Dr Iestyn Stead PhD, MEng, AMIMechE

Dr Iestyn Stead

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Assistant Professor

Contact details

Address
Department of Mechanical Engineering
School of Engineering
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Qualifications

  • PhD in Mechanical Engineering 2021
  • MEng in Mechanical Engineering 2016

Teaching

  • Mechanical Design
  • Integrated Design
  • Industrial Experience

Research

Research interests

  • Friction, Wear, and Lubrication
  • Biological solutions for Wastewater Treatment
  • Interdisciplinary Research
  • Machine Vision and Learning
  • Control and Automation of complex systems

Publications

Iestyn M. N. Stead, Abbie Roberts, David G. Eckold, and Karl D. Dearn. “Cold, clean and green: improving

the efficiency and environmental impact of a cryogenic expander”. In: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 502 (2019), p. 012157. doi: 10.1088/1757-899x/502/1/012157.

Iestyn M.N. Stead, David G Eckold, Henry Clarke, Daniel Fennell, Athanasios Tsolakis, and Karl D Dearn. “Towards a plastic engine: Low—temperature tribology of polymers in reciprocating sliding”. In: Wear 430-431.January (July 2019), pp. 25–36. issn: 00431648. doi: 10.1016/j.wear.2019.04.008.

Humaira Mahmood, David Eckold, Iestyn Stead, Duncan E.T. Shepherd, Daniel M. Espino, and Karl D. Dearn. “A method for the assessment of the coefficient of friction of articular cartilage and a replacement biomaterial”. In: Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 103 (2020), p. 103580. issn: 1751-6161. doi: https://doi.org/
10.1016/j.jmbbm.2019.103580.

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