Staff and Students
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Ajit Bastola
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Contact mechanics, wear phenomena (particularly rolling wear), wear simulation using Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
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Alexander MacLaren
Location
564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus
Research Interests
Geared transmission efficiency, churning, elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) , rheology of oils, gear failure, scuffing, micropitting, electric current damage (ECD), triboelectrochemistry
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Andrea Bernardini
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Biotribology, biomechanics, multiscale modelling
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Andreas Varellas
Location
564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus
Research Interests
Tribology
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Azhaarudeen Anifa Mohamed Faruck
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Tribology
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Ben Collard
Location
564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus
Research Interests
Tribology
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Benjamin Wainwright
Location
456 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus
Research Interests
Micropitting, fatigue, spalling, cracks
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Björn Kunzelmann
Research Interests
Bearings, rolling contact fatigue, crack propagation, elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL), finite element methods (FEM) and numerical simulation
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Carlos Ayestarán Latorre
Research Interests
Lubricant additives, surfaces, molecular dynamics (MD), density functional theory (DFT)
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Chiara Bertuccioli
Research Interests
Bearings, additives, rolling contact fatigue, crack propagation
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Daniel Lofgren
Research Interests
Scuffing, wear, non-conformal contacts
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Daniel Owens
Location
564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus
Research Interests
Tribology
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David Uribe Saenz de Camara
Research Interests
Contact mechanics, machine element failure mechanisms and vibrations
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Dimitrios Bikos
Research Interests
Biotribology, mouth feel, food tribology
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Dr Achilleas Vortselas
Research Interests
Quantitative wear modelling, contact mechanics, multiscale modelling of surfaces and structures, plasticity, fracture, materials processing
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Dr Alessandra Ciniero
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Triboemission, mechanochemistry, textures, coatings, molecular dynamics simulations
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Dr Annelise Jean-Fulcrand
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Polymers, dry sliding, solid coatings, materials characterisation
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Dr Antonio Elia Forte
Location
B324 Department of Bioengineering, South Kensington Campus
Research Interests
Biotribology, mechanical characterization of brain white and grey matter, soft matter mechanics, design and synthesis of composite hydrogels
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Dr Arnaud Ruellan du Crehu
Research Interests
Transmission components, l ubricant formulation, r olling contact fatigue, contamination of lubricated contacts
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Dr Artemis Kontou
Research Interests
Lubricant additives, wear, soot properties, surface engineering for antifouling
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Dr Asad Jamal
Location
564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus
Research Interests
Corrosion inhibitors, friction modifiers, aqueous lubrication, surfactants, atomic force microscopy (AFM), biotribology
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Dr Ben Fry
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Organic Friction Modifiers (OFMs), boundary lubrication, boundary films
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Dr Benat Gurrutxaga-Lerma
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Dr Benat Gurrutxaga-Lerma Research AssociateLocation
564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus
Research Interests
Dynamic discrete dislocation plasticity, multiscale modelling
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Dr Benedicte Galmiche
Location
564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus
Research Interests
Optical diagnostic techniques, complex fluids, nanotribology
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Dr Bo Peng
Research Interests
Scuffing, wear, non-conformal contacts
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Dr Branislav Džepina
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Molecular dynamics simulations, diamond cutting tools, multiscale simulations
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Dr Carlos Garcia Gonzalez
Location
564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus
Research Interests
Lubricant additives, tribochemistry, mechanochemistry, Raman spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy
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Dr Connor Myant
Location
10-12 Prince's Gardens
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Biotribology, artificial joints
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Dr Damon Lee
Research Interests
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD), elastohydrodynamic lubrication, heat transfer
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Dr David Trevelyan
Research Interests
Molecular dynamics, computational fluid dynamics, coupling
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Dr Debashis Puhan
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Polymer tribology, polymer composites, triboemission, t riboelectrification/ charging , mechanochemistry , tribochemistry, additives, boundary lubrication, friction and wear mechanisms
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Dr Eduardo Ramos Fernandez
Research Interests
Molecular dynamics, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), multiscale modelling, coupling strategies
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Dr Edward Smith
Research Interests
Molecular dynamics, computational fluid dynamics, multiscale-multiphysics modelling, coupling strategies
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Dr Elze Porte
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Biotribology, lubrication mechanisms, imaging techniques, porous media flow
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Dr Francesco Manieri
Research Interests
Fracture mechanics, wind turbine tribology, elastohydrodynamic (EHD) friction, white etching cracks
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Dr Hak-Mook Kim
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Base oils, lubricant formulation, lubricant additives
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Dr Harriet Stevenson
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Biotribology, artificial joints, boundary lubrication, ultra-thin film optical interferometry
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Dr He Liang (Holly)
Research Interests
Film thickness measurements in lubricated contacts, elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) modelling
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Dr Jia Lu
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Infrared microscopy, shear heating, heat generation, elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL)
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Dr Jinbang Li
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Base oils, lubricant formulation, lubricant additives
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Dr Joanna Dawczyk
Research Interests
Boundary lubrication, fuels and lubricant additives, topography of antiwear films, organic friction modifiers (OFMs), nanoparticles
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Dr Johan Guegan
Research Interests
EHD lubrication, soft contacts, textures, optical interferometry, friction modifiers, thermal imaging, acoustic emission
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Dr Jon Dench
Research Interests
Viscosity, confined fluids, fluorescence spectroscopy and imaging, in situ measurements of thin fluid films under extreme conditions, effect of shear stress and confinement on lubricant flow, structure and rheology
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Dr Jonas Verschueren
Research Interests
Dislocation dynamics, atomistic modelling of dislocations
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Dr Joonwoo Lee
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Tribology
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Dr Kian Kun Yap
Location
564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus
Research Interests
In-situ Tribometry, Polymer Tribology, Biotribology, Transmission Technology, Environment Control, Energy Storage
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Dr Kostas Pagkalis
Research Interests
Rolling bearings, boundary lubrication, additives
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Dr Li Shen
Research Interests
Analytical fluid dynamics, experimental fluid dynamics, computational fluid dynamics, a ntifoaming, bubbles, surfactants
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Dr Mahdieh Tajabadi Ebrahimi
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Multiscale modelling, polycrystalline diamond, cutting tools failure
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Dr Maria Parkes
Location
712 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus
Research Interests
Biotribology, artificial joints
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Dr Maryam Imani Masouleh
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Biotribology, biomechanics
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Dr Michael Bodnarchuk
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Dr Michael Bodnarchuk Research AssociateLocation
564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus
Research Interests
Molecular dynamics simulations, detergents, lubricant additives
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Dr Nicola De Laurentis
Research Interests
Grease lubrication, elastohydrodynamic (EHD) friction, rheology, rolling bearings, engineering coatings, gears
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Dr Nicola Menga
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Contact mechanics, rough surfaces, computational modelling
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Dr Nigel Marx
Research Interests
Hydrodynamic lubrication, polymer shear thinning, hydrodynamic film thickness and friction measurements in lubricated contacts, journal bearings, soft contacts, surface texturing
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Dr Niloofer Ajdari
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Dr Niloofer Ajdari PhD StudentLocation
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Biotribology, ceramics, artificial joints, cartilage
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Dr Oana Dobre
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Soft materials, soft contact lubrication modelling, rough surface contacts, rubber friction
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Dr Pauline Cusseau
Research Interests
Lubricant additives, Viscosity Modifiers, Viscosity Index Improvers, Polymers, Rheology
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Dr Pawel Rycerz
Research Interests
Bearings, additives, rolling contact fatigue, crack propagation
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Dr Peng Wang
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Contact modelling, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), liquid slip, elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL)
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Dr Pushkar Deshpande
Location
564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus
Research Interests
Lubricant additives, tribochemistry, tribocatalysis, friction modifiers, coatings, nanoparticles, surface-additive synergy
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Dr Qian Wang (Alexis)
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Soft materials, soft contact lubrication modelling, rough surface contacts, rubber friction
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Dr Richard Sayles
Location
City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Surface topography, reliability, rough surface contact modelling
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Dr Ruby McCarron
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Contact mechanics, wear phenomena (particularly rolling wear), wear simulation using Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
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Dr Shuyan Yang
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Polymer brush lubrication mechanism, i onic liquids as lubricant additives, c avitation in surface textured lubrication
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Dr Songtao Hu
Location
564 City and Guilds Building South Kensington Campus
Research Interests
Surface science, tribology, contact mechanics, wear, friction, acoustic emission, seals, lubrication
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Dr Sophie Bozorgi
Location
564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus
Research Interests
Biotribology, oral tribology, rheology
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Dr Sophie Campen
Research Interests
Surface adsorption/deposition, boundary lubrication, Organic Friction Modifiers (OFMs), self-assembly, in-situ adsorption measurements (AFM and QCM)
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Dr Stephen Jeffreys
Research Interests
Elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL), EHL rheology, fluorescence spectroscopy
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Dr Sung-Uk Choi
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Tribology
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Dr Suzanna Whitehouse
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Biotribology, skin, viscoelastic fluids, fluorescence imaging
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Dr Thanos Christodoulias
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Biotribology, m ultiscale modelling
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Dr Yasunori Shimizu
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Ashless anti-wear additives, zinc dialkyldithiophosphate (ZDDP)
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Dr Yilun Xu
Research Interests
Nanotribology, multi-scale modelling, discrete dislocation plasticity, crack initiation and propagation
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Dr Yingying Guo
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Polymers, dissipative particle dynamics (DPD), molecular tribology
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Dr Yuta Kanazawa
Research Interests
Grease lubrication, elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL)
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Dr Zhe Geng
Location
564a City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Acoustic emission
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Eliane Gendreau
Research Interests
Lubricant additives, viscosity modifiers, polymers, fluorescence spectroscopy
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Erik Weiand
Location
564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus
Research Interests
Tribology
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Georgios Samaras
Research Interests
Biotribology, mouth feel, food tribology
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Giuseppe Ciccone
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Tribology
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Guido Boidi
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Mechanical behavior of materials, microstructure, mechanical testing
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Ilias Konstantinou
Location
564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus
Research Interests
Biotribology, biomechanics, brain tribology, finite element methods (FEM)
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Jagjeevan Bhamra
Location
564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus
Research Interests
Molecular dynamics, density functional theory, lubricant additives, diamond-like-carbon
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Jun Wen
Location
564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus
Research Interests
MEMS, NEMS, microtexturing, coatings
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Lea Rouquier
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Biotribology, skin tribology
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Lu Yin
Location
564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus
Research Interests
Tribology
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Lukas Engel
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Tribology
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Manoj Murali
Location
564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus
Research Interests
Tribology
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Mao Ueda
Research Interests
Lubricant additives, thermal stability, mechanochemistry, stress-augmented thermal activation (SATA)
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Marco Trovatelli
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Biotribology, tissue mimicking materials, soft materials
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Maria Teresa Mongelli
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Biomechanics, biotribology, brain perfusion
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Marie-Louise Schlichting
Location
564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus
Research Interests
Tribology, wire drawing
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Matteo Pederzani
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Biomechanics, biotribology, brain perfusion
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Michele Terzano
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Fracture mechanics, soft matter, contact mechanics, biomechanics, biotribology
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Mohamed Abdelbar
Location
564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus
Research Interests
Molecular dynamics, coarse graining, polymers, biotribology
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Mohanad Bahshwan
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
3D printing, additive manufacturing, water desalination
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Muhammad Rizwanur Rahman
Location
564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus
Research Interests
Tribology, molecular dynamics
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Paolo Azzollini
Location
564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus
Research Interests
Tribology
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Pauline Bregigeon
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Biotribology, wear, artificial hip joints
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Peter Knudsen
Location
564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus
Research Interests
Tribology
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Prof Andrew Olver
Location
City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Transmissions, tribological materials, coatings, friction and wear
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Rachel Januszewski
Research Interests
Bearings, surface analysis, crack proprogation
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Rikeen Jobanputra
Location
564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus
Research Interests
Biotribology, skin modelling, soft-tissue interactions, finite element methods
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Rory McAllister
Research Interests
Grease, electric vehicles, bearings, infrared spectroscopy
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Shaoli Jiang
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Polymer tribology, bearings, water lubrication
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Stavros Bontitsopoulos
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Tribology
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Volodymyr Kyselov
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Biotribology, FEA modelling
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Wei Song
Location
564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus
Research Interests
Tribology
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Xue Zhou
Location
564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus
Research Interests
Tribology
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Ying Wang
Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Tribology
Former Lab Members
- Dr Agnieszka Karpinska
- Dr Aikaterini Mavraki
- Dr Aleks Ponjavic
- Dr Ales Kratky
- Dr Alireza Hajishafiee
- Dr Anant Kolekar
- Dr Balasubramaniam Vengudusamy
- Dr Ioannis Kakavas
- Dr Jennifer Holtzinger
- Dr Jessika Nyqvist
- Dr Julian Le Rouzic
- Dr Juliane Benedet
- Dr Marc Ingram
- Dr Mario Alberto Accardi
- Dr Mark Fowell
- Dr Robbie Balcombe
- Dr Saverio Reina
- Dr Simon Medina
- Dr Soo Il Jeon
- Dr Sophie Campen
- Dr Tina Fan
- Dr Yusuke Iida
- Dr Yutaka Imai
- Dr Aswad Manzoor
- DR Gareth Fish
- Dr George K. Nikas
- Dr Hande Cote
- Dr Ingrid Ku
- Dr Jennifer Vail
- Dr Joslyn Hili
- Dr Louise Austin
- Dr Martin Webster
- Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock
- Dr Monica Ratoi
- Dr Mourad Chennaoui
- Dr Ramsey Gohar
- Dr Richard Underwood
- Dr Selda Gunsel
- Prof Alastair Cameron
- Prof Gwidon W. Stachowiak
- Prof Homer Rahnejat
- Prof Rob Dwyer-Joyce