News – Friction: The Tribology Enigma

Read Dr. Wei Pin Goh’s article on the Numerical Analysis of Prevailing Mechanical Stresses Exerted on Particles during Mechanofusion Mixing Using Discrete Element Method

16th March 20229th March 2022

Numerical Analysis of Prevailing Mechanical Stresses Exerted on Particles during Mechanofusion Mixing Using Discrete Element Method What is Mechanofusion? Mechanofusion is a dry powder coating process that utilises mechanical energy to modify tribological and surface functional characteristics of particles or even induce mechano-chemical reactions between different particles, and hence producing particles with new characteristics. …

Listen to Professor Roger Lewis on BBC Radio 4 discussing leaves on the line why it is such a problem.

5th November 2021

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.

Professor Rob Dwyer-Joyce awarded IMechE Tribology Silver Medal 2021

27th October 2021

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 …

Professor Anne Neville awarded Clifford Patterson Medal and Lecture

21st October 202124th August 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

2020 Gold Journal Award – Roger Lewis – Permanent Way Institution

11th May 202122nd April 2021

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 part of team pioneering first ever biomimetic tongue surface using 3D printing

12th November 202027th October 2020

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 Friction researcher Dr. Mike Watson explain the problem of leaves on the line, new research, and potential solutions to the problem.

11th September 20204th August 2020

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 researchers breakthrough in leaves on the line friction enigma

8th March 202129th July 2020

leaf that has been pressed onto rail line and turned black, showing tannin formation described

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 …

Prof. Matt Carré elected Fellow of the International Sports Engineering Association (ISEA)

18th August 202017th July 2020

Plaque confiming Matt's election as fellow

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

Prof. Roger Lewis wins IMechE Donald Julius Groen Prize 2019

18th August 202026th June 2020

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