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Professor Ben Whiteside,
Professor of Precision Manufacturing

Information about Professor Ben Whiteside at the University of Bradford.

School of Engineering
(Faculty of Eng & Digital Technologies)
Email:
b.r.whiteside@bradford.ac.uk
Telephone:
+44 1274 236266
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Biography

Prof Ben Whiteside, CEng, completed a PhD in 2001 studying ‘Simulation and validationof glass fibre orientation in automotive injection mouldings’ at the Universityof Bradford. Since then he has actively researched the field of micro-injectionmoulding (micromoulding), beginning with working at post doctoral level on anEPSRC funded research programme. Over the last decade, he has built the area considerably by attracting further grant funding andindustrial contracts worth in excess of £5m.

He is nowDirector of the Centre for Polymer Micro and Nano Technology (the Polymer MNTcentre) based at the University ofBradford which was officially opened in 2009 and has quickly established areputation as a key research facility in Europe for micro and nano moulding activities.The Polymer MNT Centre provides a focus for industry-facing aspects of researchactivities and a route for industrial engagement for proof of concept work,contract R&D and small scale manufacture. Key Academic research areas investigate many aspects of the processincluding material modification and characterisation, micro and nano scalesurface structuring, process measurement, high speed imaging systems, precisionpart handling systems, tribology andproduct property assessment.

Research

Director of the Centre for Polymer Micro and Nano Technology (the Polymer MNT centre) based at the University of Bradford, a key research facility in Europe for micro and nano moulding activities. The Polymer MNT Centre provides a focus for industry-facing aspects of research activities and a route for industrial engagement for proof of concept work, contract R&D and small scale manufacture.

Key Academic research areas investigate many aspects of the process including material modification and characterisation, micro and nano scale surface structuring, process measurement, high speed imaging systems, precision part handling systems, tribology and product property assessment

Research supervision

Professor Ben Whiteside is responsible for the supervision of 1 postgraduate researchers at the University of Bradford.

Publications

There are 44 publications involving or that are attributed to Professor Ben Whiteside.

Peer Reviewed Journal

Professor Ben Whiteside has 44 publication(s) listed under peer reviewed journal.
Title Year Publication name Journal Volume Pages Authors Editors ISSN Publisher DOI Location
Real-time diagnosis of micro powder injection molding using integrated ultrasonic sensors. 2007 Cheng, C-C.; Ono, Y.; Whiteside, Benjamin R.; Brown, Elaine C.; Jen, C.K.; Coates, Philip D.
Micromoulding: process measurements, product morphology and properties. 2004 Whiteside, Benjamin R.; Martyn, Michael T.; Coates, Philip D.; Greenway, G.; Allen, P.; Hornsby, P.
Real-time ultrasonic diagnosis of polymer degradation and filling incompleteness in micromoulding. 2005 Whiteside, Benjamin R.; Brown, Elaine C.; Ono, Y.; Jen, C.K.; Coates, Philip D.
Micromoulding: extreme process monitoring and in-line product assessment. 2009 Whiteside, Benjamin R.; Howell, Ken B.; Martyn, Michael T.; Spares, Robert
In-process monitoring of micromoulding - assessment of process variation. 2005 Whiteside, Benjamin R.; Coates, Philip D.; Martyn, Michael T.
Towards the analytic characterization of micro and nano surface features using the Biharmonic equation. 2012 Applied Mathematical Modelling 36 Gonzalez Castro, Gabriela; Spares, Robert; Ugail, Hassan; Sweeney, John; Whiteside, Benjamin R.
Surface profiling of micro-scale structures using partial differential equation 2010 Gonzalez Castro, Gabriela; Spares, Robert; Ugail, Hassan; Whiteside, Benjamin R.; Sweeney, John
Towards the analytic characterization of micro and nano surface features using the Biharmonic equation 2011 Gonzalez Castro, Gabriela; Spares, Robert; Ugail, Hassan; Whiteside, Benjamin R.; Sweeney, John
Tensile Deformation of Oriented Poly(ε-caprolactone) and Its Miscible Blends with Poly(vinyl methyl ether) 2013 Jiang, Z.; Wang, Y.; Fu, L.; Whiteside, Benjamin R.; Wyborn, John; Norris, Keith; Wu, Z.; Coates, Philip D.; Men, Y.
Investigation of Plasma Treatment on Micro-Injection Moulded Microneedle for Drug Delivery 2015 Nair, Karthik Jayan; Whiteside, Benjamin R.; Grant, Colin A.; Patel, Rajnikant; Tuinea-Bobe, Cristina-Luminita; Norris, Keith; Paradkar, Anant R.
Flow-induced crystallization of long chain aliphatic polyamides under a complex flow field: Inverted anisotropic structure and formation mechanism 2015 Gao, Y.; Dong, X.; Wang, L.; Liu, G.; Liu, X.; Tuinea-Bobe, Cristina-Luminita; Whiteside, Benjamin R.; Coates, Philip D.; Wang, D.; Han, C.C.
A new process chain for producing bulk metallic glass replication masters with micro- and nano-scale features 2015 Vella, P.C.; Dimov, S.S.; Brousseau, E.; Whiteside, Benjamin R.
Characterisation of demoulding parameters in micro-injection moulding 2015 Griffiths, C.A.; Tosello, G.; Dimov, S.S.; Scholz, S.G.; Rees, A.; Whiteside, Benjamin R.
Spherical Crystallization of Carbamazepine/Saccharin Co-Crystals: Selective Agglomeration and Purification through Surface Interactions 2013 Pagire, Sudhir K.; Korde, Sachin A.; Whiteside, Benjamin R.; Kendrick, John; Paradkar, Anant R.
Electro-activated surface micropattern tuning for microinjection molded electrically conductive shape memory polyurethane composites 2013 Fei, G.; Tuinea-Bobe, Cristina-Luminita; Li, Dongxu; Li, G.; Whiteside, Benjamin R.; Coates, Philip D.; Xia, H.
Investigation of the influence of vacuum venting on mould surface temperature in micro injection moulding 2016 Sorgato, M.; Babenko, Maksims; Lucchetta, G.; Whiteside, Benjamin R.
Epitaxial growth and morphological characteristics of isotactic polypropylene/polyethylene blends: Scale effect and mold temperature 2014 Deng, D.; Whiteside, Benjamin R.; Wang, F.; Norris, Keith; Zhang, Z.
Simplified three-dimensional finite element hot-spotting modelling of a pin-mounted vented brake disc: an investigation of hot-spotting determinants 2018 Tang, Jinghan; Bryant, David; Qi, Hong Sheng; Whiteside, Benjamin R.; Babenko, Maksims
Thermodynamic investigation of carbamazepine-saccharin co-crystal polymorphs 2017 Pagire, Sudhir K.; Jadav, Niten B.; Vangala, Venu R.; Whiteside, Benjamin R.; Paradkar, Anant R.
Evaluation of heat transfer at the cavity-polymer interface in microinjection moulding based on experimental and simulation study 2018 Applied Thermal Engineering 130 865 - 876 Babenko, Maksims; Sweeney, John; Petkov, P.; Lacan, F.; Bigot, S.; Whiteside, Benjamin R.
Modelling the elastic and thermoelastic properties of short fibre composites with anisotropic phases 2006 Composites Science and Technology 66 69 - 79 Price C.;Hine P.;Whiteside B.;Cunha A.;Ward I. 0266-3538 10.1016/j.compscitech.2005.05.024
Micromoulding: Extreme process monitoring and inline product assessment 2005 Plastics, Rubber and Composites 34 380 - 386 Whiteside B.;Spares R.;Howell K.;Martyn M.;Coates P. 1465-8011 10.1179/174328905X72011
Surface profiling of micro-scale structures using partial differential equations 2010 International Journal of Material Forming 3 415 - 418 Castro G.;Spares R.;Ugail H.;Whiteside B.;Sweeney J. 1960-6206 10.1007/s12289-010-0795-z
Crystallization Temperature Dependence of Cavitation and Plastic Flow in the Tensile Deformation of Poly(ε-caprolactone) 2017 Journal of Physical Chemistry B 121 6673 - 6684 Jiang Z.;Chen R.;Lu Y.;Whiteside B.;Coates P.;Wu Z.;Men Y. 1520-6106 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b02595
Thin-wall injection molding of polystyrene parts with coated and uncoated cavities 2018 Masato, Davide; Sorgato, M.; Babenko, Maksims; Whiteside, Benjamin R.; Lucchetta, G.
Structure and Property of Microinjection Molded Poly(lactic acid) with High Degree of Long Chain Branching 2018 Zhao, Z.-G.; Yang, Q.; Coates, Philip D.; Whiteside, Benjamin R.; Kelly, Adrian L.; Huang, Y.-J.; Wu, P.-P.
Microneedle-assisted transdermal delivery of Zolmitriptan: effect of microneedle geometry, in vitro permeation experiments, scaling analyses and numerical simulations 2017 Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy 43 1292 - 1303 Uppuluri C.;Devineni J.;Han T.;Nayak A.;Nair K.;Whiteside B.;Das D.;Nalluri B. 0363-9045 10.1080/03639045.2017.1313862
Effect of microneedles on transdermal permeation enhancement of amlodipine 2017 Drug Delivery and Translational Research 7 383 - 394 Nalluri B.;Uppuluri C.;Devineni J.;Nayak A.;Nair K.;Whiteside B.;Das D. 2190-393X 10.1007/s13346-017-0361-z
Glass fibre orientation within injection moulded automotive pedal Simulation and experimental studies 2000 Plastics, Rubber and Composites Processing and Applications 29 38 - 45 Whiteside B.;Coates P.;Hine P.;Duckett R. 0959-8111
Effect of Microneedle Type on Transdermal Permeation of Rizatriptan 2017 AAPS PharmSciTech 18 1495 - 1506 Uppuluri C.;Shaik A.;Han T.;Nayak A.;Nair K.;Whiteside B.;Nalluri B.;Das D. 1530-9932 10.1208/s12249-016-0702-0
High shear strain rate rheometry of polymer melts 2009 Journal of Applied Polymer Science 114 864 - 873 Kelly A.;Gough A.;Whiteside B.;Coates P. 0021-8995 10.1002/app.30552
Comparison of crystallization characteristics and mechanical properties of polypropylene processed by ultrasound and conventional micro-injection molding 2018 International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology Masato D.;Babenko M.;Shriky B.;Gough T.;Lucchetta G.;Whiteside B. 0268-3768 10.1007/s00170-018-2493-9
A new process chain for producing bulk metallic glass replication masters with micro- and nano-scale features 2014 International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 76 523 - 543 Vella P.;Dimov S.;Brousseau E.;Whiteside B. 0268-3768 10.1007/s00170-014-6148-1
Real-time process monitoring of micromoulding using integrated ultrasonic sensors 2007 Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control 29 383 - 401 Ono Y.;Whiteside B.;Brown E.;Kobayashi M.;Cheng C.;Jen C.;Coates P. 0142-3312 10.1177/0142331207080153
Micromoulding: Process characteristics and product properties 2003 Plastics, Rubber and Composites 32 231 - 239 Whiteside B.;Martyn M.;Coates P.;Allan P.;Hornsby P.;Greenway G. 1465-8011 10.1179/146580103225002650
Mechanical durability of hydrophobic surfaces fabricated by injection moulding of laser-induced textures 2019 Applied Surface Science 476 850 - 860 Romano, J.-M.; Gulcur, Mert; Garcia-Giron, A.; Martinez-Solanas, E.; Whiteside, Benjamin R.; Dimov, S.S. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.01.162
Structural evolution of flow-oriented high density polyethylene upon heating: In situ SAXS and WAXD studies 2019 Polymer 180 Liao T.;Zhao X.;Yang X.;Coates P.;Whiteside B.;Jiang Z.;Men Y. 0032-3861 10.1016/j.polymer.2019.121698
Investigation of in situ formed conductive polymer composite in adhesive matrix 2019 Synthetic Metals 258 Kirsnytė M.;Jurkūnas M.;Kancleris Ž.;Ragulis P.;Simniškis R.;Vareikis A.;Abraitienė A.;Požėla K.;Whiteside B.;Tuinea-Bobe C.;Stirkė A. 0379-6779 10.1016/j.synthmet.2019.116181
Correlating nano-scale surface replication accuracy and cavity temperature in micro-injection moulding using in-line process control and high-speed thermal imaging 2019 Journal of Manufacturing Processes 47 367 - 381 Baruffi, F.; Gülçür, Mert; Calaon, M.; Romano, J.-M.; Penchev, P.; Dimov, S.; Whiteside, Benjamin R.; Tosello, G. 1526-6125 10.1016/j.jmapro.2019.08.017
Molecular weight dependency of β phase formation in injection-molded isotactic polypropylene 2019 Journal of Applied Polymer Science Yang X.;Tuinea-Bobe C.;Whiteside B.;Coates P.;Lu Y.;Men Y. 0021-8995 10.1002/app.48555
Predicting the location of weld line in microinjection-molded polyethylene via molecular orientation distribution 2019 Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics Liao T.;Zhao X.;Yang X.;Whiteside B.;Coates P.;Jiang Z.;Men Y. 0887-6266 10.1002/polb.24905
Blister Formation in Film Insert Moulding. 2020 Micromachines 11 Wöhner T;Islam A;Hansen HN;Tosello G;Whiteside BR; 2072-666X 10.3390/mi11040424
Effects of mould wear on hydrophobic polymer surfaces replicated using plasma-treated and laser-textured stainless steel inserts 2020 Tribology - Materials, Surfaces and Interfaces 1 - 13 Romano J.M.;Fantova Sarasa J.;Concheso C.;Gulcur M.;Dashtbozorg B.;Garcia-Giron A.;Penchev P.;Dong H.;Whiteside B.R.;Dimov S. 1751-5831 10.1080/17515831.2020.1785234
Ultrasonic micromoulding: Process characterisation using extensive in-line monitoring for micro-scaled products 2020 Journal of Manufacturing Processes 58 289 - 301 Gülçür M.;Brown E.;Gough T.;Romano J.M.;Penchev P.;Dimov S.;Whiteside B. 1526-6125 10.1016/j.jmapro.2020.08.033