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
Gerard B. Rowe, ME PhD, FEngNZ, MIEEE MIET
Deputy Dean
Richard Clarke, MMath PhD Nott.
Associate Dean Postgraduate (Research)
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Associate Dean Postgraduate (Taught)
Garry Miller, BSc(Hons) Durh., MBA Leeds, PhD, FICE, FEngNZ 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 (Academic)
Michael A. Hodgson, BE PhD
Associate Dean (International)
Partha S. Roop, BE Anna, MTech IIT Kharagpur, PhD NSW
Assistant Dean (Academic)
Andrew J. Mason, PhD Camb., BE, MEngNZ
Assistant Dean (Teaching and Learning)
Hazim Namik, BE(Hons) PhD
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)
Meng Wai Woo, BE James Cook, PhD NU Malaysia, CEng, MIChemE
Deputy Head of Department (Postgraduate and Research)
Saeid Baroutian, BSc Azad, MEng Shahid Bahonar, PhD Malaya, PGCertAcadPrac, AMIChemE
Professors
2009 Peng Cao, BEng Xi’an Jiao Tong, ME Shanghai Jiao Tong, PhD Qld., MRSNZ MEngNZ
1997 Mohammed M. Farid, BSc Baghdad, MSc PhD Wales, CEng, FIChemE
1992 Wei Gao, ONZM, BE Northeastern (China), ME BCISRI (China), DPhil Oxf., FRSNZ FEngNZ, MTMS MMRS MACA
2004 Robert Kirkpatrick, BE(Hons) PhD UMIST, FEngNZ FIChemE, MAIChE
2013 Mark P. Taylor, BE PhD, FIChemE, CEng
2007 Ashvin Thambyah, BSMBE Marquette, MSc DIC Imperial, PhD NU Singapore, PGCertAcadPrac
Professor and Chair in Food and Process Systems Engineering
2006 Brent Young, BE(Hons) PhD Cant., GradCertHighEd Technol.Syd., CEng, FIChemE, FEngNZ
Emeritus Professors
Neil D. Broom, BEMet(Hons) Melb, PhD, FRSNZ
John J. J. Chen, BE, PhD, CEng, FIChemE FRSNZ
Geoffrey G. Duffy, BSc, ASTC Dip. NSW, PhD DEng, FRSNZ FIChemE, CEng
W. George Ferguson, BSc BE NZ, PhD, CEng CSci, FEngNZ FIEAust FIMMM
Associate Professors
2015 Saeid Baroutian, BSc Azad, MEng Shahid Bahonar, PhD Malaya, PGCertAcadPrac, AMIChemE
2005 Mark I. Jones, BE PhD, CEng CPEng, FIMMM, MEngNZ MRSNZ
2015 Steve Matthews, BE PhD
2010 Jenny Malmstrom, MSc Chalmers, PhD Aarhus
2010 Ashton Partridge, PhD La Trobe, BSc, MNZIC
2019 Meng Wai Woo, BE James Cook, PhD NU Malaysia, CEng, MIChemE
Senior Lecturers
2019 Laura J. Domigan, BSc(Hons) PhD Cant. (jointly with Biological Sciences)
1993 Michael A. Hodgson, BE PhD
2013 Filicia Wicaksana, BEng Widya Mandala, MSc DIC Imperial College, PhD NSW
2008 Wei Yu, BE Liaoning, MS PhD Qu.
Lecturers
2018 Thomas Loho, BE(Hons) PhD
2015 Sophia Rodrigues, BE(Hons) PhD
2015 Kaveh Shahbaz, BSc Azad J&K, MSc Semnan, PhD Malaya, PGCertHigherEd
2019 Shanghai Wei, BEng Hubei, MEng Sichuan, PhD, MRSNZ
2019 Shan Yi, BEng Tianjin, MEng PhD Nan. Tech.
Professional Teaching Fellows
2019 Reza Arjmandi, BSc(Hons) Isfahan UT, PhD Auck.UT
2018 Amar Auckaili, MSc PhD, CEng, MIChemE
2016 Emma Brown, BE(Hons)
1994 Paul Collins, BE
2019 Amanda DiIenno, BS Carnegie-Mellon
2019 Pablo German, BTech(Hons) PhD
2019 Andrea Kolb, Dipl.-Ing (FH) Nuremberg Tech., PhD Well.
2017 Tarek Kollmetz, MSc Hamburg
Research Fellows
2019 Anaïs Chalard, Dipl.-Ing Toulouse INP-ENSIACET, PhD Paul Sabatier
2015 Muhammad Hayat, BE MSc Chalmers, PhD
2015 Saifang Huang, BE CUGB, PhD
2019 Jingjing Liu, ME Northeastern (China), PhD, AMIChemE
2019 Vonne M. van Heeswijk, MSc Eindhoven UT, PhD
2016 Shanghai Wei, BEng Hubei, MEng Sichuan, PhD
2018 Josh Workman, BE(Hons) PhD
2019 Ying Sherry Xu, BE Nanjing TU, MSc PhD Well.
Honorary Professors
Margaret M. Hyland, BSc(Hons) Guelph, PhD W.Ont., CEng, FIChemE, MTMS MRSNZ
Bryony J. James, BEng(Hons) Bath, PhD, FEngNZ, MRSNZ
Honorary Adjunct Professor
Harvey Weake, BE(Hons) Cant., FEngNZ
Honorary Research Fellow
John Kennedy, BSc Madurai-K, MSc Madr., PhD
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Head of Department
Jason M. Ingham, ME PhD Calif., MBA, FEngNZ FNZSEE MASCE
Deputy Head of Department (Academic)
Rolando P. Orense, MSc Philippines, DEng Tokyo, PE, MASCE CMEngNZ
Deputy Head of Department (Service)
Richard S. Henry, BE(Hons) PhD, MEngNZ
Deputy Head of Department (Research)
Liam Wotherspoon, BE(Hons) PhD, FNZSEE, MEERI MEngNZ
Professor of Civil Engineering
1980 Bruce W. Melville, BE PhD, FRSNZ Dist.FEngNZ, MASCE MIAHR
Professor of Timber Engineering
2007 Pierre Quenneville, BE RMC, MEng Montr., PhD Qu., FEngNZ, MASCE, PEng
Professor of Earthquake Engineering
2014 Kenneth J. Elwood, BASc Br.Col., MS Illinois, PhD Berkeley, PEng, FACI, MEERI
Professor of Structural Engineering
1995 Jason M. Ingham, ME PhD Calif., MBA, FNZSEE FEngNZ MASCE
Watercare Professor of Infrastructure
2019 Jakobus E. van Zyl, PhD Exe., PrEng, MASCE
Professors
1999 Kim N. Dirks, BSc McG., MSc PhD
2007 Rolando P. Orense, MSc Philippines, DEng Tokyo, PE, MASCE CMEngNZ
Adjunct Professor
2016 Ray Payne, BE
Associate Professors
2007 Nawawi Chouw, Dipl.-Ing., Dr.-Ing. Ruhr, DGEB, EERI, NZSEE, MEngNZ
2008 G. Charles Clifton, BE(Hons) ME Cant., PhD, FEngNZ, Life Member NZSEE and SESOC
2010 Seosamh B. Costello, BE NUI, MSc PhD Birm., CEng MIEI CMEngNZ
2010 Vicente Gonzalez, BE(Hons) Valparaiso, ME PhD Catholic U. Chile, MEngNZ MASCE
2010 Richard S. Henry, BE(Hons) PhD, MEngNZ
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
2000 Douglas J. Wilson, BE PhD, NZCE, CMEngNZ
2009 Liam Wotherspoon, BE(Hons) PhD, FNZSEE, MEERI MEngNZ
Adjunct Associate Professors
2017 Steven Briggs, ME DIS Lough.
2018 Bruce Marks, BE
Senior Lecturers
2013 Alice Yan Chang-Richards, BE(Hons) MSc CSUT China, PhD
2014 Subeh Chowdhury, BE(Hons) PhD, MEngNZ
2007 Theuns Henning, ME Pret., PhD, CMEngNZ, IntPE
1980 Thomas J. Larkin, BE PhD DipCounsTh, MEngNZ
2021 Kilisimasi Latu, PhD Melb., ME
2006 Quincy T. M. Ma, BE(Hons) PhD, FNZSEE, MEngNZ
2014 Lokesh P. Padhye, BE(Hons) SPCE, MS PhD Georgia Tech., PE Texas, MHigherEd, CMEngNZ, SFHEA
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
2016 Colin N. Whittaker, BE(Hons) PhD Cant., MIAHR MEngNZ
2015 Wei-Qin Zhuang, BE Tianjin, MEng PhD Nan. Tech., MEngNZ
Lecturers
2019 Enrique del Rey Castillo, MEng Madrid, MSc Minho, MSc CTU, PGCertHigherEd PhD, CPEng CMEng
2018 Tūmanako Fa’aui, BE(Hons) PhD
2021 Ashkan Hashemi, ME PhD, CPEng CMEngNZ, IntPE (APEC)
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 Minh Kieu, BSc Hanoi USTC, MSc Linkoping, PhD Qld.UT, MASCE MAITPM MIEEE MEASTS MATIUAP MPIA
2019 Sandeeka Mannakkara, BE(Hons), PhD
2018 Charlotte Toma, BE(Hons) PhD, MEngNZ
2019 Conrad Zorn, BE(Hons) Cant., ME PhD
2018 Yang Zou, BE CQJTU, MSc Cardiff, PhD Liv., MEngNZ
Professional Teaching Fellows
2020 Mohammed Adel Abdelmegid, PMP PMI-RMP PMI, MSc PhD
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, ME Pavia, MIStructE CMEngNZ CEng(UK)
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
Honorary Professors
1989 Hugh W. Morris, ME, CMEngNZ
1977 Michael J. Pender, BE PhD Cant., FEngNZ, MASCE
Electrical, Computer, and Software Engineering
Head of Department
Kevin W. Sowerby, BE PhD, SMIEEE
Deputy Head of Department (Academic)
Mark Andrews, BE PhD
Deputy Heads of Department (Research)
Udaya Madawala, BE(Hons) S.Lanka, PhD, SFIEEE
Catherine Watson, BE(Hons) PhD Cant.
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
2001 Partha S. Roop, BE Anna, MTech IIT Kharagpur, PhD NSW
1984 Gerard B. Rowe, ME PhD, FEngNZ, MIEEE MIET
1990 Kevin W. Sowerby, BE PhD, SMIEEE
Adjunct Professor
2018 Delwyn Moller, ME PhD Mass. (Amherst)
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)
2017 Abhisek Ukil, BE(Hons) Jad., MS Bolton, FH-SWF, PhD Tshwane UT, SMIEEE, CEng(UK), MIET
2003 Catherine Watson, BE(Hons) PhD Cant.
Senior Lecturers
1990 Mark Andrews, BE PhD
2016 Andrew C. M. Austin, BE(Hons) PhD, MIEEE
2001 Morteza Biglari-Abhari, MSc Sharif UT, PhD Adel., SMIEEE
2016 Kelly Blincoe, BE Villanova, MS PhD Drexel
2011 Nasser Giacaman, BE PhD
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
2020 Reza Shahamiri, MSc PhD
2012 Duleepa J. Thrimawithana, BE(Hons) PhD, MIEEE
2013 Kevin I-Kai Wang, BE(Hons) PhD, MIEEE
Lecturers
2020 Jesin James, BTech M. Gandhi, MTech Kerala
2018 Dulsha Kularatna-Abeywardana, ME PhD, MIEEE
2021 Valerio Terragni, MSc PhD
Professional Teaching Fellows
2019 Nathan Allen, BE(Hons)
2017 Bill Collis, GradDipTeach ACE, NZCE CIT, BSc ME PhD PGDipEd
2017 William (yen-Lei) Lee, BE(Hons) PhD
2019 Zainab Massod, BSc, MEngSt, PhD Cant.
2016 Craig Sutherland, BSc(Hons) PhD, MRSNZ
Senior Research Fellow
2013 Ho Seok Ahn, BE(Hons) PhD Korea, MIEEE
Postdoctoral Research Fellows
2020 Jamie Bell, BE(Hons) PhD
2017 Seho Kim, BE(Hons) PhD
2017 Jackman Lin, BE(Hons) PhD
2016 Henry Williams, BE(Hons) PhD Well.
Honorary Academics
Zeeshan Bhatti, BS Islamabad, MS Lahore, ME PhD
Bernard J. Guillemin, BE PhD, NZCS, MIEEE
Mohan Sridharan, BE Madr., MS PhD Texas
Engineering Science
Head of Department
Piaras Kelly, BSc UCD, DPhil Oxf.
Deputy Head of Department (Academic)
Cameron Walker, MA MSc MOR PhD
Deputy Head of Department (Research)
Andrea Raith, BSc Dipl.-Math TU Darmstadt, PhD
Professors
2000 Iain A. Anderson, ME PhD (jointly with Auckland Bioengineering Institute)
2013 Thor Besier, BPhEd(Hons) PhD W.Aust. (jointly with Auckland Bioengineering Institute)
2002 Martyn Nash, BE PhD, FAIMBE, 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
1986 Andrew Philpott BA BSc Well., MPhil PhD Camb., INFORMS Fellow
2007 Andrew Taberner, MSc(Tech) PhD Waik., SMIEEE (jointly with Auckland Bioengineering Institute)
Emeritus Professor
David Ryan, MSc Otago, PhD ANU, FRSNZ FEngNZ INFORMS Fellow
Associate Professors
2006 Mark Battley, BE PhD
2008 John Cater, BE PhD Monash, PGCAP UK, FHEA, SMAIAA MEngNZ
2008 Richard Clarke, MMath PhD Nott.
2018 Peng Du, BE PhD (jointly with Auckland Bioengineering Institute)
2013 Justin Fernandez, BE PhD (jointly with Auckland Bioengineering Institute)
1999 Piaras Kelly, BSc UCD, DPhil Oxf.
2016 Andreas W. Kempa-Liehr, Dipl.-Phys Dr. rer. nat. Münster
1992 Andrew J. Mason, PhD Camb., BE, MEngNZ
2002 Charles Unsworth, BSc(Hons) MSc PhD St And., MIEEE
1998 Cameron Walker, MA MSc MOR PhD
2007 Sadiq Zarrouk, BSc Baghdad, PGDipGeothermTech ME PhD, MEngNZ
Senior Lecturers
2001 Michael O’Sullivan, MS PhD Stan., BSc MPhil
2009 Andrea Raith, BSc Dipl.-Math TU Darmstadt, PhD
2013 Bryan Ruddy, MSc PhD MIT (jointly with Auckland Bioengineering Institute)
2007 Vinod Suresh, BTech IIT Chennai, MS PhD Stan. (jointly with Auckland Bioengineering Institute)
Lecturers
2012 Anthony Downward, BE PhD
2011 John O’Sullivan, BE PhD MSc Stan.
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 and Mechatronics 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
Professors
2020 Roberto Armellin, MSc PhD PoliMi, FHEA
2019 Guglielmo S. Aglietti, MEng PoliMi, PhD S’ton, CEng, FREng, FRAeS
1999 Simon Bickerton, PhD Delaware, BE
2019 Olaf Diegel, MPM Technol.Syd., PhD Massey
1995 Krishnan Jayaraman, BE Madr., ME Howard, PhD Virginia Tech.
1996 Xun Xu, BE(Hons) Shenyang Jianzhu, ME Dalian UT, PhD UMIST, FASME FEngNZ, MIEEE MSME
Professor and Chair in Mechatronics
2011 Peter Xu, ME Southeast (China), PhD Beihang, FEngNZ, SMIEEE, MASME
Associate Professors
2004 Kean C. Aw, CEI(UK), MSc Brun., PhD Sci.U.Malaysia, GradDipArts, MIEEE
2014 Yusuke Hioka, ME PhD Keio, PGCertTertTchg Cant., SMIEEE
2013 Andrew McDaid, BE(Hons) PhD, MIEEE MASME
2001 Rajnish N. Sharma, BE(Hons) PhD, MAIAA MASME MAWES
2004 Karl Stol, BE Cant., MSc PhD Colorado, SMAIAA MIEEE
2019 Johan Verbeek, MEng PhD Pret., MEngNZ
Senior Lecturers
2017 Tom Allen, BE(Hons) PhD MEngNZ
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
2020 Mark Jeunnette MS PhD MIT
2015 Michael J. Kingan, BE(Hons) PhD Cant., PCAP S’ton., MASNZ
2017 Minas Liarokapis, ME Patras, MSc Athens, PhD NTUA, MIEEE MASME
2014 Maran MM, MPhil Camb., PhD Anna, MCE
2000 Stuart Norris, PhD Syd., ME
2019 Jan Polzer, Dipl-Math Dr-Ing Duisburg-Essen
2017 Vladislav Sorokin, MSc SPbPU, PhD DSc IPME, MEngNZ
2017 Alison Subiantoro, MEng PhD Nanyang Technol.
2014 Lihua Tang, ME Shanghai Jiao Tong, PhD Nan. Tech., MASME MSPIE MEngNZ MASNZ
2015 David C. Wynn, MEng Oxf., PhD Camb., MIET CMEngNZ
Lecturers
2020 Priyanka Dhopade, BEng Ryerson, MEng Monash, PhD NSW
2019 Yuqian Lu, BE(Hons) Dalian UT, PhD, MASME MIEEE
2020 Michael MacDonald, PhD Melb., BE(Hons)
2015 Jonathan Stringer, ME PhD Manc.
Professional Teaching Fellows
2009 Jim Hefkey, ME PGDipBus PGCertAcadPrac
2020 Stephen Kavermann, BE(Hons) PhD
2013 Hazim Namik, BE(Hons) PhD
2010 Arcot A. Somashekar, BE B’lore., ME PhD MASME
Research Fellows
2018 Maedeh Amirpour, BE Sharif UT, ME Iran UST, PhD
1984 Richard G. J. Flay, BE(Hons) PhD Cant., CEng, FIMechE FRINA FEngNZ, MASME
2020 Andrew Hall, BMus Well., BE(Hons) Waik., PhD
2019 Justine Hui, PhD Sophia, BA(Hons) ME
2015 Daeseung Jung, BE PhD CBNU (Korea)
2016 Nam Kyeun Kim, BE Hankuk UFS, ME PhD GradDipEng
2011 Brian Mace, MA DPhil Oxf., MASNZ
2020 Frank May, Dipl.–Ing Bremen, Dr. sc. techn. ETH Zurich
2020 Laura Pirovano, MSc PhD Sur.
2020 Benjamin Taylor, MPhys PhD Sur.
2021 Mei Ying Teo, BSc Sci.U.Malaysia, MSc Gwangju, PhD
Honorary Associate Professors
Robert R. Raine, BSc PhD S’ton., MSAE
Peter J. Richards, BSc Reading, PhD CNAA
Honorary Research Fellow
Shamil Galiyev, MSc Kazan, PhD Leningrad, DSc Kiev
