Head of Department
- Dr Philip Sewell – Design simulation and modelling, mechanics of materials, artificial intelligence and medical engineering.
Academic staff
- Dr Amor Abdelkader – Material science, metallurgy, nanomaterials, self-healing materials, advanced materials.
- Professor Alan Breen – Musculoskeletal research.
- Dr Kyungjoo Cha – Lecturer in Product Design. Human-centred design.
- Professor Venky Dubey – Mechanism and robotics, biomedical engineering, tactile sensing, medical instrumentation, virtual reality and design of medical devices.
- Dr Mihai Dupac – Design simulation and modelling, nonlinear dynamics, mechanisms and mechanical vibrations, and biomechanics.
- Dr Bryce Dyer – The philosophy, design or performance analysis of technology used in elite sport.
- Dr Bob Eves – Creative design methods, design semiotics, aesthetics, and colour for design.
- David Foot – Lecturer
- Dr Nigel Garland – Sustainable technology
- Dr Moamer Gashoot – Lecturer in Design Engineering.
- Professor Mark Hadfield – Tribology and sustainable design
- Dr Roya Haratian – Human-robot Interaction
- Dr Yi Huang – Advanced manufacturing and material characterisation.
- Dr Tania Humphries-Smith – Design Education, including aspects of curriculum design and assessment, and feedback.
- Dr Clive Hunt – Education, particularly how student groups engage with learning and how strategy is implemented in historically dependent settings.
- Dr Yong Hun Lim – Lecturer in Product Design. Specialising in design for inclusion and human-centred innovation.
- Dr Doris Jung – Lecturer in Product Design
- Dr Zulfiqar Khan – Tribology, surface engineering, structural integrity, renewable technology and nano-coatings.
- Dr Mehran Koohgilani – Composite materials and neural networks
- Dr Diogo Montalvao – Senior Lecturer in Engineering
- Professor Siamak Noroozi – Biomedical engineering
- Dr Adil Saeed – Material characterisation, engineering design, engineering analysis, sustainable development
- Dr Sarah Palmer-Smith – Education, business and cultural issues. Expertise in aesthetics, CAD and visualisation.
- John Powell – Lecturer
- Tim Reynolds – Design and emotion.
- Theo Roe – Design that has ‘Brio’ (design that is alive with some aspect of truth, verity or art). All design has a physiognomy, an outward face. If inwardly design is insincere, its outward face bears witness to that.
- Dr Adil Saeed – Lecturer in Engineering
- Professor Kamran Tabeshfar – Emeritus Professor
- Dr Ben Thomas – Sustainable design and engineering, including sustainable materials, tribology, and marine structures.
- Russell Wade – Computer aided Design (CAD), 3D printing technologies and information technology
Demonstrators
- Paul Domoney – Mechanical Engineering
- Nicholas Farwell – Engineering Design
- Richard Glithro – Design Engineering
- Gary Underwood – Prototyping, use of 3D printing in education
- Adam Wright – Demonstrator
Technicians
- Abigail Bately – Technician in D&E Innovation Centre
- Gemma Bullock – Technician in D&E Innovation Centre
- Michael Day – Workshop Support Technician in D&E Innovation Centre
- Robert Gardiner – D&E Innovation Centre Manager
- Michael Hacon – Technician in D&E Innovation Centre
- Will Lambert – Technician in D&E Innovation Centre
- Paul Smart – Technician in Model Shop Innovation Centre
- Peter Vivian – Mechanical Engineering Technician in D&E Innovation Centre
- Keith Watson – Technician in D&E Innovation Centre