Background

Born in Lancashire. B.Sc. at Loughborough University. Graduated 1985. Graduate trainee British Steel 1985-1987. Postgraduate studies at Oxford University. Awarded D.Phil. in 1991. Postdoctoral positions in UK and Australia 1991-1995. Senior scientist at DERA Farnborough 1995-2000. Lecturer at Loughborough University since 2000.

Professional Affiliations

Chartered Engineer
Member of Institute of Mechanical Engineers
Member of Institution of Materials, Minerals and Mining
Member of the Society for Adhesion and Adhesives

External Activities

Invited member to Board of Experts, Committee for Research Evaluation (CIVR, Italy)

Research proposal reviewer: EPSRC, MIUR (Italy), ARC (Australia)

International conferences – session organiser and session chair (Annual Meeting of Adhesion Society, USA), invited scientific committee member (Int. conf. on Advanced Computational Engineering and Experimenting, Portugal) and invited speaker (numerous). Keynote speaker WCCM-8.

Invited seminars: Gordon Laboratory, Cambridge University 2007, EPFL, Switzerland 2004, Wollongong University, Australia 2003

Consultant to MOD and Industry in the analysis of bonded joints

DERA/QinetiQ Research Fellow

Visiting Fellow at University of Surrey

Referee for various publications including: Journal of Materials Research, International Journal of Fatigue, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Composites A, Journal of Strain Analysis and International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives.

Broad Interests and Expertise

Adhesive bonding
Strength and lifetime prediction
Environmental degradation
Stress analysis and finite element analysis
Mechanical testing
Depth-sensing indentation
Design optimisation

Research Interests and Activities

Analysis and testing of bonded joints
Modelling environmental degradation in bonded joints
Lifetime prediction for joints subjected to complex loading
Damage in fibre reinforced laminates
Multi-physics optimisation
Shallow crack growth in hostile environments
Depth sensing indentation of viscoelastic materials

Publications

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School Research Groups

Manufacturing
Materials and Structures