Background

Born in Woodlands, Doncaster, South Yorkshire. BSc and PhD attained at Leeds University. Joined Loughborough University in 1996 as Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering.

Research Groups

Optical Engineering
Thermofluids and Combustion

Research Interests and Activities

Development and application of optical diagnostics for fluid dynamics and combustion, including:
- Digital, high-speed and stereo particle image velocimetry,
- Laser induced fluorescence for speciation and mixing field analysis,
- Raman Spectroscopy for concentration and temperature
- Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy for flow field temperature.

Research topics include:
- Turbulent combustion processes in explosions and automotive applications,
- Two-phase flows: fuels sprays, inhalers, SCR,
- Fluid dynamic processes in hillside erosion studies.

External Activities

Journal editorships
Guest Editor for IMechE Part D, G.K.Hargrave: Journal of Automobile Engineering, special issue “Optical Diagnostics”, 2007.

Professional affiliations
Member of the Institute of Physics

Major conference activity
Chairman and Organiser and for IOP conference “Combustion for the 21st Century: A UK Perspective.” IOP Headquarters, London, 2002.
Chairman, Organiser and Session Chair for UKALA meeting “Laser anemometry for fluid flow and combustion”, 1999.
Session Chair SPIE/VSJ Int. Conf. On Advanced Optical Diagnostics in Fluids, Solids and Combustion, Tokyo, Japan, December 2004.
Organiser of the IOP “Young Researchers in Combustion” meeting, 2001 and 2003.

Invited lectures
Invited Lecture on “Application of Optical Diagnostics” – Process Engineering Research Seminars – Leeds University, 2002.
Invited Lecture on “Optical Engineering for Flow and Combustion” – Energy Conversion, Kyoto University, 2000, 2002, 2003.

Invited papers
Invited Paper “Optical Engineering: Diagnostics for Industrial Applications,” Halliwell , N.A. And Hargrave, G,K, Proceedings of the IMechE. Part C, Journal Of Mechanical Engineering Science, 217, No.6, Pp597-617, 2003.

Advisory Roles
International reviewer for Canadian Government’s Auto21 Research Programme for Automotive Engineering.
EPSRC Peer review college member, 2002-2005.

Journal referee
Reviewer for Experiments in Fluids, Measurement, Science and Technology, Journal of Visualisation, IMechE Journal of Automotive Engineering.

Collaborative Research
Research collaborations with European Synchrotron Research Facility, Grenoble – SAXS for soot inception in hydrocarbon flames. 2003-05.
Research collaborations with Sheffield University, Leeds University, Aberystwyth University, Oxford University, Kyoto University, University of Naples.

Awards

Joint winner of the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Innovation in Optical Engineering, 2000.

Publications

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