Jeff Gibson is a Lecturer and tutor in Mechanical Engineering—teaching and tutoring in the fields of Thermodynamics & Fluid Mechanics, Energy Conversion Technologies, Renewable Energy Equipment Design and Computer Aided Design (Fluid Flow using ANSYS-Fluent software).
Jeff teaches primarily undergraduate students on the Graduate Apprenticeship Engineering (Design and Manufacture) programme and both Full-time and Part-time BEng and MEng engineering students.
Jeff attained his PhD "The Static Hole Error Problem in High Pressure Venturi meters Operated in Gas" in 2000 whilst working at the National Engineering Laboratory (TUV SUD NEL) in East Kilbride, Scotland as part of a Post Graduate Training Partnership (PTP) with the University of Strathclyde. He also completed an MPhil study in 1996 “The Optimization of a Supersonic Soot-blower Nozzle to Improve the Jet Performance”, also at Strathclyde, co-funded by Clyde Blowers, Glasgow, UK.
Jeff has worked in and with industry for over 30 years—initially as a project engineer, then a senior technical consultant in the field of flow measurement, flow assurance, uncertainty analysis and related engineering projects, primarily within the Oil and Gas industry. His key areas of technical expertise include: CFD simulation of flow meter installation effects, single and multiphase flows, flow assurance (e.g. erosion modelling, fluid property effects) and related consultancy work. His experience enables him to bring his real-world experience into the classroom.
Jeff is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and a designated expert on ISO/TC 30/SC 2/WG 19 and has assisted with the revision of ISO 9300 (Measurement of gas flow by means of critical flow Venturi nozzles).