Professor Marian Wiercigroch, Sixth Century Chair and Director of the University's Centre for Applied Dynamics, has been honoured with a position which recognises academics that have achieved excellence within their discipline or profession
As Fellows, members of the Royal Society provide expert policy advice to Government and Parliament, outreach education programmes for young people, and host public engagement events including conferences and discussion forums.
Professor Wiercigroch's Fellowship is in recognition of his contribution to engineering science and applied mathematics, Professor Wiercigroch is internationally renowned for his research in the area of nonlinear dynamics, where he has been successful in transferring abstract theoretical knowledge to engineering problems such as renewable energy, underwater acoustics, fatigue, rotordynamics and vibro-impact systems. He is an inventor of new downhole drilling technology, called Resonance Enhanced Drilling, which has recently attracted £4.6m funding from ITI Energy.