Dr Andrew Cowell
Senior Lecturer
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Andrew is the Programme Leader for the BEng(Hons) Engineering (Design and Manufacture) Graduate Apprenticeship programme. Andrew joined Glasgow Caledonian University in 2002, starting with short-term research contracts then promoted to Lecturer in August 2007, and to Senior Lecturer in August 2015.
In addition to his short-term contracts in research into coal handling for entrained flow gasifiers, and particulate solids handling education materials, Andrew has undertaken consultancy projects in the United Kingdom (UK), and delivered short courses in the USA, Sweden and the UK. He has also presented at international academic conferences in the UK, USA, Australia, Norway and Spain.
He is a Chartered Engineer, a Member of the IMechE, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers in Scotland and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He completed his PhD on the subject of impact forces in pneumatic conveying systems in 2015 and has published more than 20 research articles, on a range of topics including the characterisation of particulate solids materials, but predominantly in his main research area of pneumatic conveying systems.
His current research interests involves industrial design and development of equipment to enhance the sustainability of processes both in the UK and in Africa, and in Engineering Education.