Dr Sarinova Simanjuntak

Sarinova has 25+ years’ experience of teaching, Research & Innovation (R&I) and consultancies in the areas of health/integrity of engineering materials/components/structures and renewable energy applications. She has also keen interests in Engineering and Inclusive Education, specifically in relation to gender and neurodiversity.

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Background

Sarinova has led multi-disciplinary, collaborative/industrial projects in sectors including power generation, oil and gas, and offshore wind energy. She adapts R&I-led teaching to enhance her students’ learning experience.

Sarinova graduated from Imperial College, London with BEng (Hons), a Masters degree in Corrosion of Engineering Materials, and a Doctorate in Materials Science and Engineering. Her portfolios include:

• R&I projects generated/developed while at the Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Bristol. These focused on creep and fatigue life predictions (2001-2008)
• industrial consultancies and power generation plant R&I covering: risk-based management and defect assessment, high temperature plant life assessment, and co-generation plants
• the 11 years as academic and researcher at the University of Portsmouth where she received several funding awards, for example from InnovateUK, the European Innovation Council, and the British Council’s Going Global Partnership.

Since joining ARU in 2022, Sarinova has continued to grow her portfolios in grant generation.

At ARU, Sarinova is also Director of the Centre for Engineering and Architectural Sustainability (CEAS) and the UoA12 REF2029 Convenor. She is a journal/grant application reviewer, external examiner of several courses at De Montford University, and in steering/technical committees – for instance the East Regional Defence and Security Cluster (RDSC) and Cambridge City Heat Network Development Programme.

Spoken Languages

• English
• Indonesian

Research interests

• Renewable energy applications
• Mechanics of materials
• Structural integrity (including diagnostic/holistic failure/damage analysis of fatigue, creep, corrosion, engineering component’s inspection and maintenance)
• System design and integration
• Sensing technology
• Additive manufacturing parts/components
• Engineering education
• Gender and inclusive study

Areas of research supervision

• Mechanics of materials
• Applied research, especially in relation to renewable energy applications
• Corrosion engineering of metallic and non-metallic (concrete) components/structures
• Structural integrity with the materials and mechanical performance analysis, the analytical and numerical prediction eg finite element analysis, and the development as well as the implementation of sensing or smart systems eg for damage detection, inspection or monitoring
• Engineering education and gender studies

Teaching

• BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering: Materials and Processes, Finite Element Analysis, Advanced Computer Aided Engineering, Computer Aided Manufacturing
• MSc Mechanical Engineering: Advanced Structural Analysis and Design

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Materials Science and Engineering, Imperial College, London. Diploma of Imperial College. Thesis: Relationship between microstructure and fatigue performance of 26XX aluminium alloys
• Master of Science (MSc), Corrosion of Materials Science and Engineering, Imperial College, London. Thesis: Corrosion study in Ti-gAl alloys
• Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Materials Science and Engineering, Imperial College, London. Thesis: Laser Surface Cladding of Titanium, Aluminium, Nitride Layer on Titanium Alloys.

Memberships, editorial boards

• Member, Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET)
• Member, Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMAREST)

Research grants, consultancy, knowledge exchange

• International Science Partnerships Fund (ISPF) International Collaboration Awards 2024 (PI, August 2024-July 2025), in partnership with Sampoerna University, Indonesia on Sharing Best Practice for Neurodivergent Students and Staff in Higher Education - Development of international knowledge base and inclusive strategies.
• Innovate UK Small Business Research and Innovation (SBRI) (Wrote bid, Co-I, April 2024-March 2025) in partnership with Airborne Robotics on Drone network for emergency medicals and equipment delivery in Essex.
• Innovate UK CyberASAP first stage (Wrote bid, Co-I, April-July 2024). Zypher – Robust and trustworthy AI platform for Enhanced wind farm cyber security. A collaboration with School of Computing, ARU.
• British Council Going Global Partnership (PI, Feb – September 2023) in partnership with Sampoerna University of Indonesia on 'Game-EduTech: Game Based Learning development for STEM education'
• European Innovation Council-Horizon 2020 UFO Project (PI, Jan – November 2022) in partnership with Airborne Robotics-UK and Atmosphere-France on 'Navigated UAS for Remotely Controlled Offshore Wind Farm Inspection and Big Data Management'
• British Council Going Global Partnership (Subcontractor, Feb 2022-July 2022) in partnership with the University of Nottingham-UK and DEL Institute of Technology-Indonesia on 'Educating on Electric Vehicles'
• UKRI-Innovate UK, Future Flight Challenge 2 (PI, March 2021-August 2022) in partnership with Airborne Robotics, Ocean Infinity, Bentley Telecom on 'Drone Swarm for unmanned inspection of offshore wind turbines'
• Energy Catalyst round 4 (PI, July 2017-March 2019) in partnership with Avonwood Developments Ltd and Avanti Communications Plc on 'Developing miniaturised corrosion detection and monitoring wireless sensor network system for offshore wind turbine structures'
• Innovation to develop a proof of concept of a levelling system for a portable hardness tester (PI, 2017-2018) in partnership with European Technology Development (ETD) Ltd
• Two-year KTP project with Magma Structures (PI, 2015-2017) with the objective to 'Diversify the company’s innovative expertise in large composite structures'
• One-year KTP programme with Magma Global Ltd (PI, 2013-2014) to 'Develop an FEA based capability in the format of design tool for PEEK oil and gas piping manufacturing'

Industrial PhD Studentship

Sponsored: Kingspan UK, (Director of Study, 2021-2022).

Selected consultancies (PIs)

• European Technology Development (ETD) Consulting Ltd (UK) to perform FE stress analysis of steam piping and tubing design leading to ETD requested support in production of the commercial item
• Miscellaneous consultancies projects in partnership with Crosby Group - StraightPoint Ltd; Hewlett Packard (HP) Lab

Selected recent publications

Sadeghi Esfahlani, S., Simanjuntak, S., Sanaei, A., & Fraess-Ehrfeld, A. (2025). Advanced Drone Routing and Scheduling for Emergency Medical Supply Chains in Essex. Drones, 9(9), 664. https://doi.org/10.3390/drones9090664.

Gibson, Poppy; Simandjuntak, Sarinova; Budiartha, Christianus I Wayan Eka; Hakim, Herdiana; Pustaka, Arkhadi; Redi, Anak Agung Ngurah Perwira; Murty, Ade Iva; Wall, Sarah; Chedana, Saskara B’tari; Budiarto, Gabriele Teresa and Binu, Elvina (2025). Understanding and supporting neurodivergence around the world: from England to Indonesia. Nexus Education. https://nexus-education.com/blog-posts/supporting-neurodivergence-from-england-to-indonesia/#

Hadidi H, Anand M, Simandjuntak S. (2024). Investigation of the Effect of Alkaline Environment on Mechanical Properties of Additively Manufactured 17–4 PH Stainless Steel Parts Produced Using Recycled Metal Powder. In book: Materials Design and Applications V (pp.103-116). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-73906-4_7.

Mersico L, Abroshan H, Sanchez-Velazquez E, Babu Saheer L, Simandjuntak S, Dhar Bhattacharjee S, Ronak A-H, Saeed N, Saxena A. (2024). Challenges and solutions for sustainable ICT: the role of file storage. Sustainability, 16 (18), 8043. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16188043.

Casey, L., Simandjuntak, S., Zekonyte, J., Buick, M. and Saifullah, A. (2022) 'Investigating the effects of H2O interaction with rainscreen façade ACMs during fire exposure', Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention, 22, pp. 1252-1259. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11668-022-01417-6

Ken-Giami, I., Simandjuntak, S., Yang, L. and Coats, A. (2022) 'A grounded theory approach to uncovering the process of how sustainability topics influence women engineers’ career choice and engagement', Sustainability, 14, pp. 5407. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/su14095407

Ken-Giami, I., Simandjuntak, S., Yang, L., Coats, A. and Sanders, S. (2022) 'Establishing the relative importance of specific sustainability themes that influence women’s choice of engineering as a career using the Analytical Hierarchy Process', Sustainability, 14(1), pp. 566. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/su14010566

Simandjuntak, S., Lin, B., Affendy, B. and Akther, F. (2021) 'Combined residual stresses and fluid-structure interaction finite element analysis on bent pipes', Materials at High Temperatures, 28(5), pp. 351-357. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/09603409.2021.1971358

Simandjuntak, S., Bausch, N., Farrar, A. S., Ahuir-Torres, J., Thomas, B. and Muna, J. (2021) 'iWindCr field trial and electrochemical analysis for corrosion detection and monitoring offshore wind turbine’s MP-TP steel components', Journal of Marine Engineering and Technology. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/20464177.2021.1949088

Simandjuntak, S., Jiang, C., Kathke, T., Sanders, D., Chen, J. and Bausch, N. (2021) 'Investigating fracture properties of the additively manufactured PLA using sub-size specimens', International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. Available at: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-210665/v1

Yaghi, A. H., Hyde, T. H., Becker, A. A., Sun, W., Wen, W., Hilson, G., Simandjuntak, S., Flewitt, P., Pavier, M. and Smith, D. (2020) 'Comparison of measured and modelled residual stresses in a welded P91 steel pipe undergoing post weld heat treatment', International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping, 181, 104076. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpvp.2020.104076

Ahuir-Torres, J. I., Simandjuntak, S., Bausch, N., Farrar, A., Webb, S., Nash, A., Thomas, B., Muna, J., Jonsson, C. and Mathew, D. (2019) 'Corrosion threshold data of metallic materials in various operating environment of offshore wind turbine parts (tower, foundation, and nacelle/gearbox)', Data In Brief, 25, 104207. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2019.104207

Ahuir-Torres, J. I., Bausch, N., Farrar, A. S., Webb, S., Simandjuntak, S., Nash, A., Thomas, B., Muna, J., Jonsson, C. and Mathew, D. (2019) 'Benchmarking parameters for remote electrochemical corrosion detection and monitoring of offshore wind turbine structures', Wind Energy, 22(6), pp. 857-876. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/we.2324

Holdsworth, S., Simandjuntak, S., Shibli, A. and Skelton, P. (2017) 'Special issue of materials at high temperature containing papers from the HIDA-7 conference', Materials at High Temperatures, 34(5-6), pp. 299-300. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/09603409.2017.1393228

Editorial

Simandjuntak, S., Ahmed, S., Allen, D. and Holdsworth, S. (2021) 'From the editors of the special issue', Materials at High Temperatures, 38(5), 305. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/09603409.2021.1970409

Holdsworth, S., Simandjuntak, S., Ahmed, S. and Skelton, P. (2017) 'Special issue of materials at high temperatures containing papers from the HIDA-7 conference', Materials at High Temperatures, 34(5-6), pp. 299-300. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/09603409.2017.1393228

Recent presentations and conferences

Hadidi HA, Anand M, Simandjuntak S (2024). Investigation of the effect of alkaline environment on mechanical properties of additively manufactured 17-4 PH Stainless Steel parts produced using recycled metal powder. 5th International Conference on Materials Design and Applications 2024 (MDA 2024), Portugal.

Pustaka A, Budiartha CIWE, Ken-Giami I, Simandjuntak, S (2024). The role of teacher’s knowledge in promoting Task-Technology Fit for early childhood and inclusive Technology-based STEM instruction. ACEID2024 Conference, IAFOR Org, Tokyo, Japan.

Simandjuntak S. (2023). Keynote: Technology around wind turbine blade inspection: an overview. 3rd International High Temperature Materials, Inspection, Monitoring and Assessment (MIMA), London.

Gibson A., Simandjuntak S., Dunkanson E., Bingari H., Fraess-Ehrfeld A. (2023). Evaluation of hyperspectral imagery for damage assessment of wind turbine blades. 3rd International High Temperature Materials, Inspection, Monitoring and Assessment (MIMA), London.

Gibson A., Simandjuntak, S., Dunkanson, E., Bingari, H. and Fraess-Ehrfeld, A. (2022). 'Assessing damage to wind turbine blades to support autonomous inspection'. In: 2022 Proceedings of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) 12338, Hyperspectral Imaging and Applications II, 123380A (11 January 2023). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2644972

Sanders, D., Tewkesbury, G., Haddad, M., Zouaoui, Z. and Simandjuntak, S. (2021). 'Route optimization using forecasting, wheelchair modelling and path planning'. In: 2021 IEEE International Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference, ITSC 2021, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, pp. 3793-3798. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC48978.2021.9564967

Sanders, D., Tewkesbury, G., Haddad, M., Zouaoui, Z., Simandjuntak, S. and Vatchova, B. (2021). 'Intelligent Control of a Semi-autonomous Assistive Vehicle'. In: Arai, K. (Ed.) Intelligent Systems and Applications. IntelliSys 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 294, Cham: Springer, pp. 613-621. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82193-7_40

Haddad, M., Sanders, D., Tewkesbury, G., Langner, M. C. and Simandjuntak, S. (2021). 'Intelligent user interface to control a powered wheelchair using infrared sensors. In: Arai, K. (Ed.) Intelligent Systems and Applications. IntelliSys 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 294, Cham: Springer, pp. 640-649. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82193-7_43

Simandjuntak, S. (2020). 'iWindCr Wireless sensor system for corrosion detection and monitoring of offshore wind turbine structures', Online International Conference: High Temperature Plant, Materials, Inspection, Monitoring and Assessment (MIMA), https://www.etd-consulting.com/

Lin, B. and Simandjuntak, S. (2020). 'FE analysis of stress field in steam pipeline component', Online International Conference: High Temperature Plant, Materials, Inspection, Monitoring and Assessment (MIMA), https://www.etd-consulting.com/

Bausch, N., Ahuir-Torres, J. I., Farrar, A. S., Webb, S., Simandjuntak, S., Nash, A., Thomas, B., Muna, J., Jonsson, C. and Mathew, D. (2019). 'iWindCr wireless sensor system for corrosion detection and monitoring of offshore wind turbine structures'. In: International Conference on Marine Engineering and Technology: ICMET Oman 2019 Conference Proceedings, Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST).

Bausch, N., Ahuir-Torres, J. I., Farrar, A. S., Webb, S., Simandjuntak, S., Nash, A., Thomas, B., Muna, J., Jonsson, C. and Mathew, D. (2019). 'iWindCR: A remote corrosion detection and monitoring system for offshore wind turbine structures'. In: Al-Habaibeh, A., Asthana, A., Vukovic, V., (Eds.) The International Conference on Energy and Sustainable Futures (ICESF2019) Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, 9 to 11 September 2019, in collaboration with University Alliance and Doctoral Training Alliance for Energy, Nottingham Trent University: Publications, pp. 1-6.

Sanders, D., Langner, M., Bausch, N., Huang, Y., Khaustov, S. A. and Simandjuntak, S. (2019). 'Improving human-machine interaction for a powered wheelchair driver by using variable-switches and sensors that reduce wheelchair-veer'. In: Bi, Y., Bhatia, R., and Kapoor, S. (Eds.) Proceedings of SAI Intelligent Systems Conference: IntelliSys 2019: Intelligent Systems and Applications (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 1038), Cham: Springer, pp. 1173-1191. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29513-4_84

Ken-Giami, I., Simandjuntak, S., Yang, L. and Coats, A. (2018). 'Making Engineering attractive for non-engineers', 6th Annual Symposium of the UK and Ireland Engineering Education Research Network (EERN), University of Portsmouth, 1-2 November 2018.

Ahuir-Torres, J. I., Tussler, J., Currie, J., Dawkins, D. P., Jefferies, J., Bausch, N., Simandjuntak, S., Nash, A., Thomas, B., Muna, J., Jonsson, C. and Mathew, D. (2018). 'iWindCr solution for corrosion detection and monitoring of offshore wind turbine structures', poster session presented at Global Wind Summit 2018, Hamburg, Germany.

Chan, C. H. S., Chen, J., Bausch, N., Sanders, D. and Simandjuntak, S. (2017). 'Statistical approach to determine damage acceptance for additive manufacturing part', International Industrial Conference on High Temperature Defect Assessment (HIDA-7), University of Portsmouth, UK.

Media experience

'Dr-SUIT Overview – Innovate UK KTN (IUK KTN)', AIR6 Systems, 31 August 2022.

Simandjuntak, S., 'Dr-SUIT: Drone Swarming for Offshore Wind Farm Inspection', ARPAS UK (with publisher).

Simandjuntak, S., 'Drone swarms to inspect wind turbines', University of Portsmouth news, 15 March 2021.

Shibli, A. and Simandjuntak, S. 'ETD Collaborate with UK Universities', ETD blog, 12 September 2018 [no longer available].

Simandjuntak, S. 'The importance of defect assessment in engineering', Partner News, Institution of Engineering and Technology.

Simandjuntak, S., 'Welding Grade 91 with Dissimilar Metals', Stainless Steel World, 27.