Dr Andrew Fsadni
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Andrew is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering and Computing, and is the Course Leader for BEng/MEng and MSc Mechanical Engineering. He lectures in the field of Mechanical Engineering. Andrew joined the University of Central Lancashire in 2012 after completing his PhD at Brunel University. Prior to this, Andrew worked in the automotive and energy industries for 6 years.
Andrew is currently Course Leader for the BEng/MEng and MSc courses in Mechanical Engineering. He also delivers lectures with a specialisation in Thermo-Fluids Engineering. Andrew is also a Research Degree Tutor. He is a Member of IMechE’s Lancashire Area Committee and is also a chair on the IMechE Professional Review Interview Panel. Andrew is research active with a strong research interest in Thermo-Fluids engineering - more specifically, the investigation of multiphase flows, associated heat transfer coefficients and the use of nanofluids for enhanced heat transfer effects. His research interests also include the investigation of indoor air quality, ventilation and zero energy buildings.
Andrew graduated as a mechanical engineer from the University of Malta in 2003. He has also read for an MBA and an MSc, both awarded with distinction, by the Universities of Malta and Brunel (UK) respectively. His professional career started in 2003 as an automotive component design engineer with Methode Electronics Inc., where he was the lead designer on an innovative product developed for the Ford Motor Company for installation in their 2005/6 S-Max, Mondeo and Galaxy platforms. In 2006 he moved on to the Malta Enterprise Corporation, where he specialised in energy and building auditing. He has also worked on a number of freelance projects with a core specialisation in sound, energy, ventilation and lighting audits. Andrew has also delivered lectures in Malta, Switzerland and Hong Kong and is registered on the European Engineer Register. More recently, he has been elected as a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and, as a Chartered Engineer. Andrew is also a Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
- Course Leader for BEng MEng and MSc Mechanical Engineering
- PhD Thermo-Fluids (Multiphase flow), Brunel University, 2012
- MSc Building Services with Sustainable Energy (Distinction), Brunel University, 2009
- MBA Business Administration (Distinction), University of Malta, 2006
- BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering (2.1), University of Malta, 2003
- Fluid Dynamics
- Multiphase flow
- Coiled heat exchangers, Nanofluids
- Chartered Engineer, Engineering Council UK, 2014
- Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 2014
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK, 2014
- Certified Assessor (Malta), Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, 2010
- FEANI European Federation of National Engineering Associations (EUR ING), 2007
- Warranted Mechanical Engineer, Government of Malta, 2006
Andrew is research active with a strong research interest in experimental and computational Thermo-Fluids engineering - more specifically, the investigation of: multiphase flows, associated heat transfer coefficients and the use of nanofluids for enhanced heat transfer regimes. His research interests also include the investigation of indoor air quality, ventilation and zero energy buildings. As part of his PhD work at Brunel University, Andrew worked on an EPSRC Industrial CASE project which was developed in collaboration with Spirotech bv, of the Netherlands. He successfully defended his PhD in 2012. As part of this project, Andrew developed a number of mathematical models to predict the characteristics of two-phase flow in wet, sealed heating systems. This work is instrumental in ensuring the optimisation of heating system efficiencies through a fundamental understanding of the physics of air-water characteristics with pertinent system parameters. Andrew is actively involved in the Multiphase flow academic and industrial community and regularly reviews publications for esteemed international journals, namely:
- Applied Thermal Engineering
- International Heat and Mass Transfer
- Energy Conversion and Management
- International Journal of Multiphase Flow
- Chemical Engineering Sciences
- International Journal of Thermal Sciences
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- Jost Institute for Tribotechnology
- Investigation of the air quality at the South Gloucestershire Council, 2014-2015
- EPSRC Industrial CASE project: The investigation of high efficiency central heating systems, 2009-2012
- Experimental Fluid Mechanics, University of Liberec, Czech Republic, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2018
- ASHRAE Winter Conference, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Telephone:+44 (0)1772 893812
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