Research Staff

  • Dr Alfredo Fantetti

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    Dr Alfredo Fantetti Research Fellow

    Research Interests

    Granular crystals, solitary waves, ultrasound, dry friction, friction hysteresis, contact interface analysis, wear and friction mechanisms nonlinear dynamics of jointed structures, turbomachinery, under-platform dampers, vibration testing, experimental friction monitoring

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Dr Asad Jamal

    Asad Jamal

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    Dr Asad Jamal Research Associate

    Research Interests

    Corrosion inhibitors, friction modifiers, aqueous lubrication, surfactants, atomic force microscopy (AFM), biotribology

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Dr Carlos Corral-Casas

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    Dr Carlos Corral-Casas Research Assistant

    Research Interests

    Rarefied gas dynamics, kinetic theory, statistical mechanics, molecular simulations

    Location

    456 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

  • Dr Debashis Puhan

    Debashis Puhan

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    Dr Debashis Puhan Research Associate

    Research Interests

    Polymer tribology, polymer composites, triboemission, t riboelectrification/charging mechanochemistry , tribochemistry, additives, boundary lubrication, friction and wear mechanisms

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

  • Dr Giulio Fatti

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    Dr Giulio Fatti Research Fellow

    Research Interests

    Computational modelling and Triboelectrification

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

  • Dr James Ewen

    James Ewen

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    Dr James Ewen RAEng Research Fellow

    Research Interests

    Nonequilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD) simulations, lubricant additives, boundary lubrication, organic friction modifiers (OFMs), elastohydrodynamic  lubrication ( EHL), mechanochemistry, surfaces and interfaces

    Location

    Shell UTC

    462 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

  • Dr Jie Zhang (Jason)

    Jie Zhang

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    Dr Jie Zhang (Jason) Research Associate

    Research Interests

    Boundary lubrication, wear measurements, lubricant additives, elastohydrodynamic (EHD) friction, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS),  zinc dialkyldithiophosphate (ZDDP), mechanochemistry

    Location

    Shell UTC

    462 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Dr Keita Inose

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    Dr Keita Inose Sponsored Researcher

    Research Interests

    Contact mechanics, Seal, Coating

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

  • Dr Li Shen

    Li Shen

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    Dr Li Shen EPSRC Research Fellow

    Research Interests

    Analytical fluid dynamics,  experimental fluid dynamics,  computational fluid dynamics, a ntifoaming, bubbles, surfactants

    Location

    Shell UTC

    462 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

  • Dr Min Yu

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    Dr Min Yu Research Associate

    Research Interests

    Mechatronic systems design and modeling, vehicle dynamics and control, actuation and sensing, instrumentation and measurement

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Dr Nicola Menga

    Dr Nicola Menga

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    Dr Nicola Menga Marie Curie Research Fellow

    Research Interests

    Contact mechanics, rough surfaces, computational modelling

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

  • Dr Peng Wang

    Peng Wang

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    Dr Peng Wang Research Associate

    Research Interests

    Contact modelling, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), liquid slip, elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL)

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

  • Dr Songtao Hu

    Songtao Hu

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    Dr Songtao Hu Sponsored Researcher

    Research Interests

    Surface science, tribology, contact mechanics, wear, friction, acoustic emission, seals, lubrication

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building South Kensington Campus

  • Dr Sophie Campen

    Sophie Campen

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    Dr Sophie Campen Research Associate

    Research Interests

    Surface adsorption/deposition, boundary lubrication, Organic Friction Modifiers (OFMs), self-assembly, in-situ adsorption measurements (AFM and QCM)

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

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  • Dr Sorin-Cristian Vlădescu

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    Dr Sorin-Cristian Vlădescu Research Associate

    Research Interests

    Laser surface texturing, film thickness measurements in lubricated contacts , s oft contact tribology (seals), automatic transmissions, automotive safety

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

  • Dr Stefano Galvan

    Stefano Galvan

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    Dr Stefano Galvan Research Fellow

    Research Interests

    Software design and development for scientific research, parallel programming, linux system administration and network management, project management

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

  • Dr Suhaib Ardah

    Suhaib Ardah

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    Dr Suhaib Ardah Research Assistant

    Research Interests

    Elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL), contact mechanics, thermal analyses , wear mechanisms,  numerical simulations

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Dr Tian Yuan

    Tian Yuan

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    Dr Tian Yuan Research Associate

    Research Interests

    Biotribology, fluid flow, Convection-Enhanced Delivery (CED), Finite Element Method (FEM)

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Dr Zhengchu Tan

    Zhengchu Tan

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    Dr Zhengchu Tan Research Associate

    Research Interests

    Biotribology, 3D-printing, bio-printing, tissue mimicking materials, crack growth modelling in soft materials

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

Research Students

  • Ajit Bastola

    Ajit Bastola

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    Ajit Bastola PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Contact mechanics, wear phenomena (particularly rolling wear), wear simulation using Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

  • Alexander MacLaren

    Alexander MacLaren

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    Alexander MacLaren PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Geared transmission efficiency, churning, elastohydrodynamic lubrication  (EHL) , rheology of oils, gear failure, scuffing, micropitting, electric current damage (ECD), triboelectrochemistry

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Ammad Yousuf

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    Ammad Yousuf PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Small electric potential-induced effects, electrochemical effects, friction, wear, micropitting, rolling contact fatigue, bearings and gears

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Amran Mohamed

    Amran Mohamed

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    Amran Mohamed PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Lubricant additives, viscosity modifiers, polymers, molecular dynamics, dissipative particle dynamics

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Andrea Bernardini

    Andrea Bernardini

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    Andrea Bernardini PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Biotribology, biomechanics, multiscale modelling

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

  • Andrea Zovko

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    Andrea Zovko PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Tribology

    Location

    564 City & Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Andreas Varellas

    Andreas Varellas

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    Andreas Varellas MRes Student

    Research Interests

    Tribology

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Arshad Kalathil

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    Arshad Kalathil PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Tribology, material, biomechanical, finite element analysis, solids, fluids

    Location

    564 City & Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Bastien Bolle

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    Bastien Bolle PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Tribology

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Beikang Liu

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    Beikang Liu PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Tribology

    Location

    City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Ben Collard

    Ben Collard

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    Ben Collard PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Tribology

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Benjamin Wainwright

    Benjamin Wainwright

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    Benjamin Wainwright PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Micropitting, fatigue, spalling, cracks

    Location

    456 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Björn Kunzelmann

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    Björn Kunzelmann PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Bearings, rolling contact fatigue, crack propagation, elastohydrodynamic lubrication  (EHL), finite element methods (FEM) and numerical simulation

    Location

    SKF UTC

    456 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Calum Green

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    Calum Green PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Data fusion, machine learning, synchrotron-based imaging and spectroscopy

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Carlos Ayestarán Latorre

    Carlos Ayestaran Latorre

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    Carlos Ayestarán Latorre PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Lubricant additives, surfaces, molecular dynamics (MD), density functional theory (DFT)

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    TSM-CDT

  • Chiara Bertuccioli

    Chiara Bertuccioli

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    Chiara Bertuccioli PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Bearings, additives, rolling contact fatigue, crack propagation

    Location

    SKF UTC

    456 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Chuan Wang

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    Chuan Wang PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Mechanochemistry, lubricant additives and tribofilm formation

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • David Uribe Saenz de Camara

    David Uribe Saenz de Camara

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    David Uribe Saenz de Camara PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Contact mechanics, machine element failure mechanisms and vibrations

    Location

    SKF UTC

    456 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Dimitrios Bikos

    Dimitrios Bikos

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    Dimitrios Bikos PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Biotribology, mouth feel, food tribology

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    TSM-CDT

  • Dominika Senajova

    Dominika Senajova

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    Dominika Senajova PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Tribology

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Egheosa Ogbomo

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    Egheosa Ogbomo PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Tribology

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Eliane Gendreau

    Eliane Gendreau

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    Eliane Gendreau PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Lubricant additives, viscosity modifiers, polymers, fluorescence spectroscopy

    Location

    Shell UTC

    462 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

  • Erik Weiand

    Erik Weiand

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    Erik Weiand PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Tribology

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Filimonas Kaliafetis

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    Filimonas Kaliafetis PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Tribology

    Location

    City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Fionn Carman

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    Fionn Carman PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Modelling, batteries, surfaces, lubricants and heat

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Georgios Samaras

    Georgios Samaras

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    Georgios Samaras PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Biotribology, mouth feel, food tribology

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    TSM-CDT

  • Haochen Yao

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    Haochen Yao PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Water-based lubricants for EVs, rolling contact fatigue (pitting and micro-pitting), friction, bearings and gears

    Location

    463 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Jack Hayes

    Jack Hayes

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    Jack Hayes PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Biotribology, mechanobiology, fluorescent microscopy, tissue viability, finite element methods

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Jagjeevan Bhamra

    Jagjeevan Bhamra

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    Jagjeevan Bhamra PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Molecular dynamics, density functional theory, lubricant additives, diamond-like-carbon

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Joseph Shore

    Joseph Shore

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    Joseph Shore PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Bearings, additives, rolling contact fatigue, crack propagation

    Location

    SKF UTC

    456 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Jun Wen

    Jun Wen

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    Jun Wen PhD Student

    Research Interests

    MEMS, NEMS, microtexturing, coatings

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Kian Kun Yap

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    Kian Kun Yap PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Polymer tribology, high-temperature sliding, transfer film formation, high-performance polymers
    (HPPs), polyimide composites, solid lubricants, graphite filler

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Lu Yin

    Lu Yin

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    Lu Yin PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Tribology

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Luli Li

    Luli Li

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    Luli Li PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Biotribology, mechanobiology,  contact mechanics, soft tissue

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Mao Ueda

    Mao Ueda

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    Mao Ueda PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Lubricant additives, thermal stability, mechanochemistry, stress-augmented thermal activation (SATA)

    Location

    Shell UTC

    462 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

  • Margarida Santos

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    Margarida Santos PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Biotribology, non-invasive testing, skin composition, microstructure and progression

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Marie-Louise Schlichting

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    Marie-Louise Schlichting PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Tribology, wire drawing 

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Matteo Valderrama

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    Matteo Valderrama PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Solid lubricants, surface coatings, frictionless 2D materials, molecular simulations, predictive machine learning models

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Minnie Leung

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    Minnie Leung PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Antiwear additives, boundary lubrication, tribofilm formation, mechanochemistry

    Location

    City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Mohamed Abdelbar

    Mohamed Abdelbar

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    Mohamed Abdelbar PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Molecular dynamics, coarse graining, polymers, biotribology

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Mohanad Bahshwan

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    Mohanad Bahshwan PhD Student

    Research Interests

    3D printing, additive manufacturing, water desalination

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

  • Mohd Syafiq Abd Aziz

    Mohd Syafiq Abd Aziz

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    Mohd Syafiq Abd Aziz PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Tribology

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Muhammad Rizwanur Rahman

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    Muhammad Rizwanur Rahman PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Tribology, molecular dynamics

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Oli Prendergast

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    Oli Prendergast PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Tribology

    Location

    City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Paul-Anael Pogu

    Paul-Anael Pogu

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    Paul-Anael Pogu PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Fluid dynamics, aeration, oil rheology, antifoaming agents, bubbles, oil additives

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Peter Knudsen

    Peter Knudsen

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    Peter Knudsen Visiting PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Tribology

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Rachel Januszewski

    Rachel Januszewski

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    Rachel Januszewski PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Bearings, surface analysis, crack proprogation

    Location

    SKF UTC

    456 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Robert Gutierrez

    Robert Gutierrez

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    Robert Gutierrez PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Tribology

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Roland Jones

    Roland Jones

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    Roland Jones PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Bearings, rolling contact fatigue, crack propagation, elastohydrodynamic lubrication  (EHL), finite element methods (FEM), numerical simulation

    Location

    SKF UTC

    456 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Sarah Bellingham

    Sarah Bellingham

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    Sarah Bellingham PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Oil degradation, aged oil, sensors

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Shouyi Yin

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    Shouyi Yin PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Polymer tribology, transfer film, cryogenic conditions

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Shuhang Chen

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    Shuhang Chen PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Biotribology, soft functionalized hydrogel, additive manufacture, soft robotics and sensors

    Location

    City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Stavros Bontitsopoulos

    Stavros Bontitsopoulos

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    Stavros Bontitsopoulos PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Tribology

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

  • Stavros Ntioudis

    Stavros Ntioudis

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    Stavros Ntioudis PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Tribology

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Thomas Kirkby

    Thomas Kirkby

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    Thomas Kirkby PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Soot wear

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Tom Briggs

    Tom Briggs

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    Tom Briggs PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Environmentally acceptable lubricants, pressurised lip seals. soft elastohydrodynamic lubrication, computational fluid dynamics, finite element analysis

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Vasily Rublev

    Vasily Rublev

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    Vasily Rublev PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Tribology

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Xikai Yu

    Xikai Yu

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    Xikai Yu PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Rolling contact fatigue, bearings, crack proprogation, surface analysis

    Location

    SKF UTC

    456 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Xue Zhou

    Xue Zhou

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    Xue Zhou PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Tribology

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Yun Zhao

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    Yun Zhao PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Triboelectrochemistry, electrochemistry, lubricant additives, boundary lubrication, aqueous lubrication

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Zhaoran Zhu

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    Zhaoran Zhu PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Lubricant additives, molecular dynamics (MD), density functional theory (DFT)

     

    Location

    564 City & Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

  • Zheng Sun

    Zheng Sun

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    Zheng Sun PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Tribology

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus