Dr Francesco Restuccia
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, wildifire dynamics, and safety hazards in low-carbon energy industries with a focus on ignition and fire spread.
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
4CCE1MEC Mechanics for Engineers
2020-Present.
Module lead, sole instructor (100% of module).
6CCE3EEP & 7CCE4EEP & 7CCEMPRJ BEng/MEng/MSc Individual Project
2020-Present
Thesis supervisor & marker for final year projects and Master theses in the Engineering Department.
6CCE3HMT Heat and Mass Transfer
2023-2024.
Module instructor and developer, (50% of module and labs).
4CCE1KEP Keys to Engineering
2020-2023.
Academic lead of the open ended design project (75% of module), supervisor and marker (year dependent).
7CCP4000 Project in Physics
2020-2021.
Thesis supervisor & marker for 2 Master theses in Physics.
4CCS1CM2 Computational and Mathematical Thinking for Engineers II
2019-2020.
Academic tutor.