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Research
Research interests
- the application of lubrication, wear and friction science
- current and next generation critical machine components (bearings, transmissions, turbines, pumps)
- renewable energy systems
- electrification of transportation
Current research
His projects are aimed to create knowledge of future lubricants/contact surface interactions, system degradation and contamination and their mitigation for seawater propulsion/tidal turbine, transmission systems, leading edges of aeroengine fan blades and wind turbine blades, electric vehicles and high power density engines. They use advanced and multimodal sensor technology, tribometer test facilities, advanced materials and coatings, data fusion and machine learning to detect degradation mechanisms, outliers and early wear.
Green Tribology
He heads a major research effort into Green Tribology where the management and reduction of wear and friction are obtained from solutions that are more environmentally friendly and relate to sustainable systems such as wind and tidal energy capture. Solutions being explored include surfaces inspired by nature, water based lubricants, sensing of wear for improved control of machines, and texturing surfaces for low drag/friction.
Marine Tribology
Marine-based research includes a tidal turbine project looking at protecting blades from solid and cavitation erosion combined with corrosion, cavitation erosion-corrosion of ships propulsion systems and anti-fouling of immersed surfaces.
Tribological Coatings
Impact and rain erosion resistant coatings for wind turbine blade protection and military applications, wind turbine transmission tribology; suspension spraying of thick thermally sprayed coatings as well as nano-composite electrolytic coatings for replacing cadmium and chromium surfaces.
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Biography
Robert Wood is Professor of Surface Engineering and Tribology and has 30 years鈥 experience of tribology and surface engineering.
He spent 4 years at BP before returning to Southampton to re-establish surface engineering/tribology research.
His group was awarded 拢10M from EPSRC in 2008 to create the National Centre for Advanced Tribology at Southampton (nCATS) and was awarded a further 拢3M for research into Green Tribology.
He is Chair of UK Tribology and was Editor-in-chief between 2016 and 2021 of the .
He was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2016.
He was awarded the Annual Donald Julius Groen Prize in 2011 and the Tribology Trust Silver medal in 2018 for his outstanding achievements in tribology.
Associate Dean Research for Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences.
Prizes
- The Len Gelman Award (2010)
- Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (2003)
- Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (2002)
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2002)
- Donald Julius Groen Prize 鈥 IMechE Annual Prize for outstanding achievements in tribology (2011)
- FREng (2016)
- Tribology Trust Silver Medal (2018)
- Tribology Trust Silver Medal (2018)
- Donald Julius Groen Prize (2011)
- IMechE Journal of Engineering Tribology PE Publishing Award (2007)
- Dowson Prize for best journal paper and presentation (2012)
- The Len Gelman Award (2010)
- Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (2003)
- Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (2002)
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2002)
- Donald Julius Groen Prize 鈥 IMechE Annual Prize for outstanding achievements in tribology (2011)
- FREng (2016)
- Tribology Trust Silver Medal (2018)
- Tribology Trust Silver Medal (2018)
- Donald Julius Groen Prize (2011)
- IMechE Journal of Engineering Tribology PE Publishing Award (2007)
- Dowson Prize for best journal paper and presentation (2012)
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