Robert J. K. Wood

Robert J. K. Wood is director of the National Centre for Advanced Tribology at Southampton (nCATS) and professor of surface engineering and tribology, Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, UK. He has 30 years research experience in the field of tribology and surface engineering and has spent several years at BP Research, UK. He returned to Southampton in 1993 to re-establish surface engineering/tribology research and his group was awarded a EPSRC S&I award in...See more

Robert J. K. Wood is director of the National Centre for Advanced Tribology at Southampton (nCATS) and professor of surface engineering and tribology, Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, UK. He has 30 years research experience in the field of tribology and surface engineering and has spent several years at BP Research, UK. He returned to Southampton in 1993 to re-establish surface engineering/tribology research and his group was awarded a EPSRC S&I award in 2008 to create nCATS. See less