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Italian/British Mechanical Engineer

Daniele Dini FREng FIMechE CEng is an Italian/British Mechanical Engineer. He is a Professor of Tribology at Imperial College London, where he is Head of the Tribology Group.[1] Tribology is the science and engineering of friction, lubrication and wear.

Education[edit]

Dini received an M.Eng. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Politecnico di Bari, Italy in 2000, He then studied for a D.Phil. in the Department of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford, which he obtained in 2004. His D.Phil. research was performed under the supervision of Professor David Hills.[2]

Research and career[edit]

Dini is currently the Shell-Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Complex Engineering Interfaces.[3] Previously, he was an Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Established Career Fellow. Dini has published over 250 peer-reviewed papers in the field of tribology. According to Google Scholar, his research has been cited over 6000 times and he has a h-index of 43.[4] He is an expert in the modelling and simulation of tribological systems across scales.[5] Dini was promoted to full Professor in 2017, his inaugural lecture was entitled ‘Releasing friction’s potential’.[6] In the same year, he succeeded Professor Hugh Spikes as Head of the Tribology Group.[1]

He is an Assistant Editor for the Elsevier journal International Journal of Solids and Structures[7] and is on the International Advisory Editorial Board for Tribology International.[8] He is a Co-Director of both the Shell University Technology Centre (UTC) for Fuels and Lubricants[9] and the SKF UTC,[10] which are based in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London. He is also currently Director of Research for the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London.[11]

Honours and awards[edit]

Dini is the recipient of a number of awards, including: the Tribology Bronze Medal (IMechE, 2004); the Jacob Wallenberg Foundation Award (Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, 2007); three best paper awards: Thomas Bernard Hall Prize (IMechE, 2008 and 2010) and the Kenneth L. Johnson Award (ASME, 2012); Teaching Excellence in Engineering Education (Imperial College London, 2014). He was the recipient of the prestigious EPSRC Established Career Fellowship, awarded in 2016.[1] The strong links of his group with industrial partners was recognised through the Imperial College President’s Award and Medal for Excellence in External Collaboration and Partnerships in 2017.[12] He received the Donald Julius Groen Prize from the IMechE in 2019.[13] In 2022, Dini was presented with the inaugural Peter Jost Tribology Award[14] from the International Tribology Council at the 7th World Tribology Congress.[15] Dini received the Tribology Silver Medal from the IMechE in 2022.[16]

In 2014, Dini was elected as a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (FIMechE). In 2021, he was also elected as a Fellow of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (FSTLE)[17] and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng).[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c “Home – Professor Daniele Dini”. www.imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  2. ^ Dini, Daniele (2004). Studies in fretting fatigue with particular application to almost complete contacts (Ph.D. thesis). University of Oxford.
  3. ^ “Imperial scoops three new Royal Academy of Engineering research chairs | Imperial News | Imperial College London”. Imperial News. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  4. ^ “Daniele Dini”. scholar.google.co.uk. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  5. ^ Vakis, A.I.; Yastrebov, V.A.; Scheibert, J.; Nicola, L.; Dini, D.; Minfray, C.; Almqvist, A.; Paggi, M.; Lee, S.; Limbert, G.; Molinari, J.F.; Anciaux, G.; Aghababaei, R.; Echeverri Restrepo, S.; Papangelo, A.; Cammarata, A.; Nicolini, P.; Putignano, C.; Carbone, G.; Stupkiewicz, S.; Lengiewicz, J.; Costagliola, G.; Bosia, F.; Guarino, R.; Pugno, N.M.; Müser, M.H.; Ciavarella, M. (1 September 2018). “Modeling and simulation in tribology across scales: An overview”. Tribology International. 125: 169–199. doi:10.1016/j.triboint.2018.02.005. ISSN 0301-679X. S2CID 139353632.
  6. ^ “Professor Daniele Dini’s inaugural lecture highlighted advances in tribology | Imperial News | Imperial College London”. Imperial News. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  7. ^ “Editorial Board – International Journal of Solids and Structures – Journal – Elsevier”. journals.elsevier.com. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  8. ^ “Editorial Board – Tribology International – Journal – Elsevier”. journals.elsevier.com. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  9. ^ “Shell UTC | Research groups | Imperial College London”. www.imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  10. ^ “SKF UTC | Research groups | Imperial College London”. www.imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  11. ^ a b “Professor Daniele Dini”. Royal Academy of Engineering. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021.
  12. ^ “Mech Eng academics win President’s Awards and Medals for Excellence | Imperial News | Imperial College London”. Imperial News. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  13. ^ “Donald Julius Groen Prize Lecture 2019: From Lubricants to Triboelectrification and Bioinspired Applications – Enhancing our Understanding through Modelling in Tribology | London | TLE6968”. events.imeche.org. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  14. ^ “Peter Jost Tribology Award – Awards – ITC”. www.itctribology.net. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  15. ^ “Prof. Daniele Dini awarded 1st Peter Jost Tribology Award – News – ITC”. itctribology.net. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  16. ^ “IMechE’s Tribology Silver Medal 2022 Winner Announced”. www.imeche.org. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  17. ^ “New Fellows – STLE”. www.stle.org. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

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