Paul Riley

Contact

• workRoom B floor desk 129 PEMC
  Jubilee Campus
  Wollaton Road
  Nottingham
  NG8 1BB
  UK
• Paul.Riley3@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Paul H Riley, PhD, FIET, MIoD Chartered Engineer former Hon Professor at City, University of London Currently Applications Engineer in the PEMC group at the University with 37 peer reviewed journal and conference papers, 9 Patents, The University of Nottingham Vice Chancellor's award for achievement 2013, Siemens Stiftung "Empowering People" finalist, €5000 prize in 2013. Previously Score Project Director at the University of Nottingham, he has obtained 6 grants with a value of nearly £3M. He has wide and deep experience of the complete innovation value chain and is currently the driving force behind the Score-Stove™ project; a low smoke wood burning cooking stove that also generates electricity. As main-board Technical Director of Ramtech Electronics Limited he reduced manufacturing costs by 28% to improve the profit margin of the £3M company. At Rolls Royce (Aerospace), he managed many £multi-million and international projects and was pivotal in improving the reliability of engine-borne electronic control systems; he approved the electronic-engine-control certificate for the RB211 535 E4, (at the time it became the most reliable aeroengine in the world) that powers most people on their holidays as it is the engine on the Boeing 757 aircraft. As Principle Industrial Investigator on the £2M SPEDE project for 3 years from 1997, he managed the RR research suites at Warwick and the Knowledge Management suite in the Psychology department at Nottingham. As Assistant Chief Design Engineer of the 29 strong mechanical designers his successes include reduced the compressor front casing manufacturing lead time by 90%, and compressor blades to 6 weeks from what used to be 6 months.

Research Summary

Cryogenic electric propulsion

Battery powered Aircraft

M2Lec power electronics

Recent Publications

• RILEY, PAUL, DEGANO, MICHELE and GERADA, CHRIS, 2023. Radical technology innovations for high‐speed transport; ePlanes to replace rail? IET Electrical Systems in Transportation. 13,
• BAIMAN CHEN, YOUSIF ABDALLA ABAKR, PAUL RILEY AND DAVID HANN, 2012. Development of thermoacoustic engine operating by waste heat from cooking stove AIP Conf. Proc.. 1440,, pp. 532-540
• CHITTA SAHA, PAUL RILEY AND MARK JOHNSON, 2012. Analysis of the effects of different types of loads on a Thermo-Acoustic Engine In: . International conference on Low-cost, electricity generating heat engines for rural areas.
• RON DENNIS, PAUL RILEY, KEITH PULLEN, 2012. Testing of an integrated wood-fired cooking stove and thermo-acoustic engine-generator unit In: International conference on Low-cost, electricity generating heat engines for rural areas.

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• RILEY, PAUL, DEGANO, MICHELE and GERADA, CHRIS, 2023. Radical technology innovations for high‐speed transport; ePlanes to replace rail? IET Electrical Systems in Transportation. 13,
• BAIMAN CHEN, YOUSIF ABDALLA ABAKR, PAUL RILEY AND DAVID HANN, 2012. Development of thermoacoustic engine operating by waste heat from cooking stove AIP Conf. Proc.. 1440,, pp. 532-540
• CHITTA SAHA, PAUL RILEY AND MARK JOHNSON, 2012. Analysis of the effects of different types of loads on a Thermo-Acoustic Engine In: . International conference on Low-cost, electricity generating heat engines for rural areas.
• RON DENNIS, PAUL RILEY, KEITH PULLEN, 2012. Testing of an integrated wood-fired cooking stove and thermo-acoustic engine-generator unit In: International conference on Low-cost, electricity generating heat engines for rural areas.
• SAHA, C.R., RILEY, P.H., PAUL, J., YU, Z., JAWORSKI, A.J., JOHNSON, C.M., 2012. Halbach array linear alternator for thermo-acoustic engine Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical. 178(179), 187
• BAIMAN CHEN,, YOUSIF ABDALLA ABAKR,, PAUL RILEY, and DAVID HANN, 2011. Investigation and Measurement of a Low-cost Loudspeaker as a Liner Alternation for Thermoacoustic Application: 2011 International Conference on Applied Mechanics, Materials and Manufacturing In:
• BAIMAN CHEN,, YOUSIF ABDALLA ABAKR,, PAUL RILEY, and DAVID HANN, 2011. Investigation and Measurement of a Low-cost Loudspeaker as a Liner Alternation for Thermoacoustic Application: Applied Mechanics and Materials Applied Mechanics and Materials.
• BAIMAN CHEN, YOUSIF ABDALLA ABAKR, PAUL RILEY AND DAVID HANN,, 2011. Investigation and Measurement of a Low-cost Loudspeaker as a Liner Alternation for Thermoacoustic Application Applied Mechanics and Materials.
• BAIMAN CHEN, YOUSIF ABDALLA ABAKR, PAUL RILEY AND DAVID HANN,, 2011. , Investigation and Measurement of a Low-cost Loudspeaker as a Liner Alternation for Thermoacoustic Application In: International Conference on Applied Mechanics, Materials and Manufacturing. 2011: Shenzhen, China..
• PAUL H. RILEY, 2009. Heat exchanger arrangement US2011/0162827 06/22/2009 00:00:00
• PAUL H. RILEY, 2001. Spede use within Rolls-Royce In: North American Tour May 2001 organised by Synchroni Limited. Clarica, Toronto 14/05/2001, Ernst & Young, Toronto 15/05/2001, Gateway inc. San Diego 16/05/2001, Boeing, Seattle.
• PAUL H. RILEY, 2001. Structured Process for Eliciting and Delivering Expertise (SPEDE) In: Knowledge Management Forum organised by CEST, I.E.E. Savoy Place London..
• PAUL H. RILEY and DR NICK MILTON, 1999. Data Processing Method and System US6633788 09/08/1999 00:00:00
• PAUL H. RILEY, 1997. Electronic Product definition In: Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) Ministerial and CEO summit, Hyderabad India.
• PAUL H RILEY, 1986. Failsafe Electronic Control Systems 4718229 09/30/1986 00:00:00
• PAUL H. RILEY, 1985. The future, is a radical approach needed In: I.E.E. colloquium on the control of Gas Turbines.
• PAUL H. RILEY, 1982. Aero-engine measurements at 250 degC+ In: I.E.E colloquium on high temperature electronics, Savoy Place London.