Dr Wade Smith
Senior Lecturer
            
               Engineering
            
            
            
               Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
            
            
         Wade Smith is a Senior Lecturer with the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering. He is a member of the WAVES group (Wear, Aeroacoustics and Vibration in Engineering Systems) and works in the Tribology and Machine Condition Monitoring laboratory.
Research interests
- Vibration-based diagnostics of rotating machinery, including variable speed applications
 - Prognostics of rotating machinery
 - Gear wear monitoring and prediction using vibration, acoustic emissions and transmission error analysis
 - Simulation and modelling of rotating machines for diagnostic applications
 - Signal processing of machine vibration signatures, in particular using cyclostationarity
 - Operational modal analysis using the cepstrum, with applications in structural health monitoring
 
Current PhD/Masters projects
- Gear diagnostics in a planetary gearbox using an internal sensor
 - Gear wear monitoring and prediction
 - Sliding contact-induced vibration
 - Transmission-error-based gear diagnostics
 - Bearing prognostics
 
Potential upcoming PhD/Masters projects
We are always on the lookout for talented research students. If you are interested in undertaking a PhD or Masters project in our group, please contact me to discuss the matter further
Research Facilities
罢丑别听Tribology and Machine Condition Monitoring laboratory is equipped with a wide range of research facilities, including:
- two gearbox test rigs (one planetary, one parallel)
 - a rolling element bearing test rig
 - an engine test rig
 - a friction rig
 - a tribometer
 - a high quality microscope
 - extensive instrumentation (e.g., frequency analysers, accelerometers, acoustic emissions sensors, shaft encoders, etc.)
 - access to other 黑料网大事记 image acquisition equipment, such as laser scanning confocal microscopes, scanning electron microscopes and atomic force microscopes
 
 
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