Research output per year
Research output per year
Prof, Professor of Railway Technology
Accepting PhD Students
Research activity per year
32 Last checked 24th January 2023
2982 Google Scholar Citations
João Pombo is Professor of Railway Technology at the Institute of Railway Research, University of Huddersfield, UK, with a PhD and Post-Doc in Mechanical Engineering by the University of Lisbon, Portugal. He is a specialist in railway engineering and technology with more than 24 years’ experience and has been involved in Research and Development (R&D) activities involving train and track dynamics, vehicle-infrastructure and pantograph-catenary interaction, structural analysis, condition monitoring, wear, maintenance and optimization. He has led and participated in several national and international projects in close collaboration with leading international research centres and key industry players. He also has more than three years’ working experience at BOMBARDIER and ALSTOM. João Pombo’s R&D work has been awarded four innovation prizes and he is author of more than 170 papers in refereed journals and international conferences. He is the editor-in-chief of the “International Journal of Railway Technology”, chairman of the "International Conference on Railway Technology" series and editorial board member of the journals “Multibody System Dynamics” and “Energies - Electric Vehicles”.
Railway Engineering (Rolling Stock and Infrastructure);
Rail Transport Challenges (Capacity, Cost, Carbon and Customer);
High Speed Rail;
Maintenance Engineering (Predictive Maintenance);
Advanced Condition Monitoring (Big Data Analysis);
Design of Mechanical Systems;
Structural Analysis;
Design Optimization;
Vibration of Machines and Mechanisms;
Tribology and Wear;
Noise Control;
Product Development;
Industry Applications.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Bowen Hou (Speaker), Jiadong Qin (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Joao Pombo (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Chaozhi Ma (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Frankie Jackson (Speaker), Rakesh Mishra (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Joao Pombo (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Pedro Antunes (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Jose Batista Rebelo (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Jose Machado Dos Santos (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Hugo Pacheco Magalhaes (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Hugo Pacheco Magalhaes (Speaker), Filipe Marques (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Joao Pombo (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Jose Batista Rebelo (Speaker), Joao Pombo (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Pedro Antunes (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Jose Machado Dos Santos (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Hugo Pacheco Magalhaes (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Rakesh Mishra (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Frankie Jackson (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Jose Machado Dos Santos (Speaker), Pedro Antunes (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Joao Pombo (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Jose Batista Rebelo (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Hugo Pacheco Magalhaes (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Jorge Ambrósio (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
12/03/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
Simon Iwnicki, Adam Bevan, David Crosbee, Joao Pombo & P Antunes
4/12/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment