Energy & Process Engineering expert
Dr. Abhishek Asthana
FEI • FIET • CEng • FHEA • PhD • MRes • BEng
An independent expert witness and Chartered Engineer specialising in industrial energy efficiency, renewable energy, decarbonisation and thermal engineering. Combines deep technical expertise in thermodynamics, heat transfer, waste heat recovery and energy systems with extensive experience across government-funded research, industrial consultancy and complex engineering investigations.
19+ yrs
Engineering & energy experience
£7.45 Mn
Major industrial fuel-switching project
4
Patents & patent applications
50+
Consultancy reports
Overview
Dr Abhishek Asthana is Associate Professor in Energy Engineering and the Director of Hallam Energy at Sheffield Hallam University. He is also the Director of Industrial Energy Pioneers Ltd, a private engineering consultancy specialising in industrial energy efficiency and decarbonisation. Abhishek has successfully led more than 75 industrial energy consultancy and R&D projects. He is a reviewer for the International Agency (IEA)’s Renewable Energy division. He has won £9 million in government grant funding, including £3 million as principal investigator. He has co-authored more than 50 scientific journal and conference papers, 4 books, 14 book chapters and co-invented 4 patents and 4 engineering software packages. He is a member of UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC)’ research council and holds senior advisory positions with the Institution of Engineering Technology (IET) and the Energy Institute
Qualifications
CEng, FEI, FIET, FHEA, PhD (Environmental Engineering), MEng (Industrial Process Engineering), MRes (Industrial Process and Environmental Engineering), Beng (Chemical Engineering)
Chartered Engineer (CEng) – Institution of Engineering and Technology / Engineering Council, Fellow of the Energy Institute (FEI), Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET) and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
Expertise & Experience
Energy consultancy, Industrial energy efficiency, decarbonisation, combustion, gasification, pyrolysis, thermodynamics, heat recovery, power generation, energy from waste, bioenergy, furnaces, kilns, burners, dryers, heat exchangers, ovens, chillers, process cooling, refrigeration, freezers, HVAC, heat pumps, combined heat and power (CHP), energy product R&D, gasification, pyrolysis, Artificial Intelligence (AI) for energy applications
