Teaching Fellows

  • Maria Apud Bell

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    Maria Apud Bell Senior Teaching Fellow, School Careers Officer

    Location

    Level 1, Dyson Building
    25 Exhibition Road
    South Kensington
    London
    SW7 2DB

    Interests

    With a background in Biochemistry and Innovation Design Engineering, Maria is a design scientist, interested in bridging the gap between the creative and scientific world through the use of collaborative design methodologies. 

  • Sheraz Arif

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    Sheraz Arif Senior Teaching Fellow

    Location

    Dyson Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Andrew Brand

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    Principal Lecturer

    Location

    Level 1, Dyson Building
    25 Exhibition Road
    South Kensington
    London
    SW7 2DB

    Interests

    Andrew is an educator and practitioner in product innovation, systems engineering, and human-centered design. He is interested in creating learning ecosystems that foster socially-minded innovators equipped with the skills to build better futures.

  • Audrey Gaulard

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    Audrey Gaulard Senior Teaching Fellow

    07593 247316

    Location

    Level 1, Dyson Building
    25 Exhibition Road
    South Kensington
    London
    SW7 2DB

    Interests

    As an Alumni from IDE and a background in Fashion Design, Audrey is a true Hybrid Designer working across various industries. She is simultaneously working as the co-founder of The Polyfloss Factory, developing a candy floss machine to recycle plastic, while being the Senior Designer of Random International, the art installation studio and finally a teaching Fellow in IDE

  • Dr Stephen Green

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    Principal Teaching Fellow, Academic Tutor

    Location

    Level 1, Dyson Building
    25 Exhibition Road
    South Kensington
    London
    SW7 2DB

    Interests

    Stephen Green's interests include the evolving methods, methodologies and professional practice of design; in particular with open and collaborative design and innovation, the understanding of design impact, application of branding, design for external environments and product service systems.

  • Dr Kamyar Hazeri

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    Dr Kamyar Hazeri Senior Teaching Fellow

    Location

    Dyson Building, Level 1

    Interests

    Kamyar Hazeri's interests focus on Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Aerodynamics, Automotive and Product Design, as well as the assessment of product creativity, sustainability, and building energy performance.

  • Olga Kravchenko

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    Senior Teaching Fellow

    Location

    Level 1, Dyson Building
    25 Exhibition Road
    South Kensington
    London
    SW7 2DB

    Interests

    Olga is a Senior Teaching Fellow at the Dyson School of Design Engineering. She is a Product Designer and a Computational Designer specializing in computational intelligence applications for product design. 

  • Dr Freddie Page

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    Principal Teaching Fellow Director of Undergraduate Studies

    Location

    Level 1, Dyson Building
    25 Exhibition Road
    South Kensington
    London
    SW7 2DB

    Interests

    Freddie's role is the curriculum review of the MEng, so that our 天美传媒 get the most out of our course, becoming competitive graduates in a changing jobs market. He has interests in: computer graphics, web applications and interfaces, machine learning, metamaterials, and interactive learning and teaching methods.

  • Dr Shayan Sharifi

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    Principal Lecturer, Director of Education

    +44 (0)20 7594 9619

    Location

    Level 1, Dyson Building
    25 Exhibition Road
    South Kensington
    London
    SW7 2DB

    Interests

    Shayan is working on developing technologies to remove plastics from rivers and oceans. The objective of his work is to radically re-think the current methods and address the common challenges such as sorting, wear, and energy dissipation.

  • Charlotte Slingsby

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    Charlotte Slingsby Senior Teaching Fellow

    Location

    Level 1, Dyson Building
    25 Exhibition Road
    South Kensington
    London
    SW7 2DB

    Interests

    Charlotte Slingsby is passionate about using design as a tool for transformation within engineering. Her personal work ranges from renewable energy solutions to cybersecurity tools with a keen interest in system and user centred design.

  • Dr Usman Talat

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    Dr Usman Talat Teaching Fellow

    Location

    Level 3, Dyson Building
    25 Exhibition Road
    South Kensington
    London
    SW7 2DB

    Interests

    Usman is a Behaviour Scientist. His work is applied to healthcare innovation and entrepreneurship in financial markets/internationally (e.g. China, South East Asia). Public health education and policy. Organisation studies.

  • Dr Wei Hutchinson

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    Dr Wei Hutchinson Teaching Fellow

    Location

    Dyson Building, South Kensington Campus

    Interests

    Wei is an innovation educator with experience in marketing , venture creation and business design. She helps engineering 天美传媒 strengthen entrepreneurial thinking, real-world innovation skills, and placement readiness through applied projects, industry collaboration, and evidence-based business model development.

  • Larissa Kunstel-Tabet

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    Larissa Kunstel-Tabet Teaching Fellow

    Location

    Dyson Building, South Kensington Campus

    Interests

    Larissa is interested in innovation for impact. She has diverse industry experience in public, private and third sector organisations. Most recent projects include the Climate Solutions Catalyst at Undaunted, and sustainable fisheries at CatchCam Technologies.

  • Dr Oisin Shaw

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    Dr Oisin Shaw Teaching Fellow

    Location

    Dyson Building, South Kensington Campus

    Interests

    Oisin works to bring multidisciplinary approaches to product and system engineering, with a focus on utilising research outputs and low TRL prototyping. His research work was in electrochemical devices and systems, but he also makes and crafts in all forms.

  • Dr Nigel Steward

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    Dr Nigel Steward Professor of Practice and Director of the Centre for Sectoral Economic Performance (CSEP)

    Location

    Centre for Sectoral Economic Performance (CSEP)
    iCUBE
    Level 3, Royal College of Science Building

    Interests

    Nigel is interested in new technologies that can contribute to the creation and development of new business sectors to support the growth of the UK economy. Nigel has spent 36 years in industry working in the fields and Innovation, Energy and Environment, and has led global technology companies and global mining and metals production operations.