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Professor Jianguo Lin elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
The Royal Academy of Engineering announced the election of 60 new Fellows at its annual general meeting on 22 July. Six new Fellows were elected From Imperial College including Prof Jianguo Lin from the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Jianguo Lin is a Professor in the Mechanics of Materials and Head of Mechanics of Materials Division in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial. He is a leading expert on the modelling of materials for use in the manufacturing industry and he has developed a method for predicting different types of metal failure mechanisms.
Professor Lin’s work has widespread applications such as the forming of lightweight complex panel shapes for automotive, aerospace and other transportation industries.
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Tim Venables
Faculty of Engineering
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