Research Staff

  • Dr Alfredo Fantetti

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    Dr Alfredo Fantetti Research Fellow

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Granular crystals, solitary waves, ultrasound, dry friction, friction hysteresis, contact interface analysis, wear and friction mechanisms nonlinear dynamics of jointed structures, turbomachinery, under-platform dampers, vibration testing, experimental friction monitoring

  • Dr Carlos Corral-Casas

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    Dr Carlos Corral-Casas Research Assistant

    Location

    456 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Rarefied gas dynamics, kinetic theory, statistical mechanics, molecular simulations

  • Dr Debashis Puhan

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    Dr Debashis Puhan Visiting Research Associate

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Polymer tribology, polymer composites, triboemission, t riboelectrification/ charging ,  mechanochemistry , tribochemistry, additives, boundary lubrication, friction and wear mechanisms

  • Dr Giulio Fatti

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    Dr Giulio Fatti Research Fellow

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Computational modelling and triboelectrification

  • Dr Jaewoo Oh

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    Dr Jaewoo Oh Sponsored Researcher

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology

  • Dr James Ewen

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    Dr James Ewen RAEng Research Fellow

    Location

    Shell UTC

    462 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Nonequilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD) simulations, lubricant additives, boundary lubrication, organic friction modifiers (OFMs), elastohydrodynamic  lubrication ( EHL), mechanochemistry, surfaces and interfaces

  • Dr Jie Zhang (Jason)

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    Dr Jie Zhang (Jason) Research Associate

    Location

    Shell UTC

    462 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Boundary lubrication, wear measurements, lubricant additives, elastohydrodynamic (EHD) friction, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS),  zinc dialkyldithiophosphate (ZDDP), mechanochemistry

  • Dr Joseph Shore

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    Dr Joseph Shore Research Associate

    Location

    SKF UTC

    456 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Bearings, additives, rolling contact fatigue, crack propagation

  • Dr Keita Inose

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    Dr Keita Inose Visiting Researcher

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Contact mechanics, seal, coating

  • Dr Min Yu

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    Dr Min Yu Research Fellow

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Mechatronic systems design and modeling, vehicle dynamics and control, actuation and sensing, instrumentation and measurement

  • Dr Pan Dou

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    Dr Pan Dou UKRI Postdoctoral Fellow

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Lubrication condition monitoring using ultrasonic reflection

  • Dr Stefano Galvan

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    Dr Stefano Galvan Senior Research Software Engineer

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Software design and development for scientific research, parallel programming, linux system administration and network management, project management

  • Dr Suhaib Ardah

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    Dr Suhaib Ardah Research Assistant

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL), contact mechanics, thermal analyses , wear mechanisms,  numerical simulations

  • Dr Thomas Kirkby

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    Dr Thomas Kirkby Research Assistant

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Soot wear

  • Dr Tian Yuan

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    Dr Tian Yuan Research Associate

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Biotribology, fluid flow, convection-enhanced delivery (CED), f inite element method (FEM)

  • Dr Zhengchu Tan

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    Dr Zhengchu Tan Research Associate

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Biotribology, 3D-printing, bio-printing, tissue mimicking materials, crack growth modelling in soft materials

Research Students

  • Ammad Yousuf

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    Ammad Yousuf PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Small electric potential-induced effects, electrochemical effects, friction, wear, micropitting, rolling contact fatigue, bearings and gears

  • Amran Mohamed

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    Amran Mohamed PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Lubricant additives, viscosity modifiers, polymers, molecular dynamics, dissipative particle dynamics

  • Andrea Zovko

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    Andrea Zovko PhD Student

    Location

    564 City & Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology

  • Arshad Kalathil

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    Arshad Kalathil PhD Student

    Location

    564 City & Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology, material, biomechanical, finite element analysis, solids, fluids

  • Bastien Bolle

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    Bastien Bolle PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology

  • Beikang Liu

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    Beikang Liu PhD Student

    Location

    City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology

  • Calum Green

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    Calum Green PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Data fusion, machine learning, synchrotron-based imaging and spectroscopy

  • Chuan Wang

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    Chuan Wang PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Mechanochemistry, lubricant additives and tribofilm formation

  • Dominika Senajova

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    Dominika Senajova PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology

  • Egheosa Ogbomo

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    Egheosa Ogbomo PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology

  • Filimonas Kaliafetis

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    Filimonas Kaliafetis PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Digital twins, boundary and mixed lubrication modelling, tribofilm modelling, wear modelling, numerical simulations

  • Fionn Carman

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    Fionn Carman PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Modelling, batteries, surfaces, lubricants and heat

  • Haochen Yao

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    Haochen Yao PhD Student

    Location

    SKF UTC

    462 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Water-based lubricants for EVs, rolling contact fatigue (pitting and micro-pitting), friction, bearings and gears

  • Isabella Dunn Dias Ferreira

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    Isabella Dunn Dias Ferreira PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Jack Hayes

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    Jack Hayes PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Biotribology, mechanobiology, fluorescent microscopy, tissue viability, finite element methods

  • Jaffry Jaman

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    Jaffry Jaman PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Granular crystals, solitary wave propagation, contact interface analysis, experimental friction monitoring and contact mechanics

  • Kian Kun Yap

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    Kian Kun Yap PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Polymer tribology, high-temperature sliding, transfer film formation, high-performance polymers
    (HPPs), polyimide composites, solid lubricants, graphite filler

  • Luli Li

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    Luli Li PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Biotribology, mechanobiology,  contact mechanics, soft tissue

  • Margarida Santos

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    Margarida Santos PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Biotribology, non-invasive testing, skin composition, microstructure and progression

  • Matteo Valderrama

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    Matteo Valderrama PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Solid lubricants, surface coatings, frictionless 2D materials, molecular simulations, predictive machine learning models

  • Minnie Leung

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    Minnie Leung PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Antiwear additives, boundary lubrication, tribofilm formation, mechanochemistry

  • Mohd Syafiq Abd Aziz

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    Mohd Syafiq Abd Aziz PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology

  • Muhammad Aulia Rahman

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    Muhammad Aulia Rahman PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology, molecular dynamics, energy system, heat and mass transfer

  • Muhammad Rizwanur Rahman

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    Muhammad Rizwanur Rahman PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology, molecular dynamics

  • Natasha Waddell

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    Natasha Waddell PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Metalwork conservation, cultural heritage, coatings, greener solvents and corrosion

  • Oli Prendergast

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    Oli Prendergast PhD Student

    Location

    City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology

  • Oliver Fazzio

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    Oliver Fazzio PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology

  • Oliver Qian

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    Oliver Qian PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology

  • Paul-Anael Pogu

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    Paul-Anael Pogu PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Fluid dynamics, aeration, oil rheology, antifoaming agents, bubbles, oil additives

  • Robert Gutierrez

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    Robert Gutierrez PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology

  • Roland Jones

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    Roland Jones PhD Student

    Location

    SKF UTC

    456 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Bearings, rolling contact fatigue, crack propagation, elastohydrodynamic lubrication  (EHL), finite element methods (FEM), numerical simulation

  • Saki Okada

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    Saki Okada PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology

  • Sarah Bellingham

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    Sarah Bellingham PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Oil degradation, aged oil, sensors

  • Shouyi Yin

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    Shouyi Yin PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Polymer tribology, transfer film, cryogenic conditions

  • Shuhang Chen

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    Shuhang Chen PhD Student

    Location

    City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Biotribology, soft functionalized hydrogel, additive manufacture, soft robotics and sensors

  • Song Yang

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    Song Yang PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology

  • Stavros Ntioudis

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    Stavros Ntioudis PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology

  • Thilakan Kanesalingam

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    Thilakan Kanesalingam PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Biotribology

  • Tom Briggs

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    Tom Briggs PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Environmentally acceptable lubricants, pressurised lip seals. soft elastohydrodynamic lubrication, computational fluid dynamics, finite element analysis

  • Vasily Rublev

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    Vasily Rublev PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology

  • Xikai Yu

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    Xikai Yu PhD Student

    Location

    SKF UTC

    456 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Rolling contact fatigue, bearings, crack proprogation, surface analysis

  • Yun Zhao

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    Yun Zhao PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Triboelectrochemistry, electrochemistry, lubricant additives, boundary lubrication, aqueous lubrication

  • Zhaoran Zhu

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    Zhaoran Zhu PhD Student

    Location

    564 City & Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Lubricant additives, molecular dynamics (MD), density functional theory (DFT)

     

  • Zheng Sun

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    Zheng Sun PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology

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