Dr Russell Harris
Telephone number: +44 (0)1509 227571
Email: R.A.Harris@lboro.ac.uk
Professional / academic background
2007 – present. Senior Lecturer, Loughborough University, UK.
2005 – 2007. Lecturer, Loughborough University, UK.
2002 PhD in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering. Loughborough University, UK.
1998 B.Eng. Manufacturing Engineering and Management. The University of Nottingham, UK.
Dr Russell Harris is an established researcher of production technologies through European and Nationally funded research projects.
His achievements to date are demonstrated by over 70 publications, £1.7m research funding as Principle Investigator, seven PhD graduations, and prestigious prize awards including the IMechE Donald Julius Groen prize 2003 for research in Structural Technology and Materials, and the IMechE PE Publishing Award 2007 for research in Engineering in Medicine.
Broad interests and expertise
- Medical applications of Solid Freeform Fabrication
- Facial reconstruction
- Biomimetic design and engineering
- Medical simulation
- Materials analysis
- Smart Material Structures
- Ultrasonic Consolidation
- Embedded components
- Composite structures
- Additive Manufacturing and Customisation
External interests
- Journal referee for multiple journals, including: International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology; International Journal of Production Research; Journal of Materials Processing Technology; Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H, Journal of Engineering in Medicine; Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G, Journal of Aerospace Engineering; Acta Biomaterialia; Rapid Prototyping Journal; Biofabrication;
- Invited lectures at: National Physical Laboratory, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, University of Portsmouth, University of Exeter, University of Sheffield, Nottingham University Hospitals, Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Morriston Hospital.
- 4 x book chapters (John Wiley Publishers 2005, Springer-Verlag New York Inc 2008, Society of Manufacturing Engineers Publishing 2009, Springer-Verlag New York Inc 2011 )
- Honorary Senior Lecturer Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Current research activity
- 'Complex Surgery Simulation', EPSRC (IMCRC223+KTA), 2007-2012, £263,231, Principle Investigator
- 'Smart Material Structures by Ultrasonic Consolidation', EPSRC (IMCRC275), Oct2008-Sept2011, £656,055, Principle Investigator.
- ‘Ultrasonic Consolidation for Manufacturing Aerospace Wing Structures’, EPSRC (KTA), 2011-2012, £117,359, Principle Investigator.