About
A brief description of who you are and what you do.
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You can update this in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘Edit profile’. Under the heading and then ‘Curriculum and research description’, select ‘Add profile information’. In the dropdown menu, select - ‘About’.
Write about yourself in the third person. Aim for 100 to 150 words covering the main points about who you are and what you currently do. Clear, simple language is best. You can include specialist or technical terms.
You’ll be able to add details about your research, publications, career and academic history to other sections of your staff profile.
Research
Your current research, published research topics, projects and groups.
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Research groups
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Research interests
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Current research
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Describe your current research in 100 to 200 words. Write in the third person. Include broad key terms to help people discover your work, for example, “sustainability” or “fashion textiles”.
Research projects
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Publications
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Supervision
Current PhD Students
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Teaching
A short description of your teaching interests and responsibilities.
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Courses and modules
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External roles and responsibilities
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Biography
John McBride is an Engineering Professor at the University of Southampton.
Previously 2009-2017, the founder and CEO of the University of Southampton Malaysia (UoSM); where he delivered the University’s first international campus from an idea to a fully functioning campus. During 2010-2012, he was Associate Dean for Research in the Faculty of Engineering and the Environment; and from 2018 the head of the Mechatronics research group.
He is an expert on electrical contact physics, nanomaterials and optical/X-ray metrology; he has published over 300 papers, 3 patents, and is an associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging and Manufacturing Technology (CPMT).
As Principle Investigator, (PI) he has completed research projects in excess of £8 Million and graduated 28 Ph.D students. He has chaired sessions, acted on the organising committees, been technical chair and international chair of international conferences. In 2006 he was awarded the IEEE Holm Scientific Achievement Award, an international award recognising outstanding scientists and engineers in the field of electric contacts or related technologies. In 2008 he was awarded the international James A. Lindner Prize for research on early sound recording. In 2015 and in 2021 he co-authored the Best Paper, IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology.
His research has led to the development of a number of spinout companies, these include 2 optical Metrology companies. In 2001 he established TaiCaan Technologies Ltd, a world leader in optical surface metrology. In 2021 the company worked closely with the NHS to develop Saliva sampling methods for COVID testing.
Prizes
- International Award made at the annual meeting of the AMIA, IASAA, SEAPAAA (2008)
- Evolution of voltage transients during the switching of a mems relay with au/mwcnt contacts (2015)
- Experimental study of relationship between arc light intensity and temperature in low-voltage switching devices (2021)
- The relationship between contact resistance and roughness (Sq) of a bi-layered surface using a finite element model (2022)
- Holm Award 2006 (International award) (2006)
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Prizes
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