Our Staff
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Professor Mike Duke
Dean of the School of Engineering and The Dr John Gallagher Chair in Engineering
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Ms Levinia Paku
School Manager
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Dr Rob Torrens
Lecturer | Assistant-Dean (Academic)
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Dr Shen Hin Lim
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
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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
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Professor Yifan Chen
Professor - Associate Dean
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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
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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
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Dr Aydin Berenjian
Senior Lecturer
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Dr Peter Kovalsky
Senior Lecturer
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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
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Dr Ali Shokri
Lecturer in Civil Engineering
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Dr Lee Streeter
Senior Lecturer
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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
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Dr Stella Raynova
Research Officer
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Danielle Bertram
Civil Lecturer
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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
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Natalie Shaw
Administrator - School of Engineering
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Benson Chang
Technician
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Mr Pete Higgins
Advanced Technical Officer
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Mr Shannon McMurray
Technical Manager (School of Engineering)
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Brett Nichol
Advanced Technical Officer
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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
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Dr Yusuke Mochida
Lecturer
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Dr Alista Fow
Senior Tutor
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Dr Sophia Rodrigues
Technical Officer
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Alicia Sim
Technical Officer - Mechatronic
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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
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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
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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
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Bradley Scott
Technical Officer
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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