Academic staff

• Diploma in Project Management - Dublin Business School, 2010
• PhD Biomedical Engineering, University of Limerick, 2009
• BEng Mechanical Engineering, University of Limerick, 2002
• National Certificate Mechanical Engineering, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, 1999

• Senior Lecture, August 2018 - Present
• Lecture, January 2018 - July 2018
• Chancellor's Fellow, January 2013 - December 2017
• IRCSET/Marie-Curie Research Fellowship, (Phase 2) National University of Ireland Galway 2012 - 2013
• IRCSET/Marie-Curie Research Fellowship, (Phase 1) Imperial College London 2010 - 2012
• Postdoctoral Researcher - Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of Limerick 2009 - 2010
• International collaboration - University of Pittsburgh, USA (3 months) 2005

Dr Shiwei Wang received his Bachelor degree in Electronic Engineering (Outstanding Honor) from Zhejiang University, China in 2010 and PhD degree in Microelectronics from University of Edinburgh, UK in 2014. Following his PhD research, he was with SIAT, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China as a Research Assistant Professor working on integrated circuits for neural implants. He was with IMEC, Belgium from 2015 to 2020 where his research has led to innovative breakthroughs in high density neural probe and integrated brain machine interface technologies. He was an Associate Professor at University of Southampton from 2020 to 2022, and is now a Reader at the Centre for Electronics Frontiers, University of Edinburgh.

In March 2026, Shiwei took up the role of Director of Centre for Electronics Frontiers. https://cef.eng.ed.ac.uk

• PhD
• BEng

• Senior Member, IEEE
• Fellow, HEA

Analogue and mixed-signal integrated circuits

• PhD Biomedical Engineering, University of Durham, 1999
• BSc Mechanical Engineering, University of Durham, 1993
• MSc Bioengineering, University of Strathclyde, 1994

• Member, Optical Society of America
• Member, Society of Applied Spectroscopists
• Fellow of the Society of Biology
• Member, European Society for Biomaterials
• Active member, Orthopaedic Research Society

• Director of the BBSRC Synthetic Biology Network on Standardisation
• US-UK Fulbright Commission, Distinguished Scholars Award, University of California Berkeley, 2003
• EPSRC Advanced Research Fellowship, 2004-2009
• Royal Academy of Engineering, Global Research Award, University of California Berkeley, 2003

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• PhD, National Technical University of Athens
• Post-Graduate Diploma for Teaching in Higher Education, NIE Singapore
• BEng, Tongji University
• MSc, Southeast University

• Fellow, Institution of Civil Engineers (FICE)
• Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers (FASCE)
• Chartered Engineer (CEng, Registered with the Engineering Council)
• Member, European Academy of Sciences and Arts (M.EASA)
• Associate Editor, International Journal of Protective Structures
• Associate Editor, Journal of Structural Engineering - ASCE
• Member of Editorial Boards: International Journal of Impact Engineering; Advances in Structural Engineering; Structural Engineering and Mechanics; Advances in Concrete Construction; etc
• Joint ACI-ASCE Committee 447: Finite Element Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structures
• ASCE Technical Committee: Structural Identification of Constructed Systems (past)
• ACI Committee 370: Design for Blast and Impact (past)
• ASCE Technical Committee on Methods of Monitoring
• ASCE/SEI Standards Committee on Seismic Rehabilitation
• Board member, UK Association for Computational Mechanics

• Structures and concrete materials against extreme dynamic loading: earthquake, shock and impact
• Resilience of civil infrastructure; time dependent structural performance and reliability
• Dynamic testing, condition assessment and health monitoring of structures
• Computational modelling of concrete and cementitious composites for complex and high rate loading
• Damage diagnosis, strengthening and retrofitting of structures

• Defence Technology Prize 2006 by the Ministry of Defence, Singapore
• Prestigious Engineering Achievement Award 2004 by the Institution of Engineers, Singapore

• PhD studentship opportunities in computational modelling of brittle/composite materials for dynamic loading; low-carbon concrete materials and structures; integrated structural health monitoring. Enquiry: yong.Lu@ed.ac.uk.

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• PhD in Signal Processing, University of Edinburgh, January 2010

• Personal Webpage
• Curriculum Vitae

Dr Ricky Carvel is Senior Lecturer in Fire Dynamics in the Edinburgh Fire Research Centre at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Originally from Edinburgh he studied at St Andrews University, obtaining a BSc (hons) in Chemistry and Physics in 1992 and an MPhil in Chemistry in 1994. Since then he has worked for the University of Aberystwyth, Heriot-Watt University, International Fire Investigators and Consultants and the University of Edinburgh.

He is editor of the ‘Handbook of Tunnel Fire Safety’ (2nd Edition, ICE Publishing, 2011) and was associate editor of Fire Safety Journal (2009-2015). He has been working in the field of fire science and tunnel fire phenomena since 1998.

His research work has focussed on the interaction between fires and ventilation (specifically tunnel ventilation systems, crosswinds and, currently, underventilated fires such as in basements and ships' holds). In 2004 he was awarded a PhD from Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh, Scotland) for his thesis “Fire Size in Tunnels”. In addition to fire vs. ventilation research, he has also been involved into research in dust explosions, ignition, material flammability, CFD modelling and fire suppression.

As well as his teaching and research responsibilities at the University, he currently provides fire safety engineering consultancy services to a number of different companies, primarily with regards to tunnel fire safety and fire dynamics. He has authored more than 20 journal papers and more than 40 conference papers.

He was runner up in the 'best course' category at the 2018 EUSA Teaching Awards.

He currently teaches the courses "Fire Science & Fire Dynamics" and "Models for Fire Safety" to undergraduate and MSc students.

Consulting Engineer

</div> </h3><p>You can watch this video on <a href="https://media.ed.ac.uk/media/Martin+ReekieA+Consulting+engineer/1_r27eka1j" title="Dr Martin Reekie, Consulting Engineer" target="_blank">Media Hopper</a> or on <a href="https://youtu.be/qtbpz3E-O9A" title="Dr Martin Reekie, Consulting Engineer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>.</p>

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• Bachelor of Engineering (1st Class)
• PhD (Electrical Engineering)

• FIEEE
• EURASIP Fellow
• MIEE CEng

• Google Scholar Publications List: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=XbQGWCUAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
• Edinburgh Research Explorer: https://edin.ac/3ZnHPqx

• Ph.D. Electronics and Electrical Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, 2009
• MEng (Hons) Electronics and Electrical Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, 2004

• Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

• University research webpage