Professor Rob Dwyer-Joyce did his PhD in Tribology in 1993.
After a short stint at British gas Rob joined the University of Sheffield in 1994 as a lecturer. Whilst at Sheffield University he spent 6 years as head of the department. His research expertise is in industrial wear and lubrication problems, and the development of metrology tools for tribology.
Rob pioneered the use of ultrasound measurements in tribology.
We talk about Rob’s life as an academic and department head at Sheffield University, along with his most recent research work on wind turbine bearings and internal combustion engine journal bearings.
