Our Staff

Professor Mike Duke

Dean of the School of Engineering and The Dr John Gallagher Chair in Engineering

Dr Rob Torrens

Lecturer | Assistant-Dean (Academic)

Senior Lecturer in Mechatronics and Mechanical Engineering
Hin was the project leader of the robotic asparagus harvester project. With the support of Callaghan Innovation and collaboration with Robotics Plus Limited, a fully operational prototype that used advanced robotics to ... more

Dr Martin Atkins

Senior Lecturer in Chemical and Process Engineering

Dr Leandro Bolzoni

Associate Professor in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering
Dr. Leandro Bolzoni joined the School of Engineering of The University of Waikato as a senior lecturer in July 2015, and is leading the development and commercialisation of titanium based products obtained ... more

Dr Graeme Glasgow

Senior Lecturer
Graeme has over 25 years experience in the water industry. Previously, he worked as a senior process engineer and team leader in consultancies and water companies in the UK and New Zealand. ... more

Dr Ye Chow Kuang

Senior Lecturer
Dr. Ye Chow Kuang graduated with the first-class degree honours in Electromechanical Engineering from the University of Southampton in 2000 with the Institute of Electrical Engineers Southern Award for Outstanding Academic Performance. ... more

Dr Megan Boston

Lecturer in Civil Engineering
Megan completed her PhD in 2017 from The Johns Hopkins University, (Thesis: Building Resilience Through Design: Improving Post-Earthquake Hospital Functionality). Prior to completing her PhD, Megan completed her BS and MS in ... more

Dr Rachael Tighe

Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
Student Research Opportunities - Applications WelcomeRachael graduated from the University of Lancaster with a Masters of Physics and swapped over to the dark side for her PhD in Engineering from the University ... more

Associate Professor James Carson

Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
The main theme of James' research is the application of heat transfer and thermodynamic analysis to practical problems, most commonly related to refrigeration. Early on in his research career most of his ... more

Professor Michael Walmsley

Professor

Professor Yifan Chen

Professor - Associate Dean

Professor Ilanko Ilanko

Professor
Also serving as a Deputy Editor-in-Chief and Receiving Editor for the Journal of Sound and Vibration.https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-sound-and-vibration/editorial-board/s-ilankoCurrent and Past Research Grants: Marsden Grant 2012 - Negative Structures, MBIE Smart Ideas 2018 - Omnidirectional ... more

Professor in Materials Science and Engineering Kim Pickering

Associate Dean Research & Professor of Engineering
Professor Pickering has been involved in materials related research for over 30 years, specialising in composite materials. Prior to her current role, she was an industrial researcher at Plessey in the UK ... more

Professor Jonathan Scott

Foundation Professor of EE (retired)
Jonathan has worked as an EE for universities and private industry in Australia, California and New Zealand. He speaks C, unix, LaTeX, HTML, SQL, & English. ... more

Emeritus Professor Janis Swan

Emeritus Professor
Research interests in bioprocessing, engineering education research, meat industry products and byproducts ... more

Associate Professor Michael Cree

Associate Professor

Associate Professor Nihal Kularatna

Associate Professor in Electronic Engineering
Nihal Kularatna is an electronics engineer with four and half decades of contribution to profession and research. As a graduate electronic engineer, in his early career (1976-1982) he was active in aviation ... more

Associate Professor Melanie Ooi

Associate Professor
Melanie has developed new testing techniques and test data processing methodologies that have been adopted by multinational companies such as Texas Instruments, Freescale Semiconductor (now NXP) and Western Digital. In the recent ... more

Dr Chi Kit Au

Senior Lecturer

Dr Aydin Berenjian

Senior Lecturer

Dr Peter Kovalsky

Senior Lecturer

Dr Mark Lay

Senior Lecturer
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Dr Tim Walmsley

Senior Lecturer in Process and Energy Engineering
I am passionate about tackling complex energy systems challenges. Through active collaboration with key stakeholders, I aim to create disruptive energy technology and integrated systems to accelerate the decarbonisation of New Zealand’s ... more

Associate Professor Fei Yang

Associate Professor
Fei Yang received his PhD degree in materials and process engineering from the Harbin Institute of Technology, PR China, in 2010, worked in the Guangzhou Research Institute of Non-ferrous Metals as a ... more

Dr Harish Devaraj

Lecturer
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Dr Chanelle Gavin

Lecturer
Chanelle is based at the newly-built Tauranga campus where the first year of Engineering is on offer for selected programs (mechanical, mechatronics, electrical and electronic, and civil).Chanelle lectures on a broad range ... more

Dr. Ben Hasseldine

Lecturer in Materials Engineering
Ben is a lecturer teaching material science and engineering courses at Hebei University of Science and Technology (HEBUST) in Shijiazhuang, China.His research interests span numerical modeling and experimental testing of novel composite ... more

Dr Ajit Pal Singh

Senior Lecturer

Dr Ali Shokri

Lecturer in Civil Engineering

Dr Lee Streeter

Senior Lecturer

Dr Amir Hossein Tarighaleslami

Research Fellow
Amir Tarighaleslami is a Research Fellow at the Sustainable Energy, Water and Resilient Systems Group (formerly Energy Research Group), School of Engineering, University of Waikato. He gained his Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s and ... more

Dr Mostafa Seifan

Teaching/Research Fellow

Dr Stella Raynova

Research Officer

Danielle Bertram

Civil Lecturer

Rahul Jangali

PhD Researcher | Doctoral Assistant | Dick and Mary Earle Scholar
I am a PhD researcher at the School of Engineering, I currently am working on developing an apple fruitlet thinning robot. I am also a Doctoral assistant at the university and I ... more

Mary Dalbeth

Administrator - School of Engineering

Natalie Shaw

Administrator - School of Engineering

Benson Chang

Technician

Mr Pete Higgins

Advanced Technical Officer

Mr Shannon McMurray

Technical Manager (School of Engineering)

Brett Nichol

Advanced Technical Officer

Ms Helen Turner

Advanced Technical Officer Electron Microscope Facility
I am responsible for the management and maintenance of the Electron Microscope Facility for the School of Engineering. I support graduate research students with their electron microscopy requirements by assessing appropriate technique ... more

Mr Jonathan van Harselaar

Technical Officer
After completing a BE and ME (Mech) degree at the University of Waikato, Jonathan started working in a Technical Officer role here at the University. He has been providing technical support in ... more

Mr Viking Zhou

Technician

Dr Yusuke Mochida

Lecturer

Dr Alista Fow

Senior Tutor

Dr Sophia Rodrigues

Technical Officer

Alicia Sim

Technical Officer - Mechatronic

James Lim

Professor in Civil Engineering
room: F.1.11Femail: james.lim@waikato.ac.nzmobile / WhatsApp: +64 (0) 22 417 5301SKYPE: JBPLim zoom: click here for my meeting roomI would be very happy to receive applications for both PhD and ME on structural ... more

Dr Christian Gauss

Research fellow
Materials engineer by the University of São Paulo, Brazil. Christian obtained his Master and Doctorate degrees in Materials Science and Engineering in the same institution. He has professional experience in mechanical testing, ... more

Dr Kim de Graaf

Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering
Kim graduated from the University of Canterbury with an Honours degree in Mathematics and Statistics before returning later to complete a PhD in Civil Engineering (Thesis: Numerical modelling of the micromechanical behaviour ... more

Dr Mahonri Owen

Senior Lecturer

Mr Nick Pickering

Lecturer
Nick's a passionate technology leader & educator with a history of achievement through a mixture of creativity, leadership & outcomes focused delivery. Nick thrives on solving complex problems & coaching other to ... more

Dr Ray Hudd

Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering
Ray comes from the north west of England. He studied Civil Engineering at Loughborough University of Technology between 1981 and 1985 graduating with a Bachelor of Science with Honours and a Diploma ... more

Tom Robertson

Technical Officer

Dr Yifan Yang

Lecturer in Civil Engineering
Yifan got his PhD in Civil (Hydraulic) Engineering from The University of Auckland. His thesis focused on sediment scour at complex bridge piers that are widely adopted in New Zealand and many ... more

Dr Benjamin McGuinness

Research and Teaching Fellow

Bradley Scott

Technical Officer

Dr Krishanu Roy (KRIS)

Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering
Email: krishanu.roy@waikato.ac.nzRoom: F.1.11ESkype: live:dd579dd8940bac15Kris is currently a Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering at the University of Waikato (UoW). He obtained his PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Auckland and masters ... more

Dr Isuru A. Udugama

Senior Lecturer

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