BA MA
CEng FIMechE CPhys FInstP
Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London
Modelling impact and repair of composite structures for aircraft and wind turbines
Professor John Dear is an outstanding international leader in developing and applying innovative speckle strain mapping techniques to high-speed impact of composite structures for aircraft, structural health monitoring of critical engineering components for power-stations and blast resistance of laminated glass structures for landmark buildings. His research has led to well-validated models capable of predicting the different micro-mechanisms of failure in these structures. Also, speckle strain mapping has been applied to components for the Ministry of Defence and blast resistant structures for the US Navy.