School of
Engineering
Our people
Meet our School of Engineering staff!
To sort staff by Discipline, scroll further down the page.
Associate Professor Adrian Wills
Interim Head of School
School of Engineering
Acting Head of School
- adrian.wills@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240339206
Professor Grant Webber
Professor
School of Engineering
Deputy Head of School (Teaching and Learning)
- grant.webber@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240339067
Professor Sarah Johnson
Professor
School of Engineering
Deputy Head of School (Research)
- sarah.johnson@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216028
Dr Jubert Pineda
Associate Professor
School of Engineering
Director of HDR Students
- jubert.pineda@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249217034
Professor Anna Giacomini
Professor
School of Engineering
Head of Discipline, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Surveying
- anna.giacomini@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216254
Professor Zhiyong Chen
Professor
School of Engineering
Head of Discipline, Electrical and Electronic, Computer Systems and Medical Engineering
- zhiyong.chen@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216352
Associate Professor Elham Doroodchi
Associate Professor
School of Engineering
Head of Discipline, Chemical and Renewable Energy Engineering
- elham.doroodchi@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240339066
Associate Professor Thomas Fiedler
Associate Professor
School of Engineering
Head of Discipline, Aerospace Systems, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
- thomas.fiedler@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216188
Dr Alejandro Donaire
Senior Lecturer
School of Engineering
Academic Conduct Officer
- alejandro.donaire@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249854934
Ms Katherine Harrison
School Executive Officer
School of Engineering
Acting School Executive Officer
- katherine.harrison@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249215798
Aerospace Systems, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
Dr Alex Bateman
Lecturer Mechanical Engineering
School of Engineering
- alex.bateman@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249854090
Dr Michael Carr
Lecturer - Mechanical Engineering
School of Engineering
- michael.j.carr@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240339354
Dr Alejandro Donaire
Senior Lecturer
School of Engineering
- alejandro.donaire@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249854934
Associate Professor Thomas Fiedler
Associate Professor
School of Engineering
Head of Discipline, Aerospace Systems, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
- thomas.fiedler@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216188
Dr Aleksej Lavrinec
Research Associate/Research Associate
School of Engineering
- aleksej.lavrinec@newcastle.edu.au
- 0435105305
Dr Boyang Li
Lecturer in Aerospace Systems Engineering
School of Engineering
- boyang.li@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240550828
Dr Christopher Renton
Senior Lecturer
School of Engineering
- christopher.renton@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249217464
Dr Peter Robinson
Lecturer/Research Associate
School of Engineering
- peter.w.robinson@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240339040
Associate Professor Chris Wensrich
Associate Professor
School of Engineering
- christopher.wensrich@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216203
Associate Professor Adrian Wills
Interim Head of School
School of Engineering
Acting Head of School
- adrian.wills@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240339206
Associate Professor Yuen Yong
Associate Professor
School of Engineering
- yuenkuan.yong@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216438
Civil and Environmental Engineering and Surveying
Associate Professor Igor Chaves
Associate Professor
School of Engineering
- igor.chaves@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249212006
Professor Anna Giacomini
Professor
School of Engineering
Head of Discipline, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Surveying
- anna.giacomini@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216254
Dr Davide Guccione
ARC Industry Fellow/Casual Academic
School of Engineering
- davide.guccione@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249215401
Dr Md Akhtar Hossain
Research Associate/Casual Academic/Casual Academic
School of Engineering
- akhtar.a.hossain@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249854115
Associate Professor Anthony Kiem
Associate Professor
School of Engineering
- anthony.kiem@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249218656
Associate Professor George Kouretzis
Associate Professor
School of Engineering
- georgios.kouretzis@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216449
Dr Kaiwen Ouyang
Research Associate
School of Engineering
- kaiwen.ouyang@newcastle.edu.au
- Not applicable
Dr Jubert Pineda
Associate Professor
School of Engineering
HDR Director
- jubert.pineda@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249217034
Associate Professor Jose Rodriguez
Associate Professor
School of Engineering
- jose.rodriguez@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249217376
Associate Professor Klaus Thoeni
Associate Dean Research (Industry Engagement)
School of Engineering
- klaus.thoeni@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249215735
Chemical and Renewable Energy Engineering
Mr Luke Christiansen
Casual Research Assistant
School of Engineering
- luke.christiansen@newcastle.edu.au
- 0243484360
Dr Jamie Dickinson
Research Associate
School of Engineering
- jamie.dickinson@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240339088
Associate Professor Elham Doroodchi
Associate Professor
School of Engineering
Head of Discipline for Chemical and Renewable Energy Engineering
- elham.doroodchi@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240339066
Associate Professor Mahshid Firouzi
Associate Professor
School of Engineering
- mahshid.firouzi@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240339364
Laureate Professor Kevin Galvin
Distinguished Laureate Professor
School of Engineering
- kevin.galvin@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240339077
Mr Craig Garlick
CIMR Research Associate
School of Engineering
- craig.garlick@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240339100
Associate Professor Tom Honeyands
Associate Professor
School of Engineering
- tom.a.honeyands@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240339216
Dr Simon Iveson
Research Associate/Associate Lecturer
School of Engineering
- simon.iveson@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240339079
Dr Salman Khoshk Rish
Research Associate
School of Engineering
- salman.khoshkrish@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240550865
Ms Leanne Matthews
Research Assistant
School of Engineering
- leanne.matthews@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240339464
Laureate Professor Behdad Moghtaderi
Laureate Professor
School of Engineering
- behdad.moghtaderi@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240339062
Dr Mohammad Navazani
Research Associate
School of Engineering
- mohammad.navazani@newcastle.edu.au
- 0433962124
Dr Khadijeh Paymooni
CIMR Research Associate
School of Engineering
- khadijeh.paymooni@newcastle.edu.au
- 0413743226
Dr Rohan Stanger
Research Associate/Senior Lecturer/Casual Research Assistant
School of Engineering
- rohan.stanger@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216108
Mr Joshua Sutherland
Research Assistant
School of Engineering
- joshua.sutherland@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240339080
Associate Professor Arash Tahmasebi
Associate Professor
School of Engineering
- arash.tahmasebi@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240339261
Dr Priscilla Tremain
Research Associate/Casual Academic
School of Engineering
- priscilla.tremain@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240339347
Electrical and Electronic, Computer Systems and Medical Engineering
Associate Professor Behnam Akhavan
ARC DECRA Fellow
School of Engineering
- behnam.akhavan@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240339246
Professor Zhiyong Chen
Professor
School of Engineering
Head of Discipline
- zhiyong.chen@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216352
Associate Professor Duy Ngo
Associate Professor
School of Engineering
- duy.ngo@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249218947
Associate Professor Lawrence Ong
Associate Professor
School of Engineering
- lawrence.ong@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249215385
Mr Nicholas Politis
Associate Lecturer/Casual Research Assistant/Casual Academic
Pathways and Academic Learning Support
Dr Basit Shahab
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Engineering
- basit.shahab@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240550842
Associate Professor Terrence Summers
Associate Professor
School of Engineering
- terry.summers@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216022
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