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Dr William Suen
Senior Lecturer
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering Science
- Joined UCL
- 1st Oct 1992
Research summary
Research Group: Refrigeration & Air Conditioning
Refrigeration and air conditioning: In particular, William Suen's research effort has been focussing on the safety issues concerning the use of hydrocarbon refrigerants, and the influences of using refrigerant mixtures on component characteristics and system behaviour. He has also performed research work in the fields of heat, mass and energy transfers in various application domains such as building service engineering, automobile and the maritime environment.
Teaching summary
William Suen lectures second-year students on the Thermodynamics. He takes fourth-year/MSc students for Heat Transfer and Heat Systems.
Education
- King's College London
- Doctorate, Doctor of Philosophy | 1992
- King's College London
- Other higher degree, Master of Science | 1985
- King's College London
- First Degree, Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) | 1984
Biography
William Suen joined the Department as a Lecturer in 1992 having previously been a Lecturer at King's College London. He also studied for his BSc(Eng), MSc and PhD degrees at King's College. He was appointed Senior Lecturer in 1997 and became Graduate Tutor (Research) in 2001. William is a member of the department's Thermofluids Research Group, specialising in refrigeration and air conditioning research. He has served on both organising and advisory committees of various international conferences. He is on the Papers and Publications Committee of the Institute of Refrigeration, UK, and is a member of the newly launched Sustainable Innovative Refrigeration and Conditioning (SIRAC) Network funded by EPSRC.