Research

Research Focus

My research sits at the intersection of sustainable engineering, machine learning, and industrial systems: thermal management, circular economy implementation, and manufacturing optimisation. The work has been funded by UKRI, Horizon Europe, the Royal Society, and the Alan Turing Institute, and published with Elsevier, Springer, and IEEE.

The through-line is translating advanced engineering research into practical, commercially viable tools for industrial decarbonisation — not papers that stop at the paper.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Journal of Cleaner Production 2025

  Implementing circular economy principles in micro heat sink development: a techno-economic-sustainability analysis

  Harris, M. & Wu, H. (2025). Journal of Cleaner Production, 527, 146731. Elsevier.

  doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.146731

• Int. Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 2024

  Assessing thermohydraulic performance in novel micro pin-fin heat sinks

  Harris, M., Babar, H. & Wu, H. (2024). International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. Elsevier.

  doi: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2024.126581

• Thermal Science and Engineering Progress 2024

  Heat transfer optimisation using novel biomorphic pin-fin heat sinks

  Harris, M., Wu, H. et al. (2024). Thermal Science and Engineering Progress. Elsevier.

  doi: 10.1016/j.tsep.2024.102606

• IEEE ICPRS'24 2024

  Flow boiling pattern recognition using CNN-clustering algorithms

  14th IEEE International Conference on Pattern Recognition Systems.

  doi: 10.1109/ICPRS62101.2024.10677840

• Operations Research Forum 2021

  Engine mass airflow sensor production via TQM, TPM, and Six Sigma practices

  Harris, M. (2021). Operations Research Forum. Springer.

  doi: 10.1007/s43069-021-00102-y

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Industry Research

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Funding & Academic Service

• £1m+ in competitive research funding

  Secured and overseen across UKRI, Horizon Europe, the Royal Society, and the Alan Turing Institute.

• Guest Editor — Sage and MDPI

  Editorial work on special issues in sustainable engineering and manufacturing.

• Peer Reviewer

  Reviewing for journals across all major academic publishers.

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

  Recognised for teaching and supervision practice in higher education.

University of Hertfordshire research profile