Faculty of Engineering

Aliyuda Ali

Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

I am from Nigeria and currently conducting my Postgraduate Research in the Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield. My PhD research work focuses on Investigation of Production and Pressure Dynamics in Gas-Condensate Reservoirs with the aim of maximizing gas production, minimizing severe loss of gas and predicting reservoir and well performances. I received my BSc. in 2009 from Gombe State University, Gombe, Nigeria and MSc. In 2016 from Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria, both in Computer Science. Before joining the University of Sheffield in October 2017, I was a Faculty Member in the Department of Mathematics/Computer Science, Gombe State University, Gombe – Nigeria.

Research interests: Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics to Gas Reservoir Production; Application of Machine Learning to predict gas reservoir performance.

Contact: aali27@sheffield.ac.uk

"This research is motivated by the rapid growth in demand for natural gas worldwide, with consideration to gas as a clean and better option for energy and power generation in comparison with oil and coal."

"Working on something that could probably give positive impact to humanity and stretching the possibilities, thinking about the probabilities are always exciting for me. "

"I have a dream to be a bright academic in engineering; I was always a bright student and my dream was to be a researcher and academic who can also give some positive impacts to other people. I deeply believe that as a human, each of us has a reason to be in the same life in order to touch each other's life at some point. I was alone in another city when I was 17 and it was the first time for me. However, I did not see it as a problem or a disadvantageous situation. I always believe that a woman has to be strong and live her own life and she should have a sensible character. I was alone in another country when I was 20. I had many experiences and information about life. The thing is I see from the world I live in, suffering in hardness, desiring goodness, approaching to the information, using our abilities, thinking about our steps and caring about things all we have... build us as a human. I would like to finish my words with an unforgettable quote about building our own life; 'If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun.' as A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's word."

Sifa Gul Demiryurek

Department of Mechanical Engineering

I moved to Sheffield in 2016. Before I came here, I lived in my home country, which is Turkey. I am from Adana, one of the biggest and the warmest city in southern Turkey. I would love to open a parenthesis here, that city where I am from is famous with the kebab (Adana Kebab).

I lived in Romania for a year aiming to get the education from The Technical University of Cluj-Napoca as an Erasmus student.

I studied Automotive Engineering in my bachelor degree and received a faculty honour degree with my success in that education life. Then, I continued with Master's Degree in the same department. I was working as a research assistant in a science project which was supported by The Scientific and Technological

Research Council of Turkey. Having a place in that project which was about thermal mixing and nanofluids, gave me a chance to have the first published paper. In those productive days, I applied for a bursary to study MSc and PhD in one of the best universities in the world. That bursary brought me here, to Sheffield.

Research interests: Surface Waves; Acoustic Waves; Vibration Control; Particle Damping Phenomena based on using single and multiple dampers; Wave propagation problems in metamaterials and metasurfaces; Nanofluids and thermal mixing phenomena; Nonlinear Damping; Numerical and analytical models are one of the main aspects. Changing the properties and conducting experiments would help me to find a novel damping application.


Contact: sgdemiryurek1@sheffield.ac.uk

Shanker Lal Meghwar

Department of Civil and Structural Engineering


I did my B.E in Civil engineering and M.E in Structural Engineering form Mehran UET Jamshoro, Sindh Pakistan. I have been working as faculty member since 2014 in the same university before coming to The University of Sheffield as PhD scholar. I am Commonwealth (2018-19) scholar. The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) supported my work on sustainable development in Civil engineering. This support made me more enthusiastic to work on recycling of waste, which is creating environmental pollution, as potential material for environmental friendly concrete manufacturing. Presently, I am working in Civil and Structural Engineering Department, on recycling of postconsumer vehicle tyres and human scalp hairs as recycled fiber for sustainable fiber reinforced concrete production. My research study partially contributes to Sustainable Development Goals; SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure) and SDG 13 (Climate Action).

Research interests: Sustainable Development in Civil Engineering, Recycling of Waste, Fiber Reinforced Concrete and Environmental Friendly

Contact: shankerlal1@sheffield.ac.uk

‘’To be harmony with nature and save natural resources for future generations to come; sustainable development in civil engineering generally and constriction industry particularly can play the most crucial role. To save limited natural virgin resource and use recycled waste, postconsumer vehicle tyres and human scalp hair in concrete is my ultimate goal’’

"It is not a question of what the future holds for me, it is rather an answer to what I have to give to the future" Giving back to the future for me means making the best use of every opportunity that comes my way.

Opusaziba Aranye-Okilo

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

My Academic pathway has been quite multidisciplinary. I had my first degree in Petroleum and Gas Engineering at the University of PortHarcourt, Nigeria. Shortly after that, I considered pursuing a degree in Environmental and Energy Engineering at the University of Sheffield as a result of the passion I developed for the environment whilst studying my first degree in Nigeria. Research became more interesting than I thought and I was enthusiastic about pushing the boundaries of academia through research. As daunting as a PhD could be, I figured doing it in an area of interest will be worth it. Currently my research has stretched me beyond the limits of environmental studies as I am delving deep into the world of microbiology which seems to be an interesting area on its own and I am looking forward to what this research unfolds.

Research interest: Anaerobic microbiology, Wastewater management, anaerobic digestion

Contact: OTAranye-Okilo1@sheffield.ac.uk