Professor Khamid Mahkamov is a Chair in  Mechanical Engineering  in the Faculty of Engineering and Environment at Northumbria University. Prior to joining Northumbria University in 2011  he worked in the Academy of Sciences (USSR, 13 years),   at Leeds University (Research Fellow, 2 years) and  in the Energy Group of the School of Engineering and Computing Sciences of Durham University (9 years) where he held various academic positions. 

He obtained his degrees (1st Class MEng and PhD) from Bauman Moscow Technical University in the field of heat engines.

He is Chartered Engineer with the  Energy Institute (UK) and member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Professor Mahkamov is on the  Editorial Board of the Journal of Renewable Energy (Elsevier). He is also a member of International Council for Stirling Cycle Machines and a part of Membership Committee of Energy Institute (UK). In 2010 he won IMECHE Harold Disney Prize for the best 2009 paper in the power industry.

He teaches modules related to Thermo-Fluids  and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Technologies.

 His research interests are in Thermo-Mechanical Energy Conversion and topics of his current research activities include

• Stirling   Engine/Coolers/Heat pumps, Internal Combustion Engines, Organic Rankine Cycle Turbines;
• Micro- and Commercial CHP systems;
• Solar Thermal Energy (Dish/Engine, Parabolic Trough/Engine; Solar Water Collectors, Solar Thermal Water Pumps);
• Heat/Cold accumulation using phase-changing materials;
• Biofuel  combustion in IC engines;
• Thermal management; 

More information can be found at https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/m/khamid-mahkamov/  and http://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=n96c-o4AAAAJ&hl=en