Andrey Jivkov

Biography

Andrey Jivkov obtained his MSc in Structural Engineering in 1994 from the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Sofia, Bulgaria. Andrey stayed there as an Assistant-Professor in Structural Mechanics until 1997, when he moved to Sweden to undertake research studies. He obtained a Licentiate of Engineering (MPhil) in Solid Mechanics in 2000 from Lulea University of Technology, Lulea, Sweden, and a Doctor of Technology (PhD) in Mechanics in 2002 from Lund University, Lund, Sweden. Andrey received a Research Fellowship and continued working in Malmo University, Malmo, Sweden, until 2004, when he moved to the University of Manchester. In Manchester, he joined the Materials Performance Centre in the School of Materials (SoM) as a Research Associate and held this post until 2007, when he moved to a nuclear consultancy company Serco Assurance, presently part of AMEC Foster Wheeler. In Serco, Andrey worked as a consultant on structural integrity of high integrity plant for customers such as British Energy and Rolls-Royce. In 2010, he rejoined the University of Manchester as an academic in the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering (MACE). Andrey is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the UK.

Research Interest

Fuel and Reactor Technology, Energy and Multiphysics, Nuclear graphite