Faculty of Engineering
Dates given are those of taking up employment. Where degrees and diplomas are shown without the name of the awarding university, the university is Auckland.◇Denotes a part-time, permanent appointment.
Faculty Management Team
Dean
Nicolas Smith, MA Oxf., BE(Hons) PhD, FEngNZ FRSNZ
Deputy Deans
Bryony J. James, BEng(Hons) Bath, PhD, FEngNZ, MRSNZ
Gerard B. Rowe, ME PhD, FEngNZ, MIEEE MIET
Associate Dean Postgraduate (Research)
Richard Clarke, MMath PhD Nott.
Associate Dean Postgraduate (Taught)
Garry Miller, BSc(Hons) Durh., MBA Leeds, PhD, FICE, MEngNZ MIStructE MAPM, PMP, CEng( UK )
Associate Dean (Research)
Mark Battley, BE PhD
Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning)
Peter Bier, BSc Waik., ME PGCertAcadPrac
Associate Dean (Undergraduate)
Michael A. Hodgson, BE PhD
Associate Dean (International)
Partha S. Roop, BE Anna, MTech IIT Kharagpur, PhD NSW
Director of Faculty Operations
Pedro Silva, BIR MMilSc MHRM PhD PGDipHEdMgmt Lisbon, PGCertEd Auck.UT, SFHEA
Director of Faculty Finance
Suzanne Pohlen, BCom, CA
Departments
Chemical and Materials Engineering
Head of Department
Ashvin Thambyah, BSMBE Marquette, MSc DIC Imperial, PhD NU Singapore, PGCertAcadPrac
Deputy Head of Department (Academic)
Peng Cao, BEng Xi’an Jiao Tong, ME Shanghai Jiao Tong, PhD Qld., MEngNZ
Deputy Head of Department (Postgraduate and Research)
Mark I. Jones, BE PhD, CEng CPEng, FIMMM, MEngNZ MRSNZ
Professors
1997 Mohammed M. Farid, BSc Baghdad, MSc PhD Wales, CEng, FIChemE
1992 Wei Gao, ONZM, BE Northeastern (China), ME BCRI (China), DPhil Oxf., FRSNZ FEngNZ, MTMS MMRS MACA
1998 Bryony J. James, BEng(Hons) Bath, PhD, FEngNZ, MRSNZ
2004 Robert Kirkpatrick, BE(Hons) PhD UMIST, FEngNZ FIChemE, MAIChE
2013 Mark P. Taylor, BE PhD, FIChemE, CEng
Professor and Chair in Food Process Engineering
2006 Brent Young, BE(Hons) PhD Cant., CEng, FIChemE, FEngNZ
Associate Professors
2009 Peng Cao, BEng Xi’an Jiao Tong, ME Shanghai Jiao Tong, PhD Qld., MRSNZ MEngNZ
2005 Mark I. Jones, BE PhD, CEng CPEng, FIMMM, MEngNZ MRSNZ
2010 Ashton Partridge, PhD La Trobe, BSc, MNZIC
2007 Ashvin Thambyah, BSMBE Marquette, MSc DIC Imperial, PhD NU Singapore, PGCert AcadPrac
2019 Meng Wai Woo, BE James Cook, PhD Kebangsaan
Senior Lecturers
2015 Saeid Baroutian, MSc PhD Malaya
2016 Kelly S. Burrowes, BE(Hons) PhD
2019 Laura J. Domigan, BSc(Hons) PhD Cant. (jointly with School of Biological Sciences)
1993 Michael A. Hodgson, BE PhD
2010 Jenny Malmstrom, MSc Chalmers, PhD Aarhus
2015 Steve Matthews, BE PhD
2013 Filicia Wicaksana, BSc Widya Mandala, MSc DIC Imperial College, PhD NSW
2008 Wei Yu, BE Liaoning, MS PhD Qu.
Lecturers
2019 Shan Li, MEng PhD Sing.
2018 Thomas Loho, BE(Hons) PhD
2015 Sophia Rodrigues, BE PhD
2015 Kaveh Shahbaz, MSc PhD Malaya
Professional Teaching Fellows
2016 Emma Brown, BE(Hons)
2019 Amanda DiIenno, BS Carnegie-Mellon
2009 Jim Hefkey, ME DipBus
2019 Andrea Kolb, Dipl.-Ing (FH) Nuremberg Tech., PhD Well.
2017 Tarek Kollmetz, MSc Hamburg
2014 Marija R. Tutilić, Dipl.-Ing Belgrade, PhD, MEngNZ
2005 Ian W. Wright, BSc Manc., ME, FIET, CEng(UK)
Research Fellows
2015 Muhammad Hayat, BE MSc Chalmers, PhD
2015 Saifang Huang, BE CUGB, PhD
2016 Shanghai Wei, BE Hubei, ME Sichuan, PhD
2018 Josh Workman, BE(Hons) PhD
Honorary Professors
John J. J. Chen, BE PhD, CEng, FRSNZ FIChemE FEngNZ
Margaret M. Hyland, BSc(Hons) Guelph, PhD W.Ont., CEng, FIChemE, MTMS MRSNZ
Honorary Senior Lecturer
Filipa Silva, BEng(Hons) PhD Catholic U. Portugal, MEng Florida
Honorary Research Fellows
John Kennedy, BSc Madurai-K, MSc Madr., PhD
Xiaowen Yuan, BE Tongji, PhD
Honorary Professional Teaching Fellow
M. Tajammal Munir, BE(Hons) ME Lahore UET, PhD PGCertAcadPrac
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Head of Department
Jason M. Ingham, ME PhD Calif., MBA, FEngNZ MASCE
Deputy Head of Department (Academic)
Seosamh B. Costello, BE NUI, MSc PhD Birm., CEng MIEI CMEngNZ
Deputy Head of Department (Service)
Deputy Head of Department (Research)
Heide Friedrich, Dipl.-Ing Berlin, PhD, MRSNZ MASCE MIAHR, MEngNZ
Professor of Civil Engineering
1980 Bruce W. Melville, BE PhD, FRSNZ Dist.FEngNZ, MASCE MIAHR
Professor of Geotechnical Engineering
1977 Michael J. Pender, BE PhD Cant., FEngNZ, MASCE
Professor of Timber Engineering
2007 Pierre Quenneville, BE RMC, MEng Montr., PhD Qu., FEngNZ, MASCE, PEng
Professor and MBIE Chair of Earthquake Engineering
2014 Kenneth J. Elwood, BASc Br.Col., MS Illinois, PhD Berkeley, PEng, FACI, MEERI
Professor
1995 Jason M. Ingham, ME PhD Calif., MBA, FEngNZ MASCE
Watercare Professor of Infrastructure
2019 Jakobus E. van Zyl, PhD Exe., PrEng, MASCE MSAICE
Associate Professors
2007 Nawawi Chouw, Dipl.-Ing., Dr.-Ing. Ruhr, DGEB, EERI, NZSEE, MEngNZ
2008 G. Charles Clifton, BE(Hons) ME Cant., PhD, FEngNZ FNZSEE
2010 Seosamh B. Costello, BE NUI, MSc PhD Birm., CEng MIEI CMEngNZ
2013 James Lim, BEng Sheff., PhD Nott., CEng, MICE
2007 Rolando P. Orense, MSc Philippines, DEng Tokyo, PE, MASCE CMEngNZ
2011 Ajit K. Sarmah, BScAgEng(Hons) SHUATS, MEng Asian IT, MS Qld., PhD Adel., MRSNZ MEngNZ
2005 Asaad Y. Shamseldin, BSc Khartoum, MSc PhD NUI Galway, MEngNZ
1996 Naresh Singhal, BTech IIT Bombay, MS Louisiana St., MA PhD Prin., MEngNZ
2009 Liam Wotherspoon, BE(Hons) PhD, FNZSEE, MEERI MEngNZ
Senior Lecturers
2013 Alice Yan Chang-Richards, BE(Hons) MSc CSUT China, PhD
2014 Subeh Chowdhury, BE(Hons) PhD, MEngNZ
2006 Heide Friedrich, Dipl.-Ing Berlin , PhD, MRSNZ MASCE MIAHR MEngNZ
2010 Vicente Gonzalez, BE(Hons) Valparaiso , ME PhD Catholic U. Chile , MEngNZ
2007 Theuns Henning, ME Pret. , PhD, CMEngNZ
2010 Richard S. Henry, BE(Hons) PhD, MEngNZ
1980 Thomas J. Larkin, BE PhD DipCounsTh, MEngNZ
2006 Quincy T. M. Ma, BE(Hons) PhD, FNZSEE, MEngNZ
1989 Hugh W. Morris, ME, CMEngNZ
2014 Lokesh P. Padhye, BE(Hons) SPCE , MS PhD Georgia Tech. , PE Texas , CMEngNZ
2011 Gary Raftery, BE(Hons) PhD PGCert NUI Galway , MIEI MEngNZ
2007 Prakash Ranjitkar, BE Tribhuvan , ME Asian IT , PhD Hokkaido, CMEngNZ
2018 Tom Shand, BE(Hons) Cant., PhD NSW
2000 Douglas J. Wilson, BE PhD, NZCE, CMEngNZ
2015 Wei-Qin Zhuang, BE Tianjin , MEng PhD Nan. Tech., MEngNZ
Lecturers
2014 Enrique del Rey Castillo, ME TU Madrid, MSc Minho, PhD, MEngNZ MASCE
2018 Tūmanako Fa’aui, BE(Hons) PhD
2017 Connor Hayden, BS Vermont, MS PhD Berk., PE California, CMEngNZ
2019 Pablo Higuera, BE(Hons) MS PhD Cantabria
2018 Lucas Hogan, BS Cal Poly., PhD
2019 Mihn Kieu, BSc Hanoi USTC, MSc Linkoping, PhD Qld.UT, MASCE MAITPM MIEEE MEASTS MATIUAP MPIA
2019 Sandeeka Mannakkara, BE(Hons), PhD
2019 Arezoo Rahimi, BSc Isfahan TU, MSc PhD Nanyang Technol.
2018 Charlotte Toma, BE(Hons) PhD, MEngNZ
2016 Colin N. Whittaker, BE(Hons) PhD Cant., MIAHR MEngNZ
2019 Conrad Zorn, BE(Hons) Cant., ME PhD
2018 Yang Zou, BE CQJTU, MSc Cardiff, PhD Liv., MEngNZ
Professional Teaching Fellows
2018 Andrew Brown, BSCE(Hons) Texas-Austin, MSCEE UC Berk., PhD Texas-Austin, PE Texas, CPESC MASCE
◇2009 Bevan A. Clement, BCA Well., MBA Waik., MILT
◇1972 Roger C. M. Dunn, BE NZ, BSc Well., MEngSc NSW, DipTP, FITE FEngNZ
2019 Con Lu, BE MEES Imperial, MIStructE CMEngNZ
2016 Cody Mankelow, BE(Hons) PhD
2018 Bruce Marks, BE
2019 Aimee Matiu, BA
2008 Garry Miller, BSc(Hons) Durh. , MBA Leeds , PhD, FICE, MEngNZ MIStructE, MAPM, PMP, CEng( UK )
2017 Febelyn Reguyal, MS Philippines, PhD MEngNZ
2018 Erik van den Top, BEng(Hons) Utrecht, CAPP ACCN
Electrical, Computer, and Software Engineering
Head of Department
Kevin W. Sowerby, BE PhD, SMIEEE
Deputy Head of Department (Academic)
Bernard J. Guillemin, NZCS, BE PhD, MIEEE
Deputy Head of Department (Research)
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Professor of Computer Systems
1994 Zoran Salcic, Dipl.-Ing ME PhD Sarajevo , FRSNZ, SMIEEE
Professors
1992 Grant A. Covic, BE PhD, FRSNZ FENZ, SMIEEE
2000 Aiguo (Patrick) Hu, BE PhD, SMIEEE
1995 Bruce MacDonald, BE PhD Cant. , SMIEEE
1996 Udaya Madawala, BE(Hons) S.Lanka , PhD, SFIEEE
1995 Sing Kiong Nguang, BE PhD Newcastle(NSW) , FIET, SMIEEE
2001 Partha S. Roop, BE Anna , MTech IIT Kharagpur , PhD NSW
1984 Gerard B. Rowe, ME PhD, FEngNZ, MIEEE MIET CMEngNZ
1990 Kevin W. Sowerby, BE PhD, SMIEEE
Distinguished Emeritus Professor
John T. Boys, CNZM, ME PhD, FRSNZ FENZ
Associate Professors
2002 Waleed Abdulla, MSc Baghdad, PhD Otago, SMIEEE MIET, APSIPA (Life Member)
1994 Stevan Berber, BE Zagreb, ME Belgrade, PhD, SMIEEE, JP
2004 Nirmal Nair, BE Baroda , ME IISc, PhD Texas A&M , SMIEEE, CIGRE
2004 Oliver Sinnen, Dipl.-Ing Aachen , ME PhD IST Lisbon
2002 Akshya Swain, MSc Samb ., PhD Sheff. , FIETE ( India), SMIEEE MIE ( India )
2003 Catherine Watson, BE(Hons) PhD Cant.
Senior Lecturers
1990 Mark Andrews, BE PhD
2001 Morteza Biglari-Abhari, MSc Sharif UT, PhD Adel., SMIEEE
2016 Kelly Blincoe, BE Villanova , MS PhD Drexel
2011 Nasser Giacaman, BE PhD
1985 Bernard J. Guillemin, NZCS, BE PhD, MIEEE
2011 Rashina Hoda, BSc(Hons) Louisiana St. , PhD Well. , MIEEE
2001 Dariusz Kacprzak, MEng Tech. U. Lublin, PhD Kanazawa
2013 Avinash Malik, BE(Hons) PhD
1995 Michael Neve, BE PhD, MIEEE MIET
1990 Nitish Patel, BE M’lore., PhD
2012 Duleepa J. Thrimawithana, BE(Hons) PhD, MIEEE
2017 Abhisek Ukil, BE(Hons) Jad., MS Bolton, FH-SWF, PhD Tshwane UT, SMIEEE, CEng (UK), ) MIET
2013 Kevin I-Kai Wang, BE(Hons) PhD, MIEEE
Lecturers
2016 Andrew C. M. Austin, BE(Hons) PhD, MIEEE
◇2016 Xuyun Zhang, BS ME Nanjing , PhD Technol.Syd.
Professional Teaching Fellows
2017 Bill Collis, GradDipTeach ACE, NZCE CIT, BSc ME PhD PGDipEd
2018 Dulsha Kularatna-Abeywardana, ME, MIEEE
2017 Matthew M. Y. Kuo, BE(Hons) PhD
2017 William (yen-Lei) Lee, BE(Hons) PhD
2018 Travis Scott, BE(Hons)
2016 Craig Sutherland, BSc(Hons) PhD, MRSNZ
2018 Elliot John Varoy, ME
Senior Tutor
2001 Su Tang, ME UESTC
Senior Research Fellow
2013 Ho Seok Ahn, BE(Hons) PhD Korea, MIEEE
Postdoctoral Research Fellows
2016 Rocio Gomez Bardon, MSc PhD Birm.
2017 Seho Kim, BE(Hons) PhD
2017 Jackman Lin, BE(Hons) PhD
2017 Qinglin Tian, BE PhD
Honorary Professor
Delwyn Moller, ME PhD Mass. (Amherst)
Honorary Academics
Zeeshan Bhatti, BS Islamabad, MS Lahore, ME PhD
Mohan Sridharan, BE Madr., MS PhD Texas
Engineering Science
Head of Department
Rosalind Archer, MS PhD Stan. , BE, FEngNZ
Deputy Head of Department (Academic)
John Cater, BE PhD Monash, SMAIAA
Deputy Head of Department (Research)
Piaras Kelly, BSc UCD, DPhil Oxf.
Professors
2002 Rosalind Archer, MS PhD Stan. , BE, FEngNZ
2002 Martyn Nash, BE PhD, SMIEEE (jointly with Auckland Bioengineering Institute)
1993 Poul Nielsen, BSc BE PhD (jointly with Auckland Bioengineering Institute)
1969 Michael O’Sullivan, BE NZ , PhD Cal.Tech. , BSc ME, FEngNZ INFORMS Fellow
1986 Andrew Philpott BA BSc Well. , MPhil PhD Camb.
Emeritus Professor
David Ryan, MSc Otago , PhD ANU , FRSNZ FEngNZ INFORMS Fellow
Associate Professors
2000 Iain A. Anderson, ME PhD (jointly with Auckland Bioengineering Institute)
2006 Mark Battley, BE PhD
2013 Thor Besier, BPhEd(Hons) PhD W.Aust. (jointly with Auckland Bioengineering Institute)
2013 Justin Fernandez, BE PhD (jointly with Auckland Bioengineering Institute)
1999 Piaras Kelly, BSc UCD , DPhil Oxf.
1992 Andrew J. Mason, PhD Camb. , BE
2007 Andrew Taberner, MSc(Tech) PhD Waik., SMIEEE (jointly with Auckland Bioengineering Institute)
2002 Charles Unsworth, BSc(Hons) MSc PhD St And., MIEEE
1998 Cameron Walker, BSc MA MSc MOR PhD
2000 Golbon Zakeri, BSc Iowa , PhD Wisconsin-Madison
Senior Lecturers
2008 John Cater, BE PhD Monash, SMAIAA
2008 Richard Clarke, MMath PhD Nott.
2015 David Dempsey, MSc Otago , PhD
2018 Peng Du, BE PhD (jointly with Auckland Bioengineering Institute)
2016 Andreas W. Kempa-Liehr, Dipl.-Phys Dr. rer. nat. Münster
2001 Michael O’Sullivan, MS PhD Stan. , BSc MPhil
2009 Andrea Raith, BSc Dipl.-Math Darmstadt , PhD
2007 Vinod Suresh, BTech IIT Chennai , MS PhD Stan. (jointly with Auckland Bioengineering Institute)
2007 Sadiq Zarrouk, BSc Baghdad , ME PhD PGDipGeothermTech
Lecturers
2012 Anthony Downward, BE PhD
2011 John O’Sullivan, BE PhD MSc Stan.
2013 Bryan Ruddy, MSc PhD MIT (jointly with Auckland Bioengineering Institute)
Professional Teaching Fellows
2008 Peter Bier, BSc Waik. , ME PGCertAcadPrac
2015 Kevin Jia, BA BE(Hons) MSc
2016 Colin Simpson, MPhys St And., PhD Cant.
Mechanical Engineering
Head of Department
Krishnan Jayaraman, BE Madr. , ME Howard , PhD Virginia Tech.
Deputy Head of Department (Academic)
Karl Stol, BE Cant. , MSc PhD Colorado , SMAIAA MIEEE
Deputy Head of Department (Research)
Kean C. Aw, CEI( UK ), MSc Brun. , PhD Sci.U.Malaysia , GradDipArts, MIEEE
University Distinguished Professor
1980 Debes Bhattacharyya, ME Calc. , PhD Jad. , FRSNZ, Dist.FEngNZ, MASME
Professors
1999 Simon Bickerton, PhD Delaware , BE
2019 Olaf Diegel, MPM Technol.Syd., PhD Massey
1984 Richard G. J. Flay, BE(Hons) PhD Cant. , CEng, FIMechE FRINA FEngNZ, MASME
1995 Krishnan Jayaraman, BE Madr. , ME Howard , PhD Virginia Tech.
1996 Xun Xu, BE Shenyang Jianzhu , ME Dalian UT , PhD UMIST , FASME FEngNZ
Professors and Chair in Mechatronics
2011 Brian Mace, MA DPhil Oxf., MIIAV
2011 Peter Xu, ME Southeast (China), PhD Beihang, FEngNZ, SMIEEE
Emeritus Professor
Gordon D. Mallinson, BSc(Hons) Well., PhD NSW, FEngNZ, Mem.IEEE
Associate Professors
2004 Kean C. Aw, CEI(UK), MSc Brun., PhD Sci.U.Malaysia, GradDipArts, MIEEE
2013 Andrew McDaid, BE(Hons) PhD, MIEEE MASME
2019 Johan Verbeek, MEng PhD Pret., MEngNZ
Senior Lecturers
2015 Jaspreet Singh Dhupia, BE IIT Delhi , MSc PhD Mich.
2018 George Dodd, BSc Reading, MSc PhD DipAud S’ton., FNZAcS
2018 Luke Hallum, BE(Hons) PhD NSW
2014 Yusuke Hioka, ME PhD Keio, PGCertTertTchg Cant. , SMIEEE
2015 Michael J. Kingan, BE(Hons) PhD Cant.
1999 Richard J. T. Lin, ME NSYSU , PhD
2004 Stuart Norris, PhD Syd. , ME
2001 Rajnish N. Sharma, BE(Hons) PhD, MAIAA MASME MAWES
2004 Karl Stol, BE Cant. , MSc PhD Colorado , SMAIAA MIEEE
2014 Lihua Tang, ME Shanghai Jiao Tong , PhD Nan. Tech. (Singapore) , MASME MSPIE
2015 David C. Wynn, MEng Oxf. , PhD Camb. , MIET MEngNZ
Lecturers
2017 Tim Giffney, BE(Hons) PhD
2018 Eva Hakansson, MSc PhD Denver
2017 Minas Liarokapis, ME Patras, MSc Athens, PhD NTUA, MIEEE MASME
2013 Yuqian Lu, BE(Hons) Dalian UT, PhD
2017 Vladislav Sorokin, MSc SPbPU, PhD DSc IPME
2015 Jonathan Stringer, ME PhD Manc.
2017 Alison Subiantoro, MEng PhD Nanyang Technol .
Professional Teaching Fellows
2013 Hazim Namik, BE(Hons) PhD
2019 Jan Polzer, Dipl-Math Dipl-Ing Duisburg-Essen
2010 Arcot A. Somashekar, BE B’lore. , ME PhD MASME
Research Fellows
Honorary Associate Professors
Robert R. Raine, BSc PhD S’ton. , MSAE
Peter J. Richards, BSc Reading, PhD CNAA, AMRAeS
Honorary Senior Lecturer
Rainer H. A. Seidel, Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing Karlsruhe, PhD
Honorary Lecturers
Jonathon Kerkhofs, BE(Hons) Cant.
Mehdi Shahbazpour, BE(Hons) PhD
Honorary Research Fellow
Shamil Galiyev, MSc Kazan, PhD Leningrad, DSc Kiev
