School of Computing and Engineering staff

Matthew is presently working on providing personal safety solutions incorporating cybersecurity, the Internet of Things, and machine learning techniques.

Dr Tariq Abdullah has over 19 years of research and development experience within both industry and academia. He has worked in many roles within Higher Education, as a Lecturer, Programme Leader, Research Fellow and in his current role as Academic Lead in Computing and IT.

Wajahat is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Electronics, Computing and Maths. His role is to enhance students’ skillset in software design and implementation. He is also part of a dynamic team in the Data Science Research Centre. His research interests include Knowledge Graph, Semantic Reasoning, Data Analytics, Context Awareness, and Decision Support Systems.

Dr Ovidiu Bagdasar is the Erasmus Coordinator for Mathematics and Computing. His research in Discrete Mathematics, Optimisation, and Maths Anxiety has been disseminated in numerous international journals and conferences. Ovidiu also works with colleagues and technology companies to improve standards in mathematics education within the University, and beyond.

As an Associate Professor, Dr Barnby leads a team collaborating internationally in research at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), focussing on advances in data handling and teaches a variety of mathematics and computing courses at undergraduate and masters levels. He supervises several PhD students and is interested in new collaborations.

Richard is Technical Team Leader based at the Markeaton Street campus. He has operational responsibility for technical services and research across the College of Science and Engineering. He has worked as a technician for over 20 years with experience of working in different subject and discipline areas.

Dr. Amar Bousbaine is an experienced senior Electrical and Electronic Engineering academic and active researcher in the fields of automotive electrical power system for Electrical Vehicles (EVs), renewable energy sources, Hydrogen fuel cells, and autonomous control of drones.

Dr Choudhry is a mechanical engineer with over a decade of research, teaching and academic leadership experience. Rizwan's specialization is in finite element analysis of composite materials, damage modelling, non-destructive testing, integrity management, sustainable and recyclable materials.