Iain Evans
Senior Teaching Fellow

Introduction

After more than fifteen years as an international consultant working for Ove Arup and Partners in the UK, Germany, China and South east Asia, I returned to academia to teach and to study for my PhD. My teaching interests include project management, system design and manufacturing, with the majority of my teaching time being spent on individual and group projects which are mostly themed around renewable energy design, product design and commercial applications.

Background

Mechanical Engineering at Surrey University
Thick sandwich course - Carless Exploration - build and commission onshore oil platform,
Graduate Engineer - Arup - London
Fire Engineer - Arup Fire - London
Associate - Arup Industrial - Hong Kong/Germany/London
Associate Director - Arup - Hong Kong, China, Japan, Phillippines, Korea, Singapore, UK.

Roles and Responsibilities

During my industrial career, I was responsible for securing and delivering multi-million dollar, multi-disciplinary projects across UK and much of south-east Asia, working for blue chip clients in industrial and commercial sectors. I was the Principle Design Engineer for major industrial projects providing cross-discipline coordination and project management. To acheive some of the projects withing the commercial time constraints, I established and managed teams working over three continents providing 24x7 project delivery. I have direct Design and Project Management experience in major manufacturing industries including: automotive, oil and gas, food and drink, micro-electronics, power generation, water treatment and domestic chemicals. As part of the development of projects I provided specialist design for tunnel ventilation, clean rooms, laboratories and associated utilities and balance of plant. Other specialist areas included Fire Engineering where I was responsible for Fire Safety Design and Implementation, including developmenet of primary analysis tools. As part of an international team I was also responsible for design and delivery of Mission Critical Facilities for banking sector clients across south-east Asia and Europe.

Qualifications

B.Eng (hons)
C.Eng

Previous Positions

Associate Director - Ove Arup and Partners

Memberships

Member - Institute of Mechanical Engineers

Former Member - Hong Kong Institute of Engineers and Registered Professional Engineer

Honours and Awards

Instron design Prize - 1984

Languages

French - beginners
German - beginners

Informal Interests

Private pilot and former RAF graded motorglider instructor,
Martial arts instructor
Historic weapons manufacture and training
Re-enactment of Viking period
Complimentary therapist and motivational coach
Crafts - metalwork, machining, leatherwork and shoemaking, woodwork and turning, pottery, jewellery making, blacksmithing.

Research Interests

My PhD research involves the development and clinical testing of an affordable novel rehabilitation measurement device to support children with traumatic brain injuries and Cerebral Palsey.

Postgraduate Supervision

Renewable energy systems - wind, water, solar, biomass.

Industrial Relevance

The benefits of long-term rehabilitation are well documented. Unfortunately, current health care systems do not support long-term rehabilitation due to cost and/or supply of therapist. The proposed rehabilitation measurement system is a form of therapy which provides immediate and graded feedback to patients, therapist and carers.

Keywords

Renewable energy designs
Domestic scale renewable energy utilisation
Wind power
Water power
Solar power

Undergraduate Teaching

Engineering Diploma - primary units for Walbottle Campus
SFY 0009 - Foundation Year Projects
MEC 1010 - Integrated Design and Manufacturing
MEC 3096 - Individual projects
MEC 4096 - Group projects

Postgraduate Teaching

MSc projects