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Rate My Professor Cameron Cameron Playdell-Pearce

Swansea University

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4.08/20/2025

Makes complex ideas simple and clear.

5.04/30/2025

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Professor Cameron Pleydell-Pearce holds the TATA Steel Chair and serves as Professor of Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Swansea University. He is Director of the SUSTAIN EPSRC Future Steel Manufacturing Research Hub, aimed at developing carbon neutral and resource-efficient UK steel supply chains, and Co-Director of the Advanced Imaging of Materials (AIM) Facility. Holding a PhD in novel metal joining techniques, he previously worked as a postdoctoral research officer in the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre in Materials, specializing in material characterisation, mechanical metallurgy, and component failure investigations. He contributed to establishing an independent commercial ISO17025 accredited mechanical test facility. In 2012, he joined Swansea University as a TATA Steel sponsored lecturer, splitting time between academic and industrial environments to facilitate technology transfer in the steel sector. In 2015, he established the AIM facility, securing £7m in capital funding from government and industry sources, and in 2017, led the creation of the Steel and Metals Institute, with TATA Steel committing 31 industrial researchers and £9m in equipment, complemented by further grants.

Rate My Professor Cameron Cameron Playdell-Pearce