Dr Julia Carrell

Department of Mechanical Engineering

University Teacher

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j.carrell@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 7722

D126, Central Wing, Sir Frederick Mappin Building

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Dr Julia Carrell
Department of Mechanical Engineering
D126, Central Wing
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD

Profile

Julia is a University teacher for the Leonardo Tribology Centre in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. She is also one of the Admissions Tutors and the Widening Participation coordinator for the Department. Julia is a co-director for the Industrial Doctorate Centre in Machining Science, with responsibility for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.

Julia’s first degree was in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Sheffield, followed by her PhD on the suitability of bio-lubricants for automotive applications, which was also achieved at Sheffield. Her engineering career began as an apprentice mechanic with BMW.

Research interests: Julia’s research interests are centred around the wear and friction characteristics of bio-lubricants, their performance in different lubrication regimes and how oxidation affects their overall performance. She has also looked at the elastomer compatibility of bio-lubricants.

Publications

Journal articles

Race A, Zwierzak I, Secker J, Walsh J, Carrell J, Slatter T & Maurotto A (2020) Environmentally sustainable cooling strategies in milling of SA516 : effects on surface integrity of dry, flood and MQL machining. Journal of Cleaner Production, 288.
Carrell J, Lewis R & Slatter T (2020) Elastomer solubility and stress relaxation in bio-lubricants. Tribology International, 141. View this article in WRRO
Watson M, Christoforou P, Herrera P, Preece D, Carrell J, Harmon M, Krier P, Lewis S, Maiti R, Skipper W , Taylor E et al (2019) An analysis of the quality of experimental design and reliability of results in tribology research. Wear, 426-427(Part B), 1712-1718. View this article in WRRO
Carrell J, Slatter T, Little U & Lewis R (2017) Combining DLC, Shot blasting, chemical dip and nano fullerene surface treatments to reduce wear and friction when used with bio-lubricants in automotive contacts. SAE Technical Papers. View this article in WRRO

Conference proceedings papers

Carrell J, Slatter T, Lewis R & Little U (2018) The compatibility of multilayer surface treatments with bio-lubricants base oils. 73rd Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting and Exhibition 2018 (pp 211-225) View this article in WRRO

Teaching activities: Julia teaches Tribology and Sustainable Engineering Design to fourth year undergraduates and MSc students in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. She also teaches Lubrication and Wear to third year degree apprentices at the AMRC Training Centre.