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Early detection of contact distress for Enhanced performance monitoring and predictive inspection of machines

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Robert Wood

Professor of Surface Engand Tribology

Research interests

  • the application of lubrication, wear and friction science
  • current and next generation critical machine components (bearings, transmissions, turbines, pumps)
  • renewable energy systems
Connect with Robert

Email: r.wood@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Nicholas Harris

Professor
Connect with Nicholas

Email: nrh@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Dr Terence Harvey

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Areas of research interest include:
  • Coatings;
  • Conditioning Monitoring; 
Connect with Terence

Email: T.J.Harvey@soton.ac.uk

Professor Mahesan Niranjan

ISIS Chair
Connect with Mahesan

Email: mn@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

national Centre for Advanced Tribology at Southampton (nCATS)

We specialise in tribology which is the science of friction, wear and lubrication of surfaces that come in to contact in motion.

Smart Electronic Materials and Systems

Our interests range from nano-scale biological sensors to complete sensor systems.

Vision, Learning and Control

Our work covers a range of technological areas from control, to machine learning and computer vision.