Ahmer Wadee

Ahmer Wadee is Professor of Nonlinear Mechanics in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Imperial College London, Faculty of Engineering. He leads a research group specializing in nonlinear structural stability and has held academic positions at Imperial since 1999, progressing from Lecturer to Professor in 2015.

His research focuses on modeling buckling instabilities in metallic and composite structures using analytical and numerical methods. Key areas include thin-walled structures, mode interaction, residual stresses in additive manufacturing, and structural health monitoring. He has made significant contributions to the understanding of stability in steel and stainless steel members, particularly angle and I-sections, under various loading conditions.

His recent publications (2022–2025) emphasize advancements in wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) for structural strengthening, development of new buckling and shear resistance models, and innovative techniques for assessing in situ structural capacity using probing and machine learning. The work spans experimental, computational, and analytical domains, often targeting practical design improvements.

He has received multiple honors, including:

• Imperial President's Medal for Excellence in Teaching (2021)
• Imperial President's Award for Excellence in Research Supervision (2018)
• Recognition as one of the UK's Top 100 Practising Scientists (2014)
• Prizes from the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications

Ahmer has supervised numerous PhD students, serving as Director of Postgraduate Research (2014–2024) and Senior Tutor for Postgraduate Students (2010–2014). He has secured research grants related to structural stability, additive manufacturing, and metamaterials. He is Editor of the journal Thin-Walled Structures and serves on the editorial board of Structures (IStructE). He previously chaired the ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute Stability Committee (2017–2019) and co-edited the book 50 Visions of Mathematics.

He leads a research group at Imperial focused on nonlinear mechanics, collaborating with industry and academic partners on advanced structural systems, including prestressed stayed columns, composite beams, and mechanical metamaterials for energy absorption.