My name is Robert Hamilton and have been a Teaching Fellow in the Department for the past 4 years. I have worked in the Department for around 30 years both as a Research Fellow and a Lecturer. After graduating from Strathclyde with a BSc in Mechanical Engineering in 1984 I worked for three years in both the Oil and Gas and Nuclear Industries as a Mechanical Equipment Engineer and then came back to Strathclyde to do a PhD and never left the Department! My PhD was investigating the use of thermal imaging cameras to measure fluctuations in stresses and strains in engineering components. My main research over the years has been in the use of Computational Mechanics to investigate the Structural Integrity of Engineering Structures principally in the Pressure Vessel and Pressure Systems Fields. I have also investigated the Physics and Mechanics of golf ball impact which was funded by the R&A the main governing body in golf. My main interests outside of work are golf and cycling.