Manchester (UK)
Committee
The role of the committee is to promote IChemE and support members within the region.
Kavita Mohan
Email Campaign Manager/Webmaster
Kavita graduated with a BEng in Chemical Engineering from the Univeristy of Manchester in 2012. She works for GHD, an engineering design consultancy and has experience in the water, wastewater, chemical and food sectors. Kavita is the Webmaster and Email Campaign Manager for the Manchester group.
Felipe Basiglia
Treasurer
Felipe graduated with a MEng in Chemical Engineering from the University of Manchester in 2010, further obtaining an MSc in Nuclear science and Technology (NTEC) from the Dalton Institute in 2011.
Lydia Gaunt
Technical and Social Coordinator
Lydia graduated from the University of Manchester in 2013 with a Masters in Chemical Engineering with Chemistry.
Moemen Metwally
Industrial Liaison
Moemen graduated with an MEng in Chemical Engineering from the University of Manchester in 2015. He works for Atmos International, an engineering software company, and has worked in various roles in Energy and the Environment. Moemen is the South Manchester group's Industry Liaison officer.
Hosam Aleem
University Liaison
Hosam is a lecturer at the University of Manchester, department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science.
Titi Oliyide
Mentoring Coordinator
Titi holds an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering and a Masters degree in Advanced Chemical Engineering (Process Systems Engineering specialisation) from Imperial College London. She currently works as a safety engineer, providing safety assurance and reliability expertise for various engineering systems and major engineering projects. She is also a member of the IChemE National Young Members Committee.
Rodney Gilmour
Publicity
Rodney has an MA in Engineering Science from St. Anne’s College, Oxford and an MSc in Chemical Engineering with Design from the University of Manchester.
Mauro Luberti
Lecturer in Chemical Engineering
Mauro is a Lecturer in Chemical Engineering at the University of Manchester following his past roles of Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh and Senior Consultant Engineer for Process Systems Enterprise - Siemens. His research focuses on adsorption thermodynamics and gas separation processes including hydrogen purification, air separation, carbon capture, biogas upgrade and oxygen recovery from ozonizers. He also has extensive experience in low temperature and flare capacity studies in upstream processes and optimization of ethylene plants. During his industrial experience, he has delivered projects in the Oil & Gas sector for ConocoPhillips, British Petroleum and INPEX and in the Energy & Chemicals sector for SABIC, ExxonMobil and Praxair. Mauro is a Chartered Chemical Engineer (IChemE), ICP Reviewer and Mentor (IChemE), and a European Engineer (Engineers Europe).