About

Besides the vast experience in vehicle dynamics and suspension design engineering across different championships like TCR (Touring car championship) and WEC (World endurance championship – LMP1 category), Dr Tarek Jomaa is an EMCC-accredited senior coach and mentor, a senior fellow of Advance HE (SFHEA) and a fellow FInstLM of the institute of leadership and management who helps leaders, across the higher education and engineering sector, to master their inner game and lead with impact.

As the technical director of “Furion, Dr Jomaa provides his technical expertise in vehicle dynamics to improve two- and four-wheel vehicles’ handling. With a PhD in vehicle dynamics, from the University of Padua, and professional experience in motorsports engineering, Dr Jomaa has been involved in higher education, since 2018, as a programme leader and senior lecturer at the University of Derby. Through his technical expertise, coaching and mentoring, he led the motorsports engineering curriculum transformation to enhance students’ performance and learning experience.

Teaching responsibilities

Responsibilities vary greatly every year between teaching vehicle dynamics, chassis engineering, data acquisition and leading on final-year projects.

Additionally, Dr Jomaa supports leadership through coaching and is also a mentor to enhance learning and teaching and constantly improve students' learning experience and success.

Professional interests

• Coaching and mentoring.
• Leadership
• Change management
• Learning and teaching
• Student success
• Curriculum transformation
• Vehicle dynamics 

Research interests

• Coaching and mentoring.
• Leadership
• Learning and teaching
• Vehicle dynamics for 2 and 4 wheels vehicles

Membership of professional bodies

• EMCC Global accredited Senior Practitioner in Coaching and Mentoring
• Senior Fellow (SFHEA) of Advance HE
• Fellow FIsntLM of the Institute of Leadership and Management
• Accredited Mentor for the Institute of Leadership and Management
• Member of EMCC UK, M150363ID
• Member of EMCC Global, ID: 118950

Qualifications

• Dutton Fisher associates - ILM L5 Diploma in Effective Coaching and Mentoring and apprenticeship
• The University of Derby - PGCert HE learning and teaching
• The University of Padua - Higher Doctorate Level 10 NFQ Industrial engineering
• ISMANS - Master’s Degree Level 9 NFQ Advanced Automotive Engineering
• Lebanese University - Honours Bachelor’s Degree Level 8 NFQ Mechanical engineering

Experience in industry

Special Interest group organiser and facilitator | EMCC UK, UK

EMCC UK is a membership community working together to maintain, influence, develop and progress high-quality standards in coaching and mentoring across the UK.

• Strategic leadership of the special interest group of coaching in higher education.
• Event organiser and facilitator

Technical Director | Furion motorcycle, Le Mans France

Furion motorcycle is a French startup engineering and consultancy firm revolutionising the world of motorcycles.

• Leading the engineering team
• Coaching and mentoring executives and staff
• Strategic leadership advisor
• Leading the vehicle dynamics study
• Successfully coordinating and publishing patents within the area of hybrid motorcycle technology.
• Advised on FURION’s strategy to increase its competitiveness within the market.
• Delivered executive coaching for successfully securing project funding.

Professional Leadership Coach | The University of Derby, Derby UK

Recognised for its teaching quality, the University of Derby is a higher education institution with a strong focus on applied learning.

• Senior leadership coaching and mentoring to improve leadership style and increase team effectiveness.
• Staff mentoring and coaching for enhancing performance, learning and teaching and goal setting.
• Coaching and mentoring students to enhance performance.
• Transformation of the motorsport engineering curriculum leading to a 100% increase in student recruitment and business profit.
• Successful and effective executive coaching leading to the transformation of leaders and the improvement of team dynamics.

Suspension Design Team Leader | JAS Motorsports, Arluno Italy

• JAS Motorsport is an Italian motor racing team and an engineering and manufacturing company.
• Improving the design process to increase efficiency.
• Led the suspension design of the 2018 TCR
• Providing innovative and cost-effective technical solutions.
• Managed change of design process to enhance team’s productivity and performance while reducing costs and increasing business profit.

Consultant | ALTEN, Paris France

ALTEN operates as a technology consulting and engineering company worldwide.

• Led the product development process within the aeronautics and automotive industries.
• improved the testing procedures within the aeronautic industry by better interpreting the pass criteria of tested components.

Vehicle Dynamics Team Leader | PESCAROLO team, Le Mans France

Pescarolo Sport was a motorsport team based in Le Mans, France and founded in February 2000 by French racing driver Henri Pescarolo and his friend and partner, French publisher François Granet.

• Led the R&D and vehicle dynamics study of the race car prototype
• Provided a complete suspension kinematics analysis for the next racing prototype, featuring various improvements in terms of handling and performance.

Recent publications

1. Identification of the mechanical properties of tires for wheelchair simulation
   publication dateOct 2016  publication descriptionThe open mechanical engineering journal
2. The effect of the inflation pressure of tyres on motorcycle weave stability: experiments and simulation
   publication dateAug 3, 2016  publication descriptionVehicle System Dynamics