Emeritus Professor Nicholas Lieven
B.Sc.(Soton), Ph.D.(Lond.), D.I.C, FRAeS
Current positions
Emeritus Professor
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Contact
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Biography
Nick is Professor of Aircraft Dynamics at the University of Bristol, having held the positions of Head of Aerospace Engineering, Dean of Engineering in and then Pro Vice-Chancellor. Throughout his career he has cultivated links and been a strong advocate for collaboration between academia and industry.
He was awarded his first degree in Acoustics and Vibration from the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research in Southampton whilst working with their Automotive Design Advisory Unit (ADAU) and then went to Imperial College London and gained a PhD in Mechanical Engineering supported by Rolls-Royce. He stayed at Imperial College as a lecturer before joining Airbus on a Royal Academy of Engineering Industrial Fellowship, then taking up a lectureship at Bristol University. He was the founding director of the AgustaWestland University Technology Centre in Rotorcraft Vibration which maps onto his continued research interests.
He is currently a Board member for the UK Knowledge Transfer Network and St George's Music Trust and Chair of the Office For Students' Teaching Excellence Framework subject panel in Engineering and Technology.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Developing the civil nuclear supply chain
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
01/05/2015 to 31/10/2018
IVHM-EVOLVE - Ecosystem of Intelligent Self Organising Sensor Nodes for Helicopter Health Monitoring
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
01/08/2014 to 31/01/2018
IVHM - ARRIVE: Open Collaborative Solution for Helicopter Health & Prognostics
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
01/01/2014 to 30/06/2017
Health & Usage Monitoring Solution for the Offshore Wind Turbine Industry
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
01/07/2013 to 01/10/2014
Beran Instruments-Bristol - TSB Developing Nuclear Power Supply Chain
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
27/06/2013 to 26/05/2016
Thesis supervisions
Finite element model updating of loaded and geometrically modified structures
Supervisors
Analysis of non-linear aeroelastic systems using numerical continuation
Supervisors
Modal-based vibrothermography for damage detection and structural health monitoring
Supervisors
A single camera optical system for the measurement of helicopter blade track and elastic deflection
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
01/10/2023Low-Frequency Vibrothermography Using Lightweight Piezoelectric Actuators
Special Topics in Structural Dynamics and Experimental Techniques, Volume 5
Low Carbon Fuels Strategy - Department for Transport Consultation Response
Condition Monitoring of Induction Slip Motors in High 50 Hz Noise Environments
Frictional heating as an estimator of modal damping and structural degradation: a vibrothermographic approach
Viability of image compression in vibrothermography
Experimental Techniques
Related people
Professor Alan Champneys
Professor of Applied Non-linear Mathematics
School of Engineering Mathematics and Technology
Professor Steve Burrow
Professor of Aircraft Systems
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Dr Brano Titurus
Associate Professor of Aerospace Dynamics
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Dr Lindsay Clare
Teaching Associate
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Dr Xintian Chi
Senior Research Associate in Experimental Nonlinear Aeroelasticity
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering