Professor Julian Booker
B.Eng., Ph.D.(Hull), C.Eng., F.I.Mech.E.
Current positions
Professor of Mechanical Design Engineering
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
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Research interests
My research is associated with the development and application of design methods across a broad spectrum of disciplines including concept design, Design for X (manufacture, assembly, quality and reliability) and optimisation. A topical research theme is the application of design methods to create novel electromechanical machines for renewable energy generation, industrial actuation and more-electric aircraft systems working within the Electrical Energy Management Group (EEMG). Working within the Solid Mechanics Group (SMG), my research into statistical and probabilistic design methods has application to material failure assessment and the performance of machine components.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
CONCEPT DESIGN FOR FATIGUE RESISTANCE
Principal Investigator
Description
Extensive work has been carried out by the fatigue research community into the nature of fatigue failure using computational and experimental methods, leading to a 'toolkit' for fatigue design. However,…Managing organisational unit
Dates
01/02/2003 to 01/02/2006
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
04/07/2025Characterising the Variability in Taxiway Turns of Regional Airliners using Air Traffic Data
11th European Conference for Aeronautics and Aerospace Sciences (EUCASS)
Utility and Challenges of Exploiting Flight Recorder Data for Ground Manoeuvre Characterisation During Landing Gear Fatigue Assessment
Proceedings of the 11th European Conference for Aeronautics and Aerospace Sciences (EUCASS)
A Methodology Based on Random Forest to Estimate Precipitation Return Periods
Water
Scaled Designs of Solar Chimneys for Different Locations
Designs
Design for Inspectability
Proceedings of the NordDesign 2024 Conference
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