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Executives

Professor Azeem Khan
Professor Azeem Khan
(Head of Department) Machines and Drives
Associate Professor Joyce Mwangama
Associate Professor Joyce Mwangama
(Undergraduate Director) Computer Networks, Network Applications, Future Internet Technologies
Associate Professor David Oyedokun Senior Lecturer
Associate Professor David Oyedokun
(Postgraduate Director) Renewable Energy, Geomagnetically-induced Currents, Transformers, Power Systems Stability

Professors

Professor Paul Barendse
Professor Paul Barendse
Drives, Power electronics and Condition Monitoring
Professor Edward Boje
Professor Edward Boje
Control Systems, Mechatronics
Professor Komla Folly
Professor Komla Folly
Power Network Optimization, Control and Stability
Prof Fred Nicolls
Professor Fred Nicolls
Image & Signal Processing, Computer Vision

Associate Professors

Associate Professor Sunetra Chowdhury
Associate Professor Sunetra Chowdhury
Renewable Energy Systems, Distributed Generation, Power System Protection, Microgrids and Smartgrids
Associate Professor Olabisi Falowo
Associate Professor Olabisi Falowo
Communication Networks 
Assoc Prof Daniel Ramotsoela
Associate Professor Daniel Ramotsoela
On Research and Study Leave from 1 January to 31 December 2025
Associate Professor Simon Winberg
Associate Professor Simon Winberg
Embedded Systems, High performance Computing, FPGAs, Smart Sensor Systems, Software Defined Radio
Associate Professor Andrew Wilkinson
Associate Professor Andrew Wilkinson
Signals & Image Processing, Radar, SAR Interferometry, Tomography, Bayesian Interference, Inverse Problems, RF Power Amplifiers

Adjunct Professors

Adjunct Professor Albert Lysko
Adjunct Prof Albert Lysko
Wireless Communications and Networks
Honorary Professor Peter Martinez
Honorary Professor Peter Martinez
Space Science
Adjunct Professor Mishra
Adjunct Prof Amit Mishra
Radar Signal Processing, Machine Learning, Expert Systems
Adjunct Professor Amir Patel
Adjunct Prof Amir Patel
Bio-Inspired Robotics, Biomechanics

Senior Lecturers

Dr Yunus Abdul Gaffar
Dr Yunus Abdul Gaffar
On Research and Study Leave from 1 July to 31 December 2025
Dr Paul Amayo
Dr Paul Amayo
Computer Vision & Robotic Perception
Senior Lecturer Sampath Jayalath
Dr Sampath Jayalath
Power Electronics, Wireless Power Transfer, e-mobility
Senior Lecturer Stephen Paine
Dr Stephen Paine
Radar Remote Sensing
Robyn Verrinder Senior Lecturer
Robyn Verrinder
Robotics, Control & Instrumentation

Lecturers

Dr Yaaseen Martin
Dr Yaaseen Martin
Signal Processing and Biomedical Engineering
Ekaterina Rzyankina
Dr Ekaterina Rzyankina
Engineering Education and Cultural Historical Theory
Dr Francois Schonken Lecturer
Dr Francois Schonken
Passive Radar
Stacey Shield, Lecturer
Dr Stacey Shield
Bio-inspiration, Legged Manoeuvrability, Rapid deceleration and Gait Termination, Legged Robots
Jarryd Son
Mr Jarryd Son
On Research and Study Leave from 1 July to 31 December 2025

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Mascha Moorlach
Mascha Moorlach
Senior Research Officer
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