Background

Born in Manchester, attended Manchester Grammar School. BSc and PhD attained at University of Southampton, Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR). Joined Loughborough University in 1990 as Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering.

School Research Groups

Optical Engineering
Dynamics

Research Interests and Activities

Vibration measurement and analysis including modal analysis.
Laser Vibrometry including:
- Axial, radial, torsional and bending vibration measurements on rotors.
- Engine and powertrain vibration.
- Laser speckle and elimination of pseudo-vibration.
- Scanning and tracking applications.
Noise measurement and analysis.
Sports equipment design including:
- Impact modelling and analysis.
- Noise and vibration related to "feel" of impact sports equipment.

External Activities

• Editorial board membership: Sensors and Transducers, Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences
• Professional affiliation: Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
• International conferences: co-chair of IMechE/IEE/InstMC Symposium on Multi-body Dynamics, Loughborough 2004; scientific committees of SPIE Vibration Measurements by Laser Techniques, Ancona, Italy, 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008; scientific committee of Optical Measurement Techniques, Leuven, Belgium, 2007.
• Invited lectures: Vibration Measurements by Laser Techniques short course, Ancona, Italy, 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008; Advanced Course in Structural Dynamics, ISVR, Southampton University 2007 and 2008.
• Invited papers in International journals: Measurement, 2004, Mechanical Sciences and Signal Processing, 2006, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 2007.
• Advisory roles: Committee member of NAFEMS working group on Dynamics and Testing; EPSRC College member; Reviewer for Enterprise Ireland; Advisory Board member for Higher Education Academy - Engineering Subject Centre
• Referee for Journal of Sound and Vibration, Review of Scientific Instruments and journals from American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Institute of Physics, Institution of Mechanical Engineers and Society for Experimental Mechanics
• Collaborative Research: current examples include Automotive Transmission Rattle (EPSRC and Ford University Research Project Award, 2006-9), Impulsive Sound Quality in Tennis (HEAD Sport, Austria, 2008-11), Invited ‘international expert’ on Flemish government-funded laser measurements network.

Awards

• 2003: National Physical Laboratory Award for Measurement, short-listed
Synchronised Scanning Laser Vibrometry
• 2003: Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Industrial Fellowship (awarded to my research student Paul Varney).
• 2001: Peterson Award from the Society for Experimental Mechanics:
Best Applications Paper in the journal “Experimental Mechanics”.
• 2000: Leverhulme Fellowship: Pseudo-Vibration Elimination in Laser Vibrometry
• 1998: UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education (UICEE) Silver Award for a distinguished contribution to the 1st UICEE Annual Conference.
• 1997: National Physical Laboratory Metrology Award Winner: Laser Doppler Accelerometry
• 1996: National Physical Laboratory Metrology Award Runner-up.
Bending Vibration Measurement using Laser Vibrometry
• 1994 -1998: Esso / Royal Academy of Engineering Fellowship

Publications

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Links

Sports Technology Research Group
HIgher Education Academy Engineering Subject Centre