Innovative Materials and Mechanical Design for Environmental sustainability
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: New perception of binding kinetics in affinity biosensor design
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
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: Safety and reliability of electric vehicles
Cameron is a PhD student in Engineering since 2022. He received his Bachelor in electronic engineering at the University of York. Cameron is working on the reliability of electric vehicles through studying failure and faults of electro-mechanical components in electric vehicles using machine learning approaches. His research interests are mathematical models, computer simulations, and electric vehicles design.
Dr. Shi Li - Visiting researcher, May 2024 to May 2025, from Haishi, France.
Dr. Xinian Li - Visiting researcher, March 2023 to March 2024, from Shangdong Technology and Business University, Yantai, China.
Benjamin McCann - Research assistant from April 2023 to April 2024.
Tommy Harris - Summer intern supported by Rank Prize Undergraduate Internship, June to September 2024.
Maciek Filicha - Summer intern supported by Laidlaw Scholarship, June to September 2023.
Sam Locock - Summer intern supported by YorRobots Venables Internship, June 2022.