Dr Jelili Bello (JB) has been actively involved in the Surface Engineering and Tribology field since his graduation in 2004. This has mainly involved experimental laboratory-based work, as well as failure analysis of engineering components/devices.
Prior to joining nC2 Engineering Consultancy, at the University of Southampton, in October 2015, JB was responsible for running and managing consultancy projects in tribology in the research institute for industry (RIfI), one of the consultancy units in the FEPS, since 2006. To date, JB has worked on more than 95 consultancy projects. He also worked for a year between 1998 and 1999 as a mechanical engineer in a manufacturing company, in Lagos, Nigeria, where his skills as a professional engineer was utilised.
JB has an experimental background from research conducted using polymeric coatings for protection of oil and gas facilities from corrosive environments. JB’s research work has involved the design of bespoke coatings that resist corrosion and wear. This included evaluation and characterisation of the microstructure of the coatings relative to their mechanical and tribological properties, and the design of experiments to study their tribological performance. Before joining RIfI in 2006, JB spent two years as a visiting research fellow in the Surface Engineering and Tribology (SET) research group, at the University of Southampton. During this period, he conducted tribological research on other bulk engineering materials (metals and non-metals) particularly 304, 316 and duplex stainless steels series to better understand the synergistic effect of abrasion-corrosion on the tribological behaviour of stainless steel for oil and gas applications. JB’s other research interests include the design of smart coatings, self-healing/self-repairing coatings, environmentally friendly (non-toxic) coatings, for general surface engineering applications. JB has published 13 papers in archival journals and conference proceedings.
