Listen to Professor Roger Lewis on The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry on BBC Radio 4 in which they discuss how tribology affects us in our everyday lives, including one of the biggest causes of train delays. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00114n5 Find more media articles related to this topic, and Prof. Roger Lewis’s new papers on the Outputs page.
Prof. Rob Dwyer-Joyce (Mechanical Engineering, University of Sheffield) PI of Friction: The Tribology Enigma has been awarded the Institution of Mechanical Engineers 2021 Tribology Silver Medal in recognition of an exceptionally meritorious contribution to the science and technology of tribology, read the full story and some of Rob’s career highlights below: https://www.imeche.org/careers-education/scholarships-and-awards/industry-and-specialisms-awards/tribology-group/tribology-silver-medal/imeche-tribology-silver-medal-winners/2021-tribology-silver-medal Rob is the second Friction PG academic to …
Read moreProfessor Rob Dwyer-Joyce awarded IMechE Tribology Silver Medal 2021
Professor Anne Neville, retired Principal Investigator of the Friction Programme Grant has been awarded the Clifford Patterson Medal and Lecture in recognition of outstanding research in the field of engineering, read the full story here: https://www.leeds.ac.uk/main-index/news/article/4897/honour-for-outstanding-engineering-research
Prof. Roger Lewis won the 2020 Permanent Way Institution Journal Award – Gold Award with colleagues for their paper “Development and implementation of novel cryogenic railhead cleaning technology”. The original link to the article in the journal can be found here.
Dr Mike Bryant and Prof. Anne Neville are part of a multi-disciplinary team that have developed the first ever biomimetic tongue surface using 3D printing. The team which was led by Dr Efren Andablo-Reyes from the School of Food Science and Nutrition at Leeds and also involved informatics researchers from the University of Edinburgh, have …
Listen to Dr. Mike Watson explaining the problem of leaves on the line, and how pioneering research from Friction: The Tribology Engima has helped to understand the problem, and potential solutions. Find his interview with BBC Radio Cambridge here (from 08:50): https://www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/naked-scientists-podcast/sizzling-bbq-science Find more media articles related to this topic, and Dr. Watson’s new paper …
Friction PG researchers Dr. Mike Watson, Dr. Tom Slatter and Prof. Roger Lewis have made a big step towards understanding the slippery problem of leaves on the line, a source of significant delays on the UK’s rail system every autumn, with a landmark study published in the Royal Society Proceedings. The teams work investigated the …
Read moreFriction researchers breakthrough in leaves on the line friction enigma
Friction PG researcher Prof. Matt Carré has been elected as Fellow of the International Sports Engineering Association (ISEA), one of only 7 International Fellow of the Association. See the full story at https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/mecheng/news/professor-matt-carre-elected-fellow-isea
Friction PG researcher Prof. Roger Lewis has been awarded the IMechE Donald Julius Groen Prize for 2019. This is awarded by the IMechE Tribology Group Committee to authors of outstanding papers or outstanding achievements in Tribology. See the full story at: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/mecheng/news/sheffield-mechanical-engineer-wins-imeche-prize Image credit: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sheffield
Professor Anne Neville – Principal Investigator of the Friction: The Tribology Enigma has been awarded the IMechE Tribology Trust Silver Medal for 2019. See the full story, and read more about Anne’s career here: https://www.imeche.org/news/news-article/2019-tribology-trust-silver-medal-winner-announced?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=institution
Friction: The Tribology Enigma is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, under grant no. EP/R001766/1