The Consortium
There are over 40 people working across the UK-MaRes Hub, including the Director, Co-Directors, Co-Investigators, Researchers, Technicians and Professional Service Staff, all passionate about driving forward the research and innovation needed to create meaningful change across the sector. See below to find out more about the people involved.
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Dr Dawei Wu
Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at University of Birmingham
Dr Dawei Wu graduated from Shanghai Jiaotong University before he joined Newcastle University as a research fellow. He became a Lecturer and later a Senior Lecturer in Marine Engineering at Newcastle University’s School of Engineering before moving to the University of Birmingham in 2020.
Dr Wu’s research strength lies in zero-carbon fuels (such as hydrogen, ammonia, and e-fuels) and zero-emitting propulsion technologies for transport.
Dr Ebrahim Nadimi
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham
Dr Mengda Wu
PhD Student at University of Birmingham
Mengda Wu completed his MSc in Advanced Mechanical Engineering, in 2022, at the Univeristy of Brimingham, going on to pursue his PhD with the same institution.
Mengda has worked as a teaching assistant in fluid and thermodynamics and advanced fuels and powertrain systems at Brimingham, and as a researcher in Mechanical Engineering – Clean Energy Engineering.
Professor Athanasios (Thanos) Tsolakis
Director of Research for the School of Engineering and Head of Clean Energy Engineering Research Group at University of Birmingham.
PhD, CEng, FIMechE, FHEA, James Watt Research Chair, Director of Research for the School of Engineering and Head of Clean Energy Engineering Research Group at the University of Birmingham. He is a member of the MaRes Hub EDI Action Group.
Research interests:
Research interests are focused on low and carbon-free energy carriers, hydrogen and ammonia utilisation in power generation and combustion, heat recovery and use of CO2 in H2 production and catalysis. Has Industrial and Academic expertise for more than 25 years in environmental catalysts, exhaust gas-assisted fuel reforming and ammonia cracking for on-board hydrogen production and combustion.
Professor Pietro Tricoli
Professor of Power Electronics Systems at University of Birmingham
Professor Pietro Tricoli is Professor of Power Electronics Systems at the University of Birmingham and holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Naples Federico II, Italy.
His research interests are in advanced power conversion systems and electrical energy storage for automotive, railway, and maritime power systems. He has over 150 research publications in international scientific journals and conference proceedings, as well as 2 book chapters and one university textbook in power electronics, electric machines and drives.
Professor Tricoli is senior member of IEEE, member of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, the Energy Institute and the IET Midlands Power Group and currently serves as Deputy Editor in Chief of the IET journal Renewable Power Generation, and Web & Publication Chair of the IEEE International Conference on Clean Electrical Power.
