Visiting Staff
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Professor David Heyes
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Location
Visiting Professor, Imperial College London, Department of Mechanical Engineering, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Professor, Royal Holloway, Department of Physics, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 OEX, UK
Research Interests
Molecular dynamics simulations of tribological processes, macromolecules and lubricants
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Professor Stathis Ioannides
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Location
Visiting Professor - Imperial College London, SKF UTC, Department of Mechanical Engineering, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Product R&D Director - SKF Research and Technology Development, Kelvinbaan 16, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
Research Interests
Rolling bearings, rolling contact fatigue, lubricant contamination, elastohydrodynamic lubrication, probabilistic design, dynamics, rolling element performance calculations
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Professor Guillermo E. Morales-Espejel
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Location
Visiting Professor - Imperial College London, SKF UTC, Department of Mechanical Engineering, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Principal Scientist - SKF Research and Technology Development, Kelvinbaan 16, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
Chair Professor - INSA de Lyon, LaMCoS, CNRS, UMR5259, Villeurbanne Cedex F-69621, France
Research Interests
Modelling of bearing life, friction, elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) , surface life
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Professor M. Clelia Righi
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Location
Visiting Professor - Imperial College London, Department of Mechanical Engineering, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Professor - University of Bologna, Department of Physics and Astronomy, 40126 Bologna, Italy
Research Interests
Ab initio calculations, density function theory, multiscale/multiphysics coupling, lubricant additives, tribochemistry, mechanochemistry
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Professor Billy D. Todd
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Location
Visiting Professor - Imperial College London, Department of Mechanical Engineering, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Professor - Swinburne University of Technology, Department of Mathematics, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia
Honorary Professor - Roskilde University, Department of Sciences and Environment, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
Research Interests
Molecular dynamics simulations, lubricants, additives, liquid slip
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Professor Nicholas D. Spencer
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Location
Visiting Professor - Imperial College London, Department of Mechanical Engineering, South Kensington Campus, UK
Professor - ETH Zürich, Department of Materials, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
Research Interests
Lubricants, additives, tribochemsitry, tribofilms, polymer brushes, biotribology
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Dr Sarah Matthews
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Location
Research Manager - Imperial College London, Shell UTC, 462-A City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Team Lead - Shell Global Solutions, 2 York Road, Waterloo, London SE1 7NA, UK
Research Interests
Fuels, lubricants, tribology, combustion
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Dr R. Ian Taylor
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Location
Visiting Researcher - Imperial College London, Shell UTC, 462-A City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Technology Manager - Shell Global Solutions, 2 York Road, Waterloo, London SE1 7NA, UK
Research Interests
Fuels, lubricants, tribology, combustion
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Dr Sebastian Echeverri Restrepo
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Location
Visiting Researcher - Imperial College London, SKF UTC, 456 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Research Scientist - SKF Research and Technology Development, Kelvinbaan 16, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
Research Interests
Molecular dynamics simulations, lubricants, additives, bearings, hydrogen embrittlement
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Dr Chiara Gattinoni
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Location
Visiting Researcher - Imperial College London, 564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Research Fellow - ETH Zürich, Department of Materials, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
Research Interests
Molecular dynamics simulations, density functional theory (DFT) calculations, organic friction modifiers (OFMs), corrosion inhibitors
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Dr Hongyu Gao (Larry)
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Location
Visiting Researcher - Imperial College London, SKF UTC, 564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Research Fellow - Universitat des Saarlandes, Department ofMaterials Science and Engineering, 66123 Saarbrucken, Germany
Research Interests
Molecular dynamics, graphene, nanoparticles, diamond-like-carbon (DLC), force-field development
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Dr Michele Scaraggi
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Location
Visiting Researcher - Imperial College London, 564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Assistant Professor - Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy
Research Interests
Hydrogels, polymer brushes, adhesion, soft contacts, rough contacts
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Dr Debashis Puhan
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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 Sorin-Cristian Vlădescu
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Location
564 City and Guilds Building
South Kensington CampusResearch Interests
Laser surface texturing, film thickness measurements in lubricated contacts , s oft contact tribology (seals), automatic transmissions, automotive safety