Department Management Committee (DMC)

The DMC meet a minimum of once per week to discuss important items of business in, or affecting the Department. All other Departmental committees feed into this meeting and policies and procedures are ultimately signed off by this committee.

Contact DMC via the PA to the Head of Department: Email

Supplementary members may be invited to attend specific DMC meetings, including Elected Panel Representatives, Department Resource Manager and/or topic specialists.

Department Management Committee

Mike Lowe

Mike Lowe
Head of Department

Jonathan Jeffers

Jonathan Jeffers
Representative for the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion committee and for entrepreneurship

Julia Easton

Julia Easton
Technical Operations & Safety Manager

Bamber Blackman

Bamber Blackman
Undergraduate Senior Tutor

Ricardo Martinez Botas

Ricardo Martinez Botas
Deputy Head of Department

Simon Bailey

Simon Bailey
Department Operations Manager

Daniele Dini

Daniele Dini
Director of Research

Mike Bluck

Mike Bluck
Director of Undergraduate Studies

Ferdinando Rodriguez y Baena

Ferdinando Rodriguez y Baena
Head of Division, Applied Mechanics

Daniel Balint

Daniel Balint
Head of Division, Mechanics of Materials

Pavlos Aleiferis

Pavlos Aleiferis
Head of Division, Thermofluids

Supplementary roles

Department Committees

The Department has a number of committees who inform the operational and strategic decisions of the Department.

Supplementary roles

For information about the additional roles held by Departmental staff, please download this PDF.