Goudarz Poursharif

I am a Chartered Engineer and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. From 2019-2022, I led the BEng (Hons.) Professional Engineering programmes at Aston University's College of Engineering and Physical Sciences. In 2022, I was appointed as Associate Dean Education for the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences at Aston University.

During my time as the Course Director for these programmes, I designed three level 6 BEng Professional Engineering Degree Apprenticeship Programmes (Control/Technical Support Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, and Science Industry Process/Plant Engineer) and added 15 major UK engineering companies inclusing BMW, Fuchs, Alstom, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Collins Aerospace, Babcock, Ibstock, National Grid Gas, and Salts Healthcare to Aston University's Degree Apprenticeships portfolio. I also successfully re-structured the exisitng BEng Professional Engineering top-up programmes in 2020. 

In 2020, I also co-led the design and implementation of Aston University’s MSc in Sustainable Engineering. In 2018, I founded and lead Aston University’s Engineering for People Design Challenge in collaboration with the EWB-UK.

The programmes that I have led to design and implement are regarded as examples of best practice of programme design and collaborative industry-academica curriculum design and I have mentored colleagues at Aston University and other HEIs in designing programmes of study that meets the needs of industry.

Prior to joining Aston University, I worked as a Doctoral Researcher and a Graduate Teaching Assisstant and Mentor at the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Social Sciences, and later on as a Teaching Associate at the Management School. I completed my PhD in Renewable Energy Futures at the University of Sheffield in 2017. I did my research in Smart Grids in partnership with Northern Powergrid UK. My project was supported by the LCNF and the EPSRC.

Previously, I did an MSc Degree in Water and Environmental Engineering and annother MSc Degree in Corporate Environmental Management at the University of Surrey. My 1st degree was in Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering.

My two main passions are teaching and engineering for a sustainable development, so since 2012, I have combined my two main passions by embedding Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in the Engineering curriculum of both University of Sheffield and Aston University.

I have had the pleasure of directly working with more than 2000 Engineering students at BEng and MSc levels from different disciplines and different companies over the past decade and I am committed to widening participation and increasing the diversity in HE Engineering Programmes.

• Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
• Chartered Engineer (CEng)
• Member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (MIET)
• Practitioner of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (PIEMA)

• Sustainable Engineering 
• Sustainable and Renewable Technologies
• Pathways to Net Zero
• Engineering for People
• Lifecycle Thinking and Circular Economy
• System Thinking
• Root Cause Analysis and Engineering Problem Solving
• Environmental Management Systems
• Environmental Impact Assessment and Regulations
• Continious Improvement and Lean Manufacturing
• Engineering Mathematics and Mathematical Modelling
• BEng Final Project Modules and MSc Dissertation Project Modules

• 2022-Present: Associate Dean for Education, College of Engineering and Phyisical Sciences, Aston University
• 2021-Present: Senior Teaching Fellow, College of Engineering and Phyisical Sciences, Aston University
• 2019-2022: Director of BEng Professional Engineering Programmes, College of Engineering and Phyisical Sciences, Aston University
• 2018-2021: Teaching Fellow, College of Engineering and Phyisical Sciences, Aston University
• 2017-2018: Teaching Associate, Management School, University of Sheffield
• 2012-2017: Doctoral Researcher, University of Sheffield-Northern Powergrid
• 2015-2017: Graduate Teaching Assistant and Mentor, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Sheffield 
• 2012-2017: Teaching Assistant and Mentor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Sheffield 
• 2009-2011: Teacher, Iran and Canada Friednship Association
• 2009-2011: Teacher, Kish Institute of Engineering and Science
• 2009-2011: Research and Development Officer, Iran Air Force
• Industrial Placements:
  • Northern Powergrid
  • Thames Water
  • SSE Carbon and Capture Storage
  • Sheffield Solar Farm

• Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Hub (£19k), 2022
• Low Carbon Network Fund (£30k), 2012

• Reviewer, Journal of Energies
• Reviewer, European Journal of Engineering Education
• Reviewer, IEEE EDUCON Global Engineering Education Conference (2022)

• Higher Education Pedagogy
• Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
• Sustainable and Renewable Technologies