Dr Amer Ali

I am specialised in highway and transportation engineering and have been working in the UK academic sector for three decades including teaching and research. I worked for the universities of UCL, IC, Bristol, Brighton, Leeds-MU and LSBU. I have extensive experience in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses and in the supervision of MSc and PhD projects in addition to managing and developing courses and modules. I am the Director of Studies of an average of seven PhD students per year for railway and highway engineering research. Experienced in professional development, tutor for international students and tutor for placement and careers.

1) My research and publications span the areas of:
• Traffic and highway engineering
• Railway engineering
• Sustainability
• Professional development and the training and learning of graduate engineers at the workplace during their Initial Professional Development (IPD).
2) PhD research students:
I have around 7 PhD students per year who conduct research in the above areas particularly transportation engineering and sustainability.
3) Professional Affiliations:
• Chartered Engineer, CEng
• Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, FICE
• Fellow of the Institute of Highway Engineers, FIHE
• Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation, FCIHT
• Fellow of the Permanent Way Institution, FPWI
• Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, MASCE
• Member of the Structural Engineering Institute, MSEI (USA)
• Member of the Transport and Development Institute, MT&DI (USA)
• Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, SFHEA
4) Professional Roles and Responsibilities:
• Member of the Main JBM Board (JBM is the Joint Board of Moderators)
• Member of the JBM visiting/accreditation teams
• Member of the IHE Academic Standards Panel
• Representative of the PWI at the JBM
• Reviewer for the ICE chartership
• Reviewer for the IHE chartership
5) I created, signed, and managed the following Academic-Professional Partnerships:
• LSBU-ICE Partnership Agreement (Charter) in 2016 (based on the the Professional Development (PD) Scheme which I created at LSBU (2015))
• Academic Partner for the CIHT Partnership Framework (2015)
•LSBU-IHE Academic-Professional Partnership Agreement 2021
•LSBU-PWI Academic-Professional Partnership Agreement 2021
6) I am the Vice Chair of the "IHE Greater London Branch", which I re-launched in 2022 with a colleague from the highway industry (current Chair). IHE is the Institute of Highway Engineers
7) Other key Activities:
• External Examiner
• Chair of PhD Viva Panels
• Independent Reviewer of assessment panels for PhD candidates
• Member of Organising Committee of International Conferences
• Chairman of whole conference
• Keynote Speaker, and speaker of conference opening sessions
• Chair of conferences Transportation Sessions
• Reviewer/Referee for Journals papers

A. Professor of Transportation Engineering
Director of Professional Development
Liaison Officer for the Professional Engineering Institutions (ICE, IHE, CIHT, PWI)
Teaching all Transportation Modules including Highway Engineering and Railway Engineering
Director of around 7 PhD students per year (Highway Engineering, Traffic Engineering, Railway Engineering, and Sustainability)
Former Director of MSc Courses (MSc Civil Engineering, MSc Structural Engineering, MSc Transport Engineering and Planning) 2011-2019
Former Mentor for the BEng Level-4 Civil Engineering
Former Member of the School Academic Standards Committee (SASC)
Former Member of the School Ethics Committee
Former Member of the University PFHEA/SFHEA/FHEA - Assessment Panel

Highway Engineering
Railway Engineering
Traffic Engineering
Innovation and Enterprise
Asset Management and Project Appraisal
Surveying
Engineering Materials
Civil Engineering Design Projects
Professional Development
Urban Engineering Systems
Project Management
Track Design and Railway Engineering Project
Railway Systems and Asset Management
Design of Transport Systems
Transport, Society and Planning