Dr Maria Vahdati
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Associate Professor
- Head of Sustainable Energy, Environment and Engineering
- Programme Director MSc Renewable Energy - Technology & Sustainability
Office
142Building location
Chancellor’s BuildingAreas of interest
Wind power, hydro power, solar power and biomass energy systems design and modelling.
Net Zero design.
Ground source heat pumps and PV system hybrids.
Earth as a construction material
Postgraduate supervision
Development and assessment of capacity planning and energy management approaches of Virtual Power Plants in regulated markets
Municipal solid wate management through life cycle assessment
A multidimensional assessment of natural gas as an alternative transportation fuel
Enhancing strength and durability of adobe bricks by introducing bio-inspired stabilisers
Energy use and reduction in UK commercial kitchens
The demand flexibility of electric water heating in British households
The development of an assessment criteria framework for sustainable non-residential buildings in Saudi Arabia.
Analysis of historical solar irradiance data and development of a virtual pyranometer method for real-time PV monitoring.
A computational fluid dynamics investigation of a vertical axis augmented wind turbine designed for the built environment
A computational and experimental assessment of the benefits of transferring heat from PV thermal modules to a ground source heat pump.
Teaching
Convenorship:CEM420 & CEM430: Renewable Energy
CE3DPR: Design Project
CEM10a: Research skills
CEM10b: Research dissertation
Contributing to:
CEM340 Carbon management & Life cycle assessment
CE2THF Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer and Fluids Mechanics
Research centres and groups
Research projects
Decarbonising heating and district heating networksNet Zero design and low carbon technologies.
Green infrastructure for schools
Background
My interests are in low carbon and clean energy technologies. My work at the ³Ô¹Ïtv focuses on research and teaching related to renewable energy, net zero design and low carbon technologies. I have been the Programme Director of MSc Renewable Energy: Technology & Sustainability since 2009.
Academic qualifications
PhD – Mechanical Engineering – University of Bristol
BSc – Chemical Engineering – University of Birmingham
Professional bodies/affiliations
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHA)Chartered Engineer
Editorial Board Member for Renewable Energy Journal