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Management
We are core staff who manage the Centre on a daily basis.
Our duties include:
- Supervision of postgraduate students
- Working with potential supervisors from across the University
- Building collaborative networks across educational and industrial sectors
- Developing and delivering research expertise across our portfolio
Supervisors
Our CDT draws on a pool of potential PhD supervisors with a range of research expertise across the University. Our academic staff teach, research and supervise PhDs in specialisms across the University's departments. Find out more about the staff who could be available to supervise your PhD project.
Architecture & Civil Engineering
Dr Stephen Allen
- Gas Purification
- Low Carbon Fuels
- Sustainability and Low Carbon Transition
Prof Andrew Heath
- Design, construction and maintenance of transport infrastructure
- Sustainable transport planning and zero carbon transition
- Materials for sustainable transport infrastructure
Dr Nick McCullen
- Urban design and infrastructure
- Transport networks and mode choice
- Traffic and pollution
Dr Cormac Reale
- Transport infrastructure design and optimisation
- Infrastructure asset management and maintenance
- Geotechnical risk and uncertainty
Chemistry
Dr Antoine Buchard
- Sustainable polymers and plastics
- Sustainable resins and composite materials
- Sustainable polymer electrolytes for next-generation batteries
Prof Steve Bull
- Biorenewable fuels and products for the automobile industry
- Catalytic upgrading of biorenewable products
- Sustainable Chemical Supply Chains
Dr Simon Freakley
- Catalytic Materials for Energy and Chemical Conversions
- Nanomaterials for Hydrogen Production and Storage
- Selective Upgrading of Biomass towards Fuels
Dr Matthew Grayson
- Machine learning
- Fuel property prediction
- Chemical reaction modelling
Dr George Harrington
- Materials for energy conversion devices
- Solid oxide fuel/electrolyser cells
- Critical raw materials in energy devices
Dr Ulrich Hintermair
- Clean & Sustainable Combustion Fuels
- Catalytic Chemical Energy Conversion
- Biomass & CO2 Utilisation
Dr Andrew Johnson
- Tribology and Tribochemistry (lubrication additives and anti-wear additives)
- Energy Storage Materials: Atomic Layer and Chemical Vapour Deposition of materials for energy storage and coversion
- Micro- and nano-structured thin film materials
Prof Matthew Jones
- Recycling of plastics used in the automotive industry
- Catalysts for fuel production
- Production of plastics for the automotive industry
Dr David Liptrot
- Reactive main group systems
- Copper catalysis
- Mechanistic analysis of catalytic reactions
Prof Frank Marken
- Electrochemical processes and electroanalysis
- Energy conversion including photoelectrochemistry
- Innovative fuels and chemically stored energy
Prof Steve Parker
- Molecular simulation of materials structure, stability and transport
- Modelling storage and separation of fuels
- New materials for energy storage and generation
Dr Adam Squires
- Fuel cells: hydrogen, alcohol, and other fuels
- Electrocatalysis: oxygen reduction, water splitting, redox flow
- Mesoporous metals for high performance electrodes
Dr James Taylor
- Sustainable catalysis
- Catalytic upgrading of biorenewable resources
- Synthetic methodology development
Dr Ruth Webster
- Hydrogen release chemistry
- Iron catalysis
- Catalytic reaction mechanisms
Chemical Engineering
Prof John Chew
- Air purification in transport systems
- Process modelling and optimisation of SCR catalytic converters
- Purification of exhaust gas
Prof Chris Chuck
- Sustainable biofuels
- Process scale up
- Yeast biotechnology
Prof Tina Düren
- Gas purification
- Low carbon fuels
- Novel simulation methods
Dr Antonio Exposito
- Low carbon fuels production by artificial photosynthesis
- Catalysis technologies for gas purification
- Reaction engineering in the automotive industry
Dr Alfred Hill
- Ammonia as a low-carbon fuel and energy storage media
- Energy systems and electromagnetic heat transfer
- Catalytic applications
Dr Matthew Lennox
- Air and exhaust gas purification
- Production and refining of low-carbon fuels
- Materials development for energy storage
Prof Tim Mays
- Low Carbon Fuels
- Sustainable hydrogen fuel
- Hydrogen storage
Dr Carmelo Herdes Moreno
- Molecular simulation of complex fluids and materials
- Rational design of sustainable E-Fluids
- Computational prediction of fluid thermodynamics properties, e.g. fuels, lubricants, greases and surfactants
Prof Semali Perera
- Low pressure drop structured adsorbent/ catalyst filters for air purification
- Air purification by functionalised membranes
- CO2 removal in enclosed spaces
Dr Ming Xie
- Energy efficient separation
- Low dimensional material for solar energy capture
- Nanofabrication for advanced manufactue
Computer Sciences
Dr Andrew Barnes
- Machine learning applications
- Anomaly and normality detection
- Operational AI systems
Dr Xi Chen
- Driving risk quantification and estimation
- Digital Systems and Optimisation
- Internet of vehicle and machine learning
Prof James Davenport
- Cybersecurity
- Algebraic Methods in Computing
- Secure programming
Dr Marina De Vos
- Intelligent systems
- Self-regulated systems
- Knowledge representation and reasoning
Dr Wenbin Li
- Driver and User Behaviour
- Digital Systems, Optimisation and Integration
- Application of Mathematics
Dr Crescent Jicol
- Driver and User Behaviour
- Novel experimental and simulation methods
- Autonomous driving system design
Dr Julian Padget
- (symbolic) knowledge representation and reasoning
- software agents and their governance
- agent-based modelling
Dr Jie Zhang
- Algorithmic game theory, digital economy, and dynamic pricing
- AI applications in transportation
- Blockchain technology for energy trading
Economics
Dr Ron Lavi
- Algorithmic design for smart transportation
- Resource allocation in smart transportation
- Dynamic Pricing and other Economic Mechanisms
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Dr Tareq Assaf
- Digital Systems, Optimisation and Integration
- Driverless systems
- Propulsion Electrification
Dr Matthew Cole
- Nanoelectronics
- Sustainable Nanomaterial Growth
- Flexible Electronics
Prof Lewis Dale
Prof Adrian Evans
- Driver and User Behaviour
- Driver monitoring and authentication
- Interactions between autonomous driving modes and human users
Dr Jamie Gawith
- Wireless charging for EVs
- Propulsion electrification
- Magnetic materials for machines
Dr Chenghong Gu
- Impact of EV charging on electricity grid
- Climate change on EV driving
- Integrated energy economy and environment modelling
Prof Furong Li
- Grid integration of electric vehicles
- Enabling electricity markets for transition to zero emission vehicles
- Business models for flexible low carbon vehicles
Dr Benjamin Metcalfe
- Driver behaviour monitoring
- Novel sensing technologies
- Digital systems, optimisation and integration
Dr Ali Mohammadi
- Advanced MEMS Sensors for Electric Vehicle Safety
- Data Driven Tactile Feedback for Navigation in Cars
- Autonomous Sensors for Minimising the Environmental Impacts Automotive Sensors
Dr Xiaoze Pei
- Electric motor analysis, modelling, and validation
- Novel electric motors analysis and design
- Cryogenic and superconducting propulsion system
Nigel Turvey
- Integration of renewable generation and storage with end users low carbon technologies in electricity networks
- Electricity network security standards needed in smart grids
- Commercial frameworks to facilitate decarbonisation of electricity supply
Dr Robert Watson
- Vehicle Communications and Radar Systems
- Digital Systems, Optimisation and Integration
- Driver and User Behaviour
Prof Peter Wilson
- Power Electronics for EVs - including Wide Bandgap Power Semiconductors and Thermal Management
- Electric Vehicle Power Train Design Automation and Virtual Prototypin
- Battery Systems Design and Management Systems, and Thermal Systems Design
Dr Dingguo Zhang
- Human driving behaviour
- Brain-computer interfaces
- Human-machine systems
Mathematical Sciences
Prof Chris Budd
- Mathematical modelling
- Industrial applied mathematics
- Dynamical systems and chaos
Dr Matt Nunes
- Application of mathematicsin industrially-motivated problems
- Statistical modelling and forecasting
- Optimisation methods
Dr Tristan Pryer
- Application of Mathematics
- Propulsion Electrification
- Digital Systems, Optimisation and Integration
Mechanical Engineering
Prof Sam Akehurst
- Advanced combustion engine technologies for a net zero future
- Transmission systems for future propulsion systems
- Propulsion system simulation and optimisation
Prof Chris Bowen
- New materials and composites for transport
- Novel experimental and simulation methods
- Energy recapture and harvesting
Prof Chris Brace
- Powertrain system modelling, optimisation, and validation
- Human driving behaviour
- Novel experimental and simulation methods
Dr Sam Bull
- Unsteady aerodynamics
- Flow control
- Reduced-order modelling
Prof Richard Burke
- Powertrain design and control optimisation
- Thermal evaluation and modelling of powertrain components
- Evaluation of powertrain behaviour in stochastic operating conditions
- Dynamic characterisation and experimental techniques
Dr Michael Carley
- Acoustics
- Boundary element method
- Numerical methods
- Aeroacoustics
Dr Yang Chen
- Numerical simulation
- Composite materials and manufacturing
- Energy materials
Dr Daniel Coren
- Tyre and brake particulate emissions
- Air motion in reciprocating and rotating internal combustion engines
- Low drag vehicle airflow management
Dr Charles Courtney
- Battery state of charge and health monitoring
- Ultrasonic non-destructive testing
- Structural health monitoring
Dr Elies Dekoninck
- User-centred Product, Service and System Design
- Eco-Innovation tools and methods
- Sustainable product development
Dr Vimal Dhokia
- Digital Manufacture
- Additive Manufacture
- Design for Manufacture
Dr Stefania Esposito
- Future combustion technologies for a net-zero future
- Renewable low carbon fuels
- Combustion system performance & emission modelling
Dr Tom Fletcher
- Fuel Cells
- Alternative fuel powertrains
- Hybrid system modelling and optimisation
Dr Hamideh Khanbareh
- Functional materials for sensing, energy harvesting and catalytic activities
- High temperature piezoelectric sensors and actuators
- Recyclable functional materials
Dr Alessandro Leronni
- Mathematical modelling of battery performance and degradation
- Theoretical and experimental methods for lithium micromechanics
- Solid-state batteries for electric vehicles
Prof Gary Lock
- Transportation and Society
- Propulsion Electrification
- Turbomachinery
Dr Alex Lunt
- Micromechanics
- Non-destructive characterisation
- Microscopy-based methods
Dr Rick Lupton
- Modelling and analysis of embodied and operational environmental impacts
- Novel transport systems with absolutely zero emissions
- Uncertainty/sensitivity analysis and probabilistic methods
Prof Marcelle McManus
- Future of low carbon mobility
- Life Cycle Assessment and Carbon Assessments
- Novel fuels and systems
Prof Linda Newnes
- Whole Life Value
- People-Led Digitalisation within the automotive sector
- Manufacturing the Future: impact of disruptive technologies within the automotive sector
Dr Min Pan
- Smart Actuation and Motion Control
- Digital Systems, Optimisation and Integration
- System Modelling, Optimisation and Validation
Dr Antonio Pellegrino
- Design and analysis of lightweight protective structures for impact loading applications
- Development and analysis of reinforced polymer and composite structures
- Dynamic behavior of adhesive joints under varying environmental conditions and loading rates
Dr Fulvio Pinto
- Composite Materials and Smart Materials
- Impact resistant structures and dynamic characterisation of materials
- Sustainable Materials and Structures
Prof Andrew Plummer
- Dynamics and control
- Servohydraulic, electromagnetic and piezoelectric actuation
- Control and design of hydrogen propulsion systems for aerospace
Dr Oliver Pountney
- Experimental simulation of heat transfer problems
- Modelling of additively manufactured heat exchangers
- Improving the efficiency of fluid dynamic systems involving heat transfer
Dr Andrew Rhead
- Structural Batteries
- Carbon fibre composites
- Hydrogen Propulsion
Dr James Roscow
- Functional ceramics
- Materials for sensors, actuators and energy harvesters
- Materials processing
Prof Carl Sangan
- Aeroengine technology
- Experimental modelling of turbomachinery
- Modelling of fluid dynamics and heat transfer
Dr James Scobie
- Gas Turbine Technology
- Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer of Rotating Flow Systems
- Efficient Use and Management of the Gas Turbine Secondary Air System
Dr Aykut Tamer
- Aerospace
- Rotorcraft
- Structural dynamics and aeroelasticity
Dr Hui Tang
- Reduced-Order Modelling of Flow and Heat Transfer
- Sustainability and Low Carbon Transition
- Mathematical Modelling and Optimisation
Dr Chris Vagg
- Propulsion Electrification
- Battery thermal management
- Novel electric motor topologies
Dr Hao Yuan
- Sustainable Propulsion Systems
- Chemical Kinetics and Alternative Fuels
- Numerical Modelling of Combustion and Lithium-ion Batteries
Dr Nic Zhang
- Automated vehicle verification and validation
- Intentions and interactions of road users
- Machine learning for powertrain systems
Dr Vincent Zeng
- Power electronics
- Cryogenic propulsion system
- Smart grid
Dr Runan Zhang
- Smart material and structures
- System identification and motion control
- Sensing and energy harvesting
Physics
Dr Kei Takashina
- Mass and heat transport
- Cryogenics
- Leidenfrost droplets
Psychology
Dr Christina Demski
- Public acceptance and behaviour
- Low-carbon mobility
- Interdisciplinary and multi-method research
Dr Malgorzata Gosia
- Emotions (e.g., awe, interest, curiosity, surprise, boredom, confusion)
- Expectations (and what happens when they are disconfirmed or exceeded)
- Adoption of new technologies
Dr Sam Hampton
- Climate change
- Low carbon lifestyles
- Environmental policy
Prof Gregory Maio
- Sustainability and Low Carbon Transition
- Transportation and Society
- Driver and User Behaviour
Dr Karin Petrini
- Cognitive psychology and neuroscience
- Virtual reality and assistive technology
- Spatial navigation and representation
Dr Michael Proulx
- Human cognition and perception
- Interactive technologies (VR/AR/XR)
- Human factors and ergonomics
Prof Lorraine Whitmarsh
- Fostering sustainable travel behaviours
- Modal shift and reducing travel demand
- Adoption and use of low-carbon vehicles
Dr Alexandra Voinescu
- Virtual Reality
- Human Computer Interaction
- Human factors
- Autonomous vehicles
Prof Esther Walton
- Transport effects on health
- Driver and user behaviour
- Transportation and society
Prof Mark Brosnan
- Participatory design with children with ASD
- Developing technology to support learning in ASD
- Reasoning in ASD and other disorders
School of Management
Dr Daniela Defazio
- Management of Innovation
- Entrepreneurship
- Digital Platforms
Prof Dimo Dimov
- Entrepreneurship
- Business model design
- Innovation
Dr Vaggelis Giannikas
- Digital Systems, Optimisation and Integration
- Transport, Behaviour and Society
- Freight and people logistics
Dr Winifred Huang
- Corporate finance
- Entrepreneurial and alternative finance
- Financial innovation
Dr Kostas Iatridis
- Sustainability and low carbon transition
- Circular economy
- Responsible innovation
Dr Meng Meng
- Sustainable transportation
- Network modelling and optimisation
- Travel behaviour analysis
Dr Rossella Salandra
- Scientific production
- Academia-industry links
- Evidence-based systems
Prof Michael Lewis
- Technology Strategy
- Supply Chain Management
- Regulation and Governance
Social & Policy Sciences
Dr Yixian Sun
- Sustainability and Low Carbon Transition
- Climate and Environmental Policy
- Politics and Governance of Sustainable Transport
Institute for Policy Research
Dr Charles Larkin
- Transport Policy and Economics
- Transportation and Society
- Sustainability and Low Carbon Transition
Students
The AAPS CDT is a rich and vibrant community, attracting students from a wide range of backgrounds and undertaking their PhD as a cohort.
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Cohort 3
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Cohort 4
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Cohort 5
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Cohort 6
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Alumni
Since graduating, many of our students are now working successfully in academia and industry.
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