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Background
Professor Tom Slatter graduated from the University of Sheffield in 2004 with an MEng in Mechanical Engineering and in 2010 with a PhD in Mechanical Engineering. As an undergraduate he did placements at the Ford Motor Company in both powertrain CAE and diesel engine engineering. His PhD was then sponsored by Ford’s Advanced Research and Materials Group in Aachen, Germany and concerned the wear of automotive valvetrain components.
In 2007, Tom joined the academic staff in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Sheffield as a University Teaching Associate. He was then appointed Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering in 2011, promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2018, and to Professor of Wear of Materials in January 2022.
Whilst at Sheffield he held a variety of leadership roles (including Deputy/Acting Director of Teaching for Mechanical Engineering, Y3/Y4 Tutor for General Engineering, Alumni Board Member, Member of Senate, Academic Team Leader) and teaching responsibilities (manufacturing, powertrain, tribology, design). He also founded, and was the Faculty Advisor of, Sheffield Formula Racing (Formula Student UK Champions 2021).
He joined the Wolfson School at Loughborough in February 2024, also as Professor of Wear of Materials.
Qualifications and prizes
- 2015 - PGCert Teaching & Learning in HE, School of Education, The University of Sheffield.
- 2010 - PhD Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Sheffield.
- 2004 - MEng Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Sheffield.
- 22nd Int. Conference on Wear of Materials - 2nd Prize Best Paper (2019)
- University of Sheffield - PhD supervision ‘Supervisionary’ award (2018)
- University of Sheffield - Senate Award for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (2012)