Professor Aziza Mahomed PhD MEng CEng FIMechE SFHEA MWES

Professor Aziza Mahomed

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Professor in Engineering Education
Deputy Head, School of Engineering

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0) 121 4147229
Email
a.mahomed@bham.ac.uk
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Address
School of Mechanical Engineering
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Aziza Mahomed holds a Chair in Engineering Education in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering.

Aziza has published over 20 research papers in scientific journals, engineering education journals and conference proceedings.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Mechanical Engineering (Biomaterials), University of Birmingham, School of Mechanical Engineering and School of Metallurgy and Materials, 2009; “Properties of elastomers for small-joint replacements”
  • MEng in Mechanical Engineering, Durham University, School of Engineering, 2005
  • Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Advance HE), 2020
  • Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (FIMechE), 2019
  • University of Birmingham, Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice, 2017
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Advance HE), 2017
  • Chartered Engineer (Engineering Council, UK), 2011
  • Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (MIMechE), 2011
  • Member of the Women’s Engineering Society (MWES), 2010

Biography

Professor Aziza Mahomed graduated in 2005 with a 1st Class MEng Mechanical Engineering with an Industrial placement, from Durham University. 

In 2009 she graduated with a PhD in biomaterials (Mechanical Engineering) from the University of Birmingham. Her doctoral thesis research was entitled “Properties of elastomers for small-joint replacements”. This was followed by a Research Fellow (2009-2012) post and she became a Chartered Engineer during this post. In February 2012, she joined DePuySynthes (Johnson & Johnson) in Cork (Ireland) as a Marie Curie Experienced Research Fellow on a 24-month secondment. Following this post, she was based at the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, working on an ERDF project.

In April 2015 she was appointed as a Teaching Fellow, at the School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham, and then, in August 2017, as a Lecturer. Aziza was appointed as a Senior Lecturer (then Associate Professor) in August 2019. In August 2024, she was appointed to the position of Chair in Engineering Education.

Aziza has developed an educational portfolio, recognised internally (HEFi Education Innovation Award; December 2017) and externally HEA Senior Fellowship in 2020; Advanced HE). She has also been appointed as an external examiner for UK institutions and is an active committee and panel member for the IMechE, including the academic standards committee (accreditation), and she is also an Ethics Ambassador for the Engineering Professors’ Council.

Aziza has secured internal funding (HEFi) and external funding with the Royal Academy of Engineering and collaborated on various Royal Academy of Engineering Ingenious awards. Currently, Aziza’s research interest is on Generative Artificial Intelligence.

Teaching

Undergraduate and Postgraduate Mechanical Engineering and related programmes.

Postgraduate supervision

Aziza is currently supervising projects linked to engineering education.

Research

Research interests

  • Aziza’s current research activity is within the area of engineering education

Current projects

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Feedback and Assessment in Higher Education

Publications

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Donaldson, D., Samra, M., Axelithioti, P., Parry, L., Suleymenova, K., Dawkins, D., Espino, D., Mahomed, A. & Anthony, C., (2023): Supporting student self-regulated learning via digitally enhanced feedback workshops; Advances in Engineering Education; Accepted and In press 26/05/2023. 11, 4, p. 28-40; DOI: 10.18260/3-1-1153-36051

Croucher, J and Mahomed, A (2021): Concept and simulation of an alternative design for an orthopaedic shoulder implant, Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, VOL. 46, NO. 1, 1–15, DOI: 10.1080/03091902.2021.1967489

Forrester, C and Mahomed, A (2021): Design of a novel midstream fluid waste sample collection device for patients, Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, VOL. 45, NO. 8, 664–67; 1 DOI: 10.1080/03091902.2021.1955031

Katz, D and Mahomed, A, (2020):An aircraft combination wheelchair seat suitable for aircraft aisles. Journal of Accessibility and Design for All, 10(1), 1-30. DOI: 10.17411/jacces.v10i1.248

Mahomed, A and Bagheri Pormehr, N (2016):Effect of accelerated aging on the cross-link density of medical grade silicones.Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering, 27: 437–449. DOI: 10.3233/BME-161598

Mahomed A., Hukins DWL & Kukureka SN (2015): Effect of accelerated aging on the viscoelastic properties of a medical grade silicone. Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering, 25: 415-423. DOI 10.3233/BME-151538

Mahomed, A and Kocharian, A (2015): Determining the solubility parameter and the cross-link density of medical grade silicones: Effect of increasing the range of swelling liquids. Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering, 25: 137–142. DOI 10.3233/BME-151264

Moghadas, P; Mahomed, A; Shepherd, DET; Hukins, DWL; (2015):Wear of the Charité® lumbar intervertebral disc replacement investigated using an electro-mechanical spine simulator.Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part H-Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 229(3): 264–268. DOI: 10.1177/0954411915576537

Moghadas, P; Mahomed, A ; Hukins, DWL ; Shepherd, DET  (2013). Effect of lubricants on friction in laboratory tests of a total disc replacement device. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part H-Journal of Engineering in Medicine 227(9): 988-993. DOI: 10.1177/0954411913485059

Moghadas, P; Mahomed, A ; Hukins, DWL; Shepherd, DET  (2013). Wear in metal-on-metal total disc arthroplasty. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part H-Journal of Engineering in Medicine 227(H4): 356-361. DOI: 10.1177/0954411912471768 

Moghadas, PM; Shepherd, DET; Hukins, DWL; Mahomed, A (2012). Polymer-on-Metal or Metal-on-Polymer Total Disc Arthroplasty Does It Make a Difference?  SPINE 37(21): 1834-1838. DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318257fdd3

Mahomed, A ; Moghadas, PM; Shepherd, DET; Hukins, DWL; Roome, A; Johnson, S  (2012). Effect of Axial Load on the Flexural Properties of an Elastomeric Total Disc Replacement SPINE  37(15): E908-E912. DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31824da3ba

Moghadas, P; Mahomed, A; Hukins, DWL ; Shepherd, DET (2012). Friction in metal-on-metal total disc arthroplasty: Effect of ball radius. Journal of Biomechanics 45(3): 504-509. DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.11.045

Mahomed A, Hukins DWL, Kukureka SN & Shepherd DET (2010). Effect of accelerated aging on the viscoelastic properties of Elast-EonTM: a polyurethane with soft poly(dimethylsiloxane) and poly(hexamethylene oxide) segments. Materials Science and Engineering: C- Materials for Biological Applications 30: 1298-1303. DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2010.07.014

Mahomed A., Hukins DWL & Kukureka SN (2010). Swelling of medical-grade silicones in liquids and calculation of their cross-link densities. Medical Engineering & Physics 32: 298-303. DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2009.12.004

Mahomed A, Chidi NM, Hukins DWL, Kukureka SN & Shepherd DET (2009). Frequency dependence of viscoelastic properties of medical grade silicones. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials 89-B: 210-216. DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.31208

Mahomed A, Hukins DWL & Kukureka SN (2009). Viscoelastic properties of Silastic® medical-grade silicones: Implications for finger-joint replacement. Journal of Polymer Materials 26: 389-399

Mahomed A, Hukins DWL & Kukureka SN (2009). Viscoelastic properties of medical grade silicones in tension. Journal of Polymer Materials 26: 199-206

Hukins DWL, Mahomed A & Kukureka SN (2008). Accelerated aging for testing polymeric biomaterials and medical devices. Medical Engineering & Physics 30: 1270-1274; DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.06.001

Chuter GSJ, Cloke DJ, Mahomed A, Partington PF & Green SM (2007). Wear analysis of failed acetabular polyethylene: A comparison of analytical methods. Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery 89-B: 273-279. DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.89B2

Book chapter

Mahomed A (2012). Chapter 10: Ageing processes of polymers in the body. In: Durability and reliability of medical polymers. Ed. M Jenkins. Woodhead Publishing Limited, Cambridge, UK. 

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