Senior Lecturer
I am a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Technology specialising in electrical and electronic engineering, engineering applications of Information Technology and mathematics for engineers. I have previously worked in a number of other roles, including mechanical engineering and network/IT management.
I have published a number of books, technical reports, magazine articles and web-based resources covering microprocessor-based systems, computer-aided design (CAD), office software applications, programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and extensible markup language (XML).
Teaching and supervision
- BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Integrated Foundation Year
- BEng (Hons) Manufacturing Engineering with Integrated Foundation Year
- BEng (Hons) Electronic and Electrical Engineering with Integrated Foundation Year
- BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering
- BEng (Hons) Electronic and Electrical Engineering
- BEng (Hons) Manufacturing Engineering
Taught modules:- Foundations of Engineering, FDN007
- Engineering Practice, FDN014
- Energy Conversion, EAT118
- Mathematics, Statistics and Simulation, EAT239
- Control and Instrumentation, EAT238
Supervision:- Foundation project
- Undergraduate project
- Masters project
Research interests for potential research students
My research interests include engineering applications of information technology including microprocessor-based systems, embedded systems, electronics, computer-aided design and model-based design.
Research
My research interests include:
- Embedded systems / microprocessor-based systems
- PLC emulation and programming using microcontrollers
- Electronic computer-aided design (ECAD)
- Mathematical software for engineering
- New technologies including IoT, IIoT and Industry 4.0
- Electrical and electronic engineering
- Engineering applications of Information Technology (IT)
- Microprocessor-based systems (software and hardware)
- Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Electronic CAD (ECAD)
- Control and Instrumentation Systems
- Engineering mathematics
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
- Member of the IET (MIET)