Dr Maria Parsa (Published name: Maryam Parsa) holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering – Heat & Fluids from the University of Hormozgan, Iran and an MSc in Thermal Power and Fluids Engineering (with Distinction) from the University of Manchester, UK. She also holds an MSc in Energy Conversion and Management (with Distinction) from the University of Nottingham, UK. Subsequently, she was employed as a doctoral researcher by the VEDECOM Institute, France to continue her studies for a PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the LAMIH Laboratory (UMR CNRS 8201), Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France, France. In 2018, she was awarded the Doctoral Prize Fellowship by Loughborough University, UK. In 2020, she was appointed to a lectureship at the Department of Mechanical and Construction Engineering at 51.
Maria’s research is multidisciplinary (i.e., engineering, materials, colloid and interface science, biology) focused on experimental investigation of phase-change heat transfer and fluid flows of pure and complex fluids (i.e., nanofluids, biofluids) at all scales for important technological applications such as printing, coating, thermal management, biomedical and nanotechnologies. Her main research actvities are:
Current Teaching responsibilites:
KB3018 - Foundational Engineering Approaches 1 [ Lead Tutor]
KB4044 - Thermodynamics
KB6060 - Investigative Project [Lead Tutor]
KB7068 - Research Methods
Previous Teaching responsibilites:
KB5005 - Fluid Systems
KB6004 - Sustainable Energy Systems
KB7030 - Research Methods
KB7052 - MSc Research Project
KB7056 - Advanced Practice
Administrative responsibilities:
Year Tutor (Deputy Programme Leader & Internal Moderation Lead) in Mechanical and Automotive Engineering (Level 6 - Final Year BEng) - [Sep 2023 - present]
Year Tutor (Deputy Programme Leader & Internal Moderation Lead) in Mechanical Engineering and Automotive Engineering (Level 4 - First Year BEng & MEng) - [Sep 2021 - Sep 2022]
EDI & Athena Swan Self-Assessment Team member at Department of Mechanical and Construction Engineering - [Sep 2020 - Present]
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