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Ben Halkon Email: b.j.halkon@lboro.ac.uk |
Background
Born in Nawton, North Yorkshire, attended Lady Lumley's School, Pickering. BEng (Mechanical Engineering (Hons) DIS, 1999) & PhD (Mechanical Engineering, 2004) attained at Loughborough University. 3 seasons in motorsport engine design with Ilmor Engineering Ltd. & 3 years with LMS International before re-joining Loughborough University in Oct. 2009 as Lecturer, Sports Technology Research Group.
Research
Groups
Research
Interests and Activities
Research, analysis, design and testing of sports equipment and integrated training systems in particular w.r.t. structural statics and dynamics, optical measurement techniques & intelligent system instrumentation.
Advanced manufacturing technologies and materials, including computer modelling techniques thereof.
Particular sport interests in high-performance cycling and sailing.
External
Activities
Reviewer Measurement Science & Technology, Institute of Physics
Reviewer Optics & Lasers in Engineering
Member International Sports Engineering Association (ISEA)
Member NAFEMS
Received Thomas Andrew Common Grant from the IMechE, 2001 and 2002, to assist with travel to IMAC XX and XXI.
Invited to submit paper for special issue of Mechanical Systems & Signal Processing, 2003.
"Vibration Measurements using Continuous Scanning Laser Vibrometry: Advanced Aspects in Rotor Applications"Shortlisted for NPL National Measurement Awards & SET for BRITAIN Awards, 2003.
"Synchronised-Scanning Laser Vibrometry: Frontier Measurement Technology for Rotating Machinery Development"
Publications
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