Professor Carl Schaschke is currently Dean of the School of
Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences (CEPS) at the University of the
West of Scotland (UWS). A chemical engineer, he completed his PhD at the
University of Strathclyde having previously worked for BNFL at the Sellafield
nuclear reprocessing facility. Beginning his academic career at Edinburgh
Napier University, he returned to Strathclyde during which time he served as
Head of the Department of Chemical & Process Engineering from 2006 to 2014
before taking up a position as Head of School of Science, Engineering and
Technology at Abertay University in Dundee and then as Dean of CEPS at UWS in
2019. A recipient of both an Esso Engineering Teaching Fellowship and COPUS
Media Fellowship, he has had secondments to the Fawley refinery and BBC TV’s
Tomorrow’s World. His teaching and research interests include chemical
engineering applications under extreme conditions for which he is the UK
representative of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering Working Party
on High Pressure Technology. A chartered engineer and chartered scientist, he
is a Fellow of IChemE and Principal Fellow of Advance HE. He is married with
two daughters, Emily and Rebecca.
