Department of
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Dragos Axinte

Professor of Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering

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Biography

Dragos is Professor of Manufacturing Engineering in the Department of M3. He held two NATO Research Fellowships in Italy and Denmark and in 2000 moved to UK to carry out research at the University of Birmingham and subsequently at the University of Nottingham. He was appointed Lecturer in Manufacturing Engineering (2005) and successively promoted to Associate Professor (2007), Reader (2010) and Professor (2011). Dragos is Fellow of the International Academy of Production Engineering (FCIRP).

Since 2009 he is the Director of the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre (UTC) in Manufacturing and On-Wing Technology. Dragos is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture as well as of the Journal of Materials Processing Technology.

Expertise Summary

My main research interest is in the following areas: Innovative Manufacturing Processes • Advanced Machining and Finishing Technologies • Monitoring and Control of Manufacturing Processes • Design and Construction of Miniature Machine Tools • Design of Specialist (e.g. snake-like, soft body, ultra-thin) Robots for In-situ Repair and Maintenance • Workpiece Surface Integrity Analysis

Department of Mechanical, Manufacturing and Materials Engineering

The University of Nottingham
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