Dr Colin Axon
Reader/ Director of Recruitment and Admissions
Howell Building 121
- Email: colin.axon@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 267932
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences
Summary
Reader in the Institute of Energy Futures and Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. My research is about the use of energy in the urban environment and the limits to natural resources. My main areas of interest are in energy security, sustainability, transport, electricity networks, and resource efficiency. I use techniques and methods including the application of robust methods for metrics and indicators, and data mining and analytics.I have published more than 80 reviewed articles and technical reports.
Qualifications
BSc (Lond), MSc, PGCE (Bris), PhD (Brunel), MInstP, CPhys, MEI
Responsibility
Undergraduate Admissions Tutor for our degrees in Mechanical, Aerospace,and Automotive Engineering, and our Engineering Foundation Year.
REF2028 Impact Champion for engineering.
Departmental exams co-ordinator.
Newest selected publications
Rrustemi, DN., Ganippa, LC., Megaritis, T. and Axon, CJ. (2025) 'Predicting hydrogen engine performance with water addition using a two-zone thermodynamic model'. Fuel, 386. pp. 1 - 16. ISSN: 0016-2361
Roberts, S. and Axon, C. (2024) 'What price near-zero emissions? Energy and economic modelling for the UK using real-world data to 2050 and beyond'. Brunel University of London.
Rrustemi, DN., Ganippa, LC. and Axon, CJ. (2024) 'Exergy analysis of the lean-burn hydrogen-fuelled engine'. Energy, 314 (1 January 2025). pp. 1 - 11. ISSN: 0360-5442
Bishop, JDK. and Axon, CJ. (2024) 'Using natural driving experiments and Markov chains to develop realistic driving cycles'. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 137. pp. 1 - 19. ISSN: 1361-9209
Axon, C. and Darton, R. (2024) 'A systematic evaluation of risk in bioenergy supply chains'. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 47. pp. 128 - 144. ISSN: 2352-5509