Mario Farrugia graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Malta in 1992. He then worked with Enemalta mostly at Delimara Power Station till 2000. At Enemalta Ing. Farrugia worked as maintenance engineer and later as project engineer. His contribution at Enemalta include work on Phase 2A and Phase 2B extension projects at Delimara.
During 1995/6, Ing. Farrugia followed a masters degree in Mechatronics at Hull University UK.
In 2000 Ing. Farrugia joined the University of Malta Mechanical Engineering Department. In the following year he took an assistanship at Oakland University and started reading for PhD. At Oakland University he worked both as teaching assistant and also research assistant. Research assistantship work was for contacts with FEV and the EPA. During his PhD studies at Oakland, Ing. Farrugia was mentored and supervised by Dr Brian Sangeorzan (Oakland University)and Dr Alex Alkidas (General Motors). The doctoral dissertation was “Transient Surface Heat Flux Measurements in a Straight Pipe Extension of the Exhaust Port of a Spark Ignition Engine”.
Ing. Farrugia has been active in Formula SAE since 2001 at Oakland University where he also mentored a number of students. Later, at the University of Malta he was academic adviser for FSAE team that designed and built the first University of Malta vehicle. This team successfully competed in the Formula ATA (FSAE Series) at the Ferrari Fiorano racetrack, Italy. In 2014 he was also mentor for the FSAE team that competed in Varano, Italy.

Warranted Engineer in Malta, Inginier
Member Institution of Mechanical Engineers UK, IMechE
Member Institution of Engineering and Technology UK, IET
Chartered Engineer in the UK
Member Society of Automotive Engineers, SAE