Contact Professor Amer Hameed
- Email: a.hameed@cranfield.ac.uk
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, ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥, UK
PhD Gun Barrel Design Optimisation, ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥, 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,
