Professor Roger Lewis
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
+44 114 222 7838
Full contact details
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
- Profile
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Professor Roger Lewis became a lecturer in the Department in 2002 and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2006, before becoming a Reader in 2011 and then being awarded a personal chair in 2013.
He graduated from The University of Sheffield in 1996 with an MEng in Mechanical Engineering and continued to work at Sheffield towards a PhD in the Tribology Research Group. He then had posts as a Research Associate and Teaching Fellow in the Department.
In 2001 he was awarded the Tribology Trust Bronze Medal and in 2003 received a Brian Mercer Award for Innovation from the Royal Society. He also received the Institute of Physics Innovation in Tribology Prize in 2008. He was awarded the Donald Julius Groen Prize in Tribology in 2020. He is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the IMechE.
In 2019 Roger was made a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair. This position is co-funded by the Rail Safety and Standards Board and will focus on management of low adhesion in the wheel/rail interface.
Roger has edited an essential guide to wheel/rail contacts issues, 'The Wheel/Rail Interface Handbook' which is published by Woodhead.
Roger is a member of the Leonardo Tribology Centre.
- Research interests
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Roger's research interests are split into three areas: solving industrial wear problems; application and development of a novel ultrasonic technique for machine element contact analysis and design of engineering components and machines. The research themes are wide ranging, but the main focus is on:
Railway Engineering
- Wheel/rail contact tribology – including wear (wheel profile evolution), RCF, friction management (use of top of rail friction modifiers; grease lubrication and traction gels), isolation and links to effective train detection
- Rail infrastructure improvement – including laser cladding of rail to reduce wear/RCF; design and testing of insulated rail joints; overhead line wear testing
- Condition monitoring – including real-time measurement of the wheel/rail contact; force measurement and detection of loosening in bolted joints.
Human Interactions
- Fundamental characterization and modelling of skin friction including use of OCT to determine sub-surface skin strain
- Hand/object interactions – including kitchen equipment, sports equipment etc. and effects that wearing medical examination gloves has on dexterity, grip and tactile discrimination
- Human tissue interaction with medical devices including catheters
- Pedestrian slips and falls, particularly barefoot slips and characterisation of flooring performance
- Multi-scale modelling of skin to incorporate effects of moisture and temperature to optimise design of medical products that interface with skin.
- Publications
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Books
- Automotive Engine Valve Recession. Wiley.
Journal articles
- . NDT & E International, 157, 103532-103532.
- . Wear, 582-583, 206342-206342.
- . International Journal of Fatigue, 190.
- . Wear, 580-581, 206217-206217.
- . Tribology International, 210, 110773-110773.
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- . Wear, 578-579, 206169-206169.
- . Lubricants, 13(8).
- . Lubricants, 13(8).
- . Lubricants, 13(7).
- . Wear, 574-575, 206077-206077.
- . Data in Brief, 61.
- . Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 232, 112756-112756.
- . Tribology, 45(5), 745-757.
- . Powder Technology, 458.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 239(5), 421-430.
- . Wear.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 239(4), 307-332.
- . Railway Engineering Science, 33(2), 259-270.
- . Wear, 564-565.
- . Tribology International, 204.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 239(2), 116-131.
- . Wear, 564-565.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 239(2), 96-105.
- . International Journal of Rail Transportation.
- . Engineering Failure Analysis, 166.
- . Computational Particle Mechanics, 11(5), 2353-2367.
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- . Acta Mechanica, 235(10), 6077-6087.
- . Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 21(215).
- . Tribology Letters, 72(2).
- . Journal of Tribology, 146(8).
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 238(8), 956-966.
- . Wear, 546-547.
- . Vehicle System Dynamics, 62(12), 3235-3254.
- . Tribology International, 194.
- . Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 480(2283).
- . Wear, 544-545.
- . Wear, 542-543.
- . Wear, 540-541.
- . Procedia CIRP, 123, 149-154.
- . Procedia CIRP, 123, 83-88.
- . Wear, 540-541.
- . Wear, 538-539.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 238(6), 736-741.
- . Powder Technology, 432.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 238(5), 569-579.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 238(2), 164-174.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 238(6), 644-654.
- . Wear, 532-533.
- . Wear, 532-533.
- . Wear, 530-531.
- . Scientific Data, 10.
- . Wear, 523, 204780-204780.
- . Wear, 530-531.
- . Wear, 522, 204721-204721.
- . Wear, 522, 204833-204833.
- . Computational Particle Mechanics, 10(6), 2009-2019.
- . Engineering Failure Analysis, 150.
- . Journal of Tribology, 145(9).
- . Tribology International, 185.
- . RSC Advances, 13(15), 10322-10337.
- . Wear, 523.
- . Wear, 522.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 237(10), 1353-1358.
- . Smart Materials and Structures, 32(3).
- . Lubricants, 11(2).
- . Tribology International, 179.
- . Wear, 512-513.
- . Tribology International, 177.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 237(4), 458-469.
- . Tribology International.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit.
- . Wear, 510-511.
- . Wear, 502-503, 204371-204371.
- . Tribology International, 174.
- . Vehicle System Dynamics, 61(6), 1548-1564.
- . Lubricants, 10(6).
- . Ultrasonics, 124.
- . Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 127.
- . Tribology Letters, 70(1).
- . Tribology International, 170.
- . Wear, 490-491.
- . Polymer Testing, 106.
- . Granular Matter, 24(1).
- . Wear, 492-493.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 236(5), 2588-2601.
- . Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 477(2255).
- . Lubricants, 9(10).
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 235(9), 1053-1064.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology, 235(10), 2021-2033.
- . Wear, 480-481.
- . Polymers, 13(17).
- . Tribology - Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces, 15(2), 79-79.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 235(6), 690-699.
- . Tribology: Materials, Surfaces and Interfaces, 15(2), 80-91.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 235(23), 7120-7138.
- . Engineering Failure Analysis, 123, 105325-105325.
- . Ergonomics, 64(9), 1205-1216.
- . Tribology International, 156.
- . Sports Engineering, 24.
- . Wear, 476.
- . Wear, 477.
- . Tribology: Materials, Surfaces and Interfaces, 15(1), 10-19.
- . Biotribology, 25.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 235(10), 1203-1213.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 235(2), 191-200.
- . Tribology International, 154.
- . Wear, 464-465.
- . Tribology International, 153.
- . Tribology International, 153.
- . Biotribology, 24.
- . Wear, 460-461.
- . Tribology International, 151.
- . Tribology International, 151.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology, 234(10), 1580-1593.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology, 234(10), 1549-1562.
- . Wear, 456-457.
- . Tribology - Materials Surfaces & Interfaces, 14(3), 131-141.
- . Tribology International, 149.
- . Wear, 454-455.
- Efficiency of donning and doffing medical examination gloves. International Journal of Ergonomics, 10(1), 1-17.
- . Quarterly Report of RTRI, 61(3), 184-191.
- . Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 476(2239).
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Transport, 173(4), 273-286.
- . Engineering Failure Analysis, 113.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 234(6), 567-583.
- . Tribology - Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces, 14(2), 119-129.
- . Scientific Reports, 10.
- Development and implementation of novel cryogenic railhead cleaning technology. Permanent Way Institution Journal, 138, 35-39.
- . Tribology International, 143.
- . Biotribology, 21.
- . Tribology International, 141.
- . Tribology International, 141.
- . Tribology International, 141.
- . Tribology International, 140.
- . Wear, 438-439.
- . Wear, 438-439.
- . Structural Health Monitoring, 18(5-6), 1953-1965.
- . Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials.
- . Wear, 436-437.
- . Journal of Tribology, 141(12).
- . Wear, 432-433.
- . Wear, 432-433.
- . Tribology International, 136, 475-486.
- . Wear, 430-431, 383-392.
- . Tribology International, 135, 55-64.
- . Journal of Tribology, 141(6).
- . Wear, 426-427(Part A), 910-918.
- . Wear, 426-427(Part B), 1712-1718.
- . Wear, 424-425, 223-232.
- . Materials, 12(7).
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 233(3), 251-261.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 233(2), 201-210.
- . Tribology International, 128, 75-88.
- . Tribology: Materials, Surfaces and Interfaces, 12(4), 237-251.
- . RSC Advances, 8(57), 32506-32521.
- . Tribology: Materials, Surfaces and Interfaces, 12(3), 115-129.
- . Wear, 402-40, 71-79.
- . Biomedical Optics Express, 9(4), 2001-2017.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part J-Journal of Engineering Tribology, 232(3), 244-258.
- . Skin Research and Technology, 24(1), 31-44.
- Experimental study on friction and wear performance of 45 steel and GCr15 steel under the condition of permanent magnetic field. Journal of the Balkan Tribological Association, 24(1), 23-30.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit , 232(1), 43-62.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 232(1), 190-203.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 232(5), 1514-1527.
- . Tribology International, 118, 524-537.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 232(4), 979-989.
- . Tribology Transactions, 61(2).
- . Biotribology, 12, 24-32.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 231(18), 3462-3475.
- . Wear, 384-385, 50-60.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 231(7), 760-774.
- . Biotribology, 12, 52-58.
- . Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 71, 95-105.
- . Wear, 376(Part B), 1930-1937.
- . Wear, 376-7(A), 324-328.
- . Tribology Letters, 65.
- . Wear, 378-379, 183-197.
- . Tribology International, 109, 409-415.
- . The International Journal of Railway Technology, 6(2), 87-98.
- . Wear, 376(B), 1892-1900.
- . Wear, 376, 295-304.
- . SAE Technical Papers.
- . Open Journal of Applied Sciences, 7(2), 42-49.
- . Open Journal of Applied Sciences, 7(2), 50-56.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 231(1), 28-39.
- . Wear, 366-36, 225-232.
- . Wear, 366, 268-278.
- . Journal of Biomechanics, 49, 3667-3675.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 230(16), 2896-2912.
- . Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 154, 49-59.
- . Wear, 362-36, 146-152.
- . Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 62, 556-569.
- . Tribology: Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces, 10(3), 150-162.
- . Tribology International, 103, 487-495.
- . Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 60, 378-393.
- An Experimental Investigation and Improvement of Insulated Rail Joints. Tribology in Industry, 38(1), 121-126.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit , 230(4), 1375-1387.
- . International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 53, 115-123.
- . Tribology International, 95, 5-12.
- . Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 8(2).
- . Wear, 366-36, 258-267.
- . Journal of Testing and Evaluation, 43(4), 723-734.
- . WEAR, 332, 1129-1133.
- . Wear , 330, 581-591.
- . Wear, 332, 1215-1224.
- . Journal Of Engineering Tribology , 229(9), 1086-1094.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology, 229(3), 294-311.
- Growth kinetics and mechanical properties of Fe2B layers formed on AISI D2 steel. Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences, 22(2), 231-243.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 229(5), 457-465.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology, 229(3), 273-284.
- . Wear, 314(1-2), 213-219.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 228(18), 3405-3418.
- . American Journal of Infection Control, 42(1), 48-54.
- . Ergonomics, 57(1), 116-129.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 228(8), 887-897.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 228(7), 768-783.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part F Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 228(3), 323-330.
- . Wear.
- . Wear.
- . Wear.
- . Production Engineering, 1-10.
- . Vehicle System Dynamics, 51(7), 1091-1120.
- . Wear.
- . Wear.
- . PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART F-JOURNAL OF RAIL AND RAPID TRANSIT, 227(F2), 188-195.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 227(5), 1056-1068.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part F Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 227(2), 196-200.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part F Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 227(2), 115-127.
- . Tribology International.
- . Tribology International.
- . Tribology Letters, 1-18.
- . International Journal of Railway Technology, 1(1), 167-194.
- . PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART J-JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING TRIBOLOGY, 226(J7), 616-625.
- . Wear, 274-275, 109-126.
- . Journal of Mechanical Engineering Sciences, Proceedings of the IMechE Part C.
- . Wear, 271(9-10), 1481-1489.
- . Wear, 271(9-10), 2386-2395.
- . Wear, 271(9-10), 2346-2353.
- . Wear, 271(9-10), 2579-2587.
- . Wear, 271(9-10), 1671-1680.
- . Wear, 271(9-10), 2116-2124.
- . Wear, 271(5-6), 911-924.
- . Wear, 271(1-2), 62-70.
- . Wear, 271(1-2), 71-77.
- . Wear, 271(1-2), 14-24.
- . Wear, 271(1-2), 238-245.
- , 124-129.
- . Wear, 270(3-4), 302-311.
- Surface and Sliding Wear Behaviour of Different Coatings and Steels. Ingenieria Investigación y Tecnologica, XIII, 85-96.
- . Wear, 271(9-10), 2549-2560.
- . Tribology Letters, 41(1), 283-294.
- . Strain, 47(SUPPL. 2), 65-78.
- . MULTIBODY SYST DYN, 24(3), 347-366.
- . Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, 24(11-12), 1949-1957.
- . P I MECH ENG J-J ENG, 224(J6), 519-528.
- . P I MECH ENG F-J RAI, 224(F3), 139-157.
- . P I MECH ENG F-J RAI, 224(F3), 125-137.
- . WEAR, 268(5-6), 660-667.
- . WEAR, 268(3-4), 543-551.
- A study on wear evaluation of railway wheels based on multibody dynamics and wear computation. Multibody System Dynamics, 1-20.
- A RAILWAY WHEEL WEAR PREDICTION TOOL BASED ON A MULTIBODY SOFTWARE. JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS, 48(3), 751-770.
- . TRIBOL LETT, 37(3), 623-635.
- . PACKAG TECHNOL SCI, 23(1), 11-18.
- . Waste Manag Res, 28(3), 220-227.
- Laser treatment for improved impact wear resistance. The Laser User Magazine(56), 30-31.
- . J TRIBOL-T ASME, 131(4).
- . WEAR, 267(5-8), 1325-1332.
- . WEAR, 267(5-8), 1009-1021.
- . WEAR, 267(5-8), 1311-1318.
- . WEAR, 267(1-4), 223-232.
- . WEAR, 267(5-8), 797-806.
- . WEAR, 266(7-8), 888-892.
- . Sports Engineering, 11(3), 109-118.
- . P I MECH ENG F-J RAI, 223(3), 275-283.
- . TRIBOL LETT, 33(2), 97-109.
- . WEAR, 265(9-10), 1309-1316.
- . P I MECH ENG D-J AUT, 222(D9), 1669-1689.
- . P I MECH ENG C-J MEC, 222(7), 1125-1130.
- . WEAR, 264(1-2), 37-46.
- . J FOOD ENG, 83(3), 356-365.
- . WEAR, 263, 65-73.
- . WEAR, 263, 188-197.
- . WEAR, 263, 1124-1132.
- . WEAR, 263, 57-64.
- . JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS, 40(18), 5488-5501.
- . P I MECH ENG J-J ENG, 221(J8), 841-850.
- . WEAR, 262(11-12), 1516-1521.
- . PACKAG TECHNOL SCI, 20(3), 217-229.
- . WEAR, 261(11-12), 1253-1264.
- . TRIBOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, 39(12), 1653-1663.
- . P I MECH ENG J-J ENG, 220(J8), 755-765.
- . J TRIBOL-T ASME, 128(3), 493-504.
- . SAE Technical Papers, 2006(01).
- . P I MECH ENG J-J ENG, 220(J3), 159-169.
- Characterisation of contact pressure distribution in bolted joints. STRAIN, 42(1), 31-43.
- . P I MECH ENG F-J RAI, 220(1), 43-53.
- . P I MECH ENG F-J RAI, 220(1), 29-41.
- . P I MECH ENG C-J MEC, 219(2), 127-139.
- . P I MECH ENG J-J ENG, 219(J1), 1-18.
- . Proceedings of the I MECH E Part J Journal of Engineering Tribology, 219(1), 2-19.
- . WEAR, 257(7-8), 721-729.
- An ultrasonic approach for contact stress mapping in machine joints and concentrated contacts (vol 39, pg 339, 2004). J STRAIN ANAL ENG, 39(6), 745-750.
- . WEAR, 257(3-4), 368-376.
- Wear mechanisms and transitions in railway wheel steels. P I MECH ENG J-J ENG, 218(J6), 467-478.
- An ultrasonic approach for contact stress mapping in machine joints and concentrated contacts. J STRAIN ANAL ENG, 39(4), 339-350.
- Valve recession: From experiment to predictive model. VDI Berichte(1813), 79-93.
- Combating automotive engine valve recession. Lubrication Engineering, 59(10), 48-51.
- Combating automative engine valve recession. TRIBOL LUBR TECHNOL, 59(10), 48-51.
- Disc machine study of contact isolation during railway track sanding. P I MECH ENG F-J RAI, 217(1), 11-24.
- Wear of diesel engine inlet valves and seat inserts. P I MECH ENG D-J AUT, 216(D3), 205-216.
- . Vehicle System Dynamics, 1-21.
- Field trials of cryogenic cleaning using a road-to-rail vehicle with assessment of the effects on both DMU braking and rail head cleaning. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Civil Engineering.
- . International Journal of Fatigue.
- . Tribology Transactions.
- . Procedia Engineering, 72, 611-617.
- . Civil-Comp Proceedings, 98.
- . Proc. I.Mech.E. part F, 225, 287-298.
- . SAE Technical Paper Series, 1.
- . SAE Technical Paper Series, 1.
- . SAE Technical Paper Series, 1.
- . SAE Technical Paper Series, 1.
- . SAE Technical Paper Series, 1.
- . SAE Technical Paper Series, 1.
Book chapters
- , Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering (pp. 1068-1076). Springer Nature Switzerland
- , Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering (pp. 552-560). Springer International Publishing
- , Failure Analysis and Prevention (pp. 730-744). ASM International
- , The Science, Etiology and Mechanobiology of Diabetes and its Complications (pp. 161-171). Elsevier
- , Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering (pp. 669-677). Springer International Publishing
- , Handbook of Railway Vehicle Dynamics (pp. 281-305). CRC Press
- , Encyclopedia of Tribology (pp. 3892-3896). Springer US
- , Encyclopedia of Tribology (pp. 3825-3830). Springer US
- , Automotive Lubricants and Testing (pp. 293-315). ASTM International
- Wheel-Rail Interface Handbook In Lewis R (Ed.), Wheel-Rail Interface Handbook CRC PressI Llc
- In Lewis R & Olofsson U (Ed.), Wheel-Rail Interface Handbook (pp. 437-455).
- , Wheel Rail Interface Handbook (pp. 34-57).
- , Wheel Rail Interface Handbook (pp. 172-210).
- , Wheel Rail Interface Handbook (pp. 528-549).
- , The Engineering of Sport 7 (pp. 27-34). Springer Paris
- , Handbook of Lubrication and Tribology CRC Press
- Tribology of the wheel-rail contact, Handbook of Railway Vehicle Dynamics (pp. 121-142).
- , Failure Analysis and Prevention (pp. 965-974). ASM International
Conference proceedings
- (pp 324-333)
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part P: Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, Vol. 238(4) (pp 394-405)
- . ASM/IEEE 2022 Joint Rail Conference. Virtual conference, 20 April 2022 - 20 April 2022.
- AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE SUPERABRASIVE GRINDING OF RAIL. CM 2022 12th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail Wheel Systems Conference Proceedings (pp 358-363)
- IMPROVING THE WHEEL/RAIL CONTACT PERFORMANCE THROUGH LASER CLADDING OF RAIL, HIGH SPEED RAIL GRINDING AND RAIL CLEANING: CASE STUDIES IN GOING FROM THE LAB TO THE FIELD. CM 2022 12th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail Wheel Systems Conference Proceedings (pp 477-483)
- TOP-OF-RAIL FRICTION MODIFIER PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT: HIGH PRESSURE TORSION TESTING; CREEP FORCE MODELLING AND FIELD VALIDATION. CM 2022 12th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail Wheel Systems Conference Proceedings (pp 797-802)
- SMALL-SCALE TESTING OF RAIL LASER CLADDING LONGEVITY, PARAMETER TOLERANCE AND IN-SITU REPAIRS IN PREPARATION FOR FIELD IMPLEMENTATION. CM 2022 12th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail Wheel Systems Conference Proceedings (pp 364-374)
- MODELLING ADHESION ENHANCEMENT IN WHEEL-RAIL CONTACT TRIGGERED BY SAND PARTICLES. CM 2022 12th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail Wheel Systems Conference Proceedings (pp 516-521)
- EFFECT OF SURFACE TEXTURE ON CONTACT CONDITIONS AND TRIBOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR OF SIMULATED WHEEL-RAIL PAIRS IN A TWIN-DISC MACHINE. CM 2022 12th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail Wheel Systems Conference Proceedings (pp 142-152)
- EFFICIENT LABORATORY TEST PROGRAMME FOR CHARACTERISING RAIL STEEL STRAIN ACCUMULATION. CM 2022 12th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail Wheel Systems Conference Proceedings (pp 62-70)
- GENERATION OF SANDED CREEP CURVES USING THE EXTENDED CREEP FORCE MODEL WITH HIGH PRESSURE TORSION DATA. CM 2022 12th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail Wheel Systems Conference Proceedings (pp 782-788)
- INVESTIGATING THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT ADHESION MATERIALS ON ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE USING A HIGH PRESSURE TORSION RIG. CM 2022 12th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail Wheel Systems Conference Proceedings (pp 528-534)
- ASSESSMENT OF RAIL GRINDING MAINTENANCE FOR PREMIUM RAIL GRADES IN LABORATORY. CM 2022 12th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail Wheel Systems Conference Proceedings (pp 827-837)
- Imaging Sub-surface Skin Strain Patterns During Fingertip Sliding. HAPTICS: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, APPLICATIONS, EUROHAPTICS 2022, Vol. 13235 (pp 358-361)
- . 7th International Conference on the Development of Biomedical Engineering in Vietnam (BME7)(69) (pp 213-216). Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 27 June 2018 - 27 June 2018.
- Measurement of rolling-sliding wheel/rail contact condition using full-scale rig with ultrasound. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/wheel Systems, CM 2018 (pp 281-291). Delft, The Netherlands, 24 September 2018 - 24 September 2018.
- Laser cladding of rail; the effects of depositing material on lower rail grades. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems (CM 2018) (pp 610-617). Delft, The Netherlands, 24 September 2018 - 24 September 2018.
- The compatability of multilayer surface treatments with bio-lubricant base oils. STLE 2018 Extended Abstracts & Presentations (pp 156-158). Minneapolis, MN, USA, 20 May 2018 - 20 May 2018.
- Characterization of ball-flat contact using ultrasound reflectometry: From static to dynamic. Proceedings of the 7th Asia Pacific Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring Apwshm 2018 (pp 562-579)
- Impact of low amounts of water in combination with wear debris/iron oxides on wheel-rail adhesion. Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and Tracks, Vol. 2 (pp 557-562)
- Benchmarking of premium rail material wear. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/wheel Systems, CM 2018 (pp 172-180). Delft, The Netherlands, 24 September 2018 - 27 September 2018.
- Evaluation of rolling contact fatigue of rail materials in twin disc tests. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail Wheel Systems CM 2018 (pp 838-843)
- Comparison of squats and studs from different traffic environments. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail Wheel Systems CM 2018 (pp 218-227)
- Implementation of the water induced low adhesion creep force model (wilac) into the low adhesion braking dynamic optimisation for rolling stock model (Labrador). Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail Wheel Systems CM 2018 (pp 37-43)
- Towards a field test methodology for locomotive brake testing using a representative low adhesion simulation. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail Wheel Systems CM 2018 (pp 495-502)
- Twin disc assessment of wear regime transitions in R400ht-E8 Pairs. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail Wheel Systems CM 2018 (pp 181-188)
- Effects of oxide and water on friction of rail steel-new test method and friction mapping. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail Wheel Systems CM 2018 (pp 464-473)
- Investigation of leaf chemistry and leaf layer: Low adhesion mechanism. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail Wheel Systems CM 2018 (pp 419-430)
- Investigation of the influence of rail hardness on the wear of rail and wheel materials under dry conditions (ICRI wear mapping project). Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail Wheel Systems CM 2018 (pp 510-517)
- A Re-commissioned flexible full-scale wheel/rail test facility. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail Wheel Systems CM 2018 (pp 518-528)
- Field assessment of friction and creepage with a new tribometer. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail Wheel Systems CM 2018 (pp 208-217)
- The development of a traction gel assessment method. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail Wheel Systems CM 2018 (pp 1090-1095)
- Iron oxide and water paste rheology and its effect on low adhesion in the wheel/rail interface. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail Wheel Systems CM 2018 (pp 1084-1089)
- . Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics and Treatment Applications XVII;, Vol. 10058. San Francisco, California, United States, 28 January 2017 - 28 January 2017.
- . Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 10037. San Francisco, California, 28 January 2017 - 28 January 2017.
- The Interaction of Bio-lubricants with Elastomers, Tested Through Hanson Solubility Parameter and Stress Relaxation Tests.. Proceedings of 17th Nordic Symposium on Tribology - NORDTRIB 2016
- . SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 9710 (pp 97100C-97100C)
- . SPIE Proceedings
- High Speed Optical Coherence Elastography for Human Skin Deformation Studies. Photonics West 2016
- Skin Surface and Sub-Surface Strain and Deformation Imaging using OCT and DIC. Photonics West 2016
- Thermo-physiological comfort and frictional characteristics of running socks in different moisture conditions. Textile Bioengineering and Informatics Symposium Proceedings Tbis (pp 778-783)
- . Procedia Engineering, Vol. 147 (pp 759-764)
- . Procedia Engineering, Vol. 147 (pp 753-758)
- The contribution of iron oxides to the wet-rail phenomenon. Civil Comp Proceedings, Vol. 110
- Investigation of the influence of rail hardness on the wear of rail and wheel materials under dry conditions. Civil Comp Proceedings, Vol. 110
- Wheel-rail endpost contact characterisation using ultrasound reflectometry. Civil Comp Proceedings, Vol. 110
- Laser cladding of railway track to promote wear/RCF, bend fatigue and IBJ Lipping resistance. Civil-Comp Proceedings, Vol. 110
- An Experimental Investigation and Improvement of Insulated Rail Joints (IRJs). Proceedings of TurkeyTrib
- A study into the effect of the presence of moisture at the wheel/rail interface during dew and damp conditions. CM 2015 10th International Conference on Contact Mechanics of Wheel Rail Systems
- Geospatial and temporal analysis of wheel slide events. CM 2015 10th International Conference on Contact Mechanics of Wheel Rail Systems
- Optimisation of a railway sanding system for optimal grain entrainment into the wheel–rail contact. CM2015
- User-Informed re-design of a sonography system to reduce Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders. Proceedings of the Third European Conference on Design4Health 2015. Sheffield, 13 July 2015 - 16 July 2015.
- . Footwear Science, Vol. 7 (pp S15-S16)
- An Experimental Investigation and Improvement of Insulated Rail Joints. Proceedings of SerbiaTrib2015
- . Ultrasound, Vol. 23(2) (pp NP1-NP42)
- Investigation into the effect of moisture on rail adhesion. Stephenson Conference Research for Railways 2015, Vol. 2015-April (pp 395-407)
- Insulated rail joint enhancement: testing and analysis. Institution of Mechanical Engineers. London, UK
- High pressure torsion testing of the wheel/rail interface. CM 2015 10th International Conference on Contact Mechanics of Wheel Rail Systems
- Alternative twin-disc assessment of solid stick flange lubricants. CM 2015 10th International Conference on Contact Mechanics of Wheel Rail Systems
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- Studies on the Friction Coefficient of Human Skin and Skin Substitutes. Proceedings of International Conference on Biotribology (ICoBT)
- The effects of alternative top of rail friction materials on pre-existing rolling contact fatigue cracks. Civil Comp Proceedings, Vol. 104
- Experimental modelling of rail end lipping in insulated joints. Civil Comp Proceedings, Vol. 104
- Dynamic characterisation of the wheel/rail contact using ultrasonic reflectometry. Civil Comp Proceedings, Vol. 104
- The real-time measurement of wear using ultrasonic reflectometry. 5th World Tribology Congress Wtc 2013, Vol. 4 (pp 3224-3227)
- Rail Grinding for the 21st Century – Taking a Lead from the Aerospace Industry. CM2012
- . Offshore Technology Conference, 30 April 2012 - 3 May 2012.
- Rail Wear: Effect of Third Body Materials. Railways 2012
- Tribology of the Wheel/Rail Contact: The Effect of Third Body Materials. Railways 2012
- Third body layer - Experimental results and a model describing its influence on the traction coefficient. 9th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail Wheel Systems CM 2012 (pp 335-343)
- Wheel and rail wear - Understanding the effect of third body materials. 9th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail Wheel Systems CM 2012 (pp 394-401)
- Low adhesion due to oxide formation in the presence of NaCl. 9th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail Wheel Systems CM 2012 (pp 309-317)
- Assessment of railway grease performance using a twin-disc tester. 9th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail Wheel Systems CM 2012 (pp 742-749)
- The effect of friction modifiers on wheel/rail isolation at low axle loads. 9th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail Wheel Systems CM 2012 (pp 61-71)
- Investigation of the isolation and frictional properties of hydrophobic products on the railhead, when used to combat low adhesion. 9th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail Wheel Systems CM 2012 (pp 737-741)
- Assessment of Laser Cladding as an Option for Repair of Rails. 9th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems (pp 380-385). Chengdu, China, 27 August 2012 - 30 August 2012.
- . Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, Vol. 55(1) (pp 700-704)
- A Performance-Based Approach to Medical Glove Design. Proceedings of Design for Health Conference 2011
- The Modification of a Slip Resistance Meter for Measurement of Railhead Adhesion. International Heavy Haul Association Conference (IHHA 2011), Calgary, Canada, June 19th – 22nd
- The Effect of Temperature, Humidity and Railhead Contamination on the Performance of Friction Modifiers; A Pin-on-Disk Study. International Heavy Haul Association Conference (IHHA 2011), Calgary, Canada, June 19th – 22nd
- The Influence of Induction Hardening on the Impact Wear Resistance of Compacted Graphite Iron (pp 124-124)
- An Alternative Method for the Assessment of Railhead Traction. 8th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems (CM2009), Firenze, Italy, September 15th -18th
- The Effect of Temperature, Humidity and Railhead Contamination on the Performance of Friction Modifiers; A Pin-on-Disk Study. 8th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems (CM2009), Firenze, Italy, September 15th -18th
- Rolling-sliding laboratory tests of friction modifiers in leaf contaminated wheel-rail contacts. 2008 Proceedings of the STLE ASME International Joint Tribology Conference Ijtc 2008 (pp 213-215)
- A NUMERICAL MODEL OF TWIN DISC TEST ARRANGEMENT FOR EVALUATING RAILWAY WHEEL WEAR PREDICTION ALGORITHMS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE STLE/ASME INTERNATIONAL JOINT TRIBOLOGY CONFERENCE 2008 (pp 469-471)
- A COMPARISON OF THREE METHODS FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF WHEEL RAIL CONTACT. PROCEEDINGS OF THE STLE/ASME INTERNATIONAL JOINT TRIBOLOGY CONFERENCE 2008 (pp 541-543)
- A rail mounted ultrasonic sensor for contact patch measurement. JRC2008: PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME/IEEE/ASCE JOINT RAIL CONFERENCE (pp 125-130)
- The effect of friction modifiers on wheel/rail isolation. JRC2008: PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME/IEEE/ASCE JOINT RAIL CONFERENCE (pp 109-117)
- Feasability study for an ultrasonic sensor for monitoring wheel flange contact. JRC2008: PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME/IEEE/ASCE JOINT RAIL CONFERENCE (pp 119-124)
- Predicting railway wheel wear starting from multi-body analysis: A preliminary study. JRC2008: PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME/IEEE/ASCE JOINT RAIL CONFERENCE (pp 79-87)
- A railway wheel wear prediction tool based on multibody software. Proceedings of the Mini Conference on Vehicle System Dynamics Identification and Anomalies (pp 159-168)
- Improving the understanding of grip. IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON SPORTS II (pp 129-134)
- Friction between players' hands and sports equipment. ENGINEERING OF SPORT 7, VOL 1 (pp 27-34)
- An integrated approach to introducing sustainable development design concepts to the curriculum. Proceedings of the International Conference on Innovation Good Practice and Research in Engineering Education 2006 EE 2006 (pp 142-147)
- Better by design: Developing teaching concepts through group work. Proceedings of the International Conference on Innovation Good Practice and Research in Engineering Education 2006 EE 2006 (pp 522-526)
- Valve Recession - Investigating the Importance of Impact Wear. Tribology 2006: Surface Engineering and Tribology for Future Engines and Drivelines. London, UK, 12 July 2006 - 13 July 2006.
- . Proceedings of the World Tribology Congress III 2005 (pp 645-646)
- . Proceedings of the World Tribology Congress III 2005 (pp 869-870)
- The application of ultrasound as a tool for studying contact stresses in railway engineering component contacts. Proceedings of the 2005 ASME/IEEE Joint Rail Conference, Vol. 29 (pp 83-88)
- A design tool for railway wheels incorporating damage models and dynamic simulations. Proceedings of the 2005 ASME/IEEE Joint Rail Conference, Vol. 29 (pp 73-81)
- Valve Recession: From Experiment to Predictive Model. Experimental And Numerical Methods For Powertrain Development. Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London, UK, 28 September 2005 - 29 September 2005.
- . Joint Rail (pp 73-81)
- . Joint Rail (pp 83-88)
- . Proceedings of the World Tribology Congress III 2005 (pp 239-240)
- . Tribology and Interface Engineering Series, Vol. 48 (pp 313-320)
- A fast and reliable algorithm for the estimation of railway wheel wear. Proceedings of the Mini Conference on Vehicle System Dynamics Identification and Anomalies (pp 201-208)
- Wheel-rail wear and surface damage caused by adhesion sanding. Transient Processes in Tribology, Vol. 43 (pp 731-741)
- Ultrasonic characterisation of a wheel/rail contact. Transient Processes in Tribology, Vol. 43 (pp 151-158)
- Incorporating a railway wheel wear model into multi-body simulations of wheelset dynamics. TRIBOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND DESIGN FOR ENGINEERING SYSTEMS (pp 367-376)
- Ultrasonic characterisation of an interference fit. TRIBOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND DESIGN FOR ENGINEERING SYSTEMS (pp 449-458)
- . Tribology Series, Vol. 39 (pp 629-640)
- . Civil-Comp Conferences, Vol. 1 (pp 1-8), 22 August 2022 - 25 August 2022.
- . Civil-Comp Conferences, Vol. 1 (pp 1-5), 22 August 2022 - 25 August 2022.
- . Civil-Comp Conferences, Vol. 1 (pp 1-9), 22 August 2022 - 25 August 2022.
- . The 13th Conference of the International Sports Engineering Association (pp 90-90)
- Particle characterisation of rail sands for understanding tribological behaviour. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems (CM 2018) (pp 886-895). Delft, The Netherlands, 24 September 2018 - 24 September 2018.
- . Structural Health Monitoring 2017, 12 September 2017 - 14 September 2017.
- . Civil-Comp Proceedings, Vol. 110, 5 April 2016 - 8 April 2016.
- Improving Rail Wear and RCF Performance using Laser Cladding. Proceedings of 10th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems. Colorado, USA, 30 August 2015 - 30 August 2015.
- . Civil-Comp Proceedings, Vol. 104, 8 April 2014 - 11 April 2014.
- Comparison of Tack of Pressure Sensitive Adhesives (PSA) at different temperatures. 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED COMPUTATIONAL ENGINEERING AND EXPERIMENTING, ACE-X2009. Rome, Italy, 22 April 2009 - 22 April 2009.
- . SAE Technical Paper Series, Vol. 1, 23 July 2007.
- Comparison of Numerical and Ultrasonic Techniques for Quantifying Interference Fit Pressures. Proceedings of ICEM12, International Conference on Experimental Mechanics. Bari, Italy, 29 August 2004 - 2 September 2004.
- Contact Pressure Measurement In Bolted Joints. Proceedings of ICEM12, International Conference on Experimental Mechanics. Bari, Italy, 29 August 2004 - 2 September 2004.
- Contact Pressure Calculations on Rough Measured Surfaces. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on the Metrology and Properties of Engineering Surfaces. Halmstad, Sweden, 10 September 2003 - 11 September 2003.
Posters
- The Performance of Bio-Lubricants with Common and Novel Automotive Coating. Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting and Exhibition 2018.
- The effects of cryogenic treatment on the sliding wear performance and microstructure of ferrous alloys. 19th International Conference on Wear of Materials.
Presentations
- MODELLING ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE CRACKING WITH A 2D TRUSS-LIKE DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD.
- The Interaction of Bio-lubricants with Elastomers, Tested Through Hanson Solubility Parameter and Stress Relaxation Tests. The 17th Nordic Symposium on Tribology - NORDTRIB 2016, Aulanko, Hämeenlinna, Finland.
Other
- . PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART J-JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING TRIBOLOGY, 226(J7), 587-587.
Preprints
- , eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd.
- , eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd.
- , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- Grants
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- SBRI First of a Kind 2020 rail head cleaning project (July 2020 – Mar 2021) - £390,000
- Network Rail funded track cleaning (July 2020-Dec 2020) - £350,000
- Network Rail In2Track2 project on S&C friction modification (July 2020 – August 2021) - £80,000
- MCL TopTrack Project (Nov 2019 – Oct 2022) - £60,000
- Network Rail funded track trials of rail head cleaning (Sept 2019 – Jan 2020) - £199,000
- ViF funded PhD on rail fatigue and wear testing (Oct 2019-Sept 2022) - £60,000
- IIKE funded project to trial cryogenic track cleaning on a RHTT with NEXUS (Feb 2020 – Aug 2020) - £75,000
- RSSB funded Adhesion Forecasting project with the Met Office (Feb 2019 – July 2019) - £103,000
- EPSRC funded Centre to Centre Project (EP/S030476/1) with Leeds University (Oct 2019 – Sept 2023) - £670,000
- RSSB funded Adhesion Forecasting project using AI with Ikon Risk Consulting (Apr 2019 – Mar 2020) - £62,000
- ARN Innovation Fund Railhead Cleaning (September 2018 – December 2019) - £150,000
- ViF funded TriboWearTherm project (Sept 2018 – Aug 2021) - £50,000
- IIKE funded Railhead Cleaning project (Nov 2018 – Apr 2019) - £54,000
- FRA funded project on rail stress measurement (Jan 2019 – Jun 2020) (with R.S. Dwyer-Joyce and A. Gower) - £116,27
- RSSB funded Grant Scheme project with Network Rail to establish benchmarks tests for TOR products (Mar 2019 – Sept 2020) - £164,000
- RAEng/RSSB funded Research Chair (Mar 2019 – Feb 2024) - £225,000
- Network Rail sponsored iT-CDT project on rail grinding (Oct 2017 – Sept 2021) - £80,000
- RSSB funded project to investigate leaf chemistry effects on low adhesion (iT-CDT studentship) (Oct 2017 – Sept 2021) - £80,000
- RSSB funded project (T1149) to extend a low adhesion creep force model (LILAC) (Oct 2018 – Jul 2019) - £178,958
- Network Rail project on ballast laying machine wear plates (Nov 2019 – Feb 2020) - £27,000
- MDVSNPLUS skin tribology project (Jan 2019 – Apr 2019) - £25,000
- UKRRIN equipment grant (Jan 2018 – Dec 2021) - £1,300,000
- EPSRC funded Programme Grant – Friction: The Tribology Enigma (EP/R001766/1) (Sept 2017 – Aug 2022) - £3,400,000
- RSSB funded PhD on leaf layers (Oct 2015 – Sept 2018) - £18,000
- ViF sponsored project on Ballast testing - £17,857
- FRA funded project to model the effects of top of rail friction modifiers in the wheel/rail interface (Oct 2017 – Sept 2018) - £221,428
- RSSB funded project on optimised braking with dry-ice application (April 2017 – Oct 2018) - £500,000
- RSSB funded project on optimised braking with water application (April 2017 – Oct 2018) - £500,000
- RAEng Newton Fund Project (Colombia) (Mar 2016 – Feb 2018) - £30,000
- LB Foster research grant to top-up a PhD studentship to investigate friction modifiers used in the wheel/rail contact. (Oct 2015 – Sept 2018) - £21,000
- RSSB/FutureRailways funded project on optimised braking with water application (July 2015 – Dec 2015) - £93,000
- RSSB/FutureRailways funded project on optimised braking with dry-ice application (July 2015 – Dec 2015) - £85,000
- EPSRC funded project on laser cladding of the railhead (ALCHEMy) (June 2015-May 2018) - £900,000 (£450k at UoS/£450k at University of Bristol)
- RSSB/Network Rail funded project to develop a model to predict the effect of water in the wheel/rail contact (Apr 2015 – Mar 2016) - £250,000
- Network Rail funded project to investigate using ultrasound to determine longitudinal stress in a railhead (Jul 2014 – Dec 2015) - £30,000
- RSSB/RRUKA research grant to support an EPSRC iCASE Award to investigate low adhesion mechanisms in the wheel/rail contact (Oct 2014 – Mar 2018) - £23,000
- RSSB funded project to investigate lubrication of the wheel/rail contact (iT-CDT studentship) (Oct 2014 – Sept 2018) - £80,000
- Teaching activities
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Professor Lewis has most recently taught tribology and sustainable design to fourth years. He led the development of a ground breaking interdisciplinary sustainable design project based on local live development sites.
This involves Civil and Structural Engineering, Architecture, Town and Regional Planning and Landscape. Professor Lewis has won three University of Sheffield Senate Teaching Awards for his innovation in teaching methods.