Research Staff

  • Dr Asad Jamal

    Asad Jamal

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    Dr Asad Jamal Research Associate

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

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

  • Dr James Ewen

    James Ewen

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    Dr James Ewen RAEng Research Fellow

    Location

    Shell UTC

    462 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

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

  • Dr Jie Zhang (Jason)

    Jie Zhang

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    Dr Jie Zhang (Jason) Research Associate

    Location

    Shell UTC

    462 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

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

  • Dr Li Shen

    Li Shen

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    Dr Li Shen EPSRC Research Fellow

    Location

    Shell UTC

    462 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

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

  • Dr Min Yu

    Ming Yu

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    Dr Min Yu Research Associate

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

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

  • Dr Nicola Menga

    Dr Nicola Menga

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    Dr Nicola Menga Marie Curie Research Fellow

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Contact mechanics, rough surfaces, computational modelling

  • Dr Pawel Rycerz

    Pawel Rycerz

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    Dr Pawel Rycerz Research Associate

    Location

    SKF UTC

    456 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Bearings, additives, rolling contact fatigue, crack propagation

  • Dr Peng Wang

    Peng Wang

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    Dr Peng Wang Research Associate

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

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

  • Dr Songtao Hu

    Songtao Hu

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    Dr Songtao Hu Sponsored Researcher

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Surface Science, Tribology, Contact Mechanics, Wear, Friction, Acoustic Emission, Seals, Lubrication

  • Dr Sophie Campen

    Sophie Campen

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    Dr Sophie Campen Research Associate

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    BP-ICAM

    Research Interests

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

  • Dr Sorin-Cristian Vlădescu

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    Dr Sorin-Cristian Vlădescu Research Associate

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

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

  • Dr Stefano Galvan

    Stefano Galvan

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    Dr Stefano Galvan Research Fellow

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

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

  • Dr Zhengchu Tan

    Zhengchu Tan

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    Dr Zhengchu Tan Research Associate

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

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

Research Students

  • Ajit Bastola

    Ajit Bastola

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    Ajit Bastola PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

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

  • Alexander MacLaren

    Alexander MacLaren

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    Alexander MacLaren PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

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

  • Ammad Yousuf

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    Ammad Yousuf PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

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

  • Amran Mohamed

    Amran Mohamed

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    Amran Mohamed PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

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

  • Andrea Bernardini

    Andrea Bernardini

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    Andrea Bernardini PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Biotribology, biomechanics, multiscale modelling

  • Andrea Zovko

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    Andrea Zovko PhD Student

    Location

    564 City & Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology

  • Andreas Varellas

    Andreas Varellas

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    Andreas Varellas MRes Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology

  • Arshad Kalathil

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    Arshad Kalathil PhD Student

    Location

    564 City & Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology, Material, Biomechanical, Finite element analysis, Solids, and Fluids

  • Bastien Bolle

    Bastien Bolle

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    Bastien Bolle PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology

  • Ben Collard

    Ben Collard

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    Ben Collard PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology

  • Benjamin Wainwright

    Benjamin Wainwright

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    Benjamin Wainwright PhD Student

    Location

    456 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Micropitting, fatigue, spalling, cracks

  • Björn Kunzelmann

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    Björn Kunzelmann PhD Student

    Location

    SKF UTC

    456 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Bearings, Rolling Contact Fatigue, Crack Propagation, Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication  (EHL), Finite Element Methods (FEM), Numerical Simulation

  • Calum Green

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    Calum Green PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

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

  • Carlos Ayestarán Latorre

    Carlos Ayestaran Latorre

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    Carlos Ayestarán Latorre PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    TSM-CDT

    Research Interests

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

  • Chiara Bertuccioli

    Chiara Bertuccioli

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    Chiara Bertuccioli PhD Student

    Location

    SKF UTC

    456 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Bearings, additives, rolling contact fatigue, crack propagation

  • Chuan Wang

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    Chuan Wang PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Mechanochemistry, lubricant additives, tribofilm formation

  • David Uribe Saenz de Camara

    David Uribe Saenz de Camara

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    David Uribe Saenz de Camara PhD Student

    Location

    SKF UTC

    456 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Contact mechanics, machine element failure mechanisms and vibrations

  • Dimitrios Bikos

    Dimitrios Bikos

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    Dimitrios Bikos PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    TSM-CDT

    Research Interests

    Biotribology, mouth feel, food tribology

  • Dominika Senajova

    Dominika Senajova

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    Dominika Senajova PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology

  • Egheosa Ogbomo

    Egheosa Ogbomo

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    Egheosa Ogbomo PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology

  • Eliane Gendreau

    Eliane Gendreau

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    Eliane Gendreau PhD Student

    Location

    Shell UTC

    462 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Lubricant additives, viscosity modifiers, polymers, fluorescence spectroscopy

  • Erik Weiand

    Erik Weiand

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    Erik Weiand PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology

  • Fionn Carman

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    Fionn Carman PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Modelling, batteries, surfaces, lubricants and heat

  • Georgios Samaras

    Georgios Samaras

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    Georgios Samaras PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    TSM-CDT

    Research Interests

    Biotribology, mouth feel, food tribology

  • Jack Hayes

    Jack Hayes

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    Jack Hayes PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

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

  • Jagjeevan Bhamra

    Jagjeevan Bhamra

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    Jagjeevan Bhamra PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

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

  • Joseph Shore

    Joseph Shore

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    Joseph Shore PhD Student

    Location

    SKF UTC

    456 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Bearings, additives, rolling contact fatigue, crack propagation

  • Jun Wen

    Jun Wen

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    Jun Wen PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    MEMS, NEMS, microtexturing, coatings

  • Kian Kun Yap

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    Kian Kun Yap PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

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

  • Lu Yin

    Lu Yin

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    Lu Yin PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology

  • Luli Li

    Luli Li

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    Luli Li PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Biotribology, mechanobiology,  contact mechanics, soft tissue

  • Manoj Murali

    Manoj Murali

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    Manoj Murali PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology

  • Mao Ueda

    Mao Ueda

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    Mao Ueda PhD Student

    Location

    Shell UTC

    462 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

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

  • Margarida Santos

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    Margarida Santos PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

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

  • Marie-Louise Schlichting

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    Marie-Louise Schlichting PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology, wire drawing 

  • Mohamed Abdelbar

    Mohamed Abdelbar

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    Mohamed Abdelbar PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Molecular dynamics, coarse graining, polymers, biotribology

  • Mohanad Bahshwan

    Mohanad Bahshwan

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    Mohanad Bahshwan PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    3D printing, additive manufacturing, water desalination

  • Mohd Syafiq Abd Aziz

    Mohd Syafiq Abd Aziz

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    Mohd Syafiq Abd Aziz PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology

  • Muhammad Rizwanur Rahman

    Muhammad Rizwanur Rahman

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    Muhammad Rizwanur Rahman PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology, molecular dynamics

  • Paul-Anael Pogu

    Paul-Anael Pogu

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    Paul-Anael Pogu PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

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

  • Peter Knudsen

    Peter Knudsen

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    Peter Knudsen Visiting PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology

  • Rachel Januszewski

    Rachel Januszewski

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    Rachel Januszewski PhD Student

    Location

    SKF UTC

    456 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Bearings, surface analysis, crack proprogation

  • Rikeen Jobanputra

    Rikeen Jobanputra

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    Rikeen Jobanputra PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Biotribology, skin modelling, soft-tissue interactions, finite element methods

  • Robert Gutierrez

    Robert Gutierrez

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    Robert Gutierrez PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology

  • Roland Jones

    Roland Jones

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    Roland Jones PhD Student

    Location

    SKF UTC

    456 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

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

  • Rory McAllister

    Rory McAllister

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    Rory McAllister PhD Student

    Location

    Shell UTC

    462 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Grease, electric vehicles, bearings, infrared spectroscopy

  • Sarah Bellingham

    Sarah Bellingham

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    Sarah Bellingham PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Oil degradation, aged oil, sensors

  • Shaoli Jiang

    Shaoli Jiang

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    Shaoli Jiang Visiting Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Polymer tribology, bearings, water lubrication

  • Shouyi Yin

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    Shouyi Yin PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Polymer tribology, Transfer film, Cryogenic conditions

  • Stavros Bontitsopoulos

    Stavros Bontitsopoulos

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    Stavros Bontitsopoulos PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology

  • Stavros Ntioudis

    Stavros Ntioudis

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    Stavros Ntioudis PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology

  • Suhaib Ardah

    Suhaib Ardah

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    Suhaib Ardah PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

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

  • Thomas Kirkby

    Thomas Kirkby

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    Thomas Kirkby PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Soot wear

  • Tian Yuan

    Tian Yuan

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    Tian Yuan PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

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

  • Tom Briggs

    Tom Briggs

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    Tom Briggs PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

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

  • Vasily Rublev

    Vasily Rublev

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    Vasily Rublev PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology

  • Wei Song

    Wei Song

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    Wei Song Visiting Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology

  • Xikai Yu

    Xikai Yu

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    Xikai Yu PhD Student

    Location

    SKF UTC

    456 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Rolling contact fatigue, bearings, crack proprogation, surface analysis

  • Xue Zhou

    Xue Zhou

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    Xue Zhou PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology

  • Yun Zhao

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    Yun Zhao PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Triboelectrochemistry, Electrochemistry, Lubricant additives, Boundary lubrication and Aqueous lubrication

  • Zhaoran Zhu

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    Zhaoran Zhu PhD Student

    Location

    564 City & Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

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

     

  • Zheng Sun

    Zheng Sun

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    Zheng Sun PhD Student

    Location

    564 City and Guilds Building
    South Kensington Campus

    Research Interests

    Tribology