Team - Barrie Mecrow
Professor of Electrical Power, School of Engineering, Newcastle University
Professor of Electrical Power, School of Engineering, Newcastle University
Barrie commenced his career as a Turbogenerator Design Engineer with NEI Parsons, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, where he completed his PhD on 3-D eddy-current computation in large electrical machines. He became a Lecturer in 1987 and a Professor in 1998 with Newcastle University.
He was Head of the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Newcastle University, from 2012-2017, where he is also a Professor of Electrical Power Engineering. His research interests include fault-tolerant drives, high-performance permanent-magnet machines and novel switched reluctance drives. He has close links with Dyson and a number of automotive and aerospace companies, and is a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.