School of Architecture Computing and Engineering - University of East London (UEL)

Students cutting squares for architecture

Placements widely available

Placement opportunities across many courses in the School providing pre-graduation work experience.
Interdisciplinary

Cross-School collaborations and opportunities providing students with broader experience and skills.
Live projects in the community

Students work on real life briefs to gain practical experience with positive impact.

The School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering at the University of East London is well connected throughout the capital and beyond. Our extensive network offers you plenty of opportunities to develop skills and explore the industry – whatever your interests.
Our strong focus on sustainability and community means you will have plenty of chances to gain practical experience and make a positive impact to people’s lives. Recently our students collaborated with Morgan Sindall to design a shed for a community garden aimed at combating loneliness.
By the time you graduate, you will not only leave with a degree but also with career-relevant experience and skills gained through our unique Mental Wealth modules.

The School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering produces employment ready graduates.
Our strong links with various related industries ensure we connect you to your future.
We are passionate about giving you a globally recognised education. For example, we have excellent study abroad options in China and Russia.
Learn from award winning academics; our staff have worked alongside The Royal Society of Arts, Victoria and Albert Museum and The Olympic Development Authority.
Our academics have won many awards including the UK’s most prestigious visual arts award – the 2015 Turner Prize.
Our unique teaching practice involves applying design methodologies and advanced technologies to real – life scenarios in architecture, arts, computing and engineering.

Key Features

We encourage you to build your career passports from the moment you enrol on a School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering course. Our courses are accredited by over 20 professional institutions; this means employers will recognise the value of your qualification.

Our accreditations include:

Accreditations

Your future career is at the heart of our courses, we ensure our students graduate ready for employment through a wealth of placement opportunities. Some of our graduates have also gone on to secure full-time employment from placements.

Some of our links include:

Industry Links

Computing

Architecture

Construction Transport and Logistics

Art and Design

Engineering

School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering

Dean of School: Dr David Tann

School Office

Dean of School – Dr David Tann
Director of Education and Experience: Andy Rees
Director of Careers and Enterprise: Professor Suzanne Dixon
Director of Impact and Innovation: Professor Fay Brauer
School Manager – Louise Todd
Deputy School Manager – Hinna Kazmi (Habiba Jahan on maternity leave)
Departmental Officer – Aybeniz Panahian-Jand

Department of Architecture and Visual Arts

Head of Department – Mr Carl Callaghan

Art and Design

Course leaders:

Course Leader for BA (Hons) Graphic Design and BA Illustration – Mr Dan Duran
Course Leader for BA (Hons) Fine Art – Mr Alexis Harding
Course Leader for Foundation Art and Design – Ms Emma McGuire
Course Leader for MA Fine Art – Professor Grenville Davey
Course Leader for Prof Doc Fine Art – Dr Karen Raney

Lecturers:

Mr Stephen Barrett – Senior Lecturer
Professor Fay Brauer – Director of Impact and Innovation
Mr Jonathan Clark – Senior Lecturer
Dr John Cockram – Senior Lecturer
Mr Dan Coombs - Senior Lecturer
Mr Grenville Davey – Senior Lecturer
Ms Pauline De Souza – Senior Lecturer
Mr Dan Duran – Senior Lecturer
Ms Amanda Francis – Senior Lecturer
Dr Mikey B Georgeson – Senior Lecturer
Ed Gill – Senior Lecturer
Mr Paul Greenleaf – Lecturer
Mr Alexis Harding – Senior Lecturer
Mr Russell Hedges – Senior Lecturer
Mr Sam Keogh - Lecturer
Dr Sharone Lifschitz - Senior Lecturer
Ms Lee Maelzer – Senior Lecturer
Ms Emma McGuire – Lecturer
Dr Carmen Martínez Alemán - Senior Lecturer
Dr Antigoni Memou – Senior Lecturer
Mr Andrew Osman – Senior Lecturer
Ms Valerie Pezeron – Senior Lecturer
Dr Michael Pinsky – Reader
Mr Robert Pyecroft – Senior Lecturer
Ms Bryony Quinn – Lecturer (on maternity leave)
Dr Karen Raney - Senior Lecturer
Ms Si Sapsford – Senior Lecturer
Dr Debra Benita Shaw – Reader
Ms Kim Stevenson- Lecturer
Dr Richard Wilson RA – Research Professor
Dr Teresa Witz – Senior Lecturer

Architecture

Course leaders

Course Leader for Foundation BSc Architecture – Mr Keita Tajima
Course Leader for BSc (Hons) Architectural Design Technology – Dr Arman Hashemi
Course Leader for BSc (Hons) Architecture Level 5 & 6 (ARB/RIBA Part 1) – Dr Heba Elsharkawy
Course Leader for BA (Hons) Interior Design – Mr Keith Winter
Course Leader for BSc (Hons) Product Design – Mr Andrew Wright
Course Leader for MArch Architecture (ARB/RIBA Part 2) – Mr Isaie Bloch
Course Leader for MA Architecture and Urbanism – Mr Fulvio Wirz
Course Leader for MA Interior Design – Claudia Palma
Course Leader for PG Landscape Architecture – Ms Bridget Snaith
Course Leader for MRes Architecture: Critical Cities – Ms Anna Minton

Lecturers

Mr Isaie Bloch – Senior Lecturer
Mr Mathew Brown – Lecturer
Mr Carlo Cappai – Senior Lecturer
Mr Aan Chandler – Reader
Miss Reem Charif – Senior Lecturer
Mr Isaac Cobo Displas – Senior Lecturer
Dr Heba Elsharkawy – Reader
Prof Anthony Fretton – Professor
Ms Susan Ginsburgh – Year 1 BA (Hons) Coordinator
Mr Chris Groothuizen – Senior Lecturer
Mr Christoph Hadrys – Senior Lecturer
Dr Arman Hashemi – Senior Lecturer
Dr Aurore Julien – Senior Lecturer
Mr Carsten Jungfer – Senior Lecturer
Dr Anastasia Karandionou – Senior Lecturer (maternity leave)
Mr Roland Karthaus – Senior Lecturer
Mr Toshiya Kogawa – Senior Lecturer
Ms Anna Minton – Reader
Ms Catherine Phillips – Senior Lecturer
Mr Michele Roelofsma – Senior Lecturer
Ms Stephanie Schultze-Westrum – Senior Lecturer
Mr Alexander Scott-Whitby – Lecturer
Mrs Maria Segantini – Reader
Mr Alfonso Senatore – Senior Lecturer
Ms Bridget Snaith – Senior Lecturer
Mr Keita Tajima – Senior Lecturer
Dr Renee Tobe – Reader
Ms Imogen Ward – Senior Lecturer
Mr Fulvio Wirz – Senior Lecturer
Mr Andrew Wright – Senior Lecturer
Ms Gemma Woodfall – Lecturer

Department of Engineering and Computing

Head of Department - Prof. Fawad Inam

Computing

Computing subject leader:

Dr Aaron Kans

Course leaders:

Course Leader for Foundation Computer Science – Mr Paul Bombo
Course Leader for BSc (Hons) Digital and Technology Solutions – Mr Gaurav Malik
Course Leader for BSc (Hons) Computer Science – Mr Mike Kretsis
Course Leader for BSc (Hons) Computing for Business – Mr Arish Siddiqui
Course Leader for BSc (Hons) Cyber Security and Networks – Dr Shareeful Islam
Course Leader for BSc (Hons) Computer Science with Education and Qualified Teacher Status – Mr Paul Bombo
Course Leader for BSc (Hons) Applied Computing top-up – Dr Aloysius Edoh
Course Leader for PG Computer Science (with Industrial Placement) – Dr Saeed Sharif
Course Leader for PG Big Data Technologies – Dr Amin Karami
Course Leader for PG Data Science – Dr Yang Li
Course Leader for PG Information Security and Digital Forensics – Dr Ameer Al-Nemrat
Course Leader for PG Artificial Intelligence - Dr Mustansar Ghazanfar
Course Leader for PG Artificial Intelligence PG Computing and ICT - Dr Rawad Hammad
Course Leader for BSc (Hons) Cloud Computing - Mr Gaurav Malik
Course Leader for BSc (Hons) Applied Computing - Dr Aloysius Edoh
Course Leader for BSc (Hons) Cyber Security & Networks - Dr Shareeful Islam

Academic staff:

Dr Ameer Al-Nemrat – Reader
Dr Mohammad Hossein Amirhosseini – Lecturer
Mr Solomon Adrian Alexis – Principal Lecturer
Dr Bilyaminu Romo Auwal – Lecturer
Dr Rabih Bashroush – Reader of Computer Science
Mr Paul Bombo – Senior Lecturer
Dr Allan J Brimicombe – Professor
Dr Aloysius Edoh – Senior Lecturer
Dr Paolo Falcarin – Reader
Dr Mustansar Ghazanfar – Lecturer
Dr Seyed Ali Ghorashi – Senior Lecturer
Mr Hamid Hakimazari – Senior Lecturer
Dr Rawad Hammad – Lecturer in Computer Science and Digital Technologies
Dr Shareeful Islam – Senior Lecturer
Dr Fahimeh Jafari – Lecturer
Dr Aaron Kans – Principal Lecturer
Dr Amin Karami – Senior Lecturer
Mr Michael Kretsis – Senior Lecturer
Dr Sin Wee Lee – Senior Lecturer
Dr Yang Li – Senior Lecturer
Mr Gaurav Malik – Senior Lecturer
Dr Nadeem Qazi – Lecturer
Dr Fadi Safieddine – Senior Lecturer
Dr Saeed Sharif – Senior Lecturer
Mr Arish Siddiqui – Senior Lecturer
Mr Marco Siracusa – Technician
Dr Julie Wall – Reader

Engineering

Engineering subject leader:

Dr Arya Assadi Langroudi

Course Leaders:

BSc (Hons) Civil Engineering: Dr Alex Apeagyei
BEng (Hons)/ MEng Civil Engineering: Dr Arya Assadi Langroudi
BEng (Hons)/ MEng Mechanical Engineering: Dr Ka Lok Lee
BEng (Hons) Engineering Management: Dr Ka Lok Lee
BEng (Hons) General Engineering: Dr Ka Lok Lee
BEng (Hons) Railway Engineering: Dr Subramaniam Arunachalam
BEng (Hons) Biomedical Engineering: Dr Samir Morad
BEng (Hons) Product Design Engineering: Dr Bahar Khayamian-Esfahani
BEng (Hons) Mechatronics Engineering: Dr Jaswinder Lota
BEng (Hons) Mechatronics and Computer Systems Engineering: Dr Jaswinder Lota
MSc /PG Dip Civil Engineering: Dr Ali Abbas
MSc/PG Dip Structural Engineering: Dr Ali Abbas
MSc/PG Dip Intelligent Transport Planning and Engineering: Dr Alex Apeagyei
MSc/PG Dip Mechanical Engineering: Dr Subramaniam Arunachalam
MSc/PG Dip Mechatronics and Computer Systems Engineering: Dr Jaswinder Lota

Academic Staff:

Dr Ali Abbas – Senior Lecturer
Dr Adnan Adnan – Senior Lecturer
Dr Alex Apeagyei – Senior Lecturer
Dr Subramaniam Arunachalam – Senior Lecturer
Mrs Sarah Catmur – Senior Lecturer
Dr Mihaela Anca Ciupala – Senior Lecturer
Dr Bahar Khayamian-Esfahani – Lecturer
Dr Ravindra Jayaratne – Reader
Dr Arya Assadi Langroudi – Senior Lecturer
Dr Ka Lok Lee – Principal Lecturer
Dr Jaswinder Lota - Reader
Professor Mansour Moniri
Dr Samir Morad – Lecturer
Dr Jaya Nepal – Senior Lecturer
Mr Bryan Pearce – Senior Lecturer
Dr Jawed Qureshi – Senior Lecturer
Dr John Walsh – Senior Lecturer

Construction Transport and Logistics

Construction, Transport and Logistics subject leader:

Dr Sohrab Donyavi

Course Leaders:

FdSc Civil Engineering and Construction Management: Dr Sohrab Donyavi
BSc (Hons) Construction Management: Dr Sohrab Donyavi
MSc Construction Engineering Management: Dr Sohrab Donyavi
MSc Construction Engineering Management with Industrial Placement: Dr Sohrab Donyavi
BSc (Hons) Surveying and Mapping Sciences: Richard Latham
BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management: TBC

Academic Staff:

Dr Sohrab Donyavi – Senior Lecturer
Mr Mike Hurst – Senior Lecturer
Mr Richard Latham – Principal Lecturer
Dr Seoung Wook Whang – Lecturer
Dr Sohrab Donyavi: Senior Lecturer
Mr Mike Hurst: Senior Lecturer
Dr Ian Lemon: Senior Lecturer
Dr Julius Akotia: Senior Lecturer
Dr Seoung Wook Whang: Senior Lecturer
Dr Adnan Adnan: Senior Lecturer
Dr John Walsh: Senior Lecturer
Mrs Sarah Catmur: Senior Lecturer
Professor Mansour Moniri
Mr Bryan Pearce: Senior Lecturer
Dr Alex Apeagyei: Senior Lecturer

Technical staff

Dr Garry Doherty – Technical Services Manager
Mr Daryl Brown – Technical Associate
Mr Chris Donovan – Technician
Dr Saeed Javid – Technical Associate
Mr Craig Madden – Technician
Mr Glen Marston – Technician
Mr Masum Zain Miah – Technician
Mr David Morgan – Technical Assistant
Mr Paul Nichols – Technician
Dr Mark Sowden – Technical Associate
Dr Barbara Zandavali – Technical Associate
Ms Gaynor Zealey - Technician

Facilities

The University of East London prepares you for the jobs of the future. We ensure you have access to industry-standard facilities throughout the School and embrace digital working and new technologies. We have a range of laboratories and workspaces containing sophisticated equipment that you’ll be using from day one.

Some of the equipment you can expect to find at the University includes:

Mechatronics Laboratory
Communications Laboratory
Transformation Laboratory
Microanalytical Laboratory
Large Structures Laboratory
Geotechnical Laboratory
3D printers capable of printing buildings
Robotics technology
Hydraulics lab
Printmaking studios
Bronze casting
Laser cutting
CAD studios

Research

The School has developed and encouraged a strong culture of research collaboration between our architecture, computing, engineering and geo-information centres, with other East London schools and international partners. Sharing research leads to excellent results and greater success.
For more information on our research interests and groups, and research degrees, visit the Research page.