Dr. Hamid Reza Nasriani graduated as a chemical engineer in 2000 with a first degree honours. During his MSc studies, he has extensively worked on the Reservoir Simulation of phase and flow behaviors of gas condensate reservoirs including the effect of condensate Bank, coupling and inertia, and proposed remedial actions to improve well productivity. Dr. Nasriani joined one of the leading oil and gas companies in the Middle East in 2003. He spent more than nine years as a project lead engineer and senior reservoir engineer working on various petroleum engineering activities. Since he had a great passion for scientific research, he joined Heriot-Watt University to pursue his study towards a PhD degree where he was awarded a fully-funded PhD scholarship. Dr. Nasriani is now acting as a petroleum engineering consultant with recognized international experience and expertise in petroleum engineering as follows: reservoir modeling and reservoir operation, reservoir engineering, production engineering, reservoir rock and fluid properties, and well-testing analysis. He is working on unconventional reservoirs and hydraulic fracturing efficiency. Dr. Nasriani joined the University of Central Lancashire in 2015 as a Senior lecturer. he is currently a senior lecturer in oil & gas engineering in the school of engineering. Dr. Nasriani has published widely over 43 high-quality peer-reviewed journal and conference papers in Energy, Unconventional Energy Sources, and Hydraulic Fracturing.
Dr. Leila Khajenoori holds a BSc in Water Engineering
(Irrigation and Drainage, 2003) and an MSc in Hydraulic Structures (2003) from
Shiraz University. Her PhD in Civil Engineering was undertaken at Heriot-Watt
University, researching the simulation of complete geobag revetment failure
processes (2019). After completing her PhD studies, she became a lecturer in
Civil Engineering. She is currently supervising PhD projects on COVID-related
Plastic Waste and the Pyrolysis of Plastic Waste to Produce Environmentally Friendly
Fuel. She is an experienced Water Engineer with a demonstrated history of
delivering large, complex industrial and research projects. Leila's primary
research interests lie in the area of River Engineering and Environmental
Hydraulics, Rainfall-Runoff modelling, Sustainable Hydraulic Structures, Waste
Management, and CFD-DEM modelling. She is particularly interested in developing
new sustainable solutions to limit environmental and carbon impacts using
recycled waste products in flood management. A great deal of her research is
focused on developing new solutions for permeable surfaces from novel concrete
formulations with lower environmental impact and helping to decontaminate
drained water (CIRCLE project).
Dr. Khalid Khan is a Reader in Higher
Education Mathematics and Enhancement in the School of Engineering at the
University of Central Lancashire. He teaches on a range of mathematics modules
within the Fire degree programmes and contributes to other mathematics teaching
within the School and Faculty. He is currently the course leader for the
Foundation Degree in Fire Safety Engineering. Dr. Khan as part of the Fire Team
has been involved in the development of a range of courses in Fire Safety
Engineering and Management that are currently running at one of UCLan’s
International partnerships in Qatar. Dr. Khan is also a senior fellow of the HE
Advance, which is a British professional institution promoting excellence in
higher education. Dr. Khan gained his doctorate from the University of
Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. Dr. Khan then went on to spend
two years as a consultant engineer working on safety and risk problems in the
nuclear energy industry. Subsequently, he moved abroad and after spending
further six years as an assistant professor of mathematics at Eitisalat
University College in the U.A.E where he was recognised and promoted for his
consistent teaching excellence. Dr. Khan then returned to the UK and took up a
position at UCLan and is actively involved in research and scholarly activities
which have seen the publication of his first book and over thirty-five research
papers.
Dr. Ali Badiei is a Mechanical Engineer with a background in
building energy research, low-carbon building design and modeling, and
renewable energy technologies for buildings. Ali completed his PhD in Building
Energy Research at Loughborough University where he developed a Novel Reduced
Data Dynamic Energy Model (RdDEM) for UK houses. His postdoctoral research
focused on design and deployment of Solar-Assisted Heat Pump Technologies in
the UK. Ali is a Chartered Engineer, Member of Chartered Institution of
Building Services Engineers (MCIBSE), Member of The American Society of
Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, and Fellow of Higher
Education Academy (FHEA). Ali is a Senior Lecturer in Building Services Engineering
with demonstrated history of delivering large, complex projects. He has a
passion for building-integrated sustainable and low-carbon technologies, and
the positive impact they create in tackling global warming and climate change.
Skilled in performance analysis and energy systems development, dynamic energy
simulation of technologies and buildings, Ali has been part of numerous
large-scale projects delivering design and deployment of renewable and
sustainable energy solutions in the UK and around the world. He has delivered
projects funded by Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
(BEIS), Innovate UK, European Union (EU), and the Engineering and Physical
Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).