Department of Engineering

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About

With cutting-edge facilities in the heart of London, we are among the oldest providers of Engineering education in the country, where new research discoveries continue to transform and improve the world around us.

Engineering education and research has been a part of City for more than 100 years, and our work has made a major impact on engineering systems on land, sea, and in the air.

Today, in the heart of London, the department is renowned for its sector-leading facilities, which give our students hands-on experience with industrial technology. These facilities include newly upgraded wind tunnels, flight deck and motion simulators, a geotechnical centrifuge, optical compressors and high performance computers.

Our highly rated courses help students to develop the technical expertise, strategic thinking, innovation and communication skills needed to go on and build successful careers in a diverse range of Engineering fields.

The department has strong links with industry (local, national and global), maintaining partnerships through research projects and student placements, and accrediting bodies have commended how closely we involve industry in our courses.

Study

The department offers a range of courses at undergraduate, postgraduate taught and research degree level. We also support several foundation degree courses.

See which course is right for you:

Undergraduate

Foundation

Postgraduate

Research degrees

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Research

The Department of Engineering incorporates a range of world-leading research centres, where new discoveries deliver a positive and sustainable impact on society.

Our world-renowned academics are developing advanced technologies and expertise in areas such as biomedical engineering, energy harvesting, renewable energy, machine learning/AI, complex engineering structures, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).

Learn more about the work of our research centres:

Staff

Academic staff

Dr Jafar Al-Zaili, Lecturer in Power and Propulsion
Dr Sathiskumar Anusuya Ponnusami, Senior Lecturer
Professor Nabil Aouf, Professor of Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Dr Dimitra Apostolopoulou, Lecturer
Professor Ashraf Ayoub, Associate Dean (Corporate Partnerships)
Miguel Bravo Haro, Lecturer in Sustainable Civil Engineering Structures
Professor Christoph Bruecker, Sir Richard Olver BAE Systems Chair in Aeronautical Engineering
Dr Francisco Cabrera, Marie Curie Post-Doc Research Fellow
Professor John Carlton, Professor of Marine Engineering
Professor Thomas Chen, Professor of Cyber Security
Dr Chak Cheung, Visiting Lecturer
Professor Cedric D'Mello, Professor of Structural Engineering
Dr Sam Divall, Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering
Dr Tala El Samad, Lecturer
Emre Eroktem, Senior Lecturer
Dr Joana Fonseca, Senior Lecturer In Geotechnical Engineering
Professor Martin Fry, Visiting Professor
Dr Feng Fu, Senior Lecturer in Structural Engineering
Professor Manolis Gavaises, Director, International Institute for Cavitation Research and Thermo-Fluids Research Centre
Mohsen Ghavami, Experimental research officer (thermo-fluids )
Dr Agathoklis Giaralis, Associate Professor (Reader) in Structural Dynamics
Professor Kenneth Grattan OBE FREng, Royal Academy of Engineering - George Daniels Professor of Scientific Instrumentation
Dr Juan Guzman-Inigo, Lecturer in Aerospace Propulsion
John Hoath, Lecturer in Diagnostic Radiography
Dr Ioannis Karathanasis, Senior Lecturer
Dr Mahmoud Khader, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in micro gas turbines
Professor Sanowar Khan, Professor of Instrumentation and Sensors
Professor Ahmed Kovacevic, Howden/RAEng Chair in Compressor Technology & Associate Dean, Corporate Partnerships
Professor Panicos Kyriacou, Associate Dean (Research Excellence)
Dr Maria Livada, Lecturer in Mechatronics (Education)
Professor Qingwei Ma, Professor of Hydrodynamics
Dr Marinos Manolesos, Reader in Aerospace Engineering
Dr James May, Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering
Dr Brett McKinley, Senior Lecturer in Structural Engineering
Dr Andrew McNamara, Senior Lecturer
Dr Panagiotis Mergos, Senior Lecturer
Dr Tatyana Micic, Associate Dean - PG (Education and Student Satisfaction)
Dr Stathis Milonidis, Senior Lecturer
Dr Sumsun Naher, Senior Lecturer
Professor Jamshid M Nouri, Reader
Dr Mohammad Omidyeganeh, Lecturer in Fluid Simulation
Dr Sung Paek, Senior Lecturer in Space Engineering
Professor Alfredo Pinelli, Professor of Fluid Simulation
Dr Thibaud Plantegenet, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Professor Keith Robert Pullen, Honorary Professor
Meha Qassem, Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering
Professor Azizur Rahman, Professor of Photonics
Professor Muttukrishnan Rajarajan, Professor of Security Engineering & Director Institute for Cyber Security
Dr Veselin Rakocevic, Reader
Dr Sham Rane, Research Fellow
Dr Matthew Read, Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
Professor Abdulnaser Sayma, Professor of Energy Engineering, Director of the Thermo-Fluid Research Centre
Professor Ian Smith, Professor Emeritus
Professor Sarah Stallebrass, Professor of Soil Mechanics
Professor Nikola Stosic, Professor
Professor David Stupples, Professor of Electronic & Radio Engineering
Professor Tong Sun OBE FREng, Professor of Sensor Engineering
Professor Neil Taylor, Professor of Geotechnical Engineering
Dr Maria Tomas-Rodriguez, Senior Lecturer
Dr Iasonas Triantis, Senior Lecturer
Professor Konstantinos Tsavdaridis, Professor of Structural Engineering
Professor Kuldeep Virdi, Emeritus Professor of Structural Engineering
Professor Shiqiang Yan, Professor of Computational Mechanics
Dr Youyou Yan, Senior Lecturer
Dr Hamed Yazdani Nezhad, Senior Lecturer in Aerospace Structures
Ningbo Zhang, Postdoctoral Research Associate
Dr Qiang Zhang, Reader
Dr Yi Zhang, Post-Doctoral Research Associate

Facilities

Our engineering labs are filled with state-of-the-art facilities for research and education. Many have been recently refurbished to provide exceptional resources for our students and academics.

Specialist facilities include wind tunnels, flight deck and motion simulators, a geotechnical centrifuge, optical compressors, a racing car simulator, and high performance computers. We have advanced laboratories for soil element testing, materials testing, concrete mixing and durability, and 3D printing, among others.

Facilities

The centrepiece of the Civil Engineering Laboratory accommodates a large flexible lab space and apparatus for physical modelling of complex geotechnical problems at reduced scale and high g-force.
The supersonic wind tunnel is part of the National Wind Tunnel Facility and is equipped with state-of-the-art test equipment including advanced laser-based velocity measurement systems.
The Keysight Laboratory gives students access to advanced signal analysers, circuit fabrication facilities and high power equipment.
The Airbus A320 flight deck simulator provides a facility to undertake a variety of research programmes in areas such as avionics, flight control systems, and human factors.
The Research Centre for Biomedical Engineering laboratory is a highly specialised facility that is aimed at the development of cutting edge sensing and diagnostic as well as rehabilitation devices.
Each year mechanical engineering students use this workshop to design and build a racing car which is entered in the international Formula Student Competition at Silverstone.
City's Merlin MP520 simulator is fitted with a two-axis motion system and closed cockpit design for greater immersion and is used in the theory and study of aerodynamics and the mechanics of flight.
This is a one-of-a-kind low-turbulence wind tunnel used for the study of laminar flows. Part of the National Wind Tunnel Facility.
Modern test rig for the characterisation of micro gas turbines for electrical power output below 15kW including mapping of compressor and turbine characteristics.
2 subsonic wind tunnels, equipped with advanced laser-based velocity measurement systems and a six-component force balance for complete characterisation of the aerodynamic loads on wind-tunnel models.
Exceptionally well-equipped civil engineering materials testing laboratory; a focus for construction materials and geotechnical engineering research.