Dr Chris Taylor

MEng, PhD, CEng, MIMechE

Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre

Technical Fellow

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c.m.taylor@sheffield.ac.uk
Factory of the Future, Advanced Manufacturing Park

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Dr Chris Taylor
Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
Factory of the Future, Advanced Manufacturing Park
Wallis Way, Catcliffe
Rotherham
S60 5TZ
Profile

Chris worked for manufacturer Black and Decker then was sponsored through an MEng in Mechanical Engineering at Bristol University. Chris completed a PhD then post-doctoral research at the University of Leeds.

He has since completed over 18 years’ post-doctoral research at the University of Sheffield, joining the AMRC’s Machining Group in 2010. Whilst at AMRC, Chris has led over 100 projects in Machinability then Sustainable Subtractive Processes, supervising 75 personnel including nine MSc and four EngD students.

Chris’s main research interests are evaluation and reduction of environmental impact in machining, including swarf recyclability and alternative process cooling, as well as having a wide interest in machining science.

Chris is co-author of over 20 peer-reviewed research articles, with upwards of 500 citations of his published research. He was a member of the local organising committee for two international conferences.

Chris was co-recipient of a BAE Systems Chairman’s Medal for innovations in cutting tool analysis, leading a £10,000 project to facilitate £1M cost savings. He featured significantly in a Sheffield REF2021 impact case study with over £135M cost savings corroborated, also protection of 400 UK jobs. He is a chartered engineer and has been lead inventor on an international patent.

Qualifications

PhD in Mechanical Engineering

Research interests

Chris’s research interests include: Machining Science; Metal Cutting; Sustainable Manufacturing; Additive Manufacturing.

Publications

Journal articles

  • Xu N, Wang D, Taylor CM, Secker J, Morina A, de Boer G, Thompson H, Kapur N & Morina A (2026) . Tribology International, 214, Part B.
  • Proud L, Roberts P, Xu N, Wika KK, Morina A & Taylor CM (2025) . Wear, 570, 206031-206031.
  • Khan T, Taylor CM, Goodall R, Liskiewicz T, Bryant MG & Wika KK (2025) . Tribology - Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces, 19(3), 227-240.
  • Proud L, Tapoglou N, Wika K, Taylor C & Slatter T (2023) . Wear, 524-525.
  • Taylor CM, Secker J, Sajid SA, Curtis D, Liskiewicz T & Khan T (2023) . Tribology - Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces.
  • Khan T, Broderick M & Taylor CM (2021) . The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 112(1-2), 589-600.
  • Khan T, Broderick M, Sajid SA, Secker J & Taylor CM (2021) . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 235(10), 1644-1654.
  • Taylor CM, Díaz F, Alegre R, Khan T, Arrazola P, Griffin J & Turner S (2020) . Materials & Design, 195.
  • Griffin JM, Diaz F, Geerling E, Clasing M, Ponce V, Taylor C, Turner S, Michael EA, Patricio Mena F & Bronfman L (2017) . Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 85, 1020-1034.
  • Yusoff AR, Turner S, Taylor CM & Sims ND (2010) . The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 50(9-12), 883-895.
  • Taylor CM, Turner S & Sims ND (2010) . J SOUND VIB, 329(23), 4922-4935.
  • Taylor CM, Turner S, Papatheou E & Sims ND () . International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology.
  • Ilyas I, Taylor CM, Dalgarno K & Gosden J () . Rapid Prototyping Journal, 16(6), 429-440.

Conference proceedings

  • Taylor CM, Cook I, Secker J, Raihan M, Morina A & Thompson H (2025) . Procedia CIRP, Vol. 135 (pp 1186-1192). Manchester, UK, 7 April 2025 - 7 April 2025.
  • Taylor CM, Wika K, Cockerill T, Xu N & Kapur N (2025) . Procedia CIRP, Vol. 135 (pp 1193-1201). Manchester, UK, 7 April 2025 - 7 April 2025.
  • Tapoglou N, Taylor C & Makris C (2021) . Procedia CIRP, Vol. 101 (pp 370-373). AMRC, Sheffield, UK, 24 May 2021 - 24 May 2021.
  • Taylor CM, Simpson T & Crawforth P (2020) . Procedia Manufacturing, Vol. 43 (pp 463-470). Shanghai, China, 9 October 2019 - 11 October 2019.
  • Tapoglou N & Taylor C (2019) . Volume 2A: Advanced Manufacturing, 11 November 2019 - 14 November 2019.
  • Taylor C, Hernandez S, Marshall M & Broderick M (2018) . Procedia CIRP, Vol. 77 (pp 441-444). Budapest, Hungary, 25 June 2018 - 25 June 2018.
  • Tapoglou N, Lopez MIA, Cook I & Taylor CM (2017) . Procedia CIRP, Vol. 63 (pp 745-749). Karlsruhe, Germany
  • Crawforth P, Taylor CM & Turner S (2016) . Procedia CIRP, Vol. 45 (pp 151-154). Charlotte, NC, USA, 8 June 2016 - 8 June 2016.
  • Taylor CM, Sims ND & Turner S (2011) . IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 26 (pp 012009-012009)
  • Ozturk E, Taylor CM, Turner S & Devey M (2011) . AIP Conference Proceedings (pp 663-663)
  • Taylor CM, Ilyas IP, Dalgarno KW & Gosden J (2007) Manufacture of production quality injection mold tools using SLS and HSM. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MANUFACTURING SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING - 2007 (pp 9-16)
  • Hauser C, Childs THC, Taylor CM, Badrossamay M, Akhtar S, Wright CS, Youseffi M, Xie J, Fox P & O'Neill W (2003) . Proceedings of the 2003 Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (pp 644-655). Texas, USA, 4 August 2003 - 4 August 2003.
  • Akhtar S, Wright CS, Youseffi M, Hauser C, Childs THC, Taylor CM, Baddrossamay M, Xie J, Fox P & O'Neill W (2003) . Proceedings of the Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (pp 656-667). Austin, Texas, 4 August 2003 - 4 August 2003.
  • Taylor CM, Childs THC & Hauser C (2002) . Proceedings of the 2002 International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (pp 530-537). Austin, Texas, USA, 5 August 2002 - 5 August 2002.
  • Taylor CM & Childs THC (2001) Thermal experiments in direct metal laser sintering. Proceedings of Euro RP 2001. Paris, France, 7 June 2001 - 7 June 2001.
  • Childs THC, Hauser C, Taylor CM & Tontowi AE (2000) . Proceedings of 2000 International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (pp 100-109). Texas, USA, 8 August 2000 - 8 August 2000.

Patents

  • Taylor CM & Sims N (2011) Method of machining hard material with a minimum of chip segmentation chatter. WO 2011/148157 A2 (Global). Appl. 05 Nov 2025.

Digital content

  • Taylor C AMRC staff present machining research to global audience.

Theses

  • Taylor C (2004) Direct laser sintering of stainless steel: thermal experiments and numerical modelling.

Presentations

  • Raihan M, Taylor CM, Thompson H, Cockerill T, Morina A, Kapur N, Wika K & Xu N Multi-Objective Optimisation of Machining Processes with Supercritical CO2 and Minimum Quantity Lubrication. Cenaero, Belgium.
  • Taylor C, Turner S & Arrazola P Machinability of the Nickel Alloys Inconel 625 and Inconel 718. Aeromat 23 Conference and Exposition, American Society for Metals.
Research group

Machining

Grants

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Chris has been involved in a number of research and dissemination / outreach projects, spanning various TRL’s, during his time at the AMRC’s Machining Group. Most recent projects include: 

Engineering and Physical Sciences Council (EPSRC), Manufacturing the Future with Supercritical CO2 and Minimum Quantity Lubrication (PI). October 2021 - September 2024, £274,496.

University of Sheffield Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures (Grantham Opportunities Fund), Environmentally Sustainable Manufacturing with Minimum Levels: of Harmful Emissions Energy and Resource Consumption, (PI), March 2019 - June 2019, £7,000. 

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Improved Productivity in Aerospace Materials Machining, (Co-I), June 2010 - January 2011, £35,000.