Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Academics in the i-AMS centre
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Dr. Joseph Butterfield
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Centre for Intelligent Autonomous Manufacturing Systems (i-AMS)
T +44(0)28 9097 4878
Digital Manufacturing; Automated Design Methods; Through Life Engineering; Rotational Moulding; Supply Chain Modelling; Manufacturing Automation; Intelligent Autonomous Manufacturing Systems; Virtual Reality; Autonomous Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs).
Dr. Yan Jin
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Aerospace and Manufacturing
Centre for Intelligent Autonomous Manufacturing Systems (i-AMS)
T +44(0)28 9097 4102
Research interests include parallel kinematic machines, robotics, digital lean and green manufacturing, high performance machining, and production management.
Dr. Peter Martin
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Head of Thermoforming Research Group
Advanced Materials and Processing
Polymer Processing Research Centre (PPRC)
Centre for Intelligent Autonomous Manufacturing Systems (i-AMS)
T +44(0)28 9097 4140
Research interests include Polymer Materials and Polymer Processing, Thermoforming and Process Modelling.
Professor Adrian Murphy
Deputy Director of i-AMS
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Centre for Intelligent Autonomous Manufacturing Systems (i-AMS)
T +44(0)28 9097 4095
Research interests focus on predictive modelling, in particular developing methods to understand the influence of individual component and process parameters on product in-service performance and cost in the context of structural design and manufacturing, cost modelling and multi-physics simulations.
Dr. Beatrice Smyth
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Centre for Intelligent Autonomous Manufacturing Systems (i-AMS)
T +44(0)28 9097 4318
Research interests include; Biogas, biomass and biofuels; Energy and carbon life cycle assessment; Sustainable energy systems; Resource mapping and quantification; Energy from waste; Land use and food vs fuel; Direct and indirect effects of biofuels; Energy, emissions and agricultural policy.
Dr. Danielle Soban
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Aerospace and Manufacturing
Centre for Intelligent Autonomous Manufacturing Systems (i-AMS)
T +44(0)28 9097 4181