Professor Ekaterina Pavlovskaia

Professor Ekaterina Pavlovskaia
Professor Ekaterina Pavlovskaia
Professor Ekaterina Pavlovskaia

CEng FIMechE

Head of School of Engineering, Personal Chair

About

Biography

Higher Education

Work experience

External Memberships

I am Subject Editor for Journal of Sound and Vibration and a regular reviewer for:

  • Meccanica
  • International Journal of Mechanical Sciences;
  • Journal of Engineering Manufacture (Proceedings of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers Part B);
  • International Journal of Nonlinear Mechanics
  • Journal of Sound and Vibrations
  • Journal of Nonlinear Dynamics
  • International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education
  • European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids
  • Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena
  • Ocean Engineering

I worked as associate editor for Mathematical Problems in Engineering journal from 2007 to July 2011.

Research

Research Overview

My research interests are in non-smooth systems, linear and nonlinear dynamics of continuous media, machines and structures and fracture mechanics, in particular dynamic (stationary and non-stationary) contact problem, impact, wave propagation in inhomogeneous media, crack growth, dynamic testing of the materials, etc.

Funding and Grants

  • Integral Process Optimization for Sustainable Offshore-structure Dismantling Yard (2020-2022) Joint project with the Center of Excellence on Hazardous Substance Management, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Transforming Systems through Partnership scheme. Principal investigator with co-investigators Prof R. Neilson and Drs Vega-Maza, C. Fernandez Martin and W. Afzal,  £79,934.
  • Offshore Decommissioning in Thailand – Towards Total Waste Management – collaborative grant with the Center of Excellence on Hazardous Substance Management, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand from the Newton fund (2018). Principal investigator with co-investigators Prof Richard Neilson, Drs David Vega-Maza and Eva Krupp, £24,970.
  • Analysing and Optimising the Rotojar Downhole Tool(s) for Freezing Stuck Pipe and Casing. Oil and Gas Innovation Centre (2018). Co-investigator, with principal investigator Prof. M. Wiercigroch, £127,734.
  • MCS Kenny/COPS PhD studentship: Modelling of Flow-Induced Pulsations in Subsea Applications (2013).  £57,727.
  • ITI Energy: Resonance Enhanced Drilling: Phase 2,  (2011). Co-investigator, with principal investigator Prof. M. Wiercigroch and co-investigators Dr J Ing and Dr D Hendry. £1,145,000
  • ITI Energy: Resonance Enhanced Drilling: Phase 1,  (2009). Co-investigator, with principal investigator Prof. M. Wiercigroch and co-investigators Dr S Aphale and Dr D Hendry. £750,000
  • The Royal Society International Joint Project with Institute for Problems in Mechanical Engineering of Russian Academy of Sciences: Modelling of brittle fracture under dymanic loading (2009). £12000
  • ITI Energy: Resonance Enhanced Drilling: Phase 0,  (2008). Co-investigator, with principal investigator Prof. M. Wiercigroch and co-investigators Dr A Akisanya, Dr S He, Dr D Hendry and Dr J Harrigan. £806,486
  • KTP with MCS International: Application of Nonlinear Normal Modes to Offshore Risers, (2006). Co-investigator, with principal investigator Prof. M. Wiercigroch and co-investigator Dr Y. Guo. £210,814        
  •  EPSRC Grant: Iterative maps for dynamics of percussive drilling (2006).  £210,702
  • The Royal Society International Joint Project with Polytechnic University of Marche: Energy extraction from sea waves by exploiting nonlinear dynamics phenomena (2005). £12000
  • The Nuffield Foundation Newly Appointed Lecturers Grant NAL/00997/G: Analytical maps of non-smooth dynamical systems for engineering applications (2005). £5000
  • British Council grant with Polytechnic University of Marche: Application of nonlinear dynamics and control to energy extraction from sea waves (2004). £8000