BIO

I teach fluid mechanics, develop laboratory teaching sessions, and more generally explore new ways of delivering undergraduate education.

My blog 'Teaching engineers':
https://teachingengineers.wordpress.com/

Lambda Feedback:
https://lambda-feedback.github.io/user-documentation/

Fluid mechanics kits:
https://armfield.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/FS_Fluid_Science_Flow-Visualiser_5.1-Web.pdf


Publications

My profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=y4Z0dAsAAAAJ&hl=en

Selected papers:

Johnson, P.; Klettner, C. "Desktop Flow Visualisation Experiments for Guided Discovery of Boundary Layers." In: Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition 2024. (pp. pp. 1-24). American Society for Engineering Education

JOHNSON, P. "A Survey To Evaluate Laboratory Activities Across An Undergraduate Engineering Degree Programme: Data From Five Years Showing Repeatability And Sensitivity". European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI) Annual Conference, TU Dublin, 2023

Johnson, P. B., Ramsden, P. J., Lock, S. "Supporting an eLearning platform across disciplines within Imperial College London", AdvanceHE STEM Conference, online, 2021.

Johnson, P. B., Lock, S. "Mobius Assessment Equation Editor Testing", DigitalEd Connect, TU Delft, 2020.

Johnson, P. B. "Case study of an authentic engineering problem solved as part of a first-year undergraduate laboratory session in fluid mechanics", UK & IE Engineering Education Research Network (EERN) Spring Colloquium, Dublin, 2019

More about me

Background

I studied Mechanical Engineering at UCL and Columbia University, and then a PhD in Fluid Dynamics at UCL, applied to tidal stream turbines. I worked as Assistant Professor at Nazarbayev University for 16 months, teaching Fluid Mechanics and Engineering Systems Design. I worked for Schlumberger in the oil and gas industry as a field engineer in Siberia and a Research Scientist in Cambridge, with a focus on Electric Submersible Pumps, and multiphase flow measurement. I joined Imperial in 2018 to pursue my love of education and fluid mechanics – with a hope to eventually work both as a teacher and an engineer.

Personal Development

I’ve completed the PG Diploma in University Learning and Teaching (PGDip ULT), in which my library project took a historical look at why we often see a gap between our academic teaching and its practical application. I’m currently working on the MEd, looking at student experience of tutorials, contrasting experience online and in-person, discovering a rich and diverse range of perspectives through art therapy (painting, sculpture) and informing our views on what inclusivity really means.

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FACULTY

  • Faculty of Engineering

POSITION NAME

  • Principal Lecturer