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About

Prof. Rob Poole is the Harrison Chair in Mechanical Engineering and was previously Head of Department (2017-2021). He is currently co-editor in Chief of the Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics (Elsevier) and has research interests in rheology, fluid mechanics, non-Newtonian fluid mechanics and turbulence.

Prizes or Honours

  • British Society of Rheology Annual Award 2018 (British Society of Rheology, 2019)
  • Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters 2015 Best paper award (2017)
  • Osborne Reynolds Prize Finalist Medal (2003)

Funded Fellowships

  • EPSRC Complex fluids and rheology Fellowship (Established) (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), 2015 - 2021)