Professor Bruce Drinkwater FREng

Professor of Ultrasonics, School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol

Professor Bruce Drinkwater is Professor of Ultrasonics at the University of Bristol. He is founder of the Ultrasonics and Non-Destructive Testing Research Group with five academic staff and 30 PhD students and research assistants. He is Director of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Innovation in Non-Destructive Evaluation and Editor-in-Chief of Non-Destructive Testing and Evaluation International. He has pioneered industrial applications of ultrasonic arrays in non-destructive testing, as well developing innovative devices for condition monitoring and particle manipulation. His research has been commercialised through licencing and spinouts and changed industrial practice by inclusion in international standards.