Our Engineering Education Experts

If you're involved in the media industry and require an expert to discuss Sheffield's activities, or if you represent an institution that could gain valuable insights from us, you can contact one of our experts under the following themes:

1. Practical Engineering Education 
   Practical engineering education is a crucial component of preparing engineers for real-world challenges. It goes beyond theoretical knowledge and focuses on hands-on teaching that occurs in laboratories and workshops where students are free to experiment coming to their own conclusions.
   
   Key contacts for Practical Engineering Education:
   • Professor Stephen Beck
   • Professor Andrew Garrard
      
2. Making 
   Sheffield has a rich history of making and the university established the UK’s first ever maker-space ‘The iForge’. This is a student-led makerspace ‘run by students for students’ and is an engineering workshop where students design, create, innovate and collaborate with guidance and support from academic and technical staff.
   
   Key contacts for Making
   • Mr Ryan Jones
   • Dr Pete Mylon
   • Dr David Polson (open source design and the use of making in design and build individual projects)
      
3. Co-Curricular Activities 
   Student-led projects, also known as co-curricular activities, play a crucial role in shaping the student experience at Sheffield. These initiatives are designed to cultivate the qualities of a Sheffield graduate engineer. The Faculty of Engineering actively backs a variety of projects by providing resources such as facilities, equipment, staff assistance, funding, and training. Our teams cover diverse areas, including space, railway, racing, bionics, and many more.
   
   Key contacts for Co-Curricular Activities:
   • Professor Viktor Fedun
   • Dr Alistair John
   • Dr Pete Mylon
      
4. Large scale teaching
   We teach at scale which means we have the capacity to deliver our courses and initiatives to reach and engage a large number of students in industrially relevant, state of the art, specialist equipment in purpose built laboratories. The size of our laboratories and the quality of the multiple sets of equipment are conceived to develop a superlative student experience. Our technical teams have created new, exciting and pertinent experiments to support departments’ aspirations of engineering education.
   
   Key contacts for Large scale teaching:
   • Professor Stephen Beck
   • Professor Andrew Garrard
   • Professor Mohammed Zandi
      
5. Engineering Curriculum Design & Development
   We pride ourselves on crafting a dynamic and comprehensive learning experience tailored for aspiring our engineering students. At the core of this, curriculum development is the key process to equip students with the latest industry knowledge, hands-on skills, and a deep understanding of core engineering principles. We integrate real-world challenges, industry best practices, and emerging technologies to ensure that graduates are not just academically proficient but also well-prepared for the rapidly evolving landscape of the engineering field.
   
   Key contacts for Engineering Curriculum Design & Development:
   • Professor Mohammed Zandi
      
6. Project based learning
   Curriculum development of design courses using project based learning at scale.
   
   Key contacts for Project based learning:
   • Professor Rachel Horn
   • Dr David Polson