Dr Nicholas Tucker
1994 - PhD Mechanical Engineering, University of Bradford - IRC in Polymer Science and Technology, UK
1989 - MSc Computer Aided Engineering, Staffordshire Polytechnic, UK
1986 – BEng (Hons) Mineral Process Engineering, Camborne School of Mines, UK
ニュージーランド在住。ブラッドフォード大学のInterdisciplinary Researchセンターでポリマー技術の知識を磨き、ポリマー技術、科学、農業、工業デザイン、製造などの異分野にわたる研究を行う。現在、持続可能合成物、meiotic材料、その他の超高比表面の製造に応用可能な、農作物由来材料からのナノコンポジット製造方法の開発にフォーカスして研究。Institute of Materials Minerals and Miningの公認エンジニアであり特別研究者。RIM成形機のリアルタイムコンピュータコントロールの研究が、英国コンピューター協会の特別会員となる基盤となった。ニュージーランドの植物・食物研究所での、数々のバイオマテリアル研究で共同研究を統率。広範囲な文書スキルと豊富な論文発表経験を持つ。査読ジャーナル論文9件、特許および登録デザインアプリケーション9件、書籍4冊、チャプター2件に加え、政府と民間企業のレポート17件、雑誌記事8件の発表実績。また、学会でも48の論文発表実績を持つ。
Dr Nick Tucker trained in polymer technology at the Interdisciplinary Research Centre at the University of Bradford, and his research continues to be interdisciplinary, working across polymer technology and science, agriculture, industrial design and manufacturing. At present, his major focus is the development of methods of nanocomposite manufacture from crop origin materials for possible application in the manufacture of sustainable composites, meiotic materials, and other ultra-high specific surface areas. Dr Tucker is a chartered engineer and a fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. His work in real-time computer control of reaction injection molding machines was the basis of his admission to charter membership in the British Computer Society. Currently, Dr Tucker leads a number of commercial biomaterials research collaborations at the New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research. Dr Tucker has extensive writing and publication experience. He has published 9 refereed journal papers, and has 9 patent and registered design applications, 4 books, and 2 book chapters, as well as 17 government and commercial reports and 8 magazine articles. He has also presented 48 conference papers. Dr Tucker began editing for the Edanz Group in 2009.