Dr Amiri is a Senior Lecturer and Senior Fellow of The Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) with a demonstrated background of working in the higher education sector.  He has more than 10 years of experience in hydrogen and fuel cells R&D with a specific focus on relevant processes modelling and simulation. He has received a PhD from Curtin University (Australia) where he developed a computational tool for fluidised bed reactor optimisation. His research was in collaboration with Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO, Australia) and awarded John A Brodie Medal by Engineers Australia. During his postdoctoral research, Dr Amiri worked on an Australian Research Council Linkage project that aimed to develop a modular simulator for thermal management and scale-up of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell technology.

He joined Aston University in 2016 as a lecturer in Chemical Engineering to develop the process simulation and computation teaching line at BEng and MEng levels. He has developed a new process computation module (CE3021) and an innovative computer-based assessment method published in the IChemE journal of Education for Chemical Engineers. 

Dr Amiri has initiated biofuels and fuel cell system integration research at Aston since 2017 to realise both sectors’ potential in the fast-growing hydrogen economy. To this end, he links Birmingham’s leading universities (Aston and UoB) to add up their biofuel and fuel cell research capabilities. He serves as the representative of the Energy and Bioproducts Research Institute (EBRI) in hydrogen relevant bodies such as the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research Hub (H2FCSupergen) and Energy Research Accelerator (ERA). Dr Amiri is Aston PI for research collaborations in UK’s big hydrogen-based projects including Smart Energy Network Demonstrator (SEND) and HyDEX (https://www.era.ac.uk/hydex).

Before his PhD, Dr Amiri had 4 years experience of working in the natural gas industry as a process engineer. He had supervised 6 PhD students (2 completed).

• PhD in Chemical Engineering
• MSc in Chemical Engineering
• BSc in Chemical Engineering

• Hydrogen and Ammonia
• Fuel Cells and electrolysis 
• Process modelling and simulation, digital process engineering
• Renewable energies 
• Decarbonisation

Programme Lead:

(1) MSc Digital Chemical Engineering

(2) MSc Sustainable Chemical Engineering

Undergraduate Modules

• CE3APD: Advanced Process Design (Module Leader)
• CE2PSC: Process Simulation and Control (Module Leader)
• CE4APS: Advanced Process Simulation and Control (Module Leader)
• CE2105: Process Simulation (Module leader)
• CE3021: Process Computations (Module leader)
• CE3003: Chemical Engineering Design Project
• CE1002: Design and Build
• CE2PSC: Process Simulation and Control (Module leader)
• CE4023: Advanced Process Simulation (Module leader)
• CE4011: Advanced Research Project

• 2022 – Present: Senior Lecturer, Aston University. 
• 2016 – 2021: Lecturer, Aston University. 
• 2017 – 2023: Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Curtin University.
• 2013 – 2016: Research Associate, Curtin University.
• 2013 – 2015: Associate Lecturer, Curtin University.
• 2009 – 2013: Research and Teaching Assistant, Curtin University.

Phone number: 0121 204 3169
Email: [email protected] 
Room number: MB110C

Current

1. Yashveer Dwaka (main supervisor)
2. Abu Kowsar (main supervisor). 
3. Mpho Rapoo (co-supervisor)

Completed

1. Konstantinos Zoupalis (main supervisor, Aston University)
2. Clyde Batista (main supervisor, Aston University).
3. Abdelnasir Omran (co-supervisor, Aston University)
4. Mohammed Kazeem Ayodeji (co-supervisor, University of Birmingham). 
5. Shi Tang (co-supervisor, Curtin University)
6. Hossein Dashti (co-supervisor, Curtin University)

• Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
• Member of EPSRC Peer Review College
• Member of Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research Hub (H2FCSupergen) advisory board

1. PI (Aston), METASIS 2.0, Funder: EPSRC, £259k (total project value: £800k), 01/10/2025 – 30/09/2027
2. PI, Integrated renewable-powered green hydrogen liquefaction system, Funder: EPSRC REEF-UKC, £10k, 01/11/2025 – 30/05/2026
3. PI, De-risking Negative Carbon Biomass-based Ammonia: Digitalisation for Innovative Catalysis (DenCAM), Funder: EPSRC Supergen Bioenergy Hub, £50k, 01/02/2025 – 01/12/2025
4. PI, Hydrogen from Biomass Waste – Scale up, Funder: industry (GreenCo Ltd), £45k, 01/01/2025 – 30/12/2025
5. PI, Syngas for Ammonia, Funder: Research England, £24k, 01/06/2024 – 01/01/2025
6. PI, Hydrogen from Biomass Waste, Funder: Research England, £20k, 01/01/2024 – 30/05/2024
7. PI, Smart measuring techniques for capturing fuel cell data, Funder: Research England, £12k, 01/03/2024 – 30/07/2024
8. PI, Digital Twin development and cell 3D printing for PEM fuel cell cost reduction, Funder: EPSRC IAA, £35k, 01/01/2024 - 30/12/2024
9. Co-I, Low Carbon Hydrogen Centre, Funder: Wolfson Foundation, £300k (total project value: £1.6M), 01/01/2023 – 30/12/2024
10. PI (Aston), HyDEX – Building a New Hydrogen Economy in the Midlands: demonstration of hydrogen from gasification, Funder: Research England, £143k (total project value: £5M) 01/01/2022 – 30/12/2024
11. PI, Solid oxide fuel cell commercialisation, Funder: Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), £61k, 01/02/2019 – 30/01/2021
12. PI, Novel controller for tubular solid oxide fuel cell, Funder: Industry  £15k, 01/02/2019 – 30/01/2020
13. PI, Fuel cell longevity prediction, Funder: EPSRC DTP, £61k, 01/10/2021 - 30/01/2025
14. PI, Fuel cell fuel flexibility to investigate hydrogen carriers’ performance, Funder: Aston University (studentship), £60k, 01/10/2018 - 30/09/2021
15. PI, Digitalisation of process engineering labs, Funder: Aston University (strategic fund), £30k, 01/05/2020 – 30/04/2021
16. PI, Parker Centre Travel Sponsorship, Funder: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIRO, Australia), A$3k, 2013.