Dr Paul Cunningham

Automotive Engineering MSc Programme Leader

Module leader for the MSc Project. Paul has industrial and academic experience in advanced composite materials and structures and has been involved in research with Jaguar Land Rover on the low-cycle fatigue testing of aluminium alloys.

Professor Kambiz Ebrahimi

Professor of Advanced Propulsion

Module leader for Vehicle and Powertrain Functional Performance. Kambiz has extensive experience working with industry on research projects relating to advanced vehicle propulsion including hybrid-electric powertrains.

Dr Ashley Fly

Lecturer in Vehicle Electrification

Ashley’s research focuses on the design, development, and diagnostics of powertrain systems for electric vehicles. Being involved in the design and development of an electric vehicle for research and teaching in India, his expertise lies in batteries and fuel cells for electric vehicles.

Dr Simon Wang

Senior Lecturer in Applied and Computational Mechanics

Module leader for Body Engineering. Simon has considerable expertise in the computational mechanics of fibre-reinforced composite materials and lightweight structures, and in theoretical and experimental interface fracture mechanics in layered materials and thin films.

Dr Matt Best

Senior Lecturer in Vehicle Dynamics and Control

Module leader for Vehicle Dynamics. Matt has considerable experience in the modelling and control of vehicle ride and handling, and he is a member of the vehicle test team which operates at MIRA.

Dr Cunjia Liu

Reader in Unmanned Vehicles

Module leader for Autonomous Vehicle Systems. Cunjia has experience as a control systems engineer at Triumph actuation and Motion Control Systems-UK Ltd, and is now part of the Autonomous Systems Laboratory in the Department.

Dr Sarah Dunnett

Reader in Systems Reliability

Module leader for Vehicle Systems Integration. Sarah has expertise in vehicle safety and new hazard analysis technologies.