Prof. Bob Reuben and Dr. Will Shu, from the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Heriot-Watt University, were invited to visit our institute by Prof. Zhou Feng at June 16^th. Prof. Reuben presented the academic lecture of “Micromechanics with a focus on tribo-mechanics and machinery monitoring”, in which he discussed in detail his research group’s work on micromechanics area focused on tribo-mechanics and machinery monitoring and application for diagnostic indicators in medicine, analysis of stress waves and miniature mechanical systems. More than forty research fellows and students participate in the academic lecture and hold deeper discussions about the content of the lecture with Prof. Reuben after their lecture delivering.

　　Bob Reuben received his PhD on Hydrogen Permeation through Metals in 1980 at the Open University’s Oxford Research Unit. He then carried out postdoctoral work at the University of Strathclyde on structure-propertiy relationships in some novel steels for automotive and structural use. From 1983 to 1985, he was employed as a lecturer at Robert Gordon’s Institute of Technology (now RGU) in the School of Mechanical and Offshore Engineering before joining Heriot-Watt University as a lecturer in the Department of Offshore Engineering in 1985. In 1990, he moved to the Department of Mechanical Engineering and became Professor of Materials Engineering in 1995. His research interests generally fall into the area of experimental mechanics, including: structure-property relationships for development of engineering performance of materials and also for use as diagnostic indicators in medicine (tissue quality); development of new, quantitative approaches to analysis of stress waves in solids for diagnostic engineering; and applications of mechanics to miniature mechanical systems to achieve real engineering solutions in millimeter-sized envelopes. He is an Honorary Professor at the University of Edinburgh by virtue of his membership of the Edinburgh Research Partnership (EP) Joint Research Institute of Integrated Systems (JRI IIS).