Dr Francesco Restuccia

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Positions

2023 – Present: Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor), Department of Engineering, King's College London, UK.
2019 – 2023: Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Department of Engineering, King's College London, UK.
2020 – Present: Honorary Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, UK.
2017-2019: Research Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, UK.

Education

2014 – 2018: PhD in Mechanical Engineering. Imperial College London, UK.
2012 – 2014: MS in Mechanical Engineering. California Institute of Technology, USA.
2007 – 2012: MEng in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. University of Edinburgh, UK.

Awards & Recognitions

2021: KCL King’s Education Rising Star Award (Shortlisted). King's College London.
2020: COVID-19 response ICL Department of Mechanical Engineering Silver Award. Imperial College London.
2020: Jack Watts Award for Outstanding Reviewer. Fire Technology.
2019: Imperial College Union Student Academic Choice Awards (SACA) for Student Wellbeing Champion. Imperial College London.
2019: Best Thesis Award "Excellence in Research", Honorable mention. International Association for Fire Safety Science.
2016: Sugden Award for the most significant UK contribution to combustion research. Combustion Institute, British Section.

Teaching at KCL

2023-2024: 6CCE3HMT Heat and Mass Transfer: Module instructor, developed 50% of module and corresponding labs (50% of module).
2023-2024: 4CCE1MEC Mechanics for Engineers: Module lead, sole instructor (100% of module).
2022-2023: 4CCE1MEC Mechanics for Engineers: Module lead, sole instructor (100% of module).
2022-2023: 4CCE1KEP Keys to Engineering: Academic supervisor and marker (20% of module).
2021-2022: 4CCE1MEC Mechanics for Engineers: Module lead, sole instructor (100% of module).
2021-2022: 4CCE1KEP Keys to Engineering: Academic lead of the open ended design proejct (75% of module).
2020-2021: 4CCS1MEC Mechanics for Engineers: Module lead, developed the module and corresponding labs (100% of module).
2020-2021: 4CCS1KEP Keys to Engineering: Academic lead of the open ended design proejct (75% of module).
2019-2020: 4CCS1CM2 Computational and Mathematical Thinking for Engineers II: academic tutor (tutor for 40 students).

Bio

Dr Francesco Restuccia is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering at King's College London. He comes from Italy, and obtained his MEng Degree in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering from the University of Edinburgh, MS in Mechanical Engineering from Caltech, and PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London. Francesco's research currently focuses on transient heat transfer processes in electrochemical storage, vehicle waste-heat recovery, and safety hazards in low-carbon energy industries with a focus on ignition and fire spread.