Mechanical Engineering

• PhD Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey, 2010
• Diploma of Imperial College, Mechanical Engineering and Energy Policy, 2010
• MEng Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, 2006

• Associate Member, Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)
• Graduate Member, Energy Institute
• Member, British Institute of Energy Economics

• Personal Tutor
• Thermodynamics (Mechanical) 4
• Project supervision for mechanical engineering undergraduate and Sustainable Energy Systems MSc students

• Analysis of flexible low carbon electricity systems
• Techno-economic analysis of carbon capture and storage (CCS) in electricity systems
• Communication of carbon capture and storage (CCS) to non-specialists
• Power plant and CO₂ capture engineering
• Opportunities and challenges for CCS in developing countries

• Equality and Diversity Coordinator for School of Engineering
• Network Director for UK CCS Research Centre
• Member of Directorate of Scottish Carbon Capture and Storage

Dr Winifred (Wini) Obande is a Lecturer & Elizabeth Georgeson Fellow in Sustainable, Multi-functional Composites.

She leads the Circular Composites Engineering Group, focusing on the development of resource-efficient, lightweight materials. Her research embeds life-cycle thinking and life-cycle assessment (LCA) to inform the sustainable design and selection of materials and manufacturing processes. She is particularly interested in valorising waste and bio-based feedstocks as alternatives to virgin materials in composite applications. Her work includes testing for functionality and durability to benchmark the performance of these novel materials.

She serves on the SAMPE UK & Ireland Committee and is a founding member of the Edinburgh Materials Society, an IOM3-affiliated local society.

• PhD in Mechanical Engineering, The University of Edinburgh
• MRes in Mechanical Engineering, University of Limerick, Ireland
• BEng in Biomedical Engineering, University of Limerick, Ireland

• Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
• Member of the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE)
• Member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3)

• Manufacture 3 (MECE09032), 2024/25 - Ongoing
• Professional Issues for Mechanical Engineers 3 (SCEE09001), 2023/24
• Sustainable Energy Group Design Project 3 (MECE09026), 2023/24

Circular Composites Engineering Group PhD Opportunities:

• Surface and Suspension Dynamics in the Alignment of Recycled Fibres (Fully funded PhD)
• Process Development for Scalable and Sustainable Fibre Alignment (Self-funded PhD)

I welcome enquiries from self-funded candidates whose research proposals closely align with my areas of interest. Candidates may also wish to explore available University of Edinburgh Scholarships.