Professor Stuart Burgess
Biomimetics, Engineering (UK)
Stuart Burgess BSc (Eng) PhD CEng FIMechE FRAeS, is Professor of Design & Nature, Head of Department, Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol (UK). NB: ‘Professor’ is a title given only to the highest academic rank in British Commonwealth universities.
His research interests include efficiency modelling of structures and mechanisms, design and nature, structural efficiency of trees, insect flight mechanisms, roller chain wear and efficiency modelling; car transport efficiency.
Prof. Burgess is also an outspoken Christian and biblical creationist.
Papers
- Burgess, S.C. Shape factors and material indices for dimensionally constrained beams, Proc Instn Mech Engrs, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science 214:371–379, 2000.
- Burgess, S.C., Kahangamage, U.P., Barr, G. and Williams J.S., Shape factors for beams with misaligned loads, Proc
Instn Mech Engrs Part C: J. Mechanical Engineering Science 215:981–993, 2001.
- Burgess, S.C. Reliability and safety strategies in living organisms: potential for biomimicking, Proc Instn Mech Engrs Part E: Journal of Process Engineering 216:1–13, 2002.
- Lodge, C, and Burgess, S.C., A model of the tension and transmission efficiency of a bush roller chain, Proc Instn
Mech Engrs Part C, Engineering Science 216:385–394, 2002.
- Pasini, D., Burgess, S.C. and Smith, D., Performance indices for arbitrary scaled rectangular cross-sections in
bending stiffness design, Proc Instn Mech Engrs Part L, Materials: Design and Applications 216:101–113, 2002.
- Burgess, S.C., Reliability strategies in living organisms, Journal of System Safety (USA) 2:1–6, 2003.
- Burgess, S.C. and Choi, J., A parametric study of the energy demands of car transportation: a case study of two
competing commuter routes in the UK, Journal of Transportation Research Part D: 8:21–36, 2003.
- Pasini, D., Burgess, S.C. and Smith, D., Selection of arbitrarily scaled cross-sections in bending stiffness design,
Proc Instn Mech Engrs Part L, J. Materials: Design & Applications 217(22):113–125, 2003.
- Kahangamage, U.P., Burgess, S.C., Barr, G. and McMahon, C.A., Effect of misaligned loads on beams with a height
constraint, Journal of Engineering Design 214(21):57–70, 2003.
- Pasini, D., Smith, D. and Burgess, S.C., Structural efficiency maps for beams subject to bending, Proc Instn Mech
Engrs Part L, J. Materials: Design and Applications 217207–220, 2003.
- Burgess, S.C., Pasini and Alemzadeh, K., Improved visualisation of the design space using nested performance charts, Journal of Design Studies 24(4):1–9, 2004.
- Alemzadeh, K. and Burgess, S.C., A team based CAD project utilizing the latest CAD techniques, International J. of
Mechanical Engineering Education 31(4):283–294, 2004.
- Pasini, D and Burgess, S.C., An analysis of the structural efficiency of trees, Journal of Engineering Design 15(2):177–193, 2004.
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