Email: S.C.Burgess@bristol.ac.uk
About Stuart
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Stuart Burgess completed an engineering apprenticeship with Stothert and Pitt Cranes in Bath whilst completing a thin sandwich degree in mechanical engineering. After completing his PhD in the area of machine design he worked for the European Space Agency for 5 years mainly working on the ENVISAT earth observation satellite which is the largest civilian satellite in the world. He designed the solar array deployment mechanism including inventing a new type of gearbox – the double action worm gear set. He spent three years at Cambridge University as an Assistant Director of Research and Fellow of Selywn College. He has been at Bristol University since 1997 mainly working in the area of design optimisation of mechanical systems and biomechanical systems.
Stuart’s area’s of research is efficiency modelling of mechanical systems including: structures, mechanisms, buildings and transport systems. Design and optimisation of robotic joints and limbs. Bio-inspired design and optimisation of engineering systems.
Industrial collaborators: British Olympic Cycling Team, Triumph, Jaguar, MOD, British Aerospace, Renold Chain.
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For more publications, please visit http://www.bristol.ac.uk/engineering/people/stuart-c-burgess/overview.html
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Visiting Fellowship at Clare Hall College, Cambridge
Professor Stuart Burgess from the department of Mechanical Engineering has been awarded a Visiting Fellowship at Clare Hall College, Cambridge University during […]
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Congratulations to Professor Stuart Burgess who has collected the 2019 IMechE James Clayton Prize and £10,000
This is the premier IMechE prize and is given for making a major contribution to mechanical engineering science in the UK. Stuart […]