Programme Leader MSc Sustainable Design and Manufacture
I am a Mechanical Engineer, Lecturer, and Researcher, with over 10 years of experience in academia.
My PhD, from the University of Wolverhampton, focused on the Thermo-mechanical Reliability of Photovoltaic (PV) Modules in Elevated Temperature Climates and findings have been extensively published and cited in high impact journals.
Since joining the University of Sunderland in 2021, my roles have included module leader, personal academic tutor, and research supervisor to numerous BEng, MSc, and PhD students.
Currently, I am Programme Leader for MSc Sustainable Design and Manufacture where students actively contribute to the sustainable future of our planet. They develop advanced engineering skills, scrutinise the impact of current design techniques on manufacturers, environment, and society, while displaying professional attitudes and entrepreneurship proficiency.
Teaching and supervision
Undergraduate and postgraduate modules include:
- Sustainable Energy Production and Consumption
- Advanced Mechanical Engineering
- Engineering Principles for Manufacturing
- Engineering Dynamics and Thermofluids
- Engineering Mechanics
- Applied Mechanics
- Foundations of Mechanical Engineering
Research interests for potential research students
- Effective Implementation of green policies in various sectors
- Energy efficiency for domestic and industrial applications
- Adoption of green energy policies and attaining net zero in emerging economies
- Affordable sustainable energy technologies for emerging economies
- Reliability of photovoltaic (PV) modules in elevated temperature climates
- Redesign (technology, configuration, material selection, geometry) of PV module interconnections in elevated temperatures
- Engineering materials, Accelerated degradation of materials
- Stress-strain analyses, CAD, FEM
Research
- Effective Implementation of green policies in various sectors
- Energy efficiency for domestic and industrial applications
- Adoption of green energy policies and attaining net zero in emerging economies
- Affordable sustainable energy technologies for emerging economies
- Reliability of photovoltaic (PV) modules in elevated temperature climates
- Redesign (technology, configuration, material selection, geometry) of PV module interconnections in elevated temperatures
- Engineering materials, Accelerated degradation of materials
- Stress-strain analyses, CAD, FEM
- Effective Implementation of green policies in various sectors
- Energy efficiency for domestic and industrial applications
- Adoption of green energy policies and attaining net zero in emerging economies
- Affordable sustainable energy technologies for emerging economies
- Reliability of photovoltaic (PV) modules in elevated temperature climates
- Redesign (technology, configuration, material selection, geometry) of PV module interconnections in elevated temperatures
- Engineering materials, Accelerated degradation of materials
- Stress-strain analyses, CAD, FEM
- My PhD was funded by the Schlumberger Faculty for the Future (FFTF) Grant.
- I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), Women Engineering Society (WES) and Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET).
- I am an alumni of the Aurora Women in Leadership Program facilitated by Advance HE.
- In order to reduce the gender gap in Engineering, I work with STEM Ambassadors and the Girls' Network.
- I am a collaborator on the Pro:NE project which aims to support home students of minority ethnic background to undertake doctoral study.
- I am the Engineering Representative on the University of Sunderland Academic Board and a member of the Race and Equality Charter Committee.
Publications, Presentations, Workshops- Hear my name
- Research Gate
- What does Easter mean? From a Catholic's perspective... – March 2024
- Why do you call me black? Black History Month Talk – October 2023
- Roundtable Discussion: International Women in Engineering Day – June 2023