Alphabetical list - School of Mechanical and Systems Engineering

Staff by Role

Academic
Dr Sandy Anderson Senior Lecturer	Email: sandy.anderson@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6216
Dr John Appleby Head of School	Email: john.appleby@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6286
Dr Robert Bicker Senior Lecturer	Email: robert.bicker@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6219
Dr Oana Bretcanu Lecturer	Email: oana.bretcanu@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 8617
Professor Nilanjan Chakraborty Professor of Fluid Dynamics	Email: nilanjan.chakraborty@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44(0)191 222 3570
Dr Jinju Chen Lecturer in Nano-biomechanics	Email: jinju.chen@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44(0) 191 222 5434
Professor Peter Cumpson Science City Prof in MEMS	Email: peter.cumpson@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 7911
Professor Kenneth Dalgarno Sir James Woodeson Professor of Manufacturing Engineering	Email: kenny.dalgarno@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 8554
Robert Davidson Senior Lecturer	Email: r.i.davidson@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6203
Iain Evans Senior Lecturer	Email: iain.evans@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6245
Dr Francis Franklin Lecturer	Email: francis.franklin@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 3494
Dr Barry Gallacher Senior Lecturer	Email: barry.gallacher@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6221
Dr Lian Gan Lecturer	Email: lian.gan@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 3620
Professor Geoff Gibson Research Director of NewRail and Professor of Composite Materials Engineering	Email: geoff.gibson@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 8562
Dr Kheng-Lim Goh Senior Lecturer	Email: kheng-lim.goh@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +65 6550 0133
Dr Jack Hale Reader in Structural Dynamics	Email: jack.hale@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6208
Dr John Hedley Senior Lecturer	Email: john.hedley@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6002
Dr Dehong Huo Lecturer	Email: dehong.huo@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: 0191 222 6230
Professor Garth Johnson Emeritus Professor	Email: garth.johnson@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: 07946 844969
Professor Tom Joyce Professor of Orthopaedic Engineering	Email: thomas.joyce@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6214
Dr Michael Lau Senior Lecturer	Email: michael.lau@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +65 6550 0134
Dr Ketan Pancholi Lecturer	Email: ketan.pancholi@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: 0191 222 6788
Dr Allen Parker Reader in Applied Mathematics and Principal Teaching Fellow	Email: allen.parker@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 5443
Dr Ian Potts Lecturer	Email: ian.potts@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6165
Dr Michele Pozzi Lecturer	Email: michele.pozzi@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: (0)191 222 8224
Dr Ahmed Qureshi Lecturer	Email: ahmed.qureshi@ncl.ac.uk
Professor Mike Reeks Professor	Email: mike.reeks@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 3570
Professor Mark Robinson Director of NewRail and Professor of Rail Systems Engineering	Email: mark.robinson@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6197
Professor Yuri Sergeev Professor of Engineering Mathematics	Email: yuri.sergeev@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6284
Dr David Swailes Lecturer	Email: david.swailes@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 8538
Dr Didier Talamona Lecturer	Email: didier.talamona@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +65 6550 0132
Dr Guohong Tian Lecturer	Email: guohong.tian@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 3902
Dr Eugene Wong Lecturer	Email: eugene.wong@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +65 6550 0135

Academic Support
Richard Burnett Electronics Support Engineer	Email: richard.burnett@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: 0191 222 6166
Peter Chapman CAE Support Officer	Email: peter.chapman@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 5681
Dr Zhongxu Hu Senior Research Associate	Email: zhongxu.hu@ncl.ac.uk

Admin And Clerical
Amanda Baxter Masters Level Support Officer	Email: amanda.baxter@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 3680
Tania Cherry Project Administrator	Email: tania.cherry@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6204
Linda Davies Senior Finance Assistant	Email: linda.davies@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6204
Nicola Davison Office Manager	Email: nicola.davison@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6163
Kyle Day Undergraduate Support Secretary	Email: kyle.day@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 3680
Chris Earle-Storey Personal Assistant	Email: chris.earle-storey@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6164
Susan Lawson School Administrator	Email: susan.lawson@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6213
Ann Pattison Undergraduate Support Secretary	Email: ann.pattison@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 3572
Julie Sleightholme Receptionist/Teaching Support Secretary	Email: julie.sleightholme@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 5236

Design Unit
Michael Armstrong Research Associate (Project Engineer)	Email: m.armstrong@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6207
Christopher Aylott Research Associate	Email: christopher.aylott@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6158
David Clipperton Instrumentation Technician	Email: dave.clipperton@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 5519
Marie Dixon Secretary	Email: marie.dixon@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6192
Dr Robert Frazer Engineer	Email: robert.frazer@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6217
John Haigh Engineer	Email: john.haigh@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6236
Andrew Hamer Research Associate	Email: andrew.hamer@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6217
Matthew Herdman Test Rig Technician	Email: matthew.herdman@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6531
Andrew Kerr Technician	Email: andrew.kerr@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6195
Robert Lambert Research Engineer	Email: robert.lambert@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: 0191 222 6191
Timothy Lisle Design Engineer	Email: timothy.lisle@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6096
Andrew McBride Research Technician	Email: andrew.mcbride@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6531
Stephen Pragnell Design Engineer	Email: stephen.pragnell@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6096
Ian Sewell Senior Research Associate	Email: ian.sewell@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 7857
Dr Brian Shaw Director of Design Unit	Email: brian.shaw@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6199
Dr Andrew Steven Design and Development Engineer	Email: andy.steven@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6191
Beth Stobo Secretary (Design Unit)	Email: beth.stobo@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6192
Frank Storey Workshop Research Technician	Email: frank.storey@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6195
Dr Moorthy Vaidhianathasamy Research Associate	Email: v.moorthy@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +191 222 6158
Stephen Wilson Research Associate	Email: s.j.wilson@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6167
Dr Jishan Zhang Research Associate	Email: jishan.zhang@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6167

New Rail
Dr Paulus Aditjandra Research Associate	Email: paulus.aditjandra@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 5997
Paul Batty Research Assistant	Email: paul.batty2@ncl.ac.uk
Bruce Carnaby Project Manager & Researcher	Email: bruce.carnaby@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 8573
Robert Davidson Senior Lecturer	Email: r.i.davidson@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6203
Sian Evans NewRail Strategy Group Manager	Email: sian.evans@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 3569
Belinda Fairbairn Strategy Group Researcher	Email: belinda.fairbairn@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: 0191 222 8584
Dr Francis Franklin Lecturer	Email: francis.franklin@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 3494
Anna Fraszczyk Research Assistant	Email: anna.fraszczyk2@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 3976
Dr Corry Gellatly Database Manager	Email: corry.gellatly@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: 0191 222 8645
Professor Geoff Gibson Research Director of NewRail and Professor of Composite Materials Engineering	Email: geoff.gibson@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 8562
Dr Arturo Gonzalez Gil Research Associate	Email: arturo.gonzalez@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 8657
Dr Paul Hyde Research Associate	Email: paul.hyde@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 124 628 1634
Dr Dewan Islam Freight Logistics Academic and Researcher	Email: dewan.islam@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 3972
Ross Jackson Research Assistant	Email: ross.jackson@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 3974
Dr George Kotsikos Project Manager	Email: george.kotsikos@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 5889
Dr Marin Marinov Rail Education Group Manager	Email: marin.marinov@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 3976
Dr Emmanuel Matsika Research Associate	Email: emmanuel.matsika@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 8648
Karen McTigue NewRail Marketing & Communications Co-ordinator	Email: karen.mctigue@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 5889
Philip Mortimer Research Associate	Telephone: 00 44(0)1243 869118
Conor O'Neill Rail Vehicles Group Manager	Email: conor.oneill@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 3973
Roberto Palacin Rail Systems Group	Email: roberto.palacin@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6829
Professor Mark Robinson Director of NewRail and Professor of Rail Systems Engineering	Email: mark.robinson@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6197
Patricia Scott Personal Assistant - NewRail	Email: pat.scott@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 5821
Hannah Smithurst Research Assistant	Email: hannah.smithurst@ncl.ac.uk
Maciej Tumasz Research Associate
Dr Cristian Ulianov Rail Infrastructure Group Manager	Email: cristian.ulianov@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: 00 44 191 222 3971
Dr Gordana Vasic Franklin Research Associate-NewRail and Research Coordinator-transportNewcastle	Email: gordana.vasic@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6497
Clare Woroniuk Research Assistant	Email: clare.woroniuk@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222
Dr Xiangdong Xue	Email: xiangdong.xue@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 191 222 8657
Ann Zunder Freight & Logistics Dissemination - NewRail	Email: ann.zunder@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 8575
Tom Zunder Rail Freight & Logistics Research Group Manager	Email: tom.zunder@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 3975

Research Staff
Dr Paulus Aditjandra Research Associate	Email: paulus.aditjandra@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 5997
Dr Mohammed Alamiry Research Associate	Email: mohammed.alamiry@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Yasmine Ammar Research Associate	Email: yasmine.ammar@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 3080
Michael Armstrong Research Associate (Project Engineer)	Email: m.armstrong@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6207
Christopher Aylott Research Associate	Email: christopher.aylott@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6158
Dr Anders Barlow Research Associate	Email: anders.barlow@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 5787
Paul Batty Research Assistant	Email: paul.batty2@ncl.ac.uk
Martin Bone Research Assistant	Email: martin.bone2@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Tamir Brosh Research Associate	Email: tamir.brosh@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: 0191 222 3081
Bruce Carnaby Project Manager & Researcher	Email: bruce.carnaby@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 8573
Dr Carl Dale Research Associate	Email: carl.dale@ncl.ac.uk
Belinda Fairbairn Strategy Group Researcher	Email: belinda.fairbairn@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: 0191 222 8584
Anna Fraszczyk Research Assistant	Email: anna.fraszczyk2@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 3976
Dr Robert Frazer Engineer	Email: robert.frazer@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6217
Dr Corry Gellatly Database Manager	Email: corry.gellatly@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: 0191 222 8645
Dr Arturo Gonzalez Gil Research Associate	Email: arturo.gonzalez@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 8657
Harry Grigg Research Assistant	Email: harry.grigg@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Gunmo Gu Associate Researcher	Email: gunmo.gu@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 5681
John Haigh Engineer	Email: john.haigh@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6236
Andrew Hamer Research Associate	Email: andrew.hamer@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6217
Clare Hopkins Research Assistant
Dr Zhongxu Hu Senior Research Associate	Email: zhongxu.hu@ncl.ac.uk
James Humphrey Research Assistant
Dr Paul Hyde Research Associate	Email: paul.hyde@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 124 628 1634
Dr Dewan Islam Freight Logistics Academic and Researcher	Email: dewan.islam@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 3972
Ross Jackson Research Assistant	Email: ross.jackson@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 3974
Dr George Kotsikos Project Manager	Email: george.kotsikos@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 5889
Timothy Lisle Design Engineer	Email: timothy.lisle@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6096
Dr Marin Marinov Rail Education Group Manager	Email: marin.marinov@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 3976
Dr Emmanuel Matsika Research Associate	Email: emmanuel.matsika@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 8648
Philip Mortimer Research Associate	Telephone: 00 44(0)1243 869118
Dr Javier Munguia Valenzuela Research Associate	Email: javier.munguia@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Andrew Naylor Research Associate
Conor O'Neill Rail Vehicles Group Manager	Email: conor.oneill@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 3973
Roberto Palacin Rail Systems Group	Email: roberto.palacin@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6829
Dr Jose Portoles Research Associate	Email: jose.portoles@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 3080
Stephen Pragnell Design Engineer	Email: stephen.pragnell@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6096
Dr Naoko Sano Research Associate	Email: naoko.sano@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 5787
Dr Susan Scholes Research Associate	Email: susan.scholes@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6196
Ian Sewell Senior Research Associate	Email: ian.sewell@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 7857
Hannah Smithurst Research Assistant	Email: hannah.smithurst@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Andrew Steven Design and Development Engineer	Email: andy.steven@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6191
Maciej Tumasz Research Associate
Dr Cristian Ulianov Rail Infrastructure Group Manager	Email: cristian.ulianov@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: 00 44 191 222 3971
Dr Moorthy Vaidhianathasamy Research Associate	Email: v.moorthy@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +191 222 6158
Dr Daniel Wacks Research Associate	Email: daniel.wacks@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: 0191 222 3081
Stephen Wilson Research Associate	Email: s.j.wilson@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6167
Clare Woroniuk Research Assistant	Email: clare.woroniuk@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222
Dr Xiangdong Xue	Email: xiangdong.xue@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 191 222 8657
Dr Jishan Zhang Research Associate	Email: jishan.zhang@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6167
Tom Zunder Rail Freight & Logistics Research Group Manager	Email: tom.zunder@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 3975

Technical
Malcolm Black Strengths and Mechatronics Supervisor	Email: malcolm.black@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6195
Stephen Charlton Workshop and Laboratory Supervisor	Email: s.e.charlton@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6195
Nicky Dafter Manufacturing Technician	Email: nicky.dafter@ncl.ac.uk
Michael Foster Senior Laboratory & Workshop Supervisor	Email: michael.foster@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6195
Jamie Hodgson Workshop Technician	Email: jamie.hodgson@ncl.ac.uk
Ken Madden School Superintendent	Email: ken.madden@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6198
Lewis Sholder Apprentice Technician	Email: lewis.sholder@ncl.ac.uk
Derek Simm IT Supervisor	Email: derek.simm@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6480
Brian Stoker Research Laboratory Supervisor	Email: brian.stoker@ncl.ac.uk

Visiting Staff
Brian Abraham Guest Member of Staff	Email: brian.abraham@ncl.ac.uk
Professor Brian Agnew Guest Member of Staff	Email: brian.agnew@ncl.ac.uk
Gokce Aydin Guest Member of Staff
Yanny Baba Ismail Visiting Researcher	Email: yanny.baba-ismail@ncl.ac.uk
David Butz Visiting Researcher	Email: david.butz@ncl.ac.uk
Pavlo Doichyk Visitor
Dr Gunmo Gu Associate Researcher	Email: gunmo.gu@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 5681
Dr Everson Kandare Guest Member of Staff
John Lockey Guest Member of Staff	Email: john.lockey@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6237
Dr Sean Malkeson Guest Member of Staff	Email: smalkeson@mmiengineering.com
Professor Shimin Mao Visiting Professor
Professor Adrian Mouritz Visiting Professor	Email: adrian.mouritz@ncl.ac.uk
Zoltan Onodi-Szucs Exchange student
Professor Graham Penning Visiting Prof of Practice
Ann Petrie Guest Member of Staff	Email: ann.petrie@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6230
Professor Ian Ritchey Visiting Professor	Email: ian.ritchey@ncl.ac.uk
Professor John Roberts Visiting Prof of Practice	Email: j.roberts2@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 5821
Professor Ismail Sahin Guest Member of Staff
Professor Bernhard Schartel Visiting Professor	Email: bernhard.schartel@bam.de
Luiz Silveira-Lopes
Dr Simon Smith Guest Member of Staff	Email: simon.smith@ncl.ac.uk
Dr David Worsley Visiting Lecturer
Sahin Yigit Visiting Researcher

Newcastle University

School of Mechanical and Systems Engineering

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