Dr Rob Howell BEng, PhD

Deputy Director

Email: r.howell@sheffield.ac.uk

Tel: (+44) (0)114 222 7033

Room: B3, 1st floor, 9 Northumberland Road

Rob Howell studied for his degree in Mechanical Engineering after completing a Foundation Year at the University of Sussex. He then went on to complete his PhD at the University of Cambridge, researching the aerodynamics of jet engine turbines with Rolls-Royce.

After three years of post-doctoral research, he joined Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery and as Principal Engineer he was involved in the aerodynamic and thermal design of gas turbines for power generation.

In 2005, Rob joined The University of Sheffield, as Lecturer in Experimental Aerodynamics where he built a research group around the areas of gas, wind and tidal turbines. Rob’s teaching focuses on thermodynamics, aerodynamics and aerospace propulsion.

In 2013 Rob was appointed as Deputy Director at TILL, and maintains his research group in Mechanical Engineering.