Our people
Meet our School of Engineering staff!
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Associate Professor Adrian Wills
Acting Head of School
School of Engineering
- Adrian.Wills@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240339206
Professor Grant Webber
Deputy Head of School (Teaching and Learning)
School of Engineering
- Grant.Webber@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240339067
Professor Sarah Johnson
Deputy Head of School (Research)
School of Engineering
- Sarah.Johnson@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216028
Dr Jubert Pineda
Director of HDR Students
School of Engineering
- Jubert.Pineda@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249217034
Professor Anna Giacomini
Head of Discipline, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Surveying
School of Engineering
- Anna.Giacomini@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216254
Professor Zhiyong Chen
Head of Discipline, Electrical and Electronic, Computer Systems and Medical Engineering
School of Engineering
- Zhiyong.Chen@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216352
Associate Professor Elham Doroodchi
Head of Discipline, Chemical and Renewable Energy Engineering
School of Engineering
- Elham.Doroodchi@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240339066
Associate Professor Thomas Fiedler
Head of Discipline, Aerospace Systems, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
School of Engineering
- Thomas.Fiedler@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216188
Dr Alejandro Donaire
Academic Conduct Officer
School of Engineering
- Alejandro.Donaire@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249854934
Ms Katherine Harrison
Acting School Executive Officer
School of Engineering
- 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
Head of Discipline, Aerospace Systems, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
School of Engineering
- Thomas.Fiedler@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216188
Dr Aleksej Lavrinec
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
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
Acting Head of School
School of Engineering
- Adrian.Wills@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240339206
Dr Chi Wu
Senior Lecturer - Mechanical Engineering
School of Engineering
- Chi.Wu@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240550788
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
Head of Discipline, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Surveying
School of Engineering
- 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/Lecturer/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
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
Head of Discipline for Chemical and Renewable Energy Engineering
School of 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
- 0240551080
Dr Khadijeh Paymooni
CIMR Research Associate
School of Engineering
- Khadijeh.Paymooni@newcastle.edu.au
- 0413743226
Dr Rohan Stanger
Research Associate/Casual Research Assistant/Casual Academic
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
Head of Discipline
School of Engineering
- 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
Casual Research Assistant/Casual Academic/Casual Research Assistant
School of Engineering
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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