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Academic Staff of the School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
The School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering has 29 academic staff, 42 research staff and 25 support staff. Current staff are listed below with information on their primary area of research or responsibility.
Academic (Teaching and Research) Staff | |
Name | Field of Expertise/Responsibility |
Head of School | |
| Steven ARMFIELD BSc Flin PhD | Professor, Computational Fluid Mechanics |
Professor | |
| Masud BEHNIA BSME (Highest Distinction) MSME PhD Purdue, FIEAust MASME MAIAA | Thermofluids |
| Xiaozhou LIAO BSc Huaqiao MSc Dalian PhD | ARC Future Fellow, Transmission Electron Microscopy |
| Yiu-wing MAI BSc(Eng) PhD DSc HonDSc HK DEng, AM FRS FREng FAA FTSE FHKEng FWIF FASME FHKIE | University Chair and Personal Chair in Mechanical Engineering, Advanced Materials and Fracture Mechanics |
| Assaad R MASRI BE PhD | ARC Australian Professorial Fellow, Combustion |
| Eduardo NEBOT BS Bahia Blanca MS PhD Colorado State | Director, Australian Center for Field Robotics, Field Robotics |
| Simon RINGER BAppSc, 1986, Uni SA; PhD, 1991, UNSW; CPEng, FIEAust, MIMEA. | Phase transformations and properties of materials |
| Andrew RUYS BE(Hons I) PhD UNSW | Biomedical Engineering |
| Salah SUKKARIEH BE PhD | Space Engineering |
| Roger I TANNER BSc Brist MS Calif PhD Manc, FRS FAA FTSE FASME HonFIEAust FAFMS | PN Russell Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Rheology |
| Liyong TONG BSc MEngSc Dalian PhD BUAA, FIEAust MAIAA | FEA, Composite & Intelligent Structures |
| Lin YE BSc Harbin MS PhD BUAA, FTSE | Composite Materials, Director CAMT |
Associate Professor | |
| Julie CAIRNEY B.Met.Eng PhD UNSW | Materials Characterisation |
| Colin DUNSTAN BSc, MSc UNSW, PhD | Bone Biology and Biomaterials |
| Peter GIBBENS BE, PhD Ncle(NSW), MAIAA | Flight Mechanics |
| Michael KIRKPATRICK BE PhD MIEAust | Thermo-Fluids Engineering |
| Qing LI BE ME Hunan ME UTS PhD | ARC Future Fellow, Biomedical Engineering |
| David C RYE BE Adel PhD | Field Robotics |
| Stefan WILLIAMS BASc Wat PhD | ARC Future Fellow, Mechatronics |
| Hala ZREIQAT Bsc(Hons) Jordan PhD UNSW | NH&MRC Senior Research Fellow, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials Research |
Senior Lecturer | |
| Douglass J AULD BSc, BE(Hons), MEngSc, PhD | Aerospace Engineering |
| Graham BROOKER B.Sc M.Sc (Eng) Wits PhD | Millimetre Wave Radar |
| Ahmad JABBARZADEH BE, MES, PhD | Rheology and Molecular Simulation |
| Ian MANCHESTER BE(Hons I) PhD UNSW | Control, Optimization, Robotics |
| Karkenahalli SRINIVAS | CFD, Bio fluid flows. |
| K C WONG BE PhD, MAIAA | UAV Design |
Lecturer | |
| Li CHANG BSc ME Tsinghua, PhD Kaiserlautern | Advanced Materials and Precision Manufacturing |
| Matthew CLEARY BE(Mech) BE(Nav Arch) PhD | Combustion |
| Matthew DUNN BE PhD | Combustion |
| Dries VERSTRAETE BSc MSc (MechEng) MSc (AeroEng) PhD Cranfield | Aerospace Design |
| Gareth VIO BEng (Hons) PhD Man | Aeroelasticity |
| Xiaofeng WU BE NWPU PhD Lboro | Space Engineering |
Associate Lecturer | |
| Philip BOUGHTON BE UNSW PhD | Biomedical Engineering and Device Development |
| Paul BRIOZZO BE UTS | Machine Design, Crashworthiness, Rapid Prototyping, CNC Machining |
| Rodney FIFORD BE(Hons) PhD | FSAE, Mechanical Design and Sustainability |
Emeritus Professor | |
| Robert W BILGER BSc BE NZ DPhil Oxf, FAA FTSE FIEAust FAFMS | Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering - Combustion |
| Graeme BIRD BSc, ME, PhD, Foreign Assoc. NAE (USA), FTSE, Fellow AIAA,FRAeS, FIE (Aust) | Molecular Gas Dynamics |
| Grant STEVEN BSc (Hons 1) Glas DPhil Oxf, FIE(Aust) FRAeS FTSE | FEA and Software Development |
Adjunct Professor | |
| Gregory E CHAMITOFF BS Cal Poly, MS Cal Tech, PhD MIT, MS UHCL, AssocFAIAA | NASA Astronaut, Research in Flight Dynamics and Control of Aircraft and Spacecraft |
Visiting Professor | |
| Gordon WILLIAMS BSc (Eng) Phd DSc Lond, FRS FCGI FREng FIMechE FIM | Fracture Mechanics and Advanced Materials |
Casual Professor | |
| John H KENT BE MEngSc PhD, FIEAust | Thermo-fluids |
Honorary Professor | |
| Arthur BRANDWOOD | Biomedical Devices |
| Paul CARTER BSc Exeter PhD S’ton | Bioelectronics |
Adjunct Associate Professor | |
| Rong ZHENG BSc MEng SCUT PhD | Rheology and Polymer Processing. |
Honorary Associate Professor | |
| Mehrdad BEHNIA BS Purdue, MD Tufts, FACP, FCCP | Vascular |
Honorary Senior Lecturer | |
| Giang TRAN | Biomedical Engineering (Tissue Engineering) |
Adjunct Lecturer | |
| Peter BATES BE, PhD | Aviation Management and Operations |
Honorary Associate | |
| Brian COTTERELL | Materials |
| Xijun FAN | Rheology |
| Ron HOUGHTON | Aviation Technology |
| Xin-ping ZHANG | Optoelectronic Packaging and Smart Materials |
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ARC DECRA Fellow | |
| Peter LIDDICOAT | ACCM (Madsen Building) |
| Junhai XIA | ACCM (Madsen Building) |
ARC Future Fellow | |
| Hong-yuan LIU | Fracture and Fatigue in Nanocomposites |
ARC Australian Research Fellow | |
| Wei LI | Biomechanics |
ARC Postdoctoral Research Fellow | |
| Yanbo WANG | TEM of Nanomaterials |
| Nicholas WILLIAMSON | Fluid Mechanics |
University of Sydney Postdoctoral Fellow | |
| Chuncheng YANG | Nanothermodynamics |
Senior Research Fellow | |
| Shicheng XUE | Rheology |
CRC-ACS Postdoctoral Research Fellow | |
| Mohammad Saiful ISLAM | Materials Science and Engineering |
Postdoctoral Fellow | |
| Shao Cong DAI | Rheology |
| Xusheng DU | (P/T) Functional Nanomaterials |
| Quantian LUO | Smart Structures |
| Fuzhong QI | Rheology |
| Sten STARNER | (P/T) Combustion |
NHMRC Early Career Fellow | |
| Zufu LU | Tissue Engineering |
Postdoctoral Research Associate | |
| Xianghai AN | In-situ deformation TEM of Materials |
| Peter FELFER | ACCM (Madsen Building) |
| Agisilaos KOURMATZIS | Turbulent Combustion |
| Vinayaka Nakul PRASAD | Combustion |
Research Associate | |
| Anna CEGUERRA | ACCM (Madsen Building) |
| Yipeng GE | Combustion |
| Dahua SHOU | Modelling in Fibrous Materials |
| Surjani UTHAYAKUMARAN | (P/T) Rheology |
| Hongjian WANG | (P/T) Precision Manufacturing |
| Rachel YU | ACCM (Madsen Building) |
| Chen ZHU | ACCM (Madsen Building) |
Senior Researcher | |
| Gang SHA | ACCM (Madsen Building) |
Research Engineer | |
| Rupam BANDOPADHYAY | ACCM (Madsen Building) |
Senior Engineer (CRC-AS) | |
| Andrew BEEHAG | Composite Materials |
------- General Staff -------- | |
Finance Manager | |
| Christy WANG | |
Administrative Officer | |
| Bronwyn SEXTON | (Postgraduate Studies and Marketing) |
Finance Officer | |
| Padmini JOSHI | |
Administrative Assistant | |
| Susan GONZALES | |
| Rebecca POTTER | (Madsen Building) |
| Dannielle WILLIAMS | |
Computer Support | |
| Thompson CHOW | CSO (Madsen Building) |
| Peter NGUYEN | |
Research Officer | |
| Yong Juan CHEN | Biomedical Engineering |
Research Assistant | |
| Li LI | ACCM (Madsen Building) |
Senior Technical Officer | |
| Bruce CRUNDWELL | |
| Greg ELDER | |
| Greg RIVIERE | |
| Trevor SHEARING | |
| Duncan STENGER | AMME Workshop Manager |
Technical Officer | |
| Stanley KARKADA | |
| Alexander MASSEY | |
| Robert OSHANNESSY | |
| Malcolm SINCLAIR | |
| John TODHUNTER | |
Technical Assistant | |
| Paul MEAR | |
| John POTTS | |
Marketing and Business Development Officer | |
| Jennifer WHITING | AMMRF (Madsen Building) |
Multimedia Communications Officer | |
| Deirdre MOLLOY | AMMRF (Madsen Building) |
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