA
Director of Teaching and Learning (Engineering)
Associate Editor: Frontiers, Environmental Sensors, Sustainability and Reaching Net-Zero
Project title: Perception of binding kinetics to improving reliability of biosensors
Brandon is a PhD student in Engineering since 2023. He received his Integrated Master in theoretical physics at the University of York. Brandon is working on the reliability of biosensors through studying the binding kinetics for a robust model to design surface-based biosensors as a step towards digital healthcare technologies. His research interests are mathematical models, computer simulations, and biosensor design.
Project title: Renewable energy power management for zero emission in railway systems
Zhijian is a PhD student in Engineering since 2023. He received his Master and Bachelor in Electrical Engineering at the University of Edinburgh and University of Liverpool, respectively. He is working on the safety and performance of energy storage integrated with Photovoltaic (PV) for an optimum energy management in railway systems. His research interests are energy storage, optimisation, and energy management.
Project title: Design innovative technologies for the battery thermal management systems
Chunli is a PhD student in Engineering since 2024. He received his BSc in Mechanical Engineering at the University of the East, Manila and MSc in Naval Engineering at the University of Tasmania. He is currently focusing on the thermo-mechanical design of lithium ion batteries to develop novel in-situ thermal management systems. His research interests are energy storage, mechanical design, numerical modelling and environmental monitoring systems.
Project title: Design and Development of Novel Biosensor Technologies Based on Physics-informed Approaches
Chenghan is a PhD student in Engineering since 2024. He received his BEng in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Edinburgh and MEng in Advanced Materials Science at University of College London. He is currently focusing on the development of novel computational techniques to improve reliability of designing affinity biosensors. His research interests are computational methods, biosensors, and machine learning methods.
Project title: Developing quantum machine learning models to design biomolecule binding
Benjamin is a MSc student in Engineering since 2023. He received his Bachelor in Electronic Engineering at the University of York. He was previously a research assistant in the group developing novel agent-based modelling approaches to measure the biomolecule binding to design biosensors. Benjamin is now working on the development of quantum machine learning models to estimate binding kinetics of biomolecules for drug discovery applications. His research interests are computer simulations, healthcare and biosensor design.
Dr. Xinian Li (Visiting Researcher) - currently a lecturer in the Shangdong Technology and Business University, Yantai, China.
Benjamin McCann (Research Assistant) - currently a MSc student at the School of Physics, Engineering and Technology, University of York, UK.