Contact Professor Amer Hameed

Areas of expertise

  • Gun Technologies
  • Vehicle Engineering & Mobility
  • Weapons Engineering

Background

BSc (Honours) Mechanical Engineering, NWFP University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar Pakistan

MSc Gun Systems Design, Cranfield University, UK

PhD Gun Barrel Design Optimisation, Cranfield University, UK

Current activities

Research

Autofrettage

Projectile range enhancement using rocket and base bleed

Gun barrel heat transfer

Concept Design of an unmanned ground vehicle for IEDs neutralisation

Teaching and Administration

Head for Centre for Defence Engineering

Course Director of Vehicle and Weapon Engineering, USA

Module manager of BTC - Lethality

Module Manager of Gun Systems Design

Programme Manager or team leader of various CPD courses delivered abroad including Fighting Vehicle Design

Clients

BP, GPO, USA

TARDEC, USA

KADDB, Jordan

BAE Systems

General Dynamics Land Systems, UK and USA

Ricardo, UK

DE&S, UK

Dstl, UK

Frontier Ballistic Ventures Ltd

Collaboration

Brighton University UK

Hale university KSA

RMC Canada,

Publications

Articles In Journals

Conference Papers