Dr Amina Hamoud

• Qualifications:BSc, MSc, MRes, PhD, MIET, FHEA
• Position:Senior Lecturer in Systems Engineering
• Department:FET - Engineering, Design and Mathematics School of Engineering
• Telephone:+441173281132
• Email:Amina.Hamoud@uwe.ac.uk
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About me

Amina joined UWE Bristol in September 2021 as a Lecturer in Systems Engineering, and teaches a variety of subjects relating to systems engineering, agent-based modelling, system design, control and automation and transport systems across our different programmes. She is an active member of several research groups including the Engineering, Modelling and Simulation Group, the Centre for Transport and Society, and Bristol Robotics Lab Connected & Autonomous Vehicles centre. Additionally, she is the EDI co-lead for the School of Engineering, and also acts as a business liaison associate for some of our industry partners to foster cross-disciplinary research.

Amina has also been named as one of the top 50 Women in Engineering 2023 by the Women's Engineering Society, a testament to her research as well as her advocacy work for black and ethnic minority groups.

She is involved with several projects relating to AI, modelling and simulation for connected and autonomous vehicles systems and their verification and validation.  She is an active member of the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation and has been providing expertise on the role of AI in achieving transport decarbonisation.

Prior to joining UWE Bristol, Amina worked as a Research Engineer for an Automotive Consultancy where her focus was towards developing safe Autonomous Vehicles and Intelligent Transport Systems while completing her PHD at Loughborough University in the same area. She also holds a Bachelor in Computer science, MSc in Telecommunications and Networks Systems, an MRes in Image Processing and Computer Vision and has worked in Tech and Software for years prior.

Alongside her current role, Amina is a keen volunteer, STEM Ambassador and provide mentorship to students from diverse backgrounds. She is a member of the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE-UK), a member of the Women in Engineering Society (WES), a member of the IET and part of their education team, part of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) Ambassador and a judge on the IMechE Formula 1 Student competition. Amina also recently joined After-ai, a newly formed start-up as an advisory board looking at Explainable & Reliable AI.

Area of expertise

Modelling & Simulation, Systems Engineering, Functional Safety, AI and Big Data, Autonomous Systems, Intelligent Mobility, Digital Twins, MBSE, Multi Sensor Fusion Modelling, PNT

Current projects:

• 2024-2025: AI-enabled ultrasound sensor systems for efficient, safe & resilient autonomous operations with Calyo ltd (Project Lead), UWE PI (Innovate Uk Bridge AI)
• 2024-2025: AI Predictive Maintenance for Remotely Operated Uncrewed Vessels with HydroSurv (Project Lead), UWE PI (Innovate UK Bridge AI)
• 2024-2026: Exploring Novel drone design for drones show operations, Knowledge Transfer partnership with HVN Labs Limited, UWE Co-I

• 2023-2025: Photonic Inertial Sensors for Automotive (PISA) with Zero Point Motion (Project Lead) WAE Technologies, The Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN), UWE PI (InnovateUK CCAM Supply Chain)
• 2023-2025: CAVForth-2, An Enhanced and extended CAVForth automated bus service with Stagecoach Group Plc, Edinburgh Napier University, Transport Scotland, Alexander Dennis, and Fusion Processing Ltd (Project Lead), UWE Co-I (Innovate UK)

Completed Projects:

• 2023: Codification of the Highway code for Human and software in the Loop Driver education, UWE Co-I (WECA Funding)
• 2023-2024: Simulated urban Environment for Last Mile Drone Logistics (SimLogAI) with Airborne Robotics (Innovate UK Brigde AI Feasibility Study for AI solutions in Transport), UWE PI 
• 2023-2024: UWE CATE Internal Fund- Exploring new opportunities for Bus reliability monitoring and management in a connected vehicle data environment with First Bus and CTS, PI

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