Martin Priest
Dean of Faculty
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- School of Engineering
- Faculty of Eng & Digital Technologies
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Biography
Joined the University of Bradford as the 50th
Anniversary Chair – Professor of Tribology in 2015, became Associate
Dean for Research and Knowledge Transfer for the Faculty later that
year, Interim Dean in 2016 and Dean in May 2017. An experienced
engineering academic and industrial consultant involved in the
multidisciplinary field of tribology (study and application of the
principles of friction, lubrication and wear) since 1987.
Martin is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) and Fellow of the Institution of
Mechanical Engineers (FIMechE), a Fellow of the Insitute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM), and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA, Advance HE) in the UK. Prior to joining the
University of Bradford he held the Jost Chair of Engineering Tribology
at the University of Leeds, where he was based from 1987 to 2015.
His major research interests are fundamental studies of lubrication,
friction and wear; application of tribology to engineering system
design, efficiency and reliability; the tribology of internal combustion
engines and polymer tribology.
Martin has an established publication and funding track record with
the UK research councils, the EU and industry and was awarded the 2015
Tribology Silver Medal (national award in recognition of an
exceptionally meritorious contribution to the science and technology of
tribology) by the Tribology Trust, UK (administered by the IMechE).
He was elevated to the prestigious grade of Fellow of the Society of
Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE), USA in 2017. Only the
fourth recipient in the UK out of the 140 Fellowships awarded globally
since they introduced this distinction in 1971.
Associate Editor of the academic journals Tribology Transactions
(Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, USA, Taylor &
Francis) and the Journal of Engineering Tribology (IMechE, UK, SAGE).
Immediate past Chair of the IMechE Automobile Division for Yorkshire (UK) and External
Examiner for undergraduate Engineering degrees at Durham University.