Dr Sakineh Fotouhi

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Lecturer in Materials and Structures

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Qualifications:PhD, Mechanical Engineering
Position:Lecturer in Materials and Structures
Department:School of Engineering
Telephone:+44117 965 6261
Email:Sakineh.Fotouhi@uwe.ac.uk

About me

Sakineh recently joined the School of Engineering as a Lecturer in Materials and Structures, and she is an affiliate member in the School of Engineering at University of Glasgow (UofG). She graduated with honours PhD (June 2021) and MSc (June 2015) degrees in mechanical engineering, being singled out for their quality in the university and nationwide assessment respectively. She has over 40 high-quality journal and conference publications in her research field.

During her postdoctoral career, she worked on single sample characterisation of miniature piezoelectric materials and on smart and high-impact-tolerant composite materials with three different research groups at the UofG, as her core research projects. She also gave the lecturers for Composite Materials and Structural Analysis and Design and Creativity Lab courses while working at UofG. She is also the UofG's ambassador in Aurora which is an Advanced HE's leadership development initiative for women.

Before coming to the UK, Sakineh was a research assistant at the University of Girona, since Sep 2020, working on designing and characterisation of 3D printed laminated composites. She was also a lecturer in mechanical engineering, and she has over 3 years of experience in the industry as a research engineer in industrial sectors related to composite materials engineering and finite element modelling in Iran. Sakineh has established a broad international network, collaborating with important academic institutions including Bristol, Strathclyde, Nottingham Trent, Birmingham, Southampton, Bologna, Delft, and Girona and industrial sectors related to her research activities.

Area of expertise

Analysis, designing, characterisation, manufacturing, finite element modelling, and non-destructive testing of polymeric composite and piezoelectric materials and structures plus employing artificial intelligence in any of these areas.

Keywords: Polymeric composites, Piezoelectric materials, Damage mechanisms, Material properties, Light weight structures, Smart structures, Bio-inspired structures, Structural health monitoring (SHM), Non-destructive testing (NDT), Finite element modelling (FEM), Acoustic emission (AE), Ultrasonic, Digital image correlation (DIC), Laser doppler vibrometer (LDV), Signal processing, Image processing, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Additive manufacturing (AM), Prepreg laminates.

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