Dr. Paul Wilcox

Professor

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Biography

Paul Wilcox received his MEng degree in Engineering Science from the University of Oxford in 1994 and his PhD from Imperial College London in 1998. He remained with the Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) research group at Imperial College as a Research Associate in 2002, where he worked on the development of guided wave array transducers for large area inspection. In the same year, he joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bristol, where he currently holds the title of Professor of Dynamics. He served as the Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department from 2015 to 2018 and held an EPSRC Advanced Research Fellowship in Quantitative Structural Health Monitoring from 2007 to 2012. In 2018, he became a Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute in Data Science and is currently the Academic Director of the UK Research Centre for NDE (RCNDE). In 2015, he co-founded Inductosense Ltd., a spin-out company that commercializes inductively-coupled embedded ultrasonic sensors.

Research Interests

Experience

Professor of Dynamics

— Present

University of Bristol • Bristol, England

Leading research and development in the field of dynamics and contributing to the education of engineering students.

Research Associate

— Present

Imperial College London • London, England

Worked on guided wave array transducers development for Non-Destructive Testing.

Head of Mechanical Engineering Department

— Present

University of Bristol • Bristol, England

Oversaw departmental operations and facilitated growth in mechanical engineering research and education.

Awards

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EPSRC Advanced Research Fellowship

Requirements for University of Bristol

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:19
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:88
Prerequisites
Upper second-class MSci honours degree in physics or related discipline Or a relevant postgraduate MSc
Application Checklist
  • Online application form
  • Academic transcripts
  • Two academic references
  • Personal statement
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Research statement/proposal
Specialization Notes

Department of Physics research themes include Astrophysics, Materials and Devices, Particle Physics, and Quantum and Soft Matter.