Professor
Andrew
Garrard

MEng(hons), PhD, CEng, FIMechE, PFHEA

Multidisciplinary Engineering Education

Head of Multidisciplinary Engineering Education

Professor of Engineering Education

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a.garrard@sheffield.ac.uk
The Diamond

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Professor Andrew Garrard
Multidisciplinary Engineering Education
The Diamond
32 Leavygreave Road

Sheffield

S3 7RD

Profile

My technical specialisms are in fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, energy engineering and computational fluid dynamics (CFD).  I am a graduate with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Sheffield, where he also conducted my PhD research into regenerative fuel cell systems for energy storage. After a series of post-doctoral positions, including at the Health and Safety Executive modelling fluid flow and a research fellow at the University of Leeds simulating explosive shock dynamics, in 2008 I took up a lectureship at 51²è¹Ý¶ù Hallam University. In 2009, I was promoted to senior lecturer and was responsible for leading the thermofluids teaching group. In 2013, I won the Sheffield Hallam Inspirational Teacher Award. 

I rejoined the University of Sheffield as part of Multidisciplinary Engineering Education in 2015, helping to set up the new department. I am responsible for designing and delivering the teaching in the Fluids Engineering laboratory in the Diamond, supporting students on programmes including mechanical, civil, aerospace and general engineering. While in post, I have taken on the positions of Departmental Director of Learning and Teaching followed by Deputy Head of Department. I sit on the Department’s Executive and ED&I Committee and is part of the University's Digital Strategic Advisory Group.  In 2022 I was appointed as Head of Department.

Qualifications
  • Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • Fellow IMechE
  • Chartered Engineer
  • Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence 2021 (HEA)
Publications

Journal articles

  • Bangert K, Bates J, Beck SBM, Bishop ZK, Di Benedetti M, Fullwood J, Funnell AC, Garrard A, Hayes SA, Howard T , Johnson C et al (2022) . International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, 50(2), 219-239.
  • Di Benedetti M, Garrard A & Beck SBM (2021) . Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, 21(16), 47-50.
  • Garrard A, Bangert K & Beck S (2020) . Fluids, 5(4).
  • Bangert K, Browncross E, Di Benedetti M, Day H & Garrard A () . International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education.

Book chapters

  • Andrew G & Stephen B (2018) , The Interdisciplinary Future of Engineering Education (pp. 33-48). Routledge

Conference proceedings

  • Toqeer R, Omar C, Rosado HN, Bronze C & Garrard A (2025) . SEFI 2025
  • Howard TP, Di Benedetti M, Saunders-Smits GN & Garrard A (2025) . Sefi 2025 53rd Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education Engineering and Society Proceedings (pp 2096-2099)
  • Toqeer R, Omar C, Hau NR, Bronze C, Wright M & Garrard A (2025) . Sefi 2025 53rd Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education Engineering and Society Proceedings (pp 1850-1858)
  • Nurminen M & Garrard A (2025) . Sefi 2025 53rd Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education Engineering and Society Proceedings (pp 2172-2176)
  • Toqeer R, Omar C, Beck S, Wright M & Garrard A (2024) . Sefi 2024 52nd Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Proceedings Educating Responsible Engineers (pp 2277-2287)
  • Day HM & Garrard A (2024) . Sefi 2024 52nd Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Proceedings Educating Responsible Engineers (pp 2489-2493)
  • Fullwood J & Garrard A (2024) . Sefi 2024 52nd Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Proceedings Educating Responsible Engineers (pp 1476-1484)
  • Omar C & Garrard A (2024) . Sefi 2024 52nd Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Proceedings Educating Responsible Engineers (pp 803-812)
  • Bangert K, Browncross E, Di Benedetti M, Day H & Garrard A (2023) . SEFI 2023 - 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education: Engineering Education for Sustainability, Proceedings (pp 126-136). Dublin, Ireland, 11 September 2023 - 11 September 2023.
  • Bates J, Garrard A & Browncross E (2023) INDUCTION DIAMOND LABS - GIVING EVERYONE AN EQUAL STARTING POINT. Proceedings of the International Cdio Conference (pp 349-357)
  • Di Benedetti M, Garrard A & Beck SBM (2021) Build it and they will come : maintaining students access to fabrication and testing during a pandemic. Proceedings - SEFI 49th Annual Conference: Blended Learning in Engineering Education: Challenging, Enlightening - and Lasting? (pp 1382-1386). Virtual conference, 13 September 2021 - 13 September 2021.
  • Di Benedetti M, Garrard A & Beck SBM (2021) BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME: MAINTAINING STUDENTS ACCESS TO FABRICATION AND TESTING DURING A PANDEMIC. Proceedings of the Sefi 49th Annual Conference Blended Learning in Engineering Education Challenging Enlightening and Lasting (pp 1401-1405)
  • Garrard A & Nichols A (2018) A Teaching Sandwich Approach to Integrating Classroom and Practical Teaching. 5th Annual Symposium of the United Kingdom & Ireland Engineering Education Research Network (pp 87-90). Birmingham, 23 November 2017 - 23 November 2017.
  • Garrard A, Beck S & Styring P (2004) . 2nd International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology (pp 79-84), 14 June 2004 - 16 June 2004.
  • Spalton T, Tomlinson RA, Garrard AE & Beck SBM () . Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vol. 13-14 (pp 23-28)

Software, code or databases

  • Garrard A .

Datasets

  • Bangert K, Browncross E, Garrard A, Benedetti MD & Day H .

Other

  • Garrard A, Day H & Benedetti MD () .
  • Garrard A () .

Preprints

  • Garrard A, Bangert K & Beck S (2020) , MDPI AG.
  • Garrard A, Beck S, Di Benedetti M & Funnell A (2020) , MDPI AG.
  • Garrard A, Bates J, Beck S & Funnell A (2020) , MDPI AG.
  • Bangert K, Bates J, Beck SBM, Bishop ZK, Di Benedetti M, Fullwood J, Funnell A, Garrard A, Hayes SA, Howard T , Johnson C et al (2020) , Open Engineering Inc.
Teaching interests

I am interested in two aspects of teaching: Practical Engineering Education and teaching at scale. The teaching that occurs in the department of Multidisciplinary Engineering Education is on the nexus of these two interests.

Teaching activities

CFD teaching for the following cohorts of students:

  • 2nd year Mechanical Engineering
  • 2nd year Aerospace Engineering
  • 2nd year General Engineering

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