Dr Roger Penlington

Associate Professor

Department: Mechanical and Construction Engineering

Roger did his first degree at Sheffield City Polytechnic and his post-graduate study, a PhD was in glass manufacture at Sheffield Hallam University.

He joined Northumbria in 1994 to undertake research into glass manufacture, specifically aspects related to heat transfer, fluid flow and forming processes. Roger took up a lecturing role in 1998 and was awarded a personal Teaching Fellowship in recognition of research into engineering education in 2006.

Roger is Associate Professor and Director of Education in the Department of Mechanical and Construction Engineering. He currently leads the Department's approach to all educational provision and has responsibility for the quality of student learning, teaching excellence and student satisfaction and experience.

Roger’s research supervision covers the areas of engineering education, manufacturing processes and glass technology, supervising to completion 15 PhDs he is an active External Examiner for both taught and research programmes at other HEIs.

As a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and Fellow of the Staff and Education Development Association Roger has delivered educational development workshops at many HEIs in the UK and Overseas.

Supporting the Society of Glass Technology as a Fellow, Member of Council, Roger served as the Society’s President from 2012 to 2014.

Roger is currently the Deputy Chair of the UK & Ireland Engineering Education Research Network.

Campus Address

Wynne Jones Building

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Key Publications

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The Role of Massive Ice and Exposed Headwall Properties on Retrogressive Thaw Slump Activity, Hayes, S., Lim, M., Whalen, D., Mann, P., Fraser, P., Penlington, R., Martin, J. Nov 2022, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface
Fit for purpose? Engineering educators', teacher training & engineering scholarship, Clark, R., Penlington, R., Andrews, J., Knowles, G. 1 Jan 2020, SEFI 47th Annual Conference, European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI)
Valuing diversity and establishing an approach to supporting excluded groups, Tudor, J., Penlington, R. 3 Jan 2020, The Proceedings of the 7th Annual Conference of the UK & Ireland Engineering Education Research Network, Coventry, WMG, University of Warwick
Analysis of labour market needs for engineers with enhanced knowledge in renewable energy in some European and Latin-American Countries, Comodi, G., Cioccolanti, L., Mahkamov, K., Penlington, R., Lapuerta, M., Hernandez, J., Lora, E., Venturini, O., Cobas, V., Palacio, J., Freires, F., Torres, E., Da Silva, J., Kafarov, V., Velasco, J., Martinez, J., Salcedo, G., Suárez, I., Jaen, R., Gonzalez, J., Fernandez, M., Faure, L., Oliva-Merencio, D., Reyes, I., Salas, J., Ramírez, C. 2019, In: Energy Procedia
Is engineering education fit for purpose in the 21^st century?, Roger, P., Andrews, J., Clark, R. 2019, Proceedings of the 46th SEFI Annual Conference 2018, European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI)
New academics’ experiences of induction to teaching: an Activity Theory approach, Mathieson, S., Allin, L., Penlington, R., Black, K., Orme, E., Anderson, E., Hooper, H., McInnes, L. 31 Dec 2019
5th Annual Symposium of the United Kingdom & Ireland Engineering Education Research Network: Time for Change, Andrews, J., Clark, R., Nortcliffe, A., Penlington, R. 7 Mar 2018
Experimental and numerical study of Buoyancy-driven low turbulence flow in rectangular enclosure partially filled with isolated solid blockages, Iyi, D., Hasan, R., Penlington, R. 1 Dec 2018, In: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
The First Spring Colloquium of the United Kingdom & Ireland Engineering Education Research Network, Penlington, R., Andrews, J. 24 Oct 2018
Zero-dimensional transient model of large-scale cooling ponds using well-mixed approach, Ramadan, A., Hasan, R., Penlington, R. 1 Apr 2018, In: Annals of Nuclear Energy

Professional Activity

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Other: CUSP (Culture for Sustainable Peace) network award, 2021. Development of Intercultural Competencies for women engineers: a Story Circles approach. Amount: £10,000 2021
Other: British Council EME (English Medium Education) and Gender Research Grant, 2021. An EME-focussed investigation into barriers facing female engineers. Amount: £100,000 2021

PGR Supervision

Neil Parkin An investigation into the influence of Trust on the sharing of Practical Knowledge in Technology Producing Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Start Date: 01/12/2014 End Date: 17/01/2020
Kennedy Amedu Modelling and model based adaptive control of twin screw extrusion processes (IPA stage) Start Date: 10/01/2011 End Date: 08/10/2015
Stephen Ball An Investigation into the Impact of Enterprise Education for Computing and Engineering Undergraduate Students within a UK HEI Start Date: 10/02/2016 End Date: 16/05/2023

Qualifications

Education PGCE August 01 1994
Engineering PhD August 01 1994
Engineering BEng (Hons) June 30 1991
Fellow Staff and Educational Development Association (FSEDA) Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA) 2017
Senior Fellow Higher Education Academ (SFHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2016
Fellow Higher Education Academy (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 1999

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