Dr Rehan Shah
BEng (UCL), MSc (Oxf), PhD (UCL), FHEA, MIMA, MInstP

 

Research Group News

February 2025

Dr Shah delivering the masterclass

Dr Rehan Shah delivers mathematics masterclass to Year 12 A-Level students

8 February 2025

Dr Rehan Shah delivered an enthralling Mathematics Masterclass on 'Heuristic Reasoning and the Art of Problem-Solving' to a class of Year 12 A-Level Mathematics students from the Mulberry School for Girls in East London as part of their STEM Academic Masterclass series on Wed 8 January 2025. As part of this Outreach initiative, … [more]

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Dr Rehan Shah awarded LMS and Heilbronn Institute grant for Levelling Up Maths event

4 February 2025

Dr Rehan Shah has been awarded an Inclusion and Diversity grant by the London Mathematical Society (LMS) and the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research for organising a one-day diversity showcase event in July 2025 for the newly launched Levelling Up Mathematics for Engineering programme due to start in March 2025, which he … [more]


January 2025

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Dr Rehan Shah selected to be a QMUL CPE Engagement Champion and appointed member of IMA London Branch Committee and Early Career Mathematicians Committee

24 January 2025

Dr Rehan Shah (SEMS) has been selected as a Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) Engagement Champion by the Centre for Public Engagement (CPE) for his lead role on a QMUL-CPE funded community engagement project in 2024 titled 'Locating communities in community-based learning: empowering local community groups in university-community partnerships', which … [more]

Student Engagement Conference 2025

SEMS students to showcase work at national conferences

13 January 2025

Seven SEMS undergraduate students have had their education research projects under the supervision of Dr Rehan Shah selected to represent Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and accepted for presentation at two national student conferences to be held at the University of Westminster in February 2025. Five students have been selected … [more]


December 2024

Muhie Al Haimus presenting his work

SEMS students win QMUL SEED award for educational scholarship

14 December 2024

Queen Mary School of Engineering and Materials Science second-year undergraduate students Allegra Celesia and Muhie Al Haimus have been successful in securing the Student Enhanced Engagement and Development (SEED) Award from the Queen Mary Academy for their significant contributions as student research assistants on co-creational mathematics and engineering education projects … [more]


November 2024

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SEMS undergraduates present education research at CREME-EECS Staff Scholarship Exchange Webinar

24 November 2024

In the first-of-its-kind entirely student-led CREME-EECS Staff Scholarship Exchange Webinar (a shared community-of-practice between the SEMS Centre for Research in Engineering and Materials Education and the EECS Educational Scholarship Centre), 5 SEMS undergraduate students presented their ongoing STEM education research work to academic staff from the scholarship centres of both Schools. … [more]

Dr Shah and Dr Geiringer poster presentation for the QMUL Festival of Education 2024

'Locating communities in community-based learning': reflections from a QMUL-funded community engagement grant project

19 November 2024

In recent years, there has been a growing effort in implementing community-based learning and teaching (CBLT), which describes an educational experience in which students engage in organised activities that benefit the local community as part of their academic curriculum. CBLT enables students to not only strengthen their academic knowledge, but … [more]

The prize winners Jarifa Tasnim Shah and Arrin Fernandes near their poster.

QMCUR Students Present their Research at the Industrial Liaison Forum

12 November 2024

The latest edition of the Industrial Liaison Forum (ILF) marks the second time QMCUR students have participated in the event, highlighting their growing presence and dedication to advancing research alongside PhD students and Postdoctoral researchers. This consistent engagement reflects not only their commitment but also QMCUR’s incremental progress … [more]

Ilan presenting at QMCUR Undergraduate Research Week

Student has two abstracts accepted by prestigious international conferences

4 November 2024

Third-year undergraduate student Ilanthiraiyan Sivagnanamoorthy, who has been working on a joint cross-national education research project with Dr Rehan Shah from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and Dr Alexandra Werth from Cornell University has had two of his abstracts for upcoming conference proceedings papers accepted at two prestigious global … [more]

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Dr Rehan Shah and team from UCL and TISS awarded global ACU HE Sustainability grant

4 November 2024

Dr Rehan Shah (SEMS) from QMUL and an international team of multi-disciplinary colleagues comprising Dr Anne Preston (Institute of Education) from University College London (UCL) and Dr Praveen Kumar (School of Habitat Studies) and Dr Neha Christie (School of Skill Education) from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India … [more]


October 2024

The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics

Dr Rehan Shah awarded grant to present applied mathematics research at international conference

18 October 2024

Dr Rehan Shah has been awarded funding from the Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics Fund (QJMAM) administered by the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) to attend and present his latest research at the major international European Solid Mechanics Conference (ESMC) being held in July 2025 in Lyon, … [more]

The Levelling Up for Mathematics programme has been running in the UK successfully since 2021

Levelling Up Mathematics for Engineering programme launched

4 October 2024

Dr Rehan Shah (Institute of Mathematics Academic Representative for Queen Mary School of Engineering and Materials Science) and Michael Woolley (Outreach and Recruitment Manager) have introduced a new Levelling Up Maths for Engineering programme, supported by the Institute of Mathematics and the Royal Academy of Engineering. The programme follows on … [more]


September 2024

Python programming toolkit

Queen Mary students and Dr Rehan Shah co-create Python programming toolkit for undergraduate students

24 September 2024

In response to student feedback from previous runs of the first-year undergraduate SEMS mathematics module, Dr Rehan Shah in conjunction with three former students (Mr Muhie Sultan Faisal Al Haimus, Mr Yash Vaghela and Mr Ilanthiraiyan Sivagnanamoorthy) from his modules who are part of his research group, have co-created a … [more]

QMUL co-created resources

Dr Rehan Shah speaks at the UK History for Diversity in Mathematics Network

19 September 2024

Dr Rehan Shah was specially invited to deliver a session talk for a workshop organised by the UK History for Diversity in Mathematics Network at the University of Manchester to report on the outcomes and findings from his Queen Mary project on 'Making Diversity Count: empowering students through co-creation of … [more]


August 2024

Advance HE Fellowship

SEMS student awarded Advance HE Associate Fellowship AFHEA and QMUL SEED award for educational practice and scholarship

14 August 2024

Queen Mary School of Engineering and Materials Science final year PhD student Ziyu Guo has been successful in securing both the Associate Fellowship (AFHEA) of Advance HE and the Student Enhanced Engagement and Development (SEED) Award from the Queen Mary Academy for his significant and outstanding contributions as a teaching … [more]

King's College, Cambridge

Queen Mary undergraduate Engineering student reflects on his Cambridge Vacation Scholarship Award

12 August 2024

Barbaros Zeren, a first-year Aerospace Engineering undergraduate student under the supervision and mentorship of Dr Rehan Shah and part of the Queen Mary Centre for Undergraduate Research, was awarded the QMUL-Cambridge Long Vacation Scholarship, which enabled him to spend a period of four weeks from July-August at Kings College, Cambridge … [more]


July 2024

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Dr Rehan Shah and QMUL colleagues awarded the President and Principal's Fund for Educational Excellence for 'SustainAbility in the Curriculum' project

26 July 2024

Dr Rehan Shah and a team of QMUL colleagues from various schools across the university have been successfully awarded the President and Principal's Fund for Educational Excellence for their project titled 'SustainAbility in the curriculum: Developing Queen Mary’s virtual greenspace for sustainability awareness '. The university-wide project is … [more]


June 2024

QMUL SEED Award

SEMS student wins QMUL SEED award for educational scholarship

18 June 2024

Queen Mary School of Engineering and Materials Science second-year undergraduate student Ava Dahlia Belafonte has been successful in securing the Student Enhanced Engagement and Development (SEED) Award from the Queen Mary Academy for her significant contributions as a student research assistant on the co-creational mathematics education project titled 'Making diversity … [more]


May 2024

Dr Shah and his team

Dr Rehan Shah hosts workshop on threshold concepts in undergraduate mathematics teaching

31 May 2024

Dr Rehan Shah hosted a UK-wide one-day in-person workshop on Thu 30 May 2024 on identifying and recognising the implications of threshold concepts in the teaching of undergraduate mathematics as part of a Teaching and Learning Higher Education grant funded by the London Mathematical Society (LMS) and supported by the QMUL School … [more]

The QMCUR group at the BCUR dinner

Queen Mary students present at British Conference of Undergraduate Research

7 May 2024

Four student researchers from the Queen Mary Centre for Undergraduate Research (QMCUR) have presented their work at the prestigious British Conference of Undergraduate Research (BCUR), held at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Presentations by Barbaros Zeren (first-year student in Aerospace Engineering), Yash Vaghela (first-year student in Mechanical … [more]


April 2024

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Dr Rehan Shah awarded IMA grant for focus groups to empower students through co-creation of inclusive mathematics curricula

22 April 2024

Dr Rehan Shah has been awarded a special grant by the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) for organising focus groups for empowering students through the co-creation of inclusive STEM curricula for mathematics courses, in conjunction with his collaborator Dr Brigitte Stenhouse from the Open University. This forms part … [more]

Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford

Dr Rehan Shah invited to deliver research seminar at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford

9 April 2024

Dr Rehan Shah has been specially invited to deliver a research seminar to academic colleagues from the Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (OCIAM) at his alma mater, the Mathematical Institute at the University of Oxford. The title of Dr Shah's seminar 'Static friction models, buckling and lift-off … [more]

King's College, Cambridge

SEMS undergraduate student awarded Vacation Scholarship with Cambridge

8 April 2024

Barbaros Zeren, a first-year undergraduate student under the supervision and mentorship of Dr Rehan Shah, has been selected to receive the QMUL-Cambridge Long Vacation Scholarship award. The scholarship provides an opportunity for eight students from across Queen Mary to attend Kings College Cambridge, and one student to attend St John&… [more]


March 2024

EPC's Sustainability Toolkit

Dr Rehan Shah publishes article for academic educators for the EPC’s newly launched sustainability toolkit

18 March 2024

Dr Rehan Shah has published a guidance article titled 'How can sustainability be integrated in engineering modules through mathematics content?' aimed at academics and educators at all levels in higher education who wish to integrate sustainability into mathematics-specific modules within the engineering curriculum. This forms part of a suite of … [more]

Diversifying the STEM curricula award-winning poster

Dr Rehan Shah and team win 'Best Innovation' Poster Award at QMUL Festival of Education

8 March 2024

Dr Rehan Shah, along with second-year undergraduate SEMS student Ms Ava Dahlia Belafonte were awarded the 'Best Innovation Prize' for their poster showcasing their scholarship research work on 'Making diversity count: empowering students to make STEM curricula more inclusive' at the QMUL Festival of Education 2024. Colleagues and festival attendees were … [more]


February 2024

Enrico Gigantino and his supervisor Dr Verbruggen, and Ava Dahlia Belafonte with her supervisor Dr Rehan Shah at the participation to the Posters in Parliament event.

Centre for Undergraduate Research students present at Posters in Parliament

28 February 2024

Two talented undergraduate students engaged in research activities at the Queen Mary Centre for Undergraduate Research have presented their research findings at the prestigious Posters in Parliament event. This conference offers a platform for outstanding scholars in the UK to share their insights with a wider audience and highlights the … [more]

British Conference for Undergraduate Research

Triple success with three SEMS student projects accepted for presentation at prestigious British Conference for Undergraduate Research

16 February 2024

Three SEMS undergraduate student research projects have been accepted for presentation at the prestigious UK-wide British Conference for Undergraduate Research, being hosted by the London School of Economics (LSE). The students who will be presenting at the conference are Barbaros Zeren and Yash Vaghela, both first year students supervised by … [more]

Hichem Taleb delivers a presentation as part of a two month internship at SEMS

New summer internships programme launched

14 February 2024

As part of a faculty-wide initiative to address systemic underrepresentation of UK BAME students at Postgraduate level, SEMS funded two BAME undergraduate student summer internships. The successful students took part in a variety of work, gaining a broad understanding of research skills and methods as well as academic and industry-based … [more]


January 2024

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Dr Rehan Shah invited as keynote speaker to the University of Kent

24 January 2024

Dr Rehan Shah was specially invited to deliver a reflective teaching workshop on inclusive teaching to academic colleagues from the Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences at the University of Kent. This was the second event in a series of workshops organised by the Student Success Central Team at … [more]

Tomorrow's Mathematicians Today conference logo

SEMS students' research paper accepted for presentation at undergraduate mathematics conference

23 January 2024

Two first year SEMS undergraduate students, Mr Barbaros Zeren and Mr Yash Vaghela, supervised by Dr Rehan Shah, have had their research project paper accepted for presentation at the Institute of Mathematics' (IMA) Tomorrow's Mathematicians Today (TMT) undergraduate mathematics conference, being hosted by the University of Greenwich. Their project, … [more]

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Dr Rehan Shah awarded LMS grant for workshop on threshold concepts in undergraduate mathematics teaching

8 January 2024

Dr Rehan Shah has been awarded a Teaching and Learning in Higher Education grant by the London Mathematical Society (LMS) for organising a one-day workshop on identifying and recognising the implications of threshold concepts in the teaching of undergraduate mathematics. As part of this initiative, Dr Shah will organise an … [more]


December 2023

AI Advancement Forum

Dr Rehan Shah attends AI Advancement Forum on Revolutionising Education at the Palace of Westminster, House of Lords

15 December 2023

Dr Rehan Shah was specially invited to attend the AI Advancement Forum on Revolutionising Education held at the Palace of Westminster, House of Lords. This was hosted by the University of Surrey for the launch of KEATH.ai (Key Evaluation and Assessment Tools Hub), an advanced AI technology tool that … [more]


November 2023

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Dr Rehan Shah awarded QMUL Centre for Public Engagement grant for project on university-community partnerships

8 November 2023

Dr Rehan Shah has been awarded a Community Engagement grant by the QMUL Centre for Public Engagement (CPE) for a project titled 'Locating communities in community-based learning: empowering local community groups in university-community partnerships' in collaboration with Dr. David Geiringer from the School of History at QMUL. As part of … [more]


October 2023

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Collaboration with UCL results in publication in the Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

19 October 2023

A collaboration led by Dr Rehan Shah in conjunction with UCL academic Prof Gert van der Heijden has resulted in a publication in the reputed Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids (JMPS) and is available as an open access paper on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2023.105464 In this … [more]

Association for Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE)

Dr Rehan Shah awarded ALDinHE education grant for collaborative project with UCL

9 October 2023

Dr Rehan Shah has been awarded an Education Research Grant by the Association for Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE) to work on a research project titled 'Promoting equity in education for sustainable development through community-based learning and teaching: A case study of two collaborating universities' with a team comprising … [more]


September 2023

Engineering Ethics Toolkit Logo

Dr Rehan Shah appointed as Co-Chair of the Ethics Ambassadors Committee for the Engineering Professors Council

19 September 2023

Dr Rehan Shah has been elected to serve as the Co-Chair of the Ethics Ambassadors Committee for the Engineering Professors Council (EPC). The purpose of the committee is to ensure that the Engineering Ethics Toolkit recently published by the EPC remains a high quality and dynamic resource that can feature … [more]

QMUL SEED Award

SEMS student wins QMUL SEED award for education research on Dr Rehan Shah's project, "Community-based placements in engineering education"

12 September 2023

QMUL School of Engineering and Materials Science PhD student Ms Sujitha Kunalan has been successful in securing the Student Enhanced Engagement and Development (SEED) Award from the Queen Mary Academy for her significant contributions as a student research assistant on the co-creational engineering education project titled “Community-based placements in … [more]

Variant flowchart following PRISMA guidelines (Liberati et al. 2009) documenting filtering process and results (adapted from Morelock 2017)

Collaboration with Northeastern University results in a publication in the European Journal of Engineering Education

3 September 2023

A collaboration led by Dr Rehan Shah in conjunction with Northeastern University (USA) academic Dr Andrew Gillen has resulted in a publication in the reputed European Journal of Engineering Education, the flagship journal of the European Society of Engineering Education (SEFI) and is available as an open access paper on … [more]


July 2023

UCL Engineering

Dr Rehan Shah awarded a follow-on renewal of collaborative Engineering Education Research Grant with UCL

7 July 2023

Dr Rehan Shah has been awarded a follow-on renewal collaborative Engineering Education Research Grant through UCL's Centre for Engineering Education to continue working on the cross-institutional interdisciplinary project on community-based placements in engineering education with a team comprising colleagues from UCL including academics from the Faculty of Engineering Sciences, … [more]


June 2023

Engineering Professors Council

Dr Rehan Shah awarded a fully funded place to attend the Engineering Professors Council (EPC) Academics Network Annual Congress 2023

5 June 2023

Dr Rehan Shah has been awarded 1 of 5 fully funded sponsored places for early career academics to attend the Engineering Professors Council (EPC) Academics Network Annual Congress taking place in Hereford, UK from 12-14 June 2023. Dr Shah will represent QMUL to attend this year's annual congress event focusing on 'New … [more]


May 2023

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Success in Faculty of Science and Engineering's BAME Undergraduate Research Internships

24 May 2023

The School of Engineering and Materials Science (SEMS) has been successful in securing a BAME undergraduate research studentship for a summer internship research project to be undertaken by first year BEng Mechanical Engineering student Mr Ismail Moalin, under the joint supervision of Dr Rehan Shah and Prof Henri Huijberts from … [more]

Themes for expectations and values linked to understandings of community-based learning and teaching

Collaboration with UCL results in a publication in the London Review of Education

17 May 2023

A collaboration led by Dr Rehan Shah in conjunction with UCL academic Dr Anne Preston has resulted in a publication in the London Review of Education, an open-access journal publishing rigorous, theoretically based research into contemporary education. Community-based learning and teaching in higher education, and other versions of it, such … [more]


February 2023

Helical rod with relaxed boundary conditions under compression

Collaboration with UCL results in a publication in the Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

4 February 2023

A collaboration led by Dr Rehan Shah in conjunction with UCL academic Prof Gert van der Heijden has resulted in a publication in the reputed Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids (JMPS) and is available as an open access paper on http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2023.105224. In … [more]


January 2023

UCL Engineering

Dr Rehan Shah awarded a collaborative Engineering Education Research Grant with UCL

30 January 2023

Dr Rehan Shah has been awarded a collaborative Engineering Education Research Grant through UCL's Centre for Engineering Education to work on a cross-institutional interdisciplinary project with a team comprising colleagues from UCL including academics from the Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Institute of Education, UCL East and professional services staff … [more]