Bruno Cardozo is a Ph.D. student focusing on the application of AI in gear technologies, particularly in projects with industry cooperation. His current research explores the use of image-based AI in analyzing churning phenomena in dip lubrication gearboxes

I support the Design Unit in research, engagement and teaching activities in the field of mechanical/materials engineering targeted at furthering the knowledge in the field of mechanical power transmission systems.

Mike is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer with a PhD in the tribology of polymer-steel spur gear contact mechanics. He has spent his career in a variety of design roles in nuclear, space and industrial equipment manufacturer organisations. He now leads a small team of research engineers at Rotork in Bath.

Rob Frazer is a senior engineer and worked for Design Unit at Newcastle University for 35 years.  That has proved more than enough time for his mistakes to catch up with him. 

Rob leads the UK’s National Gear Metrology Laboratory (NGML), is chair of BSI’s gear committee MCE/5 and a member of the ISO gear accuracy committee (ISO TC60 WG2). 

He provides technical support to the British Gear Association’s Technical and Research Management Committee (TRMC) and helps deliver the BGA’s Knowledge Transfer programme.

Caio Gomes holds the degrees of Mechanical Engineering (2020) and Master of Science (2023) at the Aeronautics Institute of Technology (ITA). 

He is currently a Research Assistant and PhD Student at ITA's Competence Center in Manufacturing (CCM-ITA) and a Gear Innovation Group (GIE) member. 

His work revolves around the influence of manufacturing processes on the operational behavior, with a focus on the induced surface integrity state and its correlations with gear failures."

Shan Lin obtained a Ph.D. in mechanical and process engineering at Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany. She is currently a researcher at Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) in the working group for gear and thread metrology. Her current research topic is software testing for cylindrical involute gear evaluation.

Gilberto Martins has a degree in Metallurgical Engineering from Minas Gerais State University (2020).

He is currently a research assistant at ITA's Competence Center in Manufacturing and also a member of the Gear Innovation Group, where he works with gear manufacturing.

He has experience in surface finishing, emphasising superfinishing processes and the influence of the manufacturing chain on surface integrity.

Rodrigo Metzger holds a Mechanical Engineering degree earned in 2018, and he has a Master of Science degree at the Aeronautics Institute of Technology (ITA) in 2021. He is currently a Researcher and PhD Student at the ITA Competence Center in Manufacturing (CCM-ITA) and a Gear Innovation Group (GIE) member. His work primarily revolves around bench testing and data analysis, with a focus on identifying and analyzing gear failures, especially with vibrational analysis.

I have 40 years experience gained in three major aerospace companies. I started my career as a technician apprentice with Thales (Taunton) and became a Chief Design Draughtsman where I was responsible for the management of 12 staff. I joined Rolls Royce in Bristol and studied a part time degree to become a Senior Stress Engineer responsible for the design and analysis of major gas turbine components. In 1998 I joined Leonardo Helicopters as a Stress Engineer in Transmissions Design, I have willingly took on additional responsibility and became a Chief Project Engineer directly responsible for the design and analysis of all Lynx, Apache and Seaking Transmissions design issues and the associated Design staff. I was responsible for reporting and communicating to senior management, setting departmental budgets; setting strategies for new products and new process.

After completing a Master’s Degree in Mathematics, specialising in Fluid Dynamics.

David is now a Senior Project Engineer at EnginSoft UK and has been supporting clients through a wide range of scenarios with the Moving Particle Simulation method from innovative powertrain designs to pumps and turbines.

His recent projects involve working with European OEMs, Tier 1’s and F1 teams with their engine and gearbox development in their drive towards electrification,  autonomous driving and improved efficiency.

After completing his studies of mechanical engineering with a master’s degree at the Technical University of Munich in Germany, Adrian Sorg stayed at university and joined the Gear Research Center (FZG) as a Ph.D. student and researcher.

The focus of his research is on heat treatment and materials of gears as well as on their load-carrying capacity.

B.Eng. - Mechanical Engineering, University of Southampton.

Having completed a degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Southampton, I joined CWE on a full-time basis in 2019. I have since accumulated useful experience of engineering projects working on successful delivery of CWE gear train attenuation devices, torsional vibration measurement & analysis of mechanical systems, associated rig work and engine component design.