The BSSM Measurements Lectures
The BSSM Annual Measurements Lecture is a prestigious event celebrating excellence and achievement in experimental mechanics. Each year, we invite leading researchers from the UK and around the world to share their pioneering research, insights and expertise with our community as part of the Annual Conference on Advances in Experimental Mechanics.
The Measurements Lecture has become a recognised hallmark of excellence within the engineering and scientific communities. Over the years, we have been privileged to welcome distinguished speakers at the forefront of experimental mechanics.
| Year | Name | Affiliation | Title |
| 2005 | Rod Smith | Imperial College, UK | Knowledge of Service Loads – The Key to Structural Integrity |
| 2006 | Jon Huntley | Loughborough University, UK | Strain and Stress Mapping in Three Dimensions |
| 2007 | David Nowell | University of Oxford, UK | Techniques for experimental measurement of fatigue crack closure |
| 2008 | Richard Burguete | Airbus | The importance of experimental mechanics in solving aerospace problems |
| 2009 | Mark Spearing | University of Southampton, UK | Materials modelling and design: experiences from aerospace and MEMS |
| 2010 | Keith Worden | University of Sheffield, UK | Aspects of Uncertainty Analysis for Large Nonlinear Computational Models |
| 2011 | Janice Dulieu-Barton | University of Southampton, UK | Measurement of thermomechanical coupling and its application in stress and damage analysis |
| 2012 | Cathy Holt | Cardiff University, UK | Understanding osteoarthritis of the knee using combined analysis of functional, musculoskeletal and biological response to mechanical loading |
| 2013 | Bob Reubin | Herriot Watt University, UK | The quick and the dead: micromechanics measurements for diagnostic purposes |
| 2014 | John Dear | Imperial College, UK | Materials at their limit |
| 2015 | Fabrice Pierron | University of Southampton, UK | New opportunities in high strain rate testing based on full-field measurement |
| 2016 | James Marrow | University of Oxford, UK | Studying fracture by synchrotron computed tomography, image correlation and X-ray diffraction |
| 2017 | Margaret Lucas | University of Glasgow, UK | Experimental characterisations of devices for high power ultrasonics applications |
| 2018 | Bruce Drinkwater | University of Bristol, UK | Accurate non-destructive defect characterisation using ultrasonic measurements |
| 2019 | Clive Siviour | University of Oxford, UK | Challenges and opportunities in high rate characterisation of soft materials |
| 2021 | Johan Hoefnagels | Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands | Martensite-ferrite nano-plasticity and slip transfer unravelled by two-sided high-resolution SEM-DIC and EBSD on isolated interfaces |
| 2022 | Carol Featherston | Cardiff University, UK | Lightweighting aircraft structures for greener aviation – design, optimisation and structural health monitoring |
| 2023 | Philip Withers | University of Manchester, UK | Grain Scale Strain Mapping of Deformation in Mg Alloys at Room and Elevated Temperatures by High Resolution Digital Image Correlation |
| 2024 | Genevieve Langdon | University of Sheffield, UK | Measuring the behaviour of a soft material: from quasi-static to blast response |
| 2025 | Philippa Reed | University of Southampton, UK | Characterising fatigue crack deformation zones: effects of microstructure, environment and stress state on strain accumulation |
| 2026 | Michael Sutton | University of South Carolina, USA | Recent Developments in Characterization of Advanced Material Response |